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===== NieR ====== | ===== NieR ====== | ||
- | **//NieR//** (alternatively spelled **//NIER//**) is [[company:Cavia]]'s final game, and an action RPG for the [[hardware:Xbox 360]]/[[hardware:PS3]]. It is set in the same universe as the //[[Drakengard]]// series, and has some story connections, though these are not confirmed within the game itself. | + | **//NieR//** (alternatively spelled **//NIER//**) was [[company:Cavia]]'s final game, and an action RPG for the [[hardware:Xbox 360]]/[[hardware:PS3]]. It was set in the same universe as the //[[Drakengard]]// series, and had some story connections, though these were not confirmed within the game itself. |
- | The Japanese version is known as **//NieR Gestalt//** on the 360, and **//NieR Replicant//** on the PS3. Gestalt stars a father protecting his daughter, while Replicant is about a brother doing the same for his sister. The games are identical otherwise. Gestalt is the version that the West got on both platforms. | + | The Japanese version was known as **//NieR Gestalt//** on the 360, and **//NieR Replicant//** on the PS3. Gestalt starred a father protecting his daughter, while Replicant was about a brother doing the same for his sister. The games were identical otherwise. Gestalt was the version that the West got on both platforms. |
- | Due to poor marketing by publisher [[company:Square-Enix]] and the game's failure to meet players' expectations of a tarted-up brogamer epic, **//NieR//** was a critical and commercial failure in the West, but has seen wider recognition in Japan. | + | Due to poor marketing by publisher [[company:Square-Enix]] and the game's failure to meet players' expectations of a tarted-up brogamer epic, **//NieR//** was a critical and commercial failure in the West, but saw wider recognition in Japan. |
===== Games and game genres referenced in NieR ===== | ===== Games and game genres referenced in NieR ===== | ||
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**Zelda series**: A dungeon full of blocks and locked rooms, culminating in the acquisition of an item with a very familiar animation and jingle. | **Zelda series**: A dungeon full of blocks and locked rooms, culminating in the acquisition of an item with a very familiar animation and jingle. | ||
- | **Harvest Moon series**: You can grow crops and flowers on the land next to your house. | + | **Harvest Moon series**: You could grow crops and flowers on the land next to your house. |
- | **Arcade racers**: When riding boars, you can drift them like in **//[[OutRun 2]]//** and similar games. | + | **Monster Hunter series**: Hunting animals and scavenging the land for materials, which were used to complete quests and upgrade weapons. |
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+ | **Text adventures**: A text-based maze in a horror castle. | ||
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+ | **Visual novels**: Not quite, as there were no visual component to the novel segments, but the writing was in a very Kinoko Nasu style. | ||
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+ | **Arcade racers**: When riding boars, you could drift them like in **//[[OutRun 2]]//** and similar games. | ||
**Resident Evil series**: A haunted mansion with giant spiders, fixed camera angles, and a history of secret lab operations. | **Resident Evil series**: A haunted mansion with giant spiders, fixed camera angles, and a history of secret lab operations. | ||
- | **Twin-stick shooters**: When the camera moves to a fixed overhead view, magical attacks are directed with the right stick. | + | **Twin-stick shooters**: When the camera moved to a fixed overhead view, magical attacks were directed with the right stick. |
- | **Manic/"bullet hell" shooters**: Many enemies fire elaborate patterns of 2D bullets, which can be canceled and absorbed with attacks. | + | **Manic/"bullet hell" shooters**: Many enemies fired elaborate patterns of 2D bullets, which could be canceled and absorbed with attacks. |
=====See also===== | =====See also===== | ||
[[theory:genre_guise|Genre Guise]] (sort of) | [[theory:genre_guise|Genre Guise]] (sort of) |