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Josuke Higashikata
Mar 7, 2013


Has some spoilers, so only view with that in mind when you all have the game, but here's a spreadsheet with information about the locations of crafting materials for when you're trying to max all your weapons

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lBh7qKBe_nfzctNejsEBx2oIj_yxWgbd21atHHLy4Vs/edit#gid=0

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CrashScreen
Nov 11, 2012

Josuke Higashikata posted:

Has some spoilers, so only view with that in mind when you all have the game, but here's a spreadsheet with information about the locations of crafting materials for when you're trying to max all your weapons

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lBh7qKBe_nfzctNejsEBx2oIj_yxWgbd21atHHLy4Vs/edit#gid=0

This is incredibly useful. I've only got a handful of them left but at least it'll be less time consuming.

On the subject of hard mode, the lack of level dropping and the spike between normal and hard only really further reinforces my feelings about it being designed for playing after you've beaten the game or level too fast. I think someone else suggested that they expect that in the thread too.

lets hang out
Jan 10, 2015

any interest in a discord? be fun to chat about it because i'm kind of going crazy over here. separate channel for super spoilers, you know. probably wouldn't be active for too long, but i dunno the game is actually selling pretty great in japan so who knows maybe we're in for a deluge of yoko taro games

pezzie
Apr 11, 2003

everytime someone says a seasonal anime is GOAT

Just watch the best anime ever

Josuke Higashikata posted:

Has some spoilers, so only view with that in mind when you all have the game, but here's a spreadsheet with information about the locations of crafting materials for when you're trying to max all your weapons

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lBh7qKBe_nfzctNejsEBx2oIj_yxWgbd21atHHLy4Vs/edit#gid=0

No memory alloy? That's my biggest bottleneck. :(

lets hang out
Jan 10, 2015

arisu posted:

No memory alloy? That's my biggest bottleneck. :(

can you not buy that from emil or the carnival zombie?

Josuke Higashikata
Mar 7, 2013


lets hang out posted:

can you not buy that from emil or the carnival zombie?

You can from Emil if you stop him outside the Resistance Camp.

arisu posted:

No memory alloy? That's my biggest bottleneck. :(

Higher level enemies end up dropping it pretty often.


This got put up on the S-E store and taken down.


So it's looking like PC Release is March 17 at the moment.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Welp, I kinda wished I waited for PC but cute robots :sigh:

Josuke Higashikata
Mar 7, 2013


http://support.jp.square-enix.com/faqarticle.php?id=13421&la=0&kid=76161&ret=faqtop&c=4&sc=0

Official JP site listing the recommended specs and has the same release date

Loose Ifer
Feb 1, 2002
It's Swelling!
Grimey Drawer
I'm glad PC release is coming so sooooon!

Jack Trades
Nov 30, 2010

Josuke Higashikata posted:

This got put up on the S-E store and taken down.


So it's looking like PC Release is March 17 at the moment.

oh boy oh boy oh boy OH BOY OH BOY

Only 2 weeks left. I can't wait for Yoko Taro's Bizarre Android Adventure.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

I can run it but the question is do i have the :20bux:

<Required
operating environment > · OS: Windows® 7 64-bit, Windows® 8.1 64-bit, Windows® 10 64-bit
 * 32-bit OS does not work.
· CPU: Intel® Core ™ i3 2100 or more
· AMD A 8 - 6500 or more · Main memory: 4 GB or more free space
· Hard disk / SSD: 50 GB or more free space
· graphics card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 770 VRAM 2 GB or more AMD Radeon ™ R9 270X VRAM 2GB or more
sound card: DirectX® 11 support
and communication environment: Broadband or more
, screen resolution: 1280X720
- DirectX®: DirectX® 11
- other: mouse, keyboard, game pad (XInput only)

<The recommended operating environment>
· OS: Windows® 8.
 1 64 bit, Windows® 10 64 bit * It does not operate on 32 bit OS.
· CPU: Intel® Core ™ i5 4670 or more
· AMD A 10 - 7850 K or more · Main memory: 8 GB or more free space
· Hard disk / SSD: 50 GB or more free space
· graphics card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980 VRAM 4 GB or more AMD Radeon ™ R9 380X VRAM 4GB or more
sound card: DirectX® 11 support
and communication environment: Broadband or more
• screen resolution: 1920X1080
- DirectX®: DirectX® 11
- other: mouse, keyboard, game pad (XInput only)

Josuke Higashikata
Mar 7, 2013


Considering how the base PS4 runs it well for the most part and only chugs at certain points, I think the specs are pretty over-estimated.

Eleeleth
Jun 21, 2009

Damn, that is one suave eel.
The Revengeance port also had super high min specs for no real reason. I think Platinum just goes "eh this is what we tested it on".

Jack Trades
Nov 30, 2010

Josuke Higashikata posted:

Considering how the base PS4 runs it well for the most part and only chugs at certain points, I think the specs are pretty over-estimated.

PS4 doesn't run the game at 1080p though.
Also it's not unusual for PC versions to have options for improved graphics compared to console versions.

Mindblast
Jun 28, 2006

Moving at the speed of death.


Wouldn't be the first game like this. Resident evil has even higher recommended specs and that still ran more than fine on my hardware. I don't doubt this will run fine on an i5 2500k with a 970.

Jack Trades
Nov 30, 2010

Does anyone know how many difficulty modes the game has? Are there any higher than Hard? Is there NG+?

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Jack Trades posted:

Does anyone know how many difficulty modes the game has? Are there any higher than Hard? Is there NG+?

There's Easy, Normal, Hard, and Very Hard. You do get NG+ and keep all your items so feel free to stockpile b/t PT.

Jack Trades
Nov 30, 2010

Alder posted:

There's Easy, Normal, Hard, and Very Hard. You do get NG+ and keep all your items so feel free to stockpile b/t PT.

Thanks.
Very Hard is the one where you're (almost?) get one-shot by every attack?

Terper
Jun 26, 2012


Not almost.

Blattdorf
Aug 10, 2012

"This will be the best for both of us, Bradley."
"Meow."

Jack Trades posted:

oh boy oh boy oh boy OH BOY OH BOY

Only 2 weeks left. I can't wait for Yoko Taro's Bizarre Android Adventure.

The wait is killing me, but I can live with it being a same month release. Just put a Steam store page already!

Mindblast
Jun 28, 2006

Moving at the speed of death.


Jack Trades posted:

Thanks.
Very Hard is the one where you're (almost?) get one-shot by every attack?

It's instagib. You touch anything that looks at you funny, your health bar implodes. And there are a lot of things that will try.

Brutakas
Oct 10, 2012

Farewell, marble-dwellers!
Cool, a (tentative) release date for PC!

Sucks that it is 10 days after the PS4 version.

Jack Trades
Nov 30, 2010

Brutakas posted:

Cool, a (tentative) release date for PC!

Sucks that it is 10 days after the PS4 version.

Better than a year later, like it was with MGR.

Jack Trades
Nov 30, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8xx4sT6rEI

Good, short primer on the Nier story.

Augus
Mar 9, 2015


Gotta love him using The Dark Id's LP as a secondary source :v:

RoadCrewWorker
Nov 19, 2007

camels aren't so great

Tomie knows me posted:

The Revengeance port also had super high min specs for no real reason. I think Platinum just goes "eh this is what we tested it on".
MGR is one of my favorite PC ports and runs like a dream so i guess good on them.

Jack Trades posted:

Better than a year later, like it was with MGR.
True. I hope they didn't rush it.

ntan1
Apr 29, 2009

sempai noticed me

Jack Trades posted:

Good, short primer on the Nier story.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that reading a 10 minute video on Nier's story isn't particularly helpful in understanding the Automata plot.

In fact, it's probably more useful to read Yoko Taro's stageplay instead.

The Unlife Aquatic
Jun 17, 2009

Here in my car
I feel safest of all
I can lock all my doors
It's the only way to live
In cars
Do we have any idea what kind of requirements the PC version is going to have?

Loose Ifer
Feb 1, 2002
It's Swelling!
Grimey Drawer

Alder posted:

I can run it but the question is do i have the :20bux:

<Required
operating environment > · OS: Windows® 7 64-bit, Windows® 8.1 64-bit, Windows® 10 64-bit
 * 32-bit OS does not work.
· CPU: Intel® Core ™ i3 2100 or more
· AMD A 8 - 6500 or more · Main memory: 4 GB or more free space
· Hard disk / SSD: 50 GB or more free space
· graphics card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 770 VRAM 2 GB or more AMD Radeon ™ R9 270X VRAM 2GB or more
sound card: DirectX® 11 support
and communication environment: Broadband or more
, screen resolution: 1280X720
- DirectX®: DirectX® 11
- other: mouse, keyboard, game pad (XInput only)

<The recommended operating environment>
· OS: Windows® 8.
 1 64 bit, Windows® 10 64 bit * It does not operate on 32 bit OS.
· CPU: Intel® Core ™ i5 4670 or more
· AMD A 10 - 7850 K or more · Main memory: 8 GB or more free space
· Hard disk / SSD: 50 GB or more free space
· graphics card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980 VRAM 4 GB or more AMD Radeon ™ R9 380X VRAM 4GB or more
sound card: DirectX® 11 support
and communication environment: Broadband or more
• screen resolution: 1920X1080
- DirectX®: DirectX® 11
- other: mouse, keyboard, game pad (XInput only)

dis astranagant
Dec 14, 2006

Alder posted:

I can run it but the question is do i have the :20bux:

<Required
operating environment > · OS: Windows® 7 64-bit, Windows® 8.1 64-bit, Windows® 10 64-bit
 * 32-bit OS does not work.
· CPU: Intel® Core ™ i3 2100 or more
· AMD A 8 - 6500 or more · Main memory: 4 GB or more free space
· Hard disk / SSD: 50 GB or more free space
· graphics card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 770 VRAM 2 GB or more AMD Radeon ™ R9 270X VRAM 2GB or more
sound card: DirectX® 11 support
and communication environment: Broadband or more
, screen resolution: 1280X720
- DirectX®: DirectX® 11
- other: mouse, keyboard, game pad (XInput only)

<The recommended operating environment>
· OS: Windows® 8.
 1 64 bit, Windows® 10 64 bit * It does not operate on 32 bit OS.
· CPU: Intel® Core ™ i5 4670 or more
· AMD A 10 - 7850 K or more · Main memory: 8 GB or more free space
· Hard disk / SSD: 50 GB or more free space
· graphics card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980 VRAM 4 GB or more AMD Radeon ™ R9 380X VRAM 4GB or more
sound card: DirectX® 11 support
and communication environment: Broadband or more
• screen resolution: 1920X1080
- DirectX®: DirectX® 11
- other: mouse, keyboard, game pad (XInput only)

Rip my cranky old 760.

SatansBestBuddy
Sep 26, 2010

by FactsAreUseless

Josuke Higashikata posted:

This got put up on the S-E store and taken down.


So it's looking like PC Release is March 17 at the moment.

loving finally.

So long thread I need to stop visiting and wait in a void until this game comes out so I don't get spoiled to poo poo.

Ironically I just bought a PS4 so Bloodborne is keeping me occupied to make the wait less painful.

XavierGenisi
Nov 7, 2009

:dukedog:

https://twitter.com/NieRGame/status/837437370903339008

There should be more details tomorrow or something. Cool that they're actually saying whats going on with the PC port now.

Zaa Boogie
Sep 13, 2007

"Suckle on this receptacle!"

Should I be worried about him getting the logistics behind Nier's release completely wrong?

dazat
Nov 23, 2007

So I cleared the game, save for leftover side quests/joke endings.

It improves upon the original in every way except story; NieR still reigns supreme in that department. Not that Automata's story was BAD, no way, but imo it ended up going a little crazy with all the plots and conspiracies... If not for the side quests (including two that HUGELY flesh out 2B/9S' relationship, so much that I can't believe they made them optional) the C/D branch might have left me feeling more flat.

I wonder what they have in store for us re: DLC? Those locked doors with the apologizing robots really bug me!

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Amazon has a listing up for pre-ordering: https://www.amazon.com/NieR-Automata-Online-Game-Code/dp/B01KUAMF66?th=1

Spoiler: $59.99 same as PS4 :v:

Gamerofthegame
Oct 28, 2010

Could at least flip one or two, maybe.
A bit later, too.

Fat Samurai
Feb 16, 2011

To go quickly is foolish. To go slowly is prudent. Not to go; that is wisdom.
I got the demo the other day and it seems that the safest approach is shooting rather than swording. Is it representative of the game as a whole?

HenryEx
Mar 25, 2009

...your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call "a body"...
Grimey Drawer
That valve pre-order bonus looks like it would have been a much better fit for a Drakengard 3 port.

Blattdorf
Aug 10, 2012

"This will be the best for both of us, Bradley."
"Meow."

Alder posted:

Amazon has a listing up for pre-ordering: https://www.amazon.com/NieR-Automata-Online-Game-Code/dp/B01KUAMF66?th=1

Spoiler: $59.99 same as PS4 :v:

Yoko Taro has entertained me over the years through Dark Id's LPs for free. He can have all my 60 euros if it comes to that.

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Mindblast
Jun 28, 2006

Moving at the speed of death.


Fat Samurai posted:

I got the demo the other day and it seems that the safest approach is shooting rather than swording. Is it representative of the game as a whole?

Technically? Sure. But do you really want to plink away until the heat death of the universe? Melee is stronger for a reason. Get in there and maul them!

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