PS4: Nier Automata Is Phenomenal

[outlawauron]

Azuren said:

outlawauron said:

I don't agree.

Drakengard 2 whether rightly or not has been pushed almost into a spin-off or non-canon title. It wasn't developed by Yoko Taro and is the least important game in Drakengard/Nier universe by far.

You can argue it's been ret-conned this way, and you have room to argue, but ultimately that's where we are now.

Canon isn't something decided by whether or not the same director was involved. Drakengard is an IP owned by Square, and Drakengard 2 is a numbered sequel the branches from the first (and arguably least devastating) ending. Nier, regardless of quality, is the spin-off series. This doesn't make it worse, though. But the status of Drakengard 2 as a full-on sequel is held by it's name alone; Drakengard 2. Not Drakengard: The One Not Directed by Taro.

 

I look at the whole thing as seperate timelines anyway. If Zelda can get away with it, then why not?

The person who directs and is the father of the series gets to decide what is apart of the main series or not. The numbering of the titles isn't explicit in that. A lot of people don't consider Final Fantasy X-2 apart of the main series despite the numbering. And we've seen games be considered part of the main story and then removed later on with MGS: Peace Walker.