Third “playthrough” is probably the wrong word for it, as it continues directly from the ending of the first two. It’s entirely new content, and I wouldn’t recommend stopping now. And yeah, significant stuff happens in the first hour.
anyone remembers the early quest of finding 11b (Memento)… I found her and retrieved some emails and items. How do I get back to the camp/bunker?? I am totally lost in the factory… I went several times back and forth, but can’t find the exit
Well it’s the same route you took in the prologue. The only place you can get lost is some of the shortcuts you might have unlocked. There’s a long drawbridge into a hidden room. If you keep going “north” in the top down part in the foundry you will eventually get back outside.
found it, there are some stairs leading back to the ruined city… totally forgot how I entered the factory. ugh ;) thanks
OK, I fell a bit off the waggon… I think the story is cool so far and could be something, but I did not expect this typical RPG quest structure: speak to this person, get quest, now hunt 10 somethings, then check back to the quest giver… (I am in the ruined city). Especially after the Prologue which was all (great) gameplay with enough variety… I thought this game was a different kind of RPG. Will it stay that way?
Well, I would skip all those side quests for now because you’ll eventually get fast travel which makes things easier.
The writing just barely, by the skin of its teeth, makes the fetch quests tolerable. You can still skip most of them if you don’t plan to 100% the game.
Most side quests are kind of like that, but they add interesting twists the more you go into the game. They also help in building a more complete view of the world and setting and all, so if you are interested in that, you should do as many sidequests as you can.
BTW, I’m in my second playthrough and some of the most memorable scenes in that one came from sidequests.
That said, wait until you get that blurred thing Tim James talked about. It will make things much easier. And don’t worry too much about doing side quests in your first playthrough - it will be much easier to do many of them in the second playthrough, because of reasons. ;)
wow, thanks… I just don’t like these “quest dispensers”… I always want to shout at them “why don’t you just do it yourself,huh??” … I didn’t know it was this kind of game, but I will adjust.
Also I removed the OS by accident… that was funny.
Also, I have problems reading the map. I marked some spot on the map (in the factory), and it was kind of confusing how the target moves in the map screen… maybe because of the 3D nature of the map UI
It is kind of hard to read, and there’s an NPC later in the game that might talk about that.
Anyway, it won’t be such a problem in your second playthrough, and I wonder if that’s kind of the point. This game has so many layers that sometimes I’m left wondering if something is a mistake, a design limitation, or something intentional that adds to the overall vision of the game.
have you played the original Nier? How does it compare…? I am tempted to play it too, but it does look a bit dated even for a PS3 game… but it is widely available at the moment
I started Nier: Automata as a distraction from Zelda, just to have fun… but this game looks quite meaty ;)
I haven’t, because I had little access to consoles back then. I do have a PS3 now, but I barely play it, and playing Nier on it (if I manage to find the game around here) could prove tricky for fatherhood reasons. ;)
Ending B achieved. Third “playthrough” starts tomorrow (because now I have to sleep). Can’t wait!
Nearing the end of #2 myself. Haven’t been this excited to see where a game is headed in ages.
I’m about two-thirds through my second playthrough. I love the extra information you get, for example in the forest. Super curious to see what the next playthrough looks like.
Early on in playthrough #3 (maybe 30 minutes?) and it’s certainly not what I had expected so far.
Don’t tell me! I’m trying to put route C on pause.
Third playthrough is a wrap (not sure if ending C or D). Fourth should be quick, and then to the true ending.
And, so far, it’s awesome. So awesome.
How many hours for that third route? I’d love to knock it out this weekend!
I’m not entirely sure. I’d guess about 8 hours, but I didn’t really keep track of the time. Sorry.
No that helps, seems much longer than I expected. Maybe longer than the second route for me.