NieR 2010

Is it still worth playing?

A 2010 action role playing game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, it came out in Japan as Nier Replicant with a younger main character and as Nier Gestalt with an older one. A remaster of Replicant followed in 2021. The player controls a protagonist whom they name, seen from a third-person view with a camera that turns 360 degrees. The three-dimensional world is divided into areas separated by loading screens, and the player walks, runs, jumps and climbs ladders through them. In some rooms and buildings the camera swings to the side and movement is restricted as in a two-dimensional platformer, and during certain battles the camera pulls up for a top-down shooting view. A game that changes its camera between styles still has a surprise for a player today.