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by
Ed Thorn
Senior Staff Writer
Published on
23 Apr, 2021
If you've longed to experience the original NieR RepliCant's chaotic story of robots, shades, and humans then I imagine you've woken up with a spring in your step. The RPG's remastered version, NieR Replicant Ver.1.22474487139 is out today.
NieR Replicant was released only in Japan for the PS3 in 2010. We did get a version of Nier here, the slightly different game known in Japan as NieR Gestalt, which had a dad as the protagonist instead of a young brother. Their story continued thousands of years later in NieR: Automata.
Visually, Replicant has received a new lick of paint, the soundtrack has been re-recorded, and the most substantial additions are the a new story episode and new dungeons. The "Mermaid" episode features a shipwreck and a little girl, which I can confirm is very good stuff and I won't say any more. The dungeons see you pilot another protagonist, fight lots of enemies, and unlock new stuff you won't find in the main story - like sweet Kabuki and Samurai costumes.