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Confounding Action Draws Nier

No idea what's going on here. Absolutely none.

Apr. 15 2010

Posted by: Brad

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Nier

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Edited By RevolvingLezard

errr.....what?  I don't think I've seen a trailer as confusing. Floating books, for the win.

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Zach!? What are we doing in this game?
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My coffee warned me about things like this..

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Well...that was oddly Japanese...
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I understand this a little. a messed up dude is out to save his daughter, but it's all going south. I would not be suprised if to do so he had to kill her. Hey, mabe hisself . And mabe grandma to boot. 
 
 The ole 'some things worse than death' conditional.

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Well, at least it's about a grown man fighting to save his daughter, not a young boy fighting to save his even younger sister...or a princess.
 
That's something, right?

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This was the trailer I was waiting for... went from "I'll get it eventually" to "Gotta get this when it comes out"!

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Is this a PS2 game?

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As Japanese as Bayonetta? More Japanese than Bayonetta?! More Japanese than Japan??!!

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I think the game looks like it could be pretty rad. Hopefully GB decides to review it. Hint.

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This doesn't look that good but I like the concept of a really badass old man kicking ass for a good cause. Kind of like The Return of the Dark Knight by Frank M. I wish more games (better ones) had protagonists like that.

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@Pixeldemon said:
" Is this a PS2 game? "
No, it's for PS3 and Xbox 360.
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wait.... is that nolan north?

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oh god a hot girl 
wait she has what at her where? 
is she even a she?

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The consensus is that nobody knows whats going on and nobody cares.

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@RVonE said:
" Bland geometry and textures, grey-brownish washed-out aesthetics... "
So true. Looks horrific, why would anyone waste their time with this with so many other Action RPGs out there like GoW3, Darksiders, and Bayonetta. Low res textures are the new high res textures.
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If nothing, it's sorta like Drakengard with a totally FUBAR plot and setting from what I can see. 
 
In Drakengard, your companions included a pedophile and a baby-eating cannibal. In this one of them is a literal hermaphrodite (and not in a Bishonen sorta way but the Cartman's Mom sorta way).

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@VonSoot said:

@RVonE said:
" Bland geometry and textures, grey-brownish washed-out aesthetics... "
So true. Looks horrific, why would anyone waste their time with this with so many other Action RPGs out there like GoW3, Darksiders, and Bayonetta. Low res textures are the new high res textures.

Because graphics are clearly all that matters about a game... Jesus christ you talk shite

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@ItBeStefYo said:

@VonSoot said:

@RVonE said:
" Bland geometry and textures, grey-brownish washed-out aesthetics... "
So true. Looks horrific, why would anyone waste their time with this with so many other Action RPGs out there like GoW3, Darksiders, and Bayonetta. Low res textures are the new high res textures.

Because graphics are clearly all that matters about a game... Jesus christ you talk shite

You're replying to a comment made over two years ago, but here's my full quote from back then:

"Bland geometry and textures, grey-brownish washed-out aesthetics, and yet its craziness somehow makes it compelling to me. I'm curious to see how this game turns out."

That said, while graphics most certainly are not all that matters about a game, I would argue that good aesthetics go a very long way.