NieR

aka: NieR Gestalt, NieR RepliCant

Released

April 22nd, 2010 on Xbox 360

Credits

400 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

2010 (Xbox 360)
2010 (PlayStation 3)

Publishers

Developers

cavia inc.

Moby Score

7.0

#11,992 of 162K

Critics

71% (59)

Players

(21)

Ranking

#591 on PlayStation 3
#673 on Xbox 360

Collected By

82 players

Genre: Role-playing (RPG)
Perspective: Behind view
Art: Anime / Manga
Gameplay: Action RPG
Setting: Post-apocalyptic
Sci-fi / futuristic

Xbox 360 Specs [ all ]

ESRB Rating: Mature

Media Type: DVD-ROM
Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

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$11.92 used, $22.43 new at Amazon
$17.47 used, $26.00 new at eBay

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Description official descriptions

NieR is an action RPG with a touch of Japanese influenced gameplay. The story takes place around 1,000 years ahead of our time in a mysterious world, where the earth as we know it, no longer exists. Nier is also the name of the main character who is seeking for a cure for his dying daughter. Nier is accompanied by a talking book named Grimoire Weiss, also used to shoot projectiles at enemies. Progressing through the game yields new powers and different weapons.

Main and side quests lead the party to various battles, controlled in a hack-and-slash manner using melee and ranged weapons as well as magic spells. Weapons can be upgraded and specialized to deal improved damage against certain enemies. The camera can be controlled throughout most parts of the game. The view switches to isometric or 2D-side scrolling at some locations.

The Japanese version of the game comes in two editions: NieR RepliCant (PS3) and NieR Gestalt (Xbox 360). The major differences involve Nier's appearance and his relationship to the character Yonah. All other international releases are based on NieR Gestalt, regardless of the platform.

Spellings

ニーアゲシュタルト - Japanese Xbox 360 spelling
ニーアレプリカント - Japanese PS3 spelling

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Credits (Xbox 360 version)

400 People (383 developers, 17 thanks) · View all

President and CEO	John Yamamoto
Co-COO	Jürgen Goeldner Michael Sherlock
Senior Production Manager	Sebastian Ohsan Berthelsen
Assistant Production Manager	Yuko Tomizawa
Vice-President - Brand	Larry Sparks
Brand Director, Project Coordination	Makoto Kotaka
Senior Brand Manager	Adrian Arnese
Assistant Brand Manager	Craig Parker-Wood
European PR Manager	Alex Huhtala
Digital Communications Manager	Antonio Marfuggi
Senior Creative Services Manager	Stéphanie Journau
Chief of QA	André Woitczyk
Assistant QA Manager	Dario de Cesare Lee Deneini
Localization Producer	Alessandro Bovenzi
Assistant Localization Producer	Daniel Mellar
Localization Team	Pierre Gauthier Elisa Giribaldi Sina Moelleken Mariona Pera i de Miguel Morgan Rushton
UK QA Lead	Alex Chinchen
UK QA Coordinator	Vince Sri-Ram
UK QA Team	Ceridwen Brown
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Critics

Average score: 71% (based on 59 ratings)

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Average score: 3.4 out of 5 (based on 21 ratings with 0 reviews)

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Trivia

Drakengard Connection

Although the game never explicitly states it as such, NieR is a sequel to a previous cavia game, Drakengard. NieR takes place in the far future of the same world which Caim and the red dragon are sucked into in the final hidden ending of Drakengard. There are several references in the game as well, such as Nier collecting many of Caim's former weapons, a tree that mentions a memory of a red dragon falling from the heavens, and the twins Devola and Popola being named after the sword Debolpopol (Skald's Song in the English translation).