So I bought NieR Automata many years ago, but was too lazy to try it. Now I finally got around to it, and I don't understand why there's so much praise and hype around this game. Perhaps, I dont understand something here.. Maybe I am not a "true otaku" or a real fan of JRPGs... But I am not about to redo huge segments of the game just because the devs in their infinite wisdom decided that it's wrong to save wherever I want to. The game is just.. TOO DAMN HARD.
I did some research, and it deems like there's apparently a whole NieR series.. or universe... created by some Japanese writer. There's apparently other older NieR games that one MUST have played to truly "connect" with the newer NieR games. Supposedly my mind is just too limited to truly really "get" it all.
I keep dying on "normal" and its extremely frustrating. I am not good at dodging all those plasma balls the robots shoot and I just don't get how to properly avoid those giant construction machine arms. They keep killing me.
I think my main source of frustration is the actual controls/camera. Also I hate how the game is just so intricate and sophisticated. Theres an actual dedicated button for switching targets! And if you don't target the flying enemies for example, you wont even be able to hit them! Come on.. Can't my character select targets automatically?!
At first, I tried playing with mouse/kb. But the game was clearly intended for consoles only, despite the PC port. So I switched to the controller. But playing with the controller after mouse/kb is just so clunky. So slow, so uncomfortable. How are people even able to enjoy this game at all given all the major issues and frustrations I listed? Maybe I have to be some kind of a console/controller "pro" to enjoy this?
I did some research, and it deems like there's apparently a whole NieR series.. or universe... created by some Japanese writer. There's apparently other older NieR games that one MUST have played to truly "connect" with the newer NieR games. Supposedly my mind is just too limited to truly really "get" it all.
I keep dying on "normal" and its extremely frustrating. I am not good at dodging all those plasma balls the robots shoot and I just don't get how to properly avoid those giant construction machine arms. They keep killing me.
I think my main source of frustration is the actual controls/camera. Also I hate how the game is just so intricate and sophisticated. Theres an actual dedicated button for switching targets! And if you don't target the flying enemies for example, you wont even be able to hit them! Come on.. Can't my character select targets automatically?!
At first, I tried playing with mouse/kb. But the game was clearly intended for consoles only, despite the PC port. So I switched to the controller. But playing with the controller after mouse/kb is just so clunky. So slow, so uncomfortable. How are people even able to enjoy this game at all given all the major issues and frustrations I listed? Maybe I have to be some kind of a console/controller "pro" to enjoy this?