NieR: Automata 2017

Released: February 23, 2017
Genres: Role-playing (RPG) · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: PlayStation 4 · PC · Xbox One
Developers: PlatinumGames · Square Enix Business Division 6
Publisher: Square Enix
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Where to buy

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Is it still worth playing?

PlatinumGames' 2017 action role playing game, set in the year 11945 during a proxy war between androids and alien made Machines. It mixes hack and slash combat with shoot 'em up and text adventure segments. You play 2B, a combat android, 9S, a scanner android, and A2 across the playthroughs, and the game is designed to be played three or four times. Plug-in chips change the display, add abilities and give buffs within a limited number of slots. Yoko Taro directed it, and composer Keiichi Okabe returned from the first Nier. Its tone and its music carry it today: the world is heavy and unusual, and its environments are lush.