Which is Better: a Drakengard Collection or a New NieR?
Ever since the release of NieR Automata in 2017, Yoko Taro’s peculiar brand of strange, odd, sad and action has enjoyed a healthy amount of popularity. Both Nier Automata and now the remastered NieR Replicant have moved a not insignificant number of units. NieR Replicant isn’t as popular as its pseudo-predecessor, but one could still say it had a strong launch considering that its status as the updated version of a somewhat obscure action RPG.
The important thing is that the wider gaming audience is now aware of NieR and the series that spawned it: Drakengard. In other words, there’s momentum here and Square Enix would do well to capitalize on it. The question is: how exactly should they go about doing that? With Yoko Taro already involved on another project, the most painless thing to do would be to go back to the Drakengard series, but is that enough to keep the train moving?