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NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139...

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, PlayStation 4 • 2021

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Quick resume

The upgraded prequel of NieR:Automata. A kind young man sets out with Grimoire Weiss, a strange talking book, to search for the "Sealed verses" in order to save his sister Yonah, who fell terminally ill to the Black Scrawl.

Global score

88/100

Genres

Action, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

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    Pros

    • Deep emotional story
    • Memorable characters
    • Haunting soundtrack
    • Improved combat mechanics
    • Multiple endings with rich lore

    Cons

    • Tedious and repetitive side quests
    • Required multiple playthroughs with repeated content
    • Small and sparse world
    • Some grind and fetch questing
    • Dated gameplay mechanics

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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      "Combat is challenging and skill-based but can become repetitive and grindy; progression requires learning and practice."

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    • Competition

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      "Focus is on personal story progression and exploration without competitive multiplayer or leaderboards."

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    • Continuation

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      4

      "Engaging story, characters, and replayability encourage long sessions and multiple playthroughs."

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      "Multiple playthroughs and repeated content encourage habitual play and attachment to story and characters."

    • Cooperation

      Game with the same Cooperation vibe

      -5

      "Single-player experience with no cooperative multiplayer or teamwork elements."

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    • Creativity

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      "Players can customize equipment and experiment with weapon combos, but game structure and quests are mostly predefined."

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    • Domination

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      "No evidence of exerting control or superiority over others; interactions are narrative-driven."

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    • Escapism

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      "Strong emotional story and immersive world provide significant escape from real-life concerns."

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      "Strong emotional story and immersive world provide escape from real-life problems."

    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of intrinsic interest and emotional investment."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Some experimentation with weapons and tactics, but overall gameplay follows established routines."

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    • Exploration

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      "Exploration of multiple dark, atmospheric locations with some backtracking and secret areas."

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    • Expression

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      2

      "Some character customization via augmentations and weapon loadouts, though limited cosmetic personalization."

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    • Fantasy

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      "Set in a magical post-apocalyptic world with fantasy creatures, magic, and imaginative story elements."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Focus on individual experience; some social interaction with NPCs but no multiplayer or community features."

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    • Growth

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      3

      "Players develop skills, abilities, and knowledge of the story and characters through multiple playthroughs."

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      "Players develop skills, upgrade weapons, and learn story details through multiple playthroughs."

    • Health

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      "Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity or health-related mechanics."

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      "Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity or health-related mechanics."

    • Idle

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      -3

      "Requires focused attention during combat and story; some repetitive grinding but not suited for background play."

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      "Requires focused attention during combat and story; some grinding but not background play."

    • Intimacy

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      2

      "Emotional attachment to characters and story suggests some depth of connection, but limited social interaction."

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      "Emotional attachment to characters and story; limited social interaction."

    • Leadership

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      "No leadership or group management roles; single-player narrative focus."

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    • Progression

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      "Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, weapons, and unlocking endings through progression."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Gameplay provides satisfying flow and stress relief, but some missions and repetition may cause frustration."

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    • Sensation

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      "Artistic visuals and soundtrack provide sensory enjoyment and emotional stimulation."

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      "Enjoyable soundtrack and visual design provide sensory stimulation and emotional impact."

    • Status

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      "No social status or recognition systems; focus on personal narrative experience."

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    • Story

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      "Strong narrative focus with emotional character arcs and multiple endings."

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    • Strategy

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      1

      "Some tactical elements in combat but overall simple and straightforward gameplay."

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    • Thrill

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      "Combat and story provide moments of tension and excitement, balanced with emotional depth."

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    • Value

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      "Players perceive strong value in emotional impact and unique narrative experience despite some criticism of price and replay difficulty."

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    • Violence

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      "Combat involves fighting monsters and enemies, but not gratuitous or excessive violence."

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Intimacy, Survival, Violence, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Cooperation.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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