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The Companions of Nier

Take a look at your wreckin' crew in this new Square Enix action game.

Apr. 20 2010

Posted by: Brad

In This Episode:

Nier

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I want a time machine to go back and stop Square from making The Spirits Within. Prevent them from ever merging with Enix. I miss Square.
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Damn youse!!!
 
Also, I have been led to believe that this game features a hermaphrodite protagonist in the Japanese version. I wonder if that's been removed for the Western release.

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Nier?

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GODAMNIT

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Way to make a game where just about every character to me seems rather unappealing, some shots of them look like they aren't even finished with the character's model/texture others just look like a half-assed design.

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@Lucidforest said:
" I want a time machine to go back and stop Square from making The Spirits Within. Prevent them from ever merging with Enix. I miss Square. "
yes yes please do this

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I don't even know what to think about this game... do not want!

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What the hell was that?

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This is what would have happened if God Hand had taken itself seriously.

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The main character looks WAY different than the Japanese version of this game.  Japanese one looks like a FF main character.
 
 http://img4.sankakustatic.com/wp-content/gallery/safe-misc-ii/nier-ps3-vs-xbox-360.jpg
 
Apparently in the US PS3 will use the 360 version

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I like pies.

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@Lucidforest said:
" I want a time machine to go back and stop Square from making The Spirits Within. Prevent them from ever merging with Enix. I miss Square. "
Rumour has it that certain hot tubs might just do the trick.
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I just like that their ad campaign and pr campaign for this game is basically "You will not like or understand this game under any circumstances until you play it for about four hours, but at that point you might think it's pretty cool!"

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I like it.
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@Piglet said:
"The main character looks WAY different than the Japanese version of this game.  Japanese one looks like a FF main character."

there are two versions, with different main characters
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I still have no idea what this game is.

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Wtf is this shit?

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Whaaaat
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Holy shit this looks terrible.

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Hey sup there Gaara?

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I really don't know what to think about this game. 

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@DarknessMyOldFriend said:
"I just like that their ad campaign and pr campaign for this game is basically "You will not like or understand this game under any circumstances until you play it for about four hours, but at that point you might think it's pretty cool!""

Have you ever played Drakengard? That's a Cavia developed game for you.
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dunno what just happened

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Yes!

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FUCKING FANCY TALKING BOOKS! WITH THEIR KNOWLEGDE AND THEIR BIG WORDS!
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Finally!

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LMAO 

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What is going on?

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This could be the greatest story ever told.

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"This game looks so bad it just HAS to be good"
 
Not falling for it Squeenix

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Square Enix really needs to learn from movie trailers.  Just lay down the fucking basics so that we know what we're watching!
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@AlKusanagi said:
" Damn youse!!!  Also, I have been led to believe that this game features a hermaphrodite protagonist in the Japanese version. I wonder if that's been removed for the Western release. "
Not Kaine' is still there.
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Why is that girl fighting in her negligee 

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Who is the fucking genius that is letting jack skeleton have a starring role? haha

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will Gamefly, definitely not gonna buy, and why fight in lingerie? Is it kinda like in anime the bathing suits render the wearer invulnerable to damage rule?

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A female warrior  fighting in her nighties, brilliant Square Enix. The only thing missing is the boob physics and more girl on girl fighting.
 
Sadly most of the JRPGs worth playing are on the PS2.

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What?

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You guys do realize that the 'girl' is the hermaphrodite, yes?

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Someone is going to have to explain that woman's outfit. Oh and hey, you play as the Count of Monte Cristo...and Lu Bu.

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first video i watch of that game ... i felt like there was some buzz about it, all those updates, topics on game websites about it, but it looks like trash

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@Beforet: The hermaphrodite dresses as provocatively as possible in order to accentuate its female bits rather than draw attention to the fact that it has male bits.
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Nier 2: Far

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This looks cool.

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that's...pretty crappy looking

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Squeenix seems to be getting better and better at making annoying, unappealing female characters that make me never want to play the game.

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@Crono said:
" Nier? "
Arrested Development!
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That female voice actress is Lightning from FF13, right?.. right?

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I'm curious what about Nier's daughters fatal disease caused her to turn into a skeleton puppet like thing. 
 
Also, this game seems cool, I'm interested in seeing how it actually plays.

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One thing that I don't get about the Japanese:
Why the f--- do they have to sex them up, and yet make them look like little girls, while at the same time make them look independent?

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Well this looks pretty... bad.