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Nier Automata is formulaic, boring and entirely predictable from 30 seconds in. There are games who actually uniquely tell stories, but Nier isn't one of them

seebo 4y ago
Nier automata is one of the most subversive games I've ever played over 30 years of gaming. The fact you played like 1-2 hours and dropped it doesn't qualify you talk about the game not having a unique story. I can get you don't like gameplay or whatever and find it boring. But formulaic and predictable are the least descriptive words for this game.
- dmitriid 4y ago
  > The fact you played like 1-2 hours and dropped it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33047849 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33047849
hhjinks 4y ago
I can guarantee that you didn't actually predict the story, and put it down before you could be proven wrong. The things you deem "predictable" are not so subtly hammered into your head, repeatedly. You didn't so much predict them as uncritically accept the world as it seemed.
- dmitriid 4y ago
  > I can guarantee that you didn't actually predict the story, and put it down before you could be proven wrong https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33047849 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33047849
tsimionescu 4y ago
I can accept that it's boring if you don't enjoy the gameplay, but it is anything but formulaic, by any measure. It can seem trite and faux-deep, what with seeming to have very predictable twists and name-dropping philosophers, but the twists you think you see coming are not the actual twists, and the point it's trying to make is actually meaningful and human, not some silly sci-fi trope. It does take far too long on the setup to get to its actual points - especially if you don't enjoy the game-play or weirder grandiose moments (This cannot continue, Become as gods etc).
- dmitriid 4y ago
  > but it is anything but formulaic, by any measure. All quests are "get from point A to point B" and all side quests are basically "fetch X for a forgettable NPC number 15 000" By the time I've beaten the third boss and gotten to the robot village or whatever it is, all I could do is run through the desert for half an hour and give up. At which point does it become non-formulaic?
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seebo 4y ago

Nier automata is one of the most subversive games I've ever played over 30 years of gaming. The fact you played like 1-2 hours and dropped it doesn't qualify you talk about the game not having a unique story. I can get you don't like gameplay or whatever and find it boring. But formulaic and predictable are the least descriptive words for this game.

dmitriid 4y ago
> The fact you played like 1-2 hours and dropped it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33047849 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33047849

hhjinks 4y ago

I can guarantee that you didn't actually predict the story, and put it down before you could be proven wrong. The things you deem "predictable" are not so subtly hammered into your head, repeatedly. You didn't so much predict them as uncritically accept the world as it seemed.

dmitriid 4y ago
> I can guarantee that you didn't actually predict the story, and put it down before you could be proven wrong https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33047849 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33047849

tsimionescu 4y ago

I can accept that it's boring if you don't enjoy the gameplay, but it is anything but formulaic, by any measure. It can seem trite and faux-deep, what with seeming to have very predictable twists and name-dropping philosophers, but the twists you think you see coming are not the actual twists, and the point it's trying to make is actually meaningful and human, not some silly sci-fi trope. It does take far too long on the setup to get to its actual points - especially if you don't enjoy the game-play or weirder grandiose moments (This cannot continue, Become as gods etc).

dmitriid 4y ago
> but it is anything but formulaic, by any measure. All quests are "get from point A to point B" and all side quests are basically "fetch X for a forgettable NPC number 15 000" By the time I've beaten the third boss and gotten to the robot village or whatever it is, all I could do is run through the desert for half an hour and give up. At which point does it become non-formulaic?
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