This week on The Entertainment Dome, James spends most of it gushing over Nier Replicant, but we find just enough time to quickly express our joy at The Great Ace Attorney games finally being localised.
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Ten of My Favourite Games of the Decade
I know I’m late in saying this but, damn, this really is a new decade, huh? I never even considered it until it was pointed out to me. A lot has happened in the last ten years, and after looking at some good-looking games that are coming in the future, I’d like to reminisce about all the awesome games from the past. And, boy, there were a lot.
So, since everyone else has done it and I apparently have as much originality as a live-action Disney remake, here’s a list of some of my all-time favourite games to have been released throughout the 2010s – one from each year (I’m using the European release dates BTW). Continue reading
Favourite Moments in Fiction #20 – The End of YoRHa (Nier: Automata)
WARNING: The following article contains spoilers forĀ Nier: Automata
No, seriously, this one is a massive spoiler as I’m writing about a good chunk of Nier: Automata‘s ending here. So, please, if you have any intention of playing this game, stop reading and go do that now because this is an ending that I feel nearly everyone should experience for themselves. I daresay that it’s unequivocally one of the best videogame endings ever. If you have already played it, then you already know why and don’t need me to tell you, but I’m gonna write about it anyway just because I can. Continue reading
My VG Music Picks #78 – Dependent Weakling (Nier: Automata)
WARNING: The following article contains spoilers forĀ Nier: Automata
In retrospect, it’d kind of funny how despite being bigged up as the main antagonists of the game, Adam and Eve are defeated rather early on and don’t really come back until the very end. And even then, their return is minimal. Regardless, they made the most of their little screen-time and both got pretty awesome boss fights that make sure the player remembers them. Today, though, I want to specifically write about the fight with Eve – the climax of the first half of the game – and it’s accompanying music. Continue reading
Nier: Automata – My First Yoko Taro Game
“Everything that lives is designed to end.Ā We are perpetually trapped in a never-ending spiral of life and death. Is this a curse? Or some kind of punishment? I often think about the god whoĀ blessed usĀ with this cryptic puzzle…and wonder if we’ll ever get the chance to kill him.”
These are the first lines of dialogue you hear in Nier: Automata, and if this doesn’t immediately tell you what kind of game you’re about to experience, then you are in for one hell of a trip; one that could only have come from a director like Yoko Taro. Anyone familiar with his work kind of had an idea for what to expect but for a newcomer like myself, no amount of research into his previous games could prepare me for what this one had in store. I thought I knew after listening to those opening lines, but that was, appropriately and obviously, only the beginning. First, though, let’s get some backstory out of the way. Continue reading
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