Nishi Reviews: Nier
3Reading out my written review for Nier.
Written Review:
This IMO is the best game of 2010. The story is phenomenal, the gameplay is fun, and the art style in the game is really unique. There hasn’t been a game Fallout 3 and the .hack saga that has gotten me this emotionally attached to the story, and how I was rooting for the people to succeed. This game switches around game play styles; which gives it a nice fresh Varity to the pacing of the game.
One of the best experiences in a videogame I’ve had. It kept me captivated along the way and wondering what was going to happen next. It’s basically about a father’s journey to cure his daughter’s illness so she could have a normal life, and spirals from there. The world this game is based in is pretty bleak and most of humanity has been wiped out by shades and the Black Scrawl.
The gameplay is one of the most varied I have played in a single title before. You have your typical 3rd person camera that takes place in most of the game; like when you visit towns or most of the battles in the game. Along with those you have an over the top, fixed camera, text adventure, or many others that makes this game great.
You can also choose to fish or cultivate plants, which are tied to trophies/achievements as well. Fishing is fun, and it’s hard at first but once you get practice and do the fishing minigames, it becomes quite addicting. I love the fact they added in gardening too as well, the plants have stages and they grow based on the real life time that has passed.
I personally think the graphics in this game are quite unique and have an artist look to them. They are not the next generation graphics, but they work well with this game I found them pleasing to look at. The areas you visit are visual appeasing, and the cool look of the enemies and bosses make up why these graphics work.
The music in this game is amazing. I absolutely love the songs they have playing at moments, and really add to the emotional ties of the story. The battle music is nice too, and I haven’t quite heard music like this in a game since .hack. Sound effects in this game are nice, you hear fish moving around when you fish them out, and you hear the sword hitting the shades.
Just as a side note this is a game created by Cavia, and just ported here by Square Enix (Like what Atlus did with Demons souls, and many other games). While I’m glad that Square ported this game so we are able to play it in English, it’s still Cavia’s baby. Also on top of this, Cavia was basically being shut down in the making of this game, so this is their final game and a great send off. I just wanted to write a bit about this since it saddens me when people say its Squares game, and not Cavia’s epic sendoff.
Overall I have to say this is my favorite game of all time, it has been so rewarding to me as a gamer that I was sad that it was over and was yearning for more. The way the final ending is set up introduces me to something I have never experienced in a game before, which says a lot about Cavia’s story telling. Right now this is my pick of GOTY 2010. Absolutely buy this title, no matter the price for it.
Length: This game took me around 50 hours to beat this game and all endings, but I also did a lot of side missions, fished, and cultivated. You can average around 20 hours if you do nothing else but play the game and watch the cut scenes.
Trophies/Achievements: To get all of these you have to spend a lot of time farming for items, cultivating, fishing, along with beating the game a few times. I have yet to get the platinum and I’m at 60 hours right now, and only have less than half the weapons upgraded. It will take some time to get this one, but it could be a nice bragging completion to get.
~ Written: July, 2010
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