http://www.usgamer.net/articles/nier-automata-launches-on-march-7-2017

Day One Edition has a reversible cover with the original artwork on the inside all of the DLC items included in the Black Box Edition.



Unfortunately for me, the Black Box Edition is priced at $189.99. So either I'll be doing some massive saving (alongside disappointing family for spending so much on a game), or I'll just have to cry myself to sleep on March 6th.

As if I were reading a "For Dummies" book, can you explain to me what Nier is about? I vaugely remember a Nier game out on the last console gen.

Without spoiling anything:
A dorky action JRPG with weird characters in a sombre setting, that is about fighting monsters, saving your kawaii daughteru from an illness, bro'ing it up with a talking book and an actual trap, and listening to THE BEST OST IN ALL OF VIDEO GAME HISTORY.

It's a pretty clunky game to actually play but it's got enough things going for it that it developed a cult following, and now half a decade later the original developers team up with PLATINUM GAMES MOTHERFUCKER, to create a distant sequel that doesn't play like ass.

As if I were reading a "For Dummies" book, can you explain to me what Nier is about? I vaugely remember a Nier game out on the last console gen.

From the fractured mind of Yoko Taro, the man behind such games as Fighting Giant Space Babies with Dragons, Fairies, and Pedophiles: Giving Alternate Realities Space Aids Edition and Killing All of My Sisters Because They Want to Sing the World to Death and I Want to Die, enjoy the wonderfully grey world where you forget to save your daughter/sister because you're too busy fishing with a talking book, a girl with not-so-girly features, and a small boy who likes you a little too much and listening to some of the best OSTs of the decade.

Also the two games are completely unrelated, just like every other game in the universe. They take place 8000 years apart iirc.

Quote from: Braixen on December 05, 2016, 01:50:01 AM

The figure in the Black Box edition is fucking shit. Don't waste your money on it.

Not even why I want it.

>OST
>Steelbook with original cover art by Akihiko Yoshida
>Artbook
>A big black box

I'd get a version minus the sculpture if I could, but I can't pass on everything else that comes with it.

that's not worth it

Quote from: 「Prime」 on December 05, 2016, 01:57:36 AM

Quote from: Braixen on December 05, 2016, 01:50:01 AM

The figure in the Black Box edition is fucking shit. Don't waste your money on it.

Not even why I want it.

>OST
>Steelbook with original cover art by Akihiko Yoshida
>Artbook
>A big black box

I'd get a version minus the sculpture if I could, but I can't pass on everything else that comes with it.

The OST you could simply downloaded for free, the steelbook is just pointless, the artbook you can look up online and the black box is pointless as well. You're going to spend almost $200 for a game just to get shit, this game may not even be worth $60 so why risk it?

because she's a collector, and collectors collect collector's items

what a novel concept

Don't do it ya skanky ho!

Quote from: 「Prime」 on December 05, 2016, 01:57:36 AM

Quote from: Braixen on December 05, 2016, 01:50:01 AM

The figure in the Black Box edition is fucking shit. Don't waste your money on it.

Not even why I want it.

>OST
>Steelbook with original cover art by Akihiko Yoshida
>Artbook
>A big black box

I'd get a version minus the sculpture if I could, but I can't pass on everything else that comes with it.

The OST you could simply downloaded for free, the steelbook is just pointless, the artbook you can look up online and the black box is pointless as well. You're going to spend almost $200 for a game just to get shit, this game may not even be worth $60 so why risk it?

Because I have every other game in the series and have enjoyed them (to varying extents), and I collect games.

>OST
Physical is better
>Steelbook
Day 1 has reversible art, but this one is kind of shiny and cool to the touch. Me likely.
>Artbook
Physical is better. I plan on buying the Grimoire Weiss as soon as I actually stick to a regime for learning to read nip.
>Box
How dare you. Boxes are the best part of any product! It tells you what you need to know about it in a simple yet stylish manner.

Disappointing that the statue quality isn't great tho. Hard to believe the thing that's probably adding $100 to the price tag is lower quality than the Jotaro one I got in the GEB for $60.

So far it's only NA stores so it's like ohfuck

I'll have the money to get it, but we get it three days later iirc

Quote from: True Turquoise on December 06, 2016, 02:07:36 AM

So far it's only NA stores so it's like ohfuck

I'll have the money to get it, but we get it three days later iirc

I have a big job in February, so I should be able to pay it off in full then. Just need to remember to place a preorder soon.

And what's even the point of getting it three days late? I can understand a few months for localization/translation, but what's different enough about Europe to justify such a short delay?

i blame brexit

How come it's usually these somewhat lesser-known titles that always get these sweet package deals? It's no wonder they're so expensive.

The problem is paying bills is one hefty thing now



I might just have to start doing cam stuff online for some extra money

Das would end up paying for your utilities tbh

Now is a good time to talk about it


Do you think we'll have direct tie-ins from Drakengard in this one?

Quote from: True Turquoise on December 06, 2016, 02:23:25 AM

Now is a good time to talk about it


Do you think we'll have direct tie-ins from Drakengard in this one?

I see some loose references at most. Storywise, everything is so far in the past that anything more than a visual similarity to something from Drakengard would be pretty ham-fisted.

one thing I found interesting was this geezer



Has sister Ones old graving mark in his tattoos

I might just have to start doing cam stuff online for some extra money

What site, Motherless, xHamster, RedTube or PornHub?