I don't know much about Nier except that it's got a hermaphroditic character that cusses like a sailor and that Square Enix is doing something silly with its distribution. It's being released as two different games in Japan: Nier: Gestalt is an Xbox 360-exclusive, and the slightly-different Nier: Replicant is only for the PlayStation 3. In North America, Gestalt is getting released as Nier (no tag line) on both the 360 and the PlayStation 3.
Whew.
With that out of the way, this new trailer reveals a little bit about the game's plot: the eponymous Nier has to save his daughter from some sort of fantasy necrotic melanoma. It's a relatively straightforward premise (hell, I think there's a Brendan Fraser movie to the same effect), but I'm sure Cavia and publisher Square Enix will find a way to muck it up with all sorts of stuff: maybe a forgotten prophecy? I'm due for a good world-saving, myself.
It's really too bad that we don't know much else about the game's combat, because all I really have to go on now is visuals. The trailer above seems to fluctuate from janky to potentially cool in a matter of seconds; I think your mileage may vary depending on how you dig the character designs. Although graphics aren't a good measuring stick for game quality, it's all consumers really have to chew on right now.
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Nope, got fixed right after I posted...now I feel like a douche...but, on a sidenote relating to the story, the trailer is well...new...I guess I'll have to start looking into this game more.
I'm going to stick my neck out and say that I didn't hate Bullet Witch. It could have been decent without the last gen graphics, crippling glitches, and repeptitive gameplay.
As much as I'd love to see this game succeed...this one's going to fade into obscurity. I'm sure the Square-Faithful will buy it (I myself included), but it looks and sounds too much like an anime, and the old-guy appearance is more than likely not going to appeal to the God Of War crowd that they're after.
Drakengard 1 suffered from clunky gameplay. Drakengard 2 fixed that for the most part but lost the dark story [boss fights were great though].
Nier. Wow. Cannot wait for this game. Cavia are, I guess, the guilty pleasure developer of mine. They'll probably never be the big boy, but that's because they don't strive to be. They're much more unique with their titles and they certainly aren't afraid to use more adult themes, language, and...uh...other things. Futanari for instance in this game and pedophilia/incest in Drakengard 1.
Scratch that. Drakengard 2 was still quite dark and had some of the most touching scenes from any video game for someone who wanted loose ends from Drakengard 1 tied up.
This game is so ugly that it makes me a little bit angry every time I see new media for it. How can this be a Square-Enix game? How the mighty have fallen.
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Also, fix.
Kinda interested now. Then again, it's a RPG from Japan so I can be not interested at all by tomorrow.
Nier. Wow. Cannot wait for this game. Cavia are, I guess, the guilty pleasure developer of mine. They'll probably never be the big boy, but that's because they don't strive to be. They're much more unique with their titles and they certainly aren't afraid to use more adult themes, language, and...uh...other things. Futanari for instance in this game and pedophilia/incest in Drakengard 1.
SPOILERS of course for both Drakengard 1 and 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akxjgsDUMhc
Except SquareEnix didn't develop it, Cavia did.