Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line Review
It has been a long time since I’ve been enthralled with a rhythm game. My experience with this genre has mainly consisted of finger tap games for the iPhone, DJ Hero from Activision, and the occasional Guitar Hero when I’m feeling lucky. All of them were challenging, sometimes impossible, but all of them have gone the way of the Dodo bird, which is sad. Of course, a game like Theatrhythm: Final Ba...[Read More]
NieR series makes it to New State Mobile
That’s one way to get more fans to your game. Enjoy the official details below. SANTA MONICA, CALIF. – April 26, 2022 – KRAFTON, Inc. and SQUARE ENIX® today announced that the beloved characters from the NieR Series are on their way to NEW STATE MOBILE as part of the popular mobile battle royale game’s latest update. From April 29 through May 19, players can now feel the essence ...[Read More]
NieR Replicant ver. 1.22474487139…
Nier came out the month after Final Fantasy XIII. Fifty days after the holy emissary of Japanese role-playing games would finally rescue the Square-Enix from its awkward transition to the HD era and mark the path for the next generation. Final Fantasy XIII didn’t do that. Nier didn’t either, but its contempt for genre norms and defiance of expectations won over a niche audience and did the heavy l...[Read More]
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… announced at TGS 2020
I know a few people on the site who are looking forward to this one. Enjoy the goods below. LOS ANGELES (Sept. 24, 2020) – Today SQUARE ENIX® kicked off Tokyo Game Show 2020 Online with the announcement that NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139… will launch for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One family of devices including Xbox One X, and PC (Steam®) on April 23, 2021. N...[Read More]
NieR: Automata – Game of the YoRHa Edition
Had no idea what I was getting into with this one. Why didn’t I read Eric Layman’s March/2017 review of NieR: Automata, where he broke down the game and laid it all out? Eric’s well-written GRE-like review of the game brought more questions than answers for me, which was only stoked by its inclusion in our Holiday Gift Guide 2018 video segment, where he tried to sneak in a 2017 game into GOTY cont...[Read More]
NieR: Automata’s 2B heading to SoulCalibur VI
Oh, that’s pretty damn cool. The SOULCALIBUR franchise is famous for inviting guest characters on to the stage of history to battle against its myriad of characters. Today, we’re excited to announce that Square Enix’s NieR: Automata’s 2B will be joining the battle of souls and swords in SOULCALIBUR VI – out now for PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and PC via STEAM®. 2B wields two swords, Virtuous Co...[Read More]
NieR: Automata – 3C3C1D119440927
PlatinumGame’s action expertise may have brought players into Nier: Automata, but it’s not what they left with after the final set of credits rolled. 3C3C1D119440927—I paradoxically can and cannot believe they called it that—puts combat front and center and leaves the crippling existentialism and surreal aberrations off to the side. (I usually don’t do spoiler warnings but this t...[Read More]
NieR: Automata
Nier was a demanding and ambitious game undermined by the reality that it wasn’t much fun to sit down and play. Seven years later, Nier: Automata seeks not to sterilize Nier’s affable idiosyncrasies, but rather recast them in a mold forged to withstand the torrent of institutional mischief delivered through director Yoko Toro’s unorthodox approach to game design. Translating Toro...[Read More]