NIER (PS3) Review
NIER (PS3) 6.5/10 Hello everyone and welcome to another game review. Today, I’ll be going over a little game by famous game director Yoko Taro. Nier is a dual release game in Japan (Nier Gestalt for the Xbox 360 and Nier Replicant for the PS3). When the game was brought over to the West, they only brought over Nier Gestalt and changed the name to just “NIER”. NIER was released on April 27, 2010 for both Xbox 360 and PS3. The game was developed by Cavia Inc and published by Square Enix. Upon release, the game received mixed reviews, but that didn’t stop it from being a commercial success. As a huge fan of NieR:Automata, I was super stoked to play this. I was expecting the game to play similarly to Automata, and that’s where my disappointment began. NIER isn’t necessarily a bad game, but it just felt clunky in a lot of ways. I was engrossed with the story, but that can only take you so far if the gameplay is both monotonous and requires a lot from the player. Let’s begin. NIE...