Summary:
Nier Replicant is a chameleon, as its slow start serves as a siren song that leads to explosive emotional crescendos and satisfying narrative payoffs.
My first hours with
Nier Replicant were dull. I knew they would be dull, because I was told they were dull. I soldiered on at a brisk but not unreasonable pace, aching for the other shoe to drop hour after hour. When it did, Yoko Taro’s vision came into focus, as I knew it would, and recontextualized everything I had experienced in a way that made the tedium worth it.
Nier Replicant is a lopsided game. Many reviewers have already said that the experience is uneven, that the beginning “half” is rough and bland, seemingly on purpose. But I love media that transforms itself, as is the case with some of my favorite shows like
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3. Should work just out of box.
Does not required any game progress to work.
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5. Does not affecting your save data.
6. Does nothing else, only OG Papa nier as main playable hero.
The creator of the NieR Replicant Ver.1.22474487139. Papa Nier mod also provided some details on known issues, which you can find below.
Known issues:
1. In some very rare cases (only on the on first load after game launches) you may be loaded as brother Nier. Just trigger loading zone or reload save.
2. Might not work when launching game directly by running NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139.exe . Recommended to run game through Steam.
Looking at the popularity of the
NieR franchise today and one would never believe that it all began in a rather strange way over a decade ago with two different versions of the same game being released, only with Japan getting both versions of the game and the West only getting
NieR Gestalt. With the story altered only slightly to place the focus on a father daughter relationship instead of a sibling one, the game was something of a hidden gem thanks to its incredibly unique story that was buried between aged combat mechanics and a number of other troublesome design decisions. So now with
NieR Replicant Ver.1.22474487139… Runs at Higher Resolution With Better Load Times and Draw Distance on Xbox Series X Apr 28, 2021 06:45 EDT
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… seems to run better on Xbox Series X than on PlayStation 5, according to a new comparison video that has been shared online.
The video put together by ElAnalistaDeBits highlights how the game runs at a higher resolution with better load times and draw distance on Xbox Series X. NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… runs in backward compatibility on all current-gen consoles, so things could be different if a proper upgrade is released down the line.
- PS5 runs at 1080p resolution. Xbox Series S and Series X run at 792p and 1440p respectively.