Hey there everyone, and welcome to the fifth part of my Nostalgia Nation-ish playthrough of NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…. Following on from the seeming tradition of my Nostalgia Nation playthroughs so far, although I have played NieR before, it was back in 2010 on the PlayStation 3, whereas this is a very thorough remaster on PlayStation 4, with enhanced graphics, a different interpretation of the main character (based on a previously-Japan-exclusive version of the game), and revised gameplay inspired heavily by the faster-paced sequel NieR Automata. For these reasons, I’m still not sure whether this counts as Nostalgia Nation or not.
In this fifth stream we are back with the dream team of Nier, my boy Emil, and the ever wonderful Kainé and we come back to some sidequests…because a there’s still quite a few left to do, so we get to enjoy some very fun fetch questing. But surprisingly we also do some actual story starting with returning to the Lost Shrine, and starting on a quest to complete a key giving us access to the Shadowlord’s Castle, obtaining pieces of it at the Forest of Myth and the Aerie.
Until next time…buh-bye!
About NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…
NieR is an action role-playing video game originally developed by Cavia and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in April 2010. In Japan, the game was released as Nier Replicant for the PlayStation 3 with a younger main character, while an alternative version titled Nier Gestalt with an older main character was released for the Xbox 360; the world-wide releases of the game were based solely with the older protagonist, and released only as NieR. NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… is an enhanced remaster of the game, developed by Toylogic under the supervision of director Yoko Taro, with gameplay direction by PlatinumGames’ Takahisa Taura and released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows on April 23, 2021, and is the version being streamed in this series.
The game is a spin-off from the Drakengard series, and follows the fifth ending of the first game, the events of which have left the planet Earth in a state of decay. Set over one thousand years after this, the game puts the player in control of the protagonist as he attempts to find a cure for an illness, known as the Black Scrawl, to which Yonah—either his sister or daughter, depending on the version—has succumbed. Partnering with a talking book known as Grimoire Weiss, he journeys with two other characters, Kainé and Emil, as he attempts to find a remedy and understand the nature of the creatures known as Shades that stalk the world. The gameplay borrows elements from various video game genres including side-scrolling platformers, choose-your-own-adventure style novel games, and survival horror, occasionally switching between them and the main role-playing-based gameplay.