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NieR Replicant Remaster s Opening Cinematic Streamed
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2021-02-24 15:45 EST by Alex Mateo
Game launches for PS4, Xbox One, PC on April 22 in Japan, April 23 outside Japan
Square Enix began streaming on Wednesday the opening cinematic attract movie for
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139., the remastered version of Cavia and Square Enix s
NieR Replicant game.
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The game will launch for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam on April 22 in Japan and April 23 outside of Japan.
Toylogic is developing the game, which will be a higher-quality version using the original game as a base. The company describes the game, which serves as a prequel to
NieR Replicant is more than just a remaster of the game, featuring upgraded visuals, revised combat and re-arranged music for the soundtrack. Square Enix are dubbing is a “retelling”, as opposed to remaster or remake. Developer ToyLogic are doing a great job updating the game visually and their decision to record dialogue with the original cast of voice actors to now make the game fully voiced.
The game revives the cult classic action RPG from a decade ago. NieR was originally developed by Cavia as a spin-off from the Drakengard series, but with the curious decision to have two version in Japan – NieR Gestalt for Xbox 360 and NieR Replicant for PS3. This took the setting of NieR and changes the main character to make him a brother for Yonah instead of her father.
Fans of the original NieR Gestalt released so many years ago in the west have been eagerly waiting to see more gameplay, especially that with English voice
Screenshot: Square Enix/YouTube
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Square Enix has published Japanese-language guidelines for derivative fan creations. These guidelines cover
Nier Replicant, Nier Gestalt, Nier: Automata, Nier Re[in]carnation, and
Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139… In sort, all the
Nier games!
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Inside, these guidelines are broken down into several points, prohibiting things like payment for fan work, the use of