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ChaosArgate
Oct 10, 2012

Why does everyone think I'm going to get in trouble?

:siren:NO SPOILERS.:siren:





NieR is the story of a Dad who would do anything to help his sick little girl get better. It's an action-adventure game with some RPG elements released in 2010 for PS3 and Xbox 360, developed by Cavia Inc., to lukewarm reviews, but has since become a cult classic. Unfortunately, this game did not do very well financially on launch and it became Cavia's swan song before the company went under. Until very recently, this was also considered director Yoko Taro's magnum opus; it has a phenominal soundtrack, the writing is superb and the cast is wonderful. The localization was also done by 8-4, who've done some of the best localizations in the industry; you may know from projects like Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Fire Emblem: Awakening. Their work on this game is also considered some of their best. The game itself isn't anything to write home about; it's a little clunky, tedious and Cavia itself was not a very good developer, which makes this one of those games that's better to experience in any way except actually playing it for yourself, which is why we're doing this LP.



This will be a mostly casual stream LP where Faerie Fortune, Artix and I will just go through the game at a mostly leisurely pace. We're not going for 100% completion because this game's sidequest design can accurately be described as "spiteful" and I don't hate myself that much. We'll show off as much as we can and we'll do our best to hit all of the game's endings, at the very least. This LP will be done with Uncut and Cut commentary; the Uncut versions will have us talk over pretty much everything, while Cut commentary won't have us talk over cutscenes and voiced dialogue. We're doing this as a series of streams as well, so we'll announce in this thread when we go live, usually at my Twitch account. You can also follow me, Fae or Artix on Twitter for live tweets about our content or other things that may have our attention.

Before we actually get started, let's talk about spoilers: Fae is going in blind and we would really appreciate keeping it that way as we go through, so no spoilers at all. This game's story is really well done and we want anyone who doesn't know how the story plays out to have an unspoiled experience. We'll post snippets of the data book, Grimoire NieR, when appropriate as well. No spoilers for the sequel, NieR: Automata either! We're not here for that game! While we're at it, let's not talk about Drakengard either. This game is a weird sequel of sorts and the connection between the two games actually factors big time into the backstory of this game, so we'll discuss that game when it's appropriate.



Session 01 - Prologue


Session 02 - Grimoire Weiss



Session 03 - Junk Heap



Session 04 - Facade


Session 05 - The Forest of Myth



Session 06 - The Letter



Session 07 - Return of Dad



Session 08 - The One After Fae Went to the ER



Session 09 - Endgame



Session 10 - Kainé's Story


Session 11 - Meet Tyrann



Session 12



Session 13


Session 14 - How it all Began



Session 15 - The Final Preparations



Finale - Existence

ChaosArgate fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Dec 15, 2018

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ChaosArgate
Oct 10, 2012

Why does everyone think I'm going to get in trouble?



These are links to Clyp, where I've set the songs to listen-only. If you want the songs for yourself, you can grab them off of iTunes for $17 or so.


1. Snow in Summer
2. Hills of Rdiant Wind
3. The Incomplete Stone
4. Blu-bird
5. Cold Steel Coffin
6. Grandma
7. Song of the Ancients / Devola
8. The Wretched Automatons
9. City of Commerce
10. Song of the Ancients / Popola
11. The Prestigious Mask
12. Temple of Drifting Sands
13. Gods Bound by Rules
14. The Ultimate Weapon
15. Deep Crimson Foe
16. Dispossession / Piano Ver.
17. Dispossession / Strings Ver.
20. Yonah / Piano Ver.
23. Yonah / Pluck Ver. 2


1. The Dark Colossus Destroys All
2. Song of the Ancients / Hollow Dreams
3. Kainé / Salvation
4. Kainé / Escape
5. His Dream
6. This Dream
7. Repose
8. The Lost Forest
9. Song of the Ancients / Fate
14. Emil / Sacrifice

ChaosArgate fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Dec 15, 2018

ChaosArgate
Oct 10, 2012

Why does everyone think I'm going to get in trouble?

Somebody fucked around with this message at 22:42 on Nov 19, 2018

Faerie Fortune
Nov 14, 2004

The NieR Notebooks

Hi! I'm coming into this game completely blind and I've been told from the start that the story is...a little messed up. This being a Yoko Taro game I also happen to know that the plot is kinda complicated, and a lot of the finer details are in inference and references to things that happened several hours ago that you wouldn't possibly remember.

I really want to truly understand and appreciate this game so enter The Notebook.



I'll be taking notes during each session to help me keep track of the characters, plot and occasionally sidequests of this game! These notes will also contain random rear end doodles and my personal thoughts on current events that are quite frankly, too stupid to actually say during recording -- from what we've recorded so far I am in love with this game and my commentary is a lot more focused than what you're used to from a Fae recording, so my silly off-hand thoughts go into The Notes instead of my audio.

I'll be posting the NieR Notes from each session as the final episode from that recording session is posted so that folks going in blind with me aren't spoiled also. So look forward to that!

Fae out!

The NieR Notes
Page 1: Episodes 1-3 (Session 1)
Page 2: Episodes 4-7 (Session 2)
Page 3: Episodes 8-11 (Session 3)
Page 4: Episodes 12-14 (Session 4)
Page 5- Page 6: Episodes 15-18 (Session 5)
Page 7 - Page 8: Episodes 19-22 (Session 6)
Page 9 - Page 10 - Episodes 23-26 (Session 7)
Page 11 - Page 12 - Page 13 - Episodes 27-30 (Session 8)
Page 14 - Page 15 - Page 16 - Episodes 31-35 (Session 9)
Page 17 - Page 18 - Episodes 36-38 (Session 10)
Page 19 - Episodes 39-42 (Session 11)
Page 20 - Page 21: Episodes 43-46 (Session 12)
Page 22 - Page 23: Episodes 47-49 (Session 13)
Page 24 - Page 25 - Episodes 50 - 54 (Session 14)

Faerie Fortune fucked around with this message at 15:20 on Nov 16, 2018

Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!
Is it still a Chaos Crew production if we're playing a Yoko Taro game? Makes you think.

Fedule
Mar 27, 2010


No one left uncured.
I got you.

Artix posted:

Is it still a Chaos Crew production if we're playing a Yoko Taro game? Makes you think.

NieR enough.

White Coke
May 29, 2015
Isn't there some sort of curse on NieR video lps? Best of luck.

ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


Can we talk about the Drakengard games, or are you going to go into those at some point?

Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!
We're going to talk about Drakengard when the time is right. Probably after Ending A, but we'll see? Definitely before it's all said and done though.

ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


You may want to explicitly mention no Drakengard spoilers in the OP, then. You know how excited people here get.

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013





Fedule posted:

NieR enough.

I fondly remember the day I made Artix stop talking to me for like a solid hour because of lovely NieR puns.

Good times :allears:

ChaosArgate
Oct 10, 2012

Why does everyone think I'm going to get in trouble?

ultrafilter posted:

You may want to explicitly mention no Drakengard spoilers in the OP, then. You know how excited people here get.

Fair enough, I've added it in now.

Rainuwastaken
Oct 30, 2012

Another blue ribbon for Hecarim.
Hell yeah, ground floor on this crazy ride. I can't wait to see this through again.

Faerie Fortune posted:

The NieR Notebooks

Hi! I'm coming into this game completely blind and I've been told from the start that the story is...a little messed up. This being a Yoko Taro game I also happen to know that the plot is kinda complicated, and a lot of the finer details are in inference and references to things that happened several hours ago that you wouldn't possibly remember.

I really want to truly understand and appreciate this game so enter The Notebook.

This is going to be truly wonderful. :allears:

AndwhatIseeisme
Mar 30, 2010

Being alive is pretty much a constant stream of embarrassment.
Fun Shoe

Faerie Fortune posted:

The NieR Notebooks

Hi! I'm coming into this game completely blind and I've been told from the start that the story is...a little messed up. This being a Yoko Taro game I also happen to know that the plot is kinda complicated, and a lot of the finer details are in inference and references to things that happened several hours ago that you wouldn't possibly remember.

I really want to truly understand and appreciate this game so enter The Notebook.



I'll be taking notes during each session to help me keep track of the characters, plot and occasionally sidequests of this game! These notes will also contain random rear end doodles and my personal thoughts on current events that are quite frankly, too stupid to actually say during recording -- from what we've recorded so far I am in love with this game and my commentary is a lot more focused than what you're used to from a Fae recording, so my silly off-hand thoughts go into The Notes instead of my audio.

I'll be posting the NieR Notes from each session as the final episode from that recording session is posted so that folks going in blind with me aren't spoiled also. So look forward to that!

Fae out!

This is going to be the best thing. I can't wait to see a blind reaction to this game.

cant cook creole bream
Aug 15, 2011
I think Fahrenheit is better for weather
That sounds like a great format. I love this game and the sequel to pieces. But this original NieR can be quite annoying sometimes. Yoko Taro is sometimes not a nice person.

C-Euro
Mar 20, 2010

:science:
Soiled Meat
Hell yeah, I was really into JordanKai's recent LP of this game until he had to call it quits. Hoping that you three will fare better!

Rabbi Raccoon
Mar 31, 2009

I stabbed you dude!
I've always wanted to play this game but every time I think to check the price, it hovers around 60 bucks right after I pay for an unexpected expense. Or something stupid like groceries or water.

Also, the screeches from that big guy at the end of the video sound like something from Symphony of the Night

ChaosArgate
Oct 10, 2012

Why does everyone think I'm going to get in trouble?

We're gonna see how well I can handle updating this twice a week.

Faerie Fortune
Nov 14, 2004

Hell yeah I love the song of the ancients, to the point where after this stream was over I found an extended 1 hour version to idly listen to. As of now, I have probably listened to this one hour version of the song ten times.

I think I have a problem.

Night10194
Feb 13, 2012

We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

Faerie Fortune posted:

Hell yeah I love the song of the ancients, to the point where after this stream was over I found an extended 1 hour version to idly listen to. As of now, I have probably listened to this one hour version of the song ten times.

I think I have a problem.

Naw, that's just how NiER's soundtrack goes.

You'd have a problem if you didn't want to listen to it for hours.

where the red fern gropes
Aug 24, 2011


ChaosArgate posted:

:siren:NO SPOILERS.:siren:




no spoilers at all






:colbert:

cant cook creole bream
Aug 15, 2011
I think Fahrenheit is better for weather
The music from the nier games is literally the best original video game music.

JT Jag
Aug 30, 2009

#1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver
The soundtrack to the original Nier game is actually purchasable on the iTunes store. That said, there's a number of spoilers in the music names.

I own it and there are a few particular tracks I've probably listened to 50 times now.

AndwhatIseeisme
Mar 30, 2010

Being alive is pretty much a constant stream of embarrassment.
Fun Shoe
Taro Yoko's games all have incredible music, but Nier stands out as particularly good even among them. It really is fantastic, and I don't blame you in the least for taking time to stop and listen to it during your play. I do the same thing.

Also, gardening is fine and you shouldn't write it off. Along with being a good money maker, it will also make some side quests cheaper to complete. That said, there is one quest linked to gardening that is complete bullshit, but that is a long way off.

ChaosArgate
Oct 10, 2012

Why does everyone think I'm going to get in trouble?

ChaosArgate fucked around with this message at 22:19 on May 8, 2017

Faerie Fortune
Nov 14, 2004

aaaaand here's my NieR notes for this session! Not much this session since nothing much happened but still, have my observations on the plot so far!

AlphaKretin
Dec 25, 2014

A vase to face encounter.

...Vase to meet you?

...

GARVASE DAY!

I like how your first instinct upon meeting a new animal is to try ruthlessly murdering one. You deserved that donkey kick. :colbert:

SirPhoebos
Dec 10, 2007

WELL THAT JUST HAPPENED!

Fun fact: Papa Nier's English VA is Jamieson Price, a moderatly prolific voice actor whose other roles include Lord Jarraxus and Lu Bu

Hunt11
Jul 24, 2013

Grimey Drawer
He is also Sojiro in P5 and Rider in Fate/Zero.

Poil
Mar 17, 2007

That gate guard is the worst, he let a little girl just wander out of the town all alone.

cant cook creole bream
Aug 15, 2011
I think Fahrenheit is better for weather
I actually only clicked on it by accident, but the new cut version links to episode 2.

ChaosArgate
Oct 10, 2012

Why does everyone think I'm going to get in trouble?

Uh, whoops, thanks for that! Fixed it!

Hunt11 posted:

He is also Sojiro in P5 and Rider in Fate/Zero.

Just between Papa NieR and Sojiro, Jamieson Price makes for really good Dad voices, though I think my favorite role of his is Malik Caesar from Tales of Graces.

Fedule
Mar 27, 2010


No one left uncured.
I got you.
Is anyone else as huge a fan as I am of the way they fade out the male chorus as the camera pans out for the distance shot of the really badly designed apartment/hotel building? It's a real small thing to plan and write and budget a variable mix around but they went and did it.

Where the hell has Keiichi Okabe and team been my whole life?

Jen X
Sep 29, 2014

To bring light to the darkness, whether that darkness be ignorance, injustice, apathy, or stagnation.
This is legitimately one of the best games ever made and I'm happy that Fae gets to experience it blind.

ChaosArgate
Oct 10, 2012

Why does everyone think I'm going to get in trouble?

Poil
Mar 17, 2007

drat blabbering audio book. I don't suppose it's possible to read it? :v:

cant cook creole bream
Aug 15, 2011
I think Fahrenheit is better for weather
I really like your frequent update schedule. Soon I wont be able to watch LPs anymore, so I hope you get to experience some things in this game while I can still see it.

ChaosArgate
Oct 10, 2012

Why does everyone think I'm going to get in trouble?

Poil posted:

drat blabbering audio book. I don't suppose it's possible to read it? :v:

Don't worry, we'll become very acquainted with whatever's inside of Weiss soon enough.

Gaz-L
Jan 28, 2009
Nier might be the first time I became aware of Laura Bailey and Liam O'Brien as voice actors. (Bailey being the lady that screamed obscenities at us as soon as Argate pressed start and O'Brien being Weiss). The latter is basically because a friend of mine at university was (possibly unhealthily) obsessed with him due to him being a pretty prolific anime voice as well as in a bunch of other JRPGs like Persona.

They are both ridiculously talented of course, and Nier is a good example of what they can do when they have a great script to work from.

Also I'd forgotten that the first Nier also has the thing where the bosses have a thematic naming scheme that only sort of has the barest to do with the story.

Gaz-L fucked around with this message at 14:42 on May 13, 2017

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Fedule
Mar 27, 2010


No one left uncured.
I got you.
I too will put my faith in Grimoire Caius.

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