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"Gosh golly, how do I get to Seaport??" Nier asks, full of poo poo. "Why, through the Southern Gate," Popola answers, knowing full well Nier is being full of poo poo.
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Thanks for the RAM timing tip. 3770k @ 4.3 wasn't cpu capped and 1070ti was running 50% so went and peeked my poor DDR3 was only at 667mhz. cranked to 800 where it should have been and getting 60fps now up from 45-50. Yes my cpu is 8 years old and still kicking.
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Apr 24, 2021 06:26
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poo poo... Booting up the village in PS4 graphics after all these years made me feel such a strong nostalgia. The graphics are no FF7:Remake or anything, but the kind of plein air feel of new version suits it really well. Hearing Devola's new version of Song of the Ancients playing filled me with the same sense of wonder as the first time I heard it  I know it's a simple, stripped-down, and almost generic rpg town, but the village in Nier just has song a strong feeling attached to it for me.
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Apr 24, 2021 06:33
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https://twitter.com/helpmywaifu/status/1385791621879500801 are computers some kind of strange and arcane mystery to Squeenix, or what?
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Apr 24, 2021 06:40
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It's been a while sine I played the original game, could someone remind me exactly when the time skip happens? I mean, what event kicks off the attack on the village. I'm knocking out all the side quests that aren't a giant pain in the rear end and I don't want to miss out on any because I accidentally progressed too far.
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Apr 24, 2021 06:44
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Blaziken386 posted:https://twitter.com/helpmywaifu/status/1385791621879500801 I mean could it be some kind of hidden thing, like that one unlock everything cheat that was found a few months ago.
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Apr 24, 2021 06:46
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Veotax posted:It's been a while sine I played the original game, could someone remind me exactly when the time skip happens? I mean, what event kicks off the attack on the village. I'm knocking out all the side quests that aren't a giant pain in the rear end and I don't want to miss out on any because I accidentally progressed too far.
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Apr 24, 2021 06:49
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Welp, that point of no return came quicker than I expected. And lol, these are some slow rear end plants in my yard. Five years has passed and these grains I planted still haven't gotten ready to harvest. Blaziken386 posted:Right after the Resident Evil Mansion Isn't it actually right before that event? At least one quest failed right after I returned from the mansion but before the monsters attacked ymgve fucked around with this message at 07:04 on Apr 24, 2021 |
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Apr 24, 2021 07:00
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ymgve posted:Welp, that point of no return came quicker than I expected. Time-skip isn't so much the point of no return as the game going from act 1 to 2. There's an actual point of no return way ahead if I'm not misremembering. EDIT: Anyway, is the game functional? The price tag is kinda making me want to wait but on the other hand I'm nostalgic as hell for replaying Nier so... 
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Apr 24, 2021 07:03
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MiddleOne posted:EDIT: Anyway, is the game functional? The price tag is kinda making me want to wait but on the other hand I'm nostalgic as hell for replaying Nier so... I would get the PS4 version if you want. The PC version has been crashing for me which is making me really nervous with how sparse save points are. Otherwise, runs perfectly fine, but it does eat up all my memory and make my other programs crash
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Apr 24, 2021 07:09
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Only own a Switch so no luck in that department. Kinda getting the impressions from reviews that both newer and older nvidia cards are a hazard-factor presently.
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Apr 24, 2021 07:13
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Heh, I bought it on my PS5 and the only thing that happens when I launch the game is loading splashscreen forever, maybe that is the existential anguish I was meant to feel
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Apr 24, 2021 07:14
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MiddleOne posted:Time-skip isn't so much the point of no return as the game going from act 1 to 2. There's an actual point of no return way ahead if I'm not misremembering. It is kinda a point of no return, since NG+ starts you after that point, so any quests missed from there are permanently lost.
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Apr 24, 2021 07:16
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I'm betting that some horrible hack was implemented to prevent a crash because they couldn't fix the actual error.
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Apr 24, 2021 07:19
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BisbyWorl posted:It is kinda a point of no return, since NG+ starts you after that point, so any quests missed from there are permanently lost. I guess. I'm still awaiting to hear if they kept the OG penultimate point of no return.
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Apr 24, 2021 07:30
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I'm doing all the sidequests because I'm stupid. A few of them are good but I've sure spent a lot of time killing goats and moving between towns. Listening to Devola at the fountain for a bit was more moving than I expected. I was also surprised by how much I like brother Nier. Game good.
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Apr 24, 2021 10:04
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Finished act 1! The entire climax was fuckin sick, and doing from Forest of Myth to here without any side stuff to distract me really helped me get into the story more The voice actor for Grimoire Noir is really bad lmao
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Apr 24, 2021 11:09
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the music for these games is so good it's ridiculous. i dunno if i've ever just stopped, closed my eyes, and listened before the load times seem a bit excessive but other than that i've been perfectly happy with the game on ps4 pro so far. didn't want to risk pc fuckery given their history
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Apr 24, 2021 11:37
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Really enjoying it so far. I know bits and pieces about the plot from Automata and all of the discourse that surrounded it but I'm interested to see where it goes. It's weirdly dissonant that the visuals and combat have been modernized so much but the menus and menu sound effects still feel like a late PS2/early PS3 game. I like it.
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Apr 24, 2021 11:42
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So, having just finished part 1 and hit the time skip as much as it hurts me to say as a fan of the original game since it came out and a fan of Papa Nier: Brother Nier works better. I know the dialogue has been reworked some for this version but I feel it's mostly the same and stuff that felt a little weird coming out of Papa Nier's mouth just works for the Brother. Also I never got the feeling that Papa was that much different after the time skip, maybe a little more jaded and he started wearing an ugly eyepatch for some reason. The Brother growing up and getting an entirely different model and voice actor immediately lets you know things are different.
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Apr 24, 2021 11:55
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Is it true item drop rate is tied to difficulty because OH MY GOD farming in the Junk Heap is useless
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Apr 24, 2021 13:06
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How is the new combat engine? The swords-and-spells of the original was cool but a little basic. I don't expect them to have gone full DMC/Bayonetta but is it a lot closer to how good Automata's was?
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Apr 24, 2021 13:32
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Just dug around in the Steam folder for the pre-order mini OST and it's literally three tracks. Very mini. 
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Apr 24, 2021 14:14
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Oneiros posted:the music for these games is so good it's ridiculous. i dunno if i've ever just stopped, closed my eyes, and listened before This is one of those rare games where I’ve delayed changing zones just to keep listening to the music. Pierson posted:How is the new combat engine? The swords-and-spells of the original was cool but a little basic. I don't expect them to have gone full DMC/Bayonetta but is it a lot closer to how good Automata's was? I haven’t played the original, only watched videos and read Dark Id’s LP, but from what I can tell it’s a LOT better now. I’m enjoying it more than Automata’s, but I was never very good at Automata’s gameplay. Pollyanna fucked around with this message at 14:36 on Apr 24, 2021 |
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Apr 24, 2021 14:34
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I got on a chat with Amazon customer service to ask about the preorder bonus code not arriving. I think I lucked out cuz the guy I got has no idea what to do and in a panic just refunded me 30 bucks. I definitely came out ahead even without getting any download codes
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Apr 24, 2021 14:54
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hatty posted:Played halfway through the original on my PS3 before I had the yellow light problem and lost all my saves but this version seems so much better than that one. Glad I didn’t listen to the downers before release saying the new soundtrack was a downgrade and the graphical changes ruin the vibe. Always thought the original looked like a butt and played like one too, very nice improvements all around so far. The new soundtrack is at best a sidegrade, but imo a lot of the remixes are just worse than the original.  The graphics and gameplay are much improved though. CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK fucked around with this message at 15:03 on Apr 24, 2021 |
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Apr 24, 2021 15:00
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Pollyanna posted:This is one of those rare games where I’ve delayed changing zones just to keep listening to the music. The Lost Forest was my favorite track in Nier and it's pretty funny the area you could listen to it in was like 10 feet long
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Apr 24, 2021 15:17
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Ytlaya posted:I suspected this and actually just today installed another 16gb that I ordered (so I have 32gb now). It hasn't addressed the initial framerate in War Zone being lower than benchmarks I've read online indicate (and performance in Nier is the same), but I haven't had the chance to see if it affects the massive drop-off over time yet. Could be way off base but this sounds like there might be some overheating issues, degraded performance over time running games is usually heating related in my experience. Check the cooler for the cpu is mounted properly, a while back I had one of the corner clips pop out on a cheap lovely cooler I was using, so the cooler lost full contact with the cpu and caused problems similar to what you described.
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Apr 24, 2021 15:23
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What’s this about that boar being hard, again? https://twitter.com/retrocombine/status/1385980444097892352?s=21
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Apr 24, 2021 16:35
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Escobarbarian posted:Finished act 1! The entire climax was fuckin sick, and doing from Forest of Myth to here without any side stuff to distract me really helped me get into the story more Grimoire Noir wears blackface so take no pity
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LMFAO, forget performance issues. Game won't even boot, just white screen of death. EDIT: Thank god it was just a file integrity error. MiddleOne fucked around with this message at 16:53 on Apr 24, 2021 |
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Apr 24, 2021 16:37
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Pollyanna posted:What’s this about that boar being hard, again? I guess there is some hidden enemy level mechanic because the first time I encountered the boar a hit took over half my health bar, but returning a few hours later a hit took much less of my health bar
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Apr 24, 2021 16:52
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Pollyanna posted:What’s this about that boar being hard, again? You absolute, utter coward scrub Rumour has it I might have taken the same approach. Just like back in the day. ymgve posted:I guess there is some hidden enemy level mechanic because the first time I encountered the boar a hit took over half my health bar, but returning a few hours later a hit took much less of my health bar For sure. Certain enemies in the world show up early enough that you aren't necessarily best placed to deal with them, but hey, you're welcome to have a pop nonetheless. But mostly you'll come back later. That boar just has the misfortune to be in a place where there is a big rock that can protect the player. Edit: It has been long enough since I played Nier Gestalt that I don't have a good read on the combat differences between that and Ver 1.22. I don't have any particular memory of disliking the combat back then, but regardless, certainly enjoying it now. I appreciate it isn't as deep as many other games, but I'm always fine with 'sufficiently engaging' mechanics that don't ask *too* much of me, since I'm generally not playing games *for* the combat. magimix fucked around with this message at 17:00 on Apr 24, 2021 |
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Apr 24, 2021 16:52
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You can just, like, roll out of the way of the boar. But yeah the first time I met him getting hit by it nearly one-shot me, but an hour or so later it only took half my health. Are people turning on enemy health bars? I'm torn between wanting to know how much health stronger enemies have and how ugly the bars are.
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Apr 24, 2021 17:01
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ymgve posted:I guess there is some hidden enemy level mechanic because the first time I encountered the boar a hit took over half my health bar, but returning a few hours later a hit took much less of my health bar I think its less 'hidden level mechanics' and more Nier having utterly batshit level scaling, iirc. You start with 100HP, then by the end of the game you have like several hundred thousand.
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Apr 24, 2021 17:04
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Question for the OG experts: is this section in the second half with Seafront and you exploring a shipwreck completely new to this remake, or was it previously in a Japanese version but not a western release?
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Apr 24, 2021 17:08
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Escobarbarian posted:Question for the OG experts: is this section in the second half with Seafront and you exploring a shipwreck completely new to this remake, or was it previously in a Japanese version but not a western release? As a gameplay thing, entirely new. But it was the subject of a short story in Grimoire Nier.
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Apr 24, 2021 17:15
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BisbyWorl posted:As a gameplay thing, entirely new. But it was the subject of a short story in Grimoire Nier. Thanks! That’s very cool that they managed to put it in.
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Apr 24, 2021 17:18
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Son of a bitch I think they changed the quest split to 50/50 for the remake and the uncertainty is making me paranoid.
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BisbyWorl posted:Son of a bitch I think they changed the quest split to 50/50 for the remake and the uncertainty is making me paranoid. I definitely did every quest in the first half and it was on 50
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