Steam Deck

This game hurt me. In the best way possible.

Easy recommend. Only wish the game made it clear that

Hiiighly recommend, that last ending was fantastic. One of my favorite gaming moments ever probably.

Gameplay is boring but upskirt shots are great.

I cannot recommend this game more. It’s a game that has stuck with me hard. I’ve never played a game with such an amazing format of story before and getting all the way to 100% was a unforgettable experience. I was so entranced by the world and story that I read EVERY SIDE BOOK in connecting with it, and I never usually read anything. Anyone who enjoys a great single player game with fantastic combat and a perfect story should check it out.

I guess I'll be the token naysayer and say that this game was pretty disappointing. The combat is... fine. Nothing special. The story is also unexceptional. There is a twist that flirts with greatness, but they pretty much just throw it away in favor of something more generic. And, without spoiling: there is an infamous long section that is extremely repetitive, and the payoff is not at all worth it. Most people disagree with me on that, so your mileage may vary. People also like to talk about how philosophical the game is, but aside from certain characters being named after famous philosophers, there's not really much to grapple with. The flirty plot twist I mentioned could have been leveraged for some great introspection, but... just isn't.

All that being said, the game is still fine, just unremarkable. Honestly, if the primary protagonist wasn't a babe in a cute dress, I don't think anybody would have given N:A a second glance.

What an interesting story sounds like an easy recommend for the deck.

I enjoyed the game, both the story and the mechanics. The boss fights felt epic. I wouldn't rave about it though as like death stranding I don't think it's for everyone.

Really good game! I actually run on Reddit two subs for the series (r/drakengard and r/okbuddyyorha) so it's really neat to see this recommendation here and it's pretty solid.

I would say though that this game is a standalone sequel to NieR Replicant (also amazing), and while you can play either in any order, I think the experience is better if played after Replicant. That said, both run pretty well on the Deck and both go on sale often!

Shameless plug, if you like the series, we also have an instance for the series at lemm.ee/c/nier. Anyways

Game runs great on deck, if you don't mind capping fps at 30, it'll easily run at close to 10w while looking great.

Wow, that's crazy (in a good way). For me, it was hard even to get really into the game. Started it 3 times from the beginning either becaused it confused me or because of relevant dxvk updates. But afterwards it really caught me until the end. Unfortunately we had to wait too long for the sequel NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... (lol) which is a predecessor from the PS3 area. I still have to get into Replicant now

I jumped into Nier:Automata pretty blind, but ended up loving and completing it! I'm generally not a huge fan of JRPGs (either find them a huge grind, or story just too impenetrable), but found this flowed and the story, although still quite strange, I could actually get. All-in-all, good stuff. Oh, and I found the soundtrack absolutely gorgeous! Ended up buying that on vinyl.

I remember having a blast with this one until I break-up with my GF and just slumped into a period of depression. Might pick it up again now (⸝⸝ᵕᴗᵕ⸝⸝)