Zero Punctuation: Nier

[Mydnyght]

I figured Yahtzee would insinuate that the gal wasn't purely female.

Also, this:

This dungeon has been replaced by a series of twisty
text screens, all alike.
What now?
> seriously

You didn't buy a PS3 to play Zork.
What now?
> *****

Nice job once again, Croshaw.

 

[awatkins]

I want nintendo to make another Mario RPG, not that Paper Mario crap, but a 3D Mario RPG. I loved that game, and I still think it's the best RPG ever made in the history of verbs. When Paper Mario came out for the N64 I was so pissed at Nintendo for giving me a game that was bested graphics wise by the Super NES. I couldn't understand why Nintendo would ever make a 2D game for the N64, it was inconceivable, I felt betrayed. The game was fun, yes, but to me it was bitter-sweet, it could have been 1000xbetter if only it looked the original Mario RPG.
Now is the time for Nintendo to create another truly awesome 3D Mario RPG.

 

[syltman]

"Zelda is only one game with about 50 different dresses." First of all, drop that joke. It's officially dead now. Second, do you really believe such a thing to be true? Don't make me point at GameTrailers' old Zelda Retrospective from '06, Yahtzee. (Especially when I can tell the difference between each Zelda game without the need for such a video)

Every zelda game I've played lately are the same.

 

[lockgar]

O man, I was hoping Yahtzee would know about the localization they did with this game. They actually changed the main character of the game between the Japanese version of the game. He is an angysty teenager in the Japanese version, but they decided to change that as it wouldn't "Appeal" to western players. Something I actually agree with.

http://kotaku.com/5535289/young-nier-appears-in-the-world-of-recycled-vessel

If I recall, the game actually does poke fun at the characters and how they dress. I remember seeing one scene that pokes fun at the woman for fighting in her underwear.

Funnily enough he IS a scrawny prepubescent in the Japanese version, and the girl is his sister instead of his daughter. And they changed him into a scowly buff dude for the Western release.

It can be interpreted as either smart or incredibly xenophobic.

Read the thread please.

The original is the one we got (Nier:Gestalt for the Japanese 360)
The other look is a Japan PS3 only alteration called Nier: Replicant.

Again, the character we got in the West IS the original. Get it straight.

Ah, I had assumed otherwise, being it was made by square, this is much better news, as far as writing goes.

 

[MasterSplinter]

"Hiroshimafied" = LOL

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Are you happy Yahtzee? Now i have to go hurt myself a few hundred times...

 

[Andaxay]

Haha, wasn't expecting Nier at all. It's a bit of an obscure one, I guess, and I put off even looking into it 'cause it did nothing at all to generate my interest. This wasn't going to be the game to change Yahtzee's opinion on RPGs, was it? I laughed the whole way through.

 

[Micalix]

I'm not quite sure if anyone mentioned this since I'm too lazy to read all 100+ posts, but I'm pretty sure the boss is more of a Andross clone from StarFox.

 

[Tonimata]

So, basically, Yahtzee can only describe Nier by doing this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HM9tyNkUAg

IT HAD TO BE DONE! DON'T HIT ME!

Crack knuckles....Oh you so going to get it.

"The funny thing is...I had that in my other tab."

Oh yeah? OH YEAH?!

LET'S SEE YOU BEAT MY BROOKLYN RAGE THEN!

CAN'T BEAT MY, CAN'T BEAT MY, NOBODY CAN BEAT MY BROOKLYN RAGE!

I don't wanna be a furry...

 

[Soviet Heavy]

I thought we had declared this a bouche free zone!

 

[Tolerant Fanboy]

Zelda meets Animal Crossing with a dash of Harvest Moon...

No wonder Squeenix didn't promote this.

 

[7StepsToHell]

Great work as always, Mr. Yahtzee. I'm looking forward to the Red Dead Redemption review (assuming you do one), with all the hype about how awesome and groundbreaking it's going to be, I'm interested to see what you have to say about it.

 

[lockgar]

Ah, I had assumed otherwise, being it was made by square, this is much better news, as far as writing goes.

I hate to correct you again, but: It was made by Cavia. Only published by Square.
Just want to clear things up as Yahtzee has a tendency to misinform.

Developed, published, point is square had its hand in it.

 

[zeratul123]

Another great episode Yatzhee.

 

[_Cake_]

That Zelda Wind Waker boss looks like a rip off of the hands(Eyerok) you have to battle in Super Mario 64.
<img src=http://www.mariowiki.com/images/thumb/e/e3/Eyerok64.png/250px-Eyerok64.png>

 

[PROTOTYPical]

dang it. i just rented Dead to Rights:Retribution and played it through. i like it. i was hoping he'd review it this week, but NOOOO. choose the typical looking fantasy rpg that you didnt know existed.

 

[iblis666]

Nier

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hmm was expecting a 3 min rant about the hermaphrodite character and instead i get the closest thing to a love fest for a jrpg from Yahtzee that ive ever heard im shocked and confused.

as for the problems with not enough content and what not i can just hope that there is going to be down loadable content.

 

[Orcus The Ultimate]

Nier

This week, Zero Punctuation reviews Nier.

at first i thought Nier was like Harvest Moon but without the shitty peasant monotony... then i saw a buddy playing that Emo/Albino looking dude that looked like the bastard child of Kratos and Gatsu from Berserk.

Japanese are great doing weird things... (i say wierd with a bad connotation; to all japs: don't take it personally.)