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I really enjoyed Nier as well as Drakengard 1 and 3. I have yet to play Automota, and I have no idea when, or if I’ll ever play it.

Nier was a smaller scale game than I anticipated going in, but it was very solidly crafted and the story and characters were beautiful.

A friend sent me Drakengard 3, a game that was a bit rough around the edges, but I still wound up loving it as well. I still remember being caught completely off guard by the final boss and spending such a long time trying to beat it. But I can’t help but love it for being so visually stunning and having such beautiful music.

Drakengard 1 was most definitely an experience. Gameplay wise, it’s incredibly rough, and the methods of getting the last ending were incredibly obtuse without a guide. But it still had a memorable cast consisting of vile human beings as well as some subject matter that somehow flew under the radar. It’s definitely what I would call a flawed gem.
 
I had a love hate relationship with the final boss of Drakengard 3. It’s frustrating, it makes me want to throw my controller, but the gameplay feels so fresh and unique during that boss that I can’t help but have fun with it at the same time.
 
The original NIER for the PS3 was pretty underappreciated, in my opinion. I think (before I had ever heard of NiEr: Automata) that that game was pretty unique as far as action combat was concerned.

The 2B/9S relationship in Automata was done pretty well, though I think the action elements in the game were a lot more focused on than the actual story. Still, love the game series.

Drakengard has the latter two games (2&3) really improve on what made the first game interesting.
 
>Nier thread
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I've completed Drakengard, but never got around to playing anything else in the series mostly due to the games being pretty hard to find. (And just looking up prices, when the fuck did the first game jump up to $50+?! I bought it for like $5 not that long ago.)

I really liked the setting and story and the more grimdark elements were pretty fucking kino. It's been years since I played the game, but I remember quite vividly how ass playing as Caim was. Call in Arioch, spam her ultra fucking busted magic till her timer runs out, spam your magic, rely 100% on jump attacks and running charge attacks until your magic is refilled. I might give the second one a try if I dig out my modded PS2 at some point. I have a modded PS3, so I can give Nier a try, but from the sounds of it I would be missing a lot of the good playing on my modded one... Sound is shot other than through fiberoptic and I don't own any stereo speakers or sound bars. Obviously this makes DG3 an absolute no-go unless I get a physical copy for my non-mod.

Yes, I know Nier got remade, but I prefer to play the original version the first time around.
 
Nick Gars said:
And just looking up prices, when the fuck did the first game jump up to $50+?! I bought it for like $5 not that long ago.
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The retro games marked is fucked thanks to Covid and influencers. I know, because I am currently in the process of starting over with collecting. I’m guessing the Drakengard games are somewhat rare as usually PS2 games are not that costly?
 
Basic Blonde Boy said:
The retro games marked is fucked thanks to Covid and influencers. I know, because I am currently in the process of starting over with collecting. I’m guessing the Drakengard games are somewhat rare as usually PS2 games are not that costly?
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The first Drakengard is pretty common. Used to see it in almost every used game store. The second one didn't sell as well, so it's always gone for a bit more. The third one also didn't sell that well.
 
Basic Blonde Boy said:
The retro games marked is fucked thanks to Covid and influencers. I know, because I am currently in the process of starting over with collecting. I’m guessing the Drakengard games are somewhat rare as usually PS2 games are not that costly?
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The first one definitely isn't rare enough to warrant the price, I've encountered a multitude of copies in the wild and my city isn't great for retro shopping. Definitely the influencer/covid shit marking up that one. For how common it is $10-$15 is what it should be.
The second one being $50+ is reasonable atleast in my experience because I've only seen a copy ever in a retro shop (obviously massively marked up, brick and mortar retro stores are equally insidious with their prices), and as Agent Abe pointed out, it didn't sell well so there's not too many copies in circulation.
 
The whole Taro series is under the "Dragon Sphere Project" umbrella.

Also, it would be nice to return to the original Drakengard world.
 
Nick Gars said:
The first one definitely isn't rare enough to warrant the price, I've encountered a multitude of copies in the wild and my city isn't great for retro shopping. Definitely the influencer/covid shit marking up that one. For how common it is $10-$15 is what it should be.
The second one being $50+ is reasonable atleast in my experience because I've only seen a copy ever in a retro shop (obviously massively marked up, brick and mortar retro stores are equally insidious with their prices), and as Agent Abe pointed out, it didn't sell well so there's not too many copies in circulation.
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Agent Abe Caprine said:
The first Drakengard is pretty common. Used to see it in almost every used game store. The second one didn't sell as well, so it's always gone for a bit more. The third one also didn't sell that well.
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Good to know…
Then I got nothing. Again, it is probably just influencer and Covid culture making people feel like they can jack up the price. Even newer titles, like Wii U ones are going for super absurd costs. I found Game & Wario listed for over 100 a year ago, Wii Party U for like 80. The market is all kinds of screwed thanks to the underrated/rare/? games scene.
 
SSF2T Old User said:
>Nier thread
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It's really funny that the games has themes of robots trying to be like humans and do to there reasearch they asume that humans are violent, selfish and perpetually sexually agresive animals.

And here we are with most of the series "fans" obsessing over a video games characters ass, devolving her personality to "big ass battle goth GF".
 
Yeshuash said:
It's really funny that the games has themes of robots trying to be like humans and do to there reasearch they asume that humans are violent, selfish and perpetually sexually agresive animals.

And here we are with most of the series "fans" obsessing over a video games characters ass, devolving her personality to "big ass battle goth GF".
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And A2 mogs her completely
 
My favourite character in Nier Automata is Caim. I don't care what anyone says, he had the best character arc in the game and was the real MC the whole time.
 
Str8Bustah said:
My favourite character in Nier Automata is Caim. I don't care what anyone says, he had the best character arc in the game and was the real MC the whole time.
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Wait?! Are you BS'ing or are they actually somewhere in the game?
 
Nick Gars said:
I've completed Drakengard, but never got around to playing anything else in the series mostly due to the games being pretty hard to find. (And just looking up prices, when the fuck did the first game jump up to $50+?! I bought it for like $5 not that long ago.)

I really liked the setting and story and the more grimdark elements were pretty fucking kino. It's been years since I played the game, but I remember quite vividly how ass playing as Caim was. Call in Arioch, spam her ultra fucking busted magic till her timer runs out, spam your magic, rely 100% on jump attacks and running charge attacks until your magic is refilled. I might give the second one a try if I dig out my modded PS2 at some point. I have a modded PS3, so I can give Nier a try, but from the sounds of it I would be missing a lot of the good playing on my modded one... Sound is shot other than through fiberoptic and I don't own any stereo speakers or sound bars. Obviously this makes DG3 an absolute no-go unless I get a physical copy for my non-mod.

Yes, I know Nier got remade, but I prefer to play the original version the first time around.
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The 3rd game isn’t hard to find. Despite its low sales, it’s actually pretty cheap being only about $20. And you can still buy it on Amazon.

I agree that DG1 and DG2 are expensive though. Quite pricy games.
Peru oso donas said:
And A2 mogs her completely
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A2 will always be better than 2B in every way.
Str8Bustah said:
If you haven't already realized that 9S and Caim are functionally the exact same entity I'm not sure what else to say...
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In what way? Caim had a bloodlust for many many people and 9S... well he also had a bloodlust but only for A2.
 
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Str8Bustah said:
If you haven't already realized that 9S and Caim are functionally the exact same entity I'm not sure what else to say...
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Pardon? How are they the same person? It's two completely different characters.
 
I have fond memories of playing the first Drakengard with a bunch of friends as a teenager. We spent 2 weekends finishing the game and getting every ending (took so long because we didn't think of finding a guide online in like 2006). The debates we had on which absolute degenerate cast member was the best were also pretty. great. I generally liked 2 and 3 (I really liked some of 3s characters) but don't have the same fondness for them.

I dislike the Nier games. I'm not sure why. Tried the original Nier, the remake and Automata and they just don't click with me.
 
I adore the original Nier and Drakengard, and I even have a soft spot for Drakengard 2, which I think gets too much hate just because it wasn't made by Yoko Taro. I thought it had some neat concepts, which could be easily expanded upon and tied into the usual madness and weirdness of the series should the first two Drakengard games ever get some sort of remake as well.

Drakengard 3 and Automata weren't really for me. I feel like 3 overdid it with the animu waifu fanservice and lolsorandumb sex humor and Automata just personally wasn't my thing. I gotta give both of them props for improving the otherwise meager gameplay of the series though.

Str8Bustah said:
If you haven't already realized that 9S and Caim are functionally the exact same entity I'm not sure what else to say...
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If anything 9S is more like Inuart since they're both virgins with rage.
 
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