While securing an escape route for 2B, he hacks into the machine network and discovers a few files related to Project Gestalt.
With help from Operator 60 and the Pod, 2B heads down to the city caverns in search of 9S.ĩS recovers from his injuries and immediately goes to 2B’s assistance by remotely controlling a machine unit from the safety of the Bunker. The two are separated again, and while 9S’ plan works, 2B soon wakes up to find that he’s missing. As 2B and 9S try to destroy the machine, 9S leaves the battlefield, saying that he’ll activate old missiles on the coast to help destroy it. After asking Pascal about A2, he reveals that he doesn’t know much either, just that she’s a very dangerous android.Įither way, a large machine lifeform soon makes an appearance at the coast of the city, and all YoRHa androids and resistance forces are tasked with taking it down. The commander tells 9S that that’s classified information. A2 escapes after a heated battle, and 9S asks the YoRHa commander about A2’s crimes. The Operator tells 2B and 9S that A2 is a wanted fugitive, and they’re ordered to kill her. Before they can do anything, YoRHa unit A2 shows up and kills the baby. When 2B and 9S reach the castle, they find out that the king that the machines were protecting was simply a small, baby machine. The forest machines have a king, and the androids speculate about how they could possibly harbor feelings of loyalty, especially since they’re just robots. Speaking with Pascal, we also find out that there is another machine kingdom hidden in the Forest Zone. 9S is a scanner model who meets 2B at the factory, and he tells her that he’ll be providing recon support during her mission. However, her entire squad is shot out of the air by the machines, and only 2B survives. The game begins with 2B infiltrating an abandoned factory to take down a Goliath machine on Earth with fellow Type-B models. Our story starts with YoRHa units 2B and 9S.
These elite androids are tasked with helping the android resistance force on Earth to battle against the machines. To take back Earth from the machine lifeforms created by the aliens, the YoRHa androids were created. From this, we can infer that Project Gestalt must have been a success. However, Automata tells us that aliens have invaded Earth, and because of this, the humans have been forced to take refuge on the moon. At the end of NieR, it was unclear whether Project Gestalt was a success or not, especially when you take that game’s multiple endings into consideration.
It can even be played on an Xbox console or PC via Game Pass, ensuring that many gamers can experience the incredible title.NieR: Automata is set centuries after the events of the original NieR. Nowadays, the game can often be purchased on sale for PlayStation 4 and PC, with its PC port just recently receiving many quality of life improvements.
It is a groundbreaking blend of strong, introspective narrative tackling broad ideologies and subject matter with intense and endlessly satisfying gameplay. NieR: Automata is still one of the most fulfilling and exciting experiences in the entire RPG genre, and is arguably one of the best video games that the medium has to offer. This not only creates an incredible sense of scale, with the game's opening tasking 2B to take down a larger than life machine, but also a distinctly polished balancing of satisfying gameplay with cinematic ambition that many action games today could still take cues from. NieR: Automata raises the stakes on Taro's infamous blending of arcade action with refined third-person combat, introducing top-down shoot-em-up challenges that blend seamlessly from the hack and slash sequences.