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When do they start explaining 2B's "Emotions are forbidden" line? Because it sure doesn't seem anyone else got that memo.
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I heard there's gonna be a cross-promotional with Gravity Rush 2.
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Apr 17, 2017 20:02
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No spoilers, just my "headcannon" based on the stuff on this board. What makes me laugh, is the image in my head how a gajillion years ago when this invasion started, the aliens at their homeworld were listening to the transmissions of what was going on; got to "Robots took over and started their own society" and went NOPE and cancelled all reinforcements, shut down all ftl drives, stargates, etc, and wrote the entire Solar System off as a Yoko Taro-level Disaster Area.
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May 10, 2017 23:41
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Okay, I have a question. Dark Id will probably answer this after. How does "Death" and "Endings" match up? Okay, obviously if you die and because of it the Machines destroy everything, that ending didn't "count" but in story, what should happen is 2B's consciousness goes back to the base, and she rebuilds her body, right? Does death by mackerel interfere with this giving 2B final death? In universe, is 2B going to go back to Jackass and get a reward, or will we go back in time and refuse; having never eaten the fish in the first place?
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May 14, 2017 01:51
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The Dark Id posted:Episode XXVII: In the Name... OF SCIENCE! I'm in a Dark Id Post!  The Dark Id posted:
This? Right here? Is the start of a LOT of Nier Automata smut. Not that the internet needed help, mind you.
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May 15, 2017 05:00
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The Dark Id posted:
Ellipses! I'm sure keeping secrets about the Awful Truth will not bite any of the main characters in the rear end in a Drakengard/Nier game!
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May 16, 2017 21:29
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I’m going to feel terrible telling that woman what happened to her friend.
It’s the truth. She has to know.
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The most disquieting robot series I've ever read is the Not Quite Human books by Seth McEvoy. They're about a robot named Chip whose scientist creator is sending him to school to see if he can learn how to be human. Pretty cliché, yes. But the scary thing is Chip DOES NOT HAVE EMOTIONS. And this is scary in a subtle way, because it never becomes horror. I didn't even realize this until rereading the books. He follows his programming to try and emulate humans, he measures responses, behaves in ways they seem to approve. Sometimes makes mistakes; but it's always stated that he only thinks about whether his programming "pretend to be a human" is successful or not. And we see his scientist creator and said creator's daughter treat him like family, and people at school do. But we, the audience, see his thinking, and he never considers them that except "that's what my programming says they should be called". So by the end of the series, he's good at acting like human, but inside, he's still the same, still ONLY interested in following his programming. To this day, I'm not sure if this was intentional or not. Disney made a few movies about this, but they go the usual Pinocchio route and he really does start thinking like a human. Of course, that has nothing to do with Nier Automata, because both machines and androids have emotions.
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May 18, 2017 20:33
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9S: Hey, let's fix this robot to find out stuff! 2B: Do we have to? :later: 9S: ...well, I suppose we could find out more, but it would be boring. 2B: We should find out as much as we can, for science. 2B only cares that 9S is NOT enjoying himself.
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May 19, 2017 19:59
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Zomborgon posted:They're on loan from Cowboy Bebop. Isn't that the Gazel Ministry?
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May 31, 2017 21:41
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....this actually could BE Dragon Quest canon, folks. Consider Dragon Quest Builders, ie, Square-Enix doing Minecraft. This story could totally be the main character, or maybe the main character's father. And yes, it turns dark. It's an Alternate Universe of the first Dragon Quest game where instead of defeating the Dragonlord, the Hero joined him at the very end. You are a carpenter. You are '''not'' the hero. You do not gain levels. A god tells you can't be the hero. Just try and keep humans alive until another Hero comes.
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Jun 9, 2017 21:25
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Kaptain posted:Which can be read here: http://theworsttale.tumblr.com/ http://theworsttale.tumblr.com/post/161629541991/weapon-story-harp-of-the-strange-bird ...you weren't looking hard enough.
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Jun 10, 2017 07:45
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I like how A2 has Bravely Default "No time to explain or else I'm too upset" disease. "You betrayed us! Why?" "They betrayed you!" "....what? How?" "Nah, I'm out" :magically flutters off: Really? You can't shout one nugget of info they can verify? Heck, if I was a rebel android, I'd be filling up microchips with my manifesto and hurl it dramatically at anyone who asks.
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Jun 13, 2017 21:16
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Forget it, Jake, it's Yoko Taro Town.
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Jun 13, 2017 22:17
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Giant heads, eh?
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Jun 19, 2017 23:20
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"We could check out the energy reactions generated during battles. The fusion reactors of androids and machine lifeforms shut down when they’re destroyed. And we can detect the energy released during the process." That seems too useful for derailing the plot. I'm curious if this ever comes up again (no spoilers, please.) or if this is a one-time technobabble thing.
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Jun 22, 2017 02:36
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The Dark Id posted:So begins the Culinary Research quest. That’s right, everyone. It’s time to go bend nature too our will. With murder! The way god intended it. Or something like that! Caim approves.
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Jun 29, 2017 19:43
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I get the impression that unless you're VERY careful, backups get replaced by 6Os Eleventy Googleplexbytes pictures of cats.
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Jul 8, 2017 23:25
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Deep Dish Fuckfest posted:I'd forgotten how Adam cranks up the ham and the crazy to 11 in this part. It's great. Honest Trailers: "And their evil masters, the most ANIME Robots ever created!"
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Jul 16, 2017 03:42
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Religious nerd here. "become as gods" was worded that way because of the King James translation of Genesis 3:5. When the serpent tempts Eve to eat the Apple. "For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." and Genesis 3:22 "And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us" Remix, and we get "Become As Gods" Yeah, this is where Xenogears got it too.
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Jul 22, 2017 02:35
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So wait....Jean Paul was named Jean Paul BEFORE the aliens even found Earth? And he was still connected to the network? ....or did he find Earth, disconnect from the Network, and then form a dynasty of douche robots?
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Aug 27, 2017 02:18
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So, that magic sword. Wasn't all magic removed? Granted, the "turn black with red eyes and gravity powers" indicates they missed a lot of spots.
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Sep 6, 2017 00:06
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Darth TNT posted:I'll bet the aliens invaded, were repelled by Emil. Then at some point they captured an Emil head and analysed him and his magic. They created the machine lifeforms using that information which were corrupted because all Drakengard magic is evil stuff and the aliens weren't very competent. Hence the black scrawl Adam...or was it Eve? Not 2, 3. It's implied that they shove the Maso back in time to the Drakengard universe. That's where it came from; a circular paradox. So he destroyed Earth, the Aliens, and his own world. Or at least was the vector.
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Sep 7, 2017 22:14
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Mundetiam posted:gently caress, finally replying to this thread for the first time in months, because, even after playing every DrakenNier multiple times in the last 7 years, the Wandering Couple quest was perhaps the most feelsbadman.jpg moment I think I've ever experienced in them. Reading too much Warhammer 40k (Except Ciaphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM) does that to me.
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Sep 8, 2017 23:28
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The Nier level in Kingdom Hearts 5.
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Sep 22, 2017 19:39
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So...if that baby has a consciousness, it's been doing NOTHING but stare at the sky for 128 years. But it has no functions to move or talk. MAYBE it can hear its subjects talk. And we've established that machines can go crazy.
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Sep 26, 2017 20:49
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Wipfmetz posted:There’s no actual reasoning behind anything machines do. That's actually the theme. The androids and the machines are only doing things because humans did; but exaggerating the absurdity and nihilism by removing all context. It's Seinfeldian, really. Yoko Taro is basically going "What's the deal with X, why would we want to do this? Because our parents did?" Just with more death and grim weapon stories. .....now that I think about it, Seinfeld needed grim weapon stories.
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Sep 27, 2017 20:03
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FrankZP posted:This is not a rational risk to take in the sense of perpetuating the deception at any cost, but if you consider her mental well-being I have yet to see anyone behave rationally in a Yoko Taro game. It's like Evangelion, really. If anyone acted in a rational way, the plot would not have happened. Therefore NOBODY can ever act rationally.
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Oct 13, 2017 19:58
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The storm that has been coming.... IS HERE
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Oct 20, 2017 22:02
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We're now in uncharted territory for me, I knew about the Logic Virus and humanity being extinct, but I'm haven't heard what happens after this. Which means I can speculah without guilt! So ultimately, I suspect we're seeing the Reset Button that keeps the war going. Some side starts to win too much (or humanity being extinct becomes common knowledge); they go crazy and kill themselves. The survivors rebuild without the knowledge that lead to the trigger. Repeat ad nauseum for millennia.
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Oct 21, 2017 20:43
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Chokes McGee posted:still waiting for my caim plushie I have a Kyuubey plushie.
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Oct 26, 2017 21:40
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So A2 just murdered the Forest King because she felt like murdering robot babies? Not freeing him from the hell of only staring at the sky for centuries because his followers were stupid? ....yeah, that sounds about right.
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Oct 26, 2017 21:59
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Stephen9001 posted:I told you 2B was [REDACTED], and now you can see that she really is [REDACTED]. And I refuse to believe otherwise with such irrefutable proof. [DATA EXPUNGED]
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Oct 29, 2017 02:55
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...there's a Japanese Stage Play where Sailor Moon fights Dracula. Edit: Wait, did I say "a?" I meant MULTIPLE. Andyzero fucked around with this message at 06:30 on Nov 13, 2017 |
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Nov 13, 2017 06:28
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Maybe A2 and 2B are the program, or "sisters" the same way Adam and Eve were. I was about to type this wouldn't include android orgies....but.... 
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Nov 15, 2017 21:51
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Frionnel posted:Don'tbecreepy.jpg So Yoko Taro wouldn't do this?
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Nov 16, 2017 00:08
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Now I want a WWYTD wrist band.
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Nov 16, 2017 03:23
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Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots: THE REVENGE
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Nov 23, 2017 02:27
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"That’s the less decent option. We’re not doing that one... " There's an ethical and philosophical argument. If indeed deleting memories is killing the self, is there truly a difference? That said, is there the option to do nothing and just leave Pascal to his memories? Would he commit suicide himself?
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Nov 23, 2017 21:16
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We've seen robots kill themselves before, though. This isn't a "I Cannot Self-Terminate" situation. Pascal just doesn't want to make the decision themself. Andyzero fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Nov 26, 2017 |
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Zoe posted:Just caught up on the last two updates. No one STOPS!! It's way too late to STOP! No one... STOOOOOPS!!
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