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Just an appreciation post to this amazing game. I don't think I'll ever get sick of it and I'll always be inlove with it's design language.

This was the first layout. I tried one by placing a figure of 10H in the middle this time.

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Glory to mankind!

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Hi, I'm a huge Nier series enthusiast and also a developer for Android and many other software projects.. I'm building a fully customizable Android launcher that has active and programmable backgrounds. The Nier interface bars are all active and updates in real-time (screenshot doesn't do justice). Just wanted to share my project and see if there anyone with Android devices are interested in this. Thanks!

Glory to mankind!

Here's a follow up.. https://imgur.com/a/8F4Atj5

Glory to mankind!

This might go hard 😅

The game is fun and I like it so far but it's not ''catching'' me, I'm gonna keep playing it cus I am enjoying my time so far but I don't find the world/characters/lore as compelling as Replicant, gameplay is indeed better in Automata though.

I miss Grimoire Weiss, Kaine, Emil, Yonah, The Twins, Nier not so much but I like him more than 2B so far.

Would love to get an Emil nendoroid but it’s still expensive..

Hello! How are you ? I'm very good because yesterday I was able to attend my first NieR:Orchestra 🥹

It was amazing, I was so happy to see J'nique Nicole and Emi Evans, they were so beautiful ✨️

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I'm looking forward to the next NieR:Orchestra🥹

I wish you a good day/evening!

🔹️We'll see you soon with photos of the new stylization of my Kainé wig!🔹️

Was able to find the concept work for operator 60 and wanted to upload them here.

You can find them in book 2 of the World Guide page 224.

I had high expectations and it shattered them. Hearing song of the ancients live was an experience of a lifetime. And then the encore??? Wow.

12/10

I wanted to try something new hope you like it

While I was viewing again the video of the concert, I noticed a tiny detail that’s really cool ! When Last Song from Drakengard 3 was performed , on the screen each flower was blooming , and to distinguish each intoner.
They associated one colour that represent each character design !

Five Yellow
Fourth Green
Three Purple
Two Blue
One White
Zero Purple

It was so peak and amazing to hear this song again and specially with a orchestral ! Not gonna lie got ptsd of this ost because the boss was so hard !

And they also did the last few notes when the screen turn off, after the flower is fully bloomed and you need to continue the notes with Mikhail totally blind 🥶
Sorry in advance for the picture quality !

Just peak concert ✨

I need more screen time of her 😻

Just finished playing as 9S in the first half it felt little boring but after catching up to middle half

I could say playing 9S has it's own perks

My favourite thing is to remote controlling the machines

Ah and the additional cutscence they were so good

It was wonderful, so many feelings!

My first time at the NieR Orchestra, and it was truly magical. To make the day even more special, my fiancé and I proposed to each other at the exact same time.🩶

He introduced me to NieR, and now it holds such a special place in my heart.🩶

TL;DR - Automata is one of my favourite games, I had a blast playing it and it elevated my understanding with philosophy, writing psychological themes, and how it protected and expanded my appreciation for video game storytelling and to not discredit other media for not following its directions.

Hey all. I've never made an intentional post before, and I felt the need to collect all my thoughts and history with NieR Automata, a game that (ironically) I've played more times than most video games I've played elsewhere. By this point, this will be my 2nd favourite game of all time. So I'm not going to go overboard with the history.

I originally played this game back in 2021 through game pass. At the time I was still obsessed with AAA shooter titles and a few lower tier indie games. So I said "why not?" and however, being a younger guy I kind of didn't fall in love with it, forgot about it, up until Summer 2025 when I saw news that it had an anime and said "let's try again".

Needless to say it was the best decision ever. By now I've beaten the game roughly 5 times, and despite my obsessive love for the game, I'm always wanting more, and I just purely enjoy playing the game and soaking in the side media.

As a writer who joys themselves on wanting western media to spend more time subverting tropes and expectations, I was pleasantly surprised by Yoko Taro's audacity to make me question everything I do in this game, up until the final minutes.

2B & 9S

2B and 9S aren't my favourite characters in the world, certainly not ones I feel inspired by, however I understand their humanity, pain, love and indifference when met with hard choices in the story. 2B's indifference was something I always could sense, but I always wanted to know more, to understand the "why" behind her suffering.

9S is similar, as I actually prefer him over any other DrakeNier character, and while his descent into madness is terrifying, sad and lonely, his unquestionable loyalty to 2B, sheer positive curiosity and his need for a place in a hopeless world truly sets him as one of the ones I can't forget.

After finishing it, I remembered reading a post or article stating Taro made their story a love story by design, which I felt was weird because it was unlike anything I'd seen from a traditional western romance, but of course, I had realised this story was trying to subvert things and it blew my mind.

A2's Past

A2 is probably the most important character to me in this game (and yes I know the ending significance of the Ver1.1a Cour 2 scene), and I instantly fell in love with how well written she is. I understand she didn't receive the most expansive material for fans to like her, but having read her backstory and understood her motivations, I sympathised and cared for her pain, and for her desire for companionship, something that resonates with the feelings I feel in real lfie.

Her sacrifice in Ending C still feels heartbreaking but cathartic because it's something SHE chose to do, not because she was tired of living, or that she wanted to die, but because she felt complete in saving someone who she grew to care and love for. Her saving 9S thematically I understood was important, because she understood 2B's pain, and by design, it managed to make me understand it too.

How It Saved Me

Of course, despite this, I was so conflicted after finishing. I think I spent a solid 2 weeks with yes the accursed Post-Game Depression. I had been so affected by the story, characters, emotional messaging and what it means to others that I physically couldn't handle all that weight.

However, it made me come to a conclusion that I simply was treating other games outside Taro's philosophy with disdain and that I needed to be more fair. The duology of Replicant and Automata made me fall in love with it, but I knew I couldn't discredit everything outside of it for simply reimagining what I expect from storytelling.

By this point, it helped improve my writing, research into other games development cycles, and allow me to give this analysis on why Automata helped me so much. As sappy as it sounds, Automata definitely won't be off my mind anytime soon.

In almost a month it would've been a year since I finished the game and took it seriously. And I'll likely replay it again just because I love it so much, but I wanted to share my thoughts because it means so much to me and I want people to understand why it's such a big thing.

I decided to draw Devola. I haven’t picked up a pencil in probably several months and it's a bit messy, but I’m satisfied with the result

Apologies for this.

It's hard to disentangle my feelings on the concert with this rather mad weekend in Lyon. My hotel was right in the centre so on Saturday I was able to enjoy a beer while breathing in tear gas and watching rioters steal shoes, smash windows and burn the tourist office. At least I still had the concert to look forward to!

I made my way to the concert on Sunday through streets that felt not 1 million miles from the city in Automata, smashed windows glass everywhere etc etc. Worst part is I followed my map to a pretty rough council estate and ended up getting almost mugged - "do you have any monehh"

The concert itself was a bit of a let down, I know it's not the Royal Philharmonic but clapping for classical music will always get my goat. Some of the arangements were pretty insipid - Emil, City Ruins whereas others such Fleeting World were fantastic. The set order was a bit odd though with a few dirge tier tracks after each other.

The 'story' aspect was absolutely ridiculous and made me feel like a child who couldn't be trusted to be entertained by music alone. It was classic hammy anime nonsense with characters you met a few seconds ago sacrificing themselves and any hint of subtly explained. I did like the lore twist at the end though!

Finally just want to say that I wish I had the joie de vivre of the audience members, shaking their heads, crying it was a sight to behold. Also I'm glad the subtitles were only in English, I know the French paid 100+ euros to see this but they also made me experience tear gas so that was a moment to relish.

Now either I have the best RNG or 9S has naturally higher drop rates. I just finished 2b's route and I am playing as 9s and not even out the city ruins I have gotten 4 machine cores from normal enemies, 7 machine torsos, 3 elaborate gadgets, 2 complex gadgets picked up off the ground, 5 machine arms, and 3 machine heads (all from drops, I only have a +6 drop rate chip on). I have NEVER gotten any of this shit as 2B even with the +6 drop rate, is 9S just fucking like that or is this just coincidental RNG???? I have been blessed lol.

I finished NieR:Automata maybe two months ago now, after finishing NieR Replicant Ver.1.2247 a few months before that.

It's important to me to note that this is just my opinion. I didn't really like Automata a lot. None of the characters hit very hard for me. I liked the story at route C but not at all before that. I also didn't love ending E.

I'm thinking of replaying the game to find more appreciation for it. It always feels like I missed something when I read about how people talk about it here and I loved NieR Replicant, so I really just want more NieR.

That's why I'd like to ask you what specific parts of Automata you liked on your playthrough. This is not meant to be snarky or passive aggressive, I really do want to know so I can appreciate the game more.

Thank you very much.

Context, just finished Replicant and I am aware of some of the lore from reading Reddit posts and going to play automata soon which I'm aware has a bit of context of replicant.

My main question is where are all these sources of lore explanations coming from. I'm aware ending e was originally not in Nier gestalt due to time constraints and was a light novel type source that was added. Aside from some references in automata and some of the glimpses of the gestalt project provided in the game, where are these sources of explanations of lore mainly coming from.

Of course they add to the worldbuilding and give you more rewards etc, but having to play the entire game 5 times with all sidequests is what causes me to burn out, as ive tried three times already lol

That said ive absolutely loved ending A so far and really want to finish the rest, so my question is, do i miss out on a lot if i mainly just focus on the main story quests?