NieR: Automata

NieR: Automata is a haunting, philosophical action-RPG masterpiece from PlatinumGames. It tells the story of androids fighting alien machines on a ruined Earth. As the graceful YoRHa unit 2B, you fight with two weapons in a balletic way in the middle of breathtaking ruins and existential dread. Conquer its many playthroughs on powerful PCs for stunning graphics, or enjoy its deep gameplay on the go with Winlator on Android, which lets you slash and feel emotions anywhere.

Storyline

In the far future, people leave Earth for the Moon after an alien invasion sends robots to take over the planet. The elite YoRHa squadron leads androids that look like people to destroy the machines and take back the surface. You begin as 2B, a combat model paired with scanner android 9S, executing reconnaissance and assault missions across crumbling cities, deserts, and factories. Their partnership reveals strange behaviors in machines, such as cults, art, and even emotions. These behaviors hint at deeper mysteries as threats grow from huge Goliath-class enemies and a secret Command Center.

As the routes split between playthroughs A through E, the points of view change from stoic 2B to curious 9S to rogue A2. This shows layers of lies, sacrifice, and the blurry line between creator and creation. Side quests with strange resistance androids and machine villagers add touching scenes, while hacking sequences and audio logs reveal YoRHa’s secret plans. Yoko Taro’s story mixes existential philosophy with questions about free will and obsolescence, and it has multiple endings that make you want to play it again to find out the truth. With Keiichi Okabe’s soaring music, it turns despair into a cathartic revelation.

Gameplay

NieR: Automata combines hack-and-slash precision with RPG depth in combat that is smooth and allows for quick movement. You can use two plug-in weapons at the same time, like katanas, spears, and fists, to make combos that mix melee chains, aerial juggles, and evasion dashes. A pod companion can also shoot lasers, missiles, or shields. Bullet-hell dodges are used to avoid machine gunfire, and the chipping system lets you change your stats by adding modules for speed, health, or auto-heal. Open-world traversal rewards flight through double-jump plugins, wall-runs, and glider pods across vast, vertically layered ruins teeming with foes.

9S’s stealth hacking lets him break into networks, and A2’s berserk rage lets him go crazy. There are more than 40 quests, fishing minigames, and coliseum arenas that last more than 60 hours, and the difficulty gets harder as you play New Game+. Bosses want you to master patterns in the middle of a show, like choir-singing stubs or stampeding herds. On PC, buttery 60FPS; on Android, optimized drivers make sure that touch and gyro controls work well for on-the-go android warfare, combining accessibility with Platinum’s signature style.

Playing Experience

NieR: Automata has beautiful, sad graphics and smooth, euphoric combat dances. The game’s music swells during victories, and the crumbling skylines glow in perpetual twilight. There are multiple endings that reveal new information, and side stories that pull at your heartstrings. PC lets you see ray-traced glory at 144Hz, and Winlator on Android lets you take your games with you and cuts down on downtime with stable performance. A deep journey that mixes fear and tears.

System Requirements

Requirement Minimum Recommended
Desktop Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 270X 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB
Desktop Processor Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD A8-6500 Intel Core i5-4440 / AMD FX-6300
Android Processor (Winlator) Snapdragon 865 / MediaTek Dimensity 1200 Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 / MediaTek Dimensity 9300

If you have a recommended PC setup and set the graphics to high, you should get 60 or more frames per second. For Android through Winlator, the minimum processors get 30–45 FPS on low–medium graphics, while the recommended chips get 45–60 FPS on medium–high graphics. This makes for smooth, immersive Android action on mobile.

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Conclusion

NieR: Automata goes beyond gaming with its deep story, exciting combat, and emotional impact that stays with you. It will always be relevant because of its structure and deep ideas. It goes from a PC show to an Android app through Winlator, and it makes everyone think about life while stylishly killing people. A must-play work of art for fans of action RPGs.

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Game Details

  • Publisher Square Enix
  • Developer PlatinumGames
  • Release Date 2017-03-17
  • System OS Windows 10 (64-bit)
  • API DirectX 11
  • Resolution 1920x1080
  • File Size 34 GB
  • Pre-installed Yes
  • Genre/Tags

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