Nier Automata

We’ve Destroyed Machines Beyond Counting

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It’s been awhile since I’ve played NieR Automata. I took a break during my 9S playthrough to play through Replicant when it came out. I’m glad I did, while not a requirement to it does make it easier to spot references in the overall story. Now might be a good time for me to get back into it; the modding community has been adding some fun stuff:

I visited the nexus and found quite a few things that I’ll have to add once I (someday) finish my first playthrough! They’ve added a couple new areas, a bunch of model replacements for weapons, outfits and models. With the right amount of mods I might consider doing a livestream with it! But for now it was fun to hack n slash tonight, and since I’m currently playing as 9S it’s more like hack n slash, and just hacking… I don’t mind playing as 9S, but the hacking games get really repetitive really quickly.

YoRHa Party of Five

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My new fave thing to do as 9S is to sneak up behind unsuspecting machines, and then I’ll hack them to fight for me. I made my own little group of androids and stormed the machine kingdom once more. I’m now officially at a point in the game I’ve never been! I think that’s a perfect time to shelve the game, until I open it again. Another weekend comes to a close, and another work week begins anew, and another opportunity to cross more things off my to-do list… such as posting about something that doesn’t have to do with albino androids and android looking machines! 😛

NieR Automata and The Meaning Of Life

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Continued my NieR Automata run as 9S this evening – managed to close some shared quests I missed as 2B, and even found some new ones as 9S.

Playing as 9S is a little different. 2B is entirely combat while 9S is some combat and “hacking”. I found a couple machines standing in strange places, all questioning deep things like the meaning of life, or their own existence. I have to admire how uniquely deep this game can be.

Evening Open Thread

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I finished up my 2B Playthrough in NieR Automata tonight, next time I play it’ll be as 9S. I also wanted to play to vent a little, it was a day that went about as smoothly as sandpaper across the my backside. This is the time of year where games become my ultimate squeeze ball.

Open Thread!

Dear Mum, Found A New Contact At The Oasis

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I found a secret oil oasis while wandering around in the deserts of NieR Automata, and I found that even in android society you will find drug dealers.

I went through surviving the religious machine suicide mission, well… I only died once. :v Fortunately my body died on a conveyor belt, so I didn’t have to go too far to collect myself. That was pretty much my whole playthrough for the evening. I haven’t felt well for most of the day, so the rest of my time was pretty much spent napping and watching a friend of mine grow watermelons and a bee colony on his virtual boat.

Continuing My Adventures in NieR Automata

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I spent the gaming part of the weekend in the world of NieR Automata — continuing to find quests and other strange things I didn’t catch during my previous playthrough as 2B. Father Servo is at a level where I need to buff up a bit before I can butt fuck him up the dick, I got to meet a man that literally wanted to build a family, destroyed machines with a giant pig, and I found the grave of the baby king that someone beat me to killing.

I was chatting with a co-worker about playing this over my vacation, and he told me he couldn’t get into the game because it just didn’t make sense… I don’t think it’s supposed to, and for some reason it actually works.

Android Drugs Are Bad M’Kay

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Today was the last day… I readied my tea for work tomorrow, laid out my clothes, dotted my i’s etc, etc… I did manage to play a little more NieR Automata before the end of my evening, just as one last nice sendoff before heading back into that reality place. It was good to get away for a small time, just to focus and clear my head before an unpredictable season of asshats hits for the holidays. That said I’ll need to start getting things together for the holidays myself! Something, something care-packages…

NieRing The End Of My Vacation

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It was a cold afternoon, and it only felt right to heat the living room with a proper game. I’ve been playing through NieR Automata, this time taking my time on the 2B story-line to make sure I get as many quests out of the way as possible. I’ve already found a couple characters that I don’t remember seeing on my previous playthrough:

I was hopping from building to building, when I noticed in the distance a lone machine on a neighbouring rooftop. When making the jump over a surrounding barrier surrounded us with the puny machine. After kicking his ass he introduces himself as Father Servo; a lone machine monk, and this rooftop is his dojo. He’s already sent me on a few quests as “payment” for the ass kicking that he kept asking of 2B and 9S. Every time I doubled back around in between side quests I would usually find a bigger more badass Father Servo:

This last fight took a bit of grinding! Fortunately I had a lot of supplies on hand to deliver a proper beating. I’ve already left him with parts to make himself even stronger than before, so I imagine the next time I pay him a visit he’ll fully cripple my hands from all the button pressing…

This was another character I missed on my previous playthrough, probably because of the bit of grinding required to finish it and other quests being closer. We had to collect enough parts to reawaken a giant machine lifeform by the name of Engels, who at this stage, seems harmless enough to the point of being bored and wanting you to tell him a story. I’d like to continue this, but I need to start getting my body out of vampire mode, and back into early riser mode for Tuesday.

It was another nice little escape. 🙂

Rest Mode Engaged

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This isn’t what it looks like.

I wanted to stream some NieR Automata tonight, and I even had the green screen ready to go, but my stomach hasn’t been feeling well since this morning.I still played a bit for my own private enjoyment, of course. I didn’t know this, but apparently by pre-ordering the game that instantly makes it the “Game of the Yohra Edition”, so I just need to buy the additional DLC during a sale and I’ll be good, and maybe NieR Replicant when that comes down in price.

Maybe some rest will cure my stomach, and a good breakfast. I might consider streaming something when I’m more coherent and not so easily nauseated.

This Weekend In Gaming: Platinum Edition

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I figured after an unfabulous week I would play a couple of fabulous games, and VRChat (we’ll save that for another post). Yesterday I completed a few chapters in Bayonetta. I’m having to replay it again due to losing a save file somehow, but that just gives me a chance to knock some of the rust off of her moveset.

I also wanted to check back into NieR Automata now that it received a patch to fix certain plaguing the game since launch. As a result I can do proper OBS recordings now! I can definitely recommend the game now that it isn’t bound to 720p without additional modding, and I might even buy the DLC during a future sale. I should also make time to play both of these on the big screen, that way I can torture everyone in the house with Bayonetta’s finishing moves. 😛

Now that I have the OBS issues taken care of with NieR Automata — I’ll have to livestream it at somepoint, and also return to streaming Bayonetta. I’ve already begun on animating part 2 of the Bayonetta video series, and also the semi-secret holiday video. 😛 I’ll be returning to either of those tomorrow now that I’ve had a couple days of play.