NieR Automata Review

“I often think about the god who blessed us with this cryptic puzzle…and wonder if we’ll ever get the chance to kill him” With this rather bold opening monologue, Nier:Automata wastes no time in establishing its ambitions, or its pretentiousness. An open world action RPG from Platinum games, Automata is a quasi-sequel to 2010’s cult hit Nier, which itself was a spin off to the Drakengard series. Far into the future, Humanity has been driven off to the moon following an Alien Invasion. Murderous Machine created by aliens have ravaged the Earth, while Humanity created Androids to counter them. The Android and Machines have waged a seemingly perpetual war, and the game starts with you in control of one such android, 2B. 2B is partnered with 9S, an inquisitive ‘scanner’ android and...