NIER (known as NieR Gestalt in Japan and in that country a title exclusive to Xbox 360^[3]) is an upcoming action role-playing video game developed by Cavia and published by Square Enix.^[1] It is scheduled to be released in 2010 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. A separate game is also in-production exclusively for the PlayStation 3, known as Nier Replicant, the game will be based in the same world but will only be different in regards to Nier's appearance and his relationship with the girl Yonah.^[4] NieR Gestalt will simply be titled NIER in North America as it will be the only version released there. The game will be released in Japan on April 24, 2010 and North America on April 27, 2010.^{[2] -Wikipedia.}

Is anyone getting this game? I couldn't find reviews for it. I'm on the fence about it, it could be a great action RPG or it could just be a unpolished mess like The Bouncer was. Thoughts?

Release date is April 27th in the states.

It released!?

It comes out April 27th. I was thinking of preording it

That vid makes this game look awesome!!

I saw an older one that made the gameplay seem bland and unpolished.

errr i thought the vid looked cheap...

Well....i loved The Bouncer

Am interested in Nier, but i will wait to for some reviews first

Is and plays NOTHING like The Bouncer :s

It's an open world hack&slash


Unfortunately, it's a bit too much "run to b, run back to a, run back to b, run back to a, run back to b, run back to a"-type of game at the moment (after having played some six hours of the preview version)

Is the gameplay good? How is the combat and spells?

Not getting it as soon as it's out since I have a lot to play through right now. But if I like gameplay videos and overall the title, I'm going to buy it later on. But by all means the Japanese PS3 version.

It's a bit weakish at the moment.

Gameplay is "lots of running around, some whackity-whack"

You can attach four 'spells' to your trigger buttons, with evade being one.

attacking is basically bashing one button and holding it for a more powerful attack (pressing it at the fourth hit will get you a different animation / move than when you do it at the second for example)

Sometimes it switches to a sidescrolling view, or a topdown view.

You can upgrade weapons by adding "words" to it. That way you can increase counter, power, magic and so on. using items is a bit annoying, as you have to go into the menu, go to the right tab and then select a potion or something. Still not sure about how this game is going to turn out.