NieR: Automata
NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.
NieR: Automata is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by PlatinumGames, released 23 February 2017 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 33.3 hrs to finish.
What NieR: Automata is
NieR: Automata is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by PlatinumGames and released in 2017. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Proprietry in house engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The distant future… Invaders from another world attack without warning, unleashing a new type of threat: weapons known as “machine lifeforms.” In the face of this insurmountable threat, mankind is driven from Earth and takes refuge on the Moon. The Council of Humanity organizes a resistance of android soldiers in an effort to take back their planet. To break the deadlock, the Resistance deploys a new unit of android infantry: YoRHa . In the forsaken wasteland below, the war between the machines and the androids rages on. A war that is soon to unveil the long-forgotten truth of this world...
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, drama, fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 47 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Drakengard series
NieR: Automata is the 20th of 35 entries we hold in the Drakengard series. It arrived 3 years after Drakengard 3: Nier's Garb. The next entry was NieR: Automata - Day One Edition in 2017. Its critic score of 86 is 18 points above the series average of 68. The highest-rated entry is Nier: Automata - Become as Gods Edition at 89.
How it was received
NieR: Automata holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 15 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 88, across 1,599 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 33.3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 76.9 hrs, roughly 2.3 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3 2100 or AMD A8-6500, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 VRAM 2GB or AMD Radeon R9 270X VRAM 2GB. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 50GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: Pakistan is the cheapest region we track at $13.30 (about $13.30), while Germany pays €39.99 — 3.4 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 13 on Steam, which is about $13.30.
What it launched against
NieR: Automata launched on 23 February 2017, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, Hollow Knight and For Honor. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, Hollow Knight, For Honor.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for NieR: Automata yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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