There is no way i can put into few words all the reasons why i believe this game deserves the praise im giving it, so im gonna do something even better and im gonna leave a video here i found a couple of days ago that describes so perfectly why i love this game that it makes me wonder if the author of it is some lost twin brother i never knew i had.
I will however expand on some topics regarding gameplay below the video that the author of it couldnt cover due to time constraints.
WARNING FOR MINOR VISUAL SPOILERS, i suggest listening to the audio while the video plays on the background, except for the Yoko Taro subbed interview part which starts at 5:37 and ends at 6:33 (which obviously has no spoilers in it).
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The gameplay aside from feeling great is also enhanced thanks to the the skill system, which makes it the most flexible character action game i have played, it allows you to change you gameplay style in such drastic ways it can indeed feel like you are suddenly playing a different game, to give you an example all the core gameplay mechanics of the most popular platinum games are available in this game as skills, and they do work exactly as they do in their original games (with the benefit that you can improve them to make them beyond OP).
So its up to you if you wanna play this game as Bayonetta or Metal Gear Rising (or both at the same time), but keep in mind they are but an option of many skills you can equip and unequip at your leisure, to the point that i never used said skills present in previous games, because i found out that some skills in this game allow me to take an awesome gameplay mechanic which is present in many character action games, (which i wont mention becuase its a big surprise) and use it in ways that were impossible in every other game said mechanic was featured before, (also the in game lore behind this mechanic is the best one ive ever seen).
And finally we have the Pod Programs which are special attacks that your ally drone / Pod can do, and the quantity and variety of them allow you to have a response for every situation, not to mention you can always find something that will fit whatever gameplay style you decide to use, and its all of this plus the weapon combinations and the inherent abilities each weapon has that makes this game a pleasure to play, and by far (at least in my opinion) the best gameplay ive used in any game.
And let me finish by saying that as amazing as the gameplay may be it is just but one of the many things this game excedes at, the characters, writing, story, soundtrack and all the other elements of the game work so well... that i just gotta be honest and say that no other game has given me so many and such STRONG emotions, i really wanna talk about them since i know people would be completely surprised by what i have to say but for the sake of avoiding spoilers i wont, just let me finish this paragraph by saying that while i have thought for the longest time that games are indeed a form of Art, no other game made that so clear to me as NieR: Automata.
