This Spring is already too full so Nier Im automatically avoiding. It looked fun but I already have too much. I hope you enjoy Horizon and get your poster. They have fucked me over in the bonus department. I was suppose to get that little artbook for Dragons Crown and I didnt years ago.
The Sunday Brunch: Nier Demo
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 On 02/26/2017 at 03:58 PM by Super Step See More From This User » |
It's definitely a Platinum game. Don't know why I thought it was a JRPG before now.
Gameplay was good. Felt like a mix between Platinum beat em up ( I'll say Bayonetta though I haven't played it), Strider, and top down shooter what with the camera shifts from 3D modern, side scrolling and top down. You have light (square) and heavy ( triangle) sword attacks and a limitless ammo machine gun robot who follows you. There are mechs, but only for part of the demo.
I played on normal mode without dying, but it seemed like I used a few small recovery items and my health bar was in the low quarter most of the time. I wasn't dodging (R2) as much as maybe I should have, but there was a boss move where it comes from under the ground I could not figure out how to avoid. There didn't seem to be much of a tell for where the boss would show up.
It's a good beat em up as expected, but nothing I feel i haven't played before.
Presentation is where the game loses me. I wasn't a fan of the worn out warehouse the demo takes place in and I tend to prefer the colorful silly nature of a Bayonetta or Viewtiful Joe to the melodramatic anime style seen here.
2B and S9, the robot characters you play as ( well not S9 really) are likable enough I guess, but I was left knowing jack all about the overarching story after the demo completed aside from my gun robot is a sassy Captain Obvious and it seems like we're in a robot post apocalypse. Cutscenes had a Metal Gear-esque feel to them, but I wasn't as interested in them as I would be an MGS title. The mechs are Zone of the Enders-esque (I think; never played those but wanted to).
It seemed promising but the demo did not sell me on it.
I pre-ordered Horizon Zero Dawn since it's received excellent reviews comparing it to games like Tomb Raider I like, so I know I'll get it day one anyway. The GameStop employee mentioned they haven't been getting their pre-order posters in on time or at all, but I'm still going to be pissed if I don't get one. That was the main bonus i was looking forward to. If it doesn't come within a week, there may be an email coming GameStop's way. Call me entitled, but I expect the bonuses I sign up for with a pre-order.
This concludes the Sunday Brunch.
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