Nier is fucking amazing, like its worth a play no matter the reason. Hell its entire story is consived off ending R i think it was for drakkenguard 3.
It was Drakengard 1, actually! Ending E of that game leads to the events that start off the timeline of NieR
I’ve spent the last couple of days diving head first into the Drakengard series before starting a playthrough of NieR in preparation for NieR: Automata, so all that stuff is fresh in my mind ‘ v ‘;
I mean, just hearing the summary of Drakengard and how friggin’ grim the story is and it’s themes that back in the day especially weren’t explored too much got me hooked instantly. It’s such a fascinating thing when your party of main characters are all terrible people or deeply flawed in some way. That and the whole premise of being able to make a pact with a beast, at the cost of sacrificing something of yours to make the pact work is super cool to me. To be honest, I’ve bounced around the idea of a story like that in my head a lot and it’s really neat that Drakengard got to the idea before me heh.
If anyone’s curious, the plotline summaries I watched were made by one Clemps on Youtube. They did summaries of the entire Drakengard series, so if you want a better understanding for the way NieR and that series connect and the weird themes they use for their advantage, I do recommend checking them out.
But! NieR! It is such an incredibly amazing game. Like you can tell here and there that they had a limited budget to work with, but MAN, the game is such an underrated gem. The music and writing especially are beautiful. I haven’t even seen one ending and I adore it already, gosh. If you have the ability, I do recommend checking that game out for yourself.