‘NieR Replicant Ver.1.22474487139’ review: Almost a holy gaming experience
The Hindu
After more than a decade, we get the Japan-only NieR Replicant Ver.1.22474487139..., completely overhauled, but missing that Platinum magic
If your knowledge of the NieR series is limited to just NieR Automata or less, you would not be missing much. This cult RPG from the biggest Japanese Roleplaying Game (JRPG) publisher Square Enix, was an obscure title until the runaway success of Automata. (Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click to subscribe for free.) NieR Replicant was only launched in Japan on April 22, 2010, and what made it overseas was NieR Gestalt — basically the same game but with an older protagonist saving his daughter, instead of a young protagonist saving his sister. Now we finally get to play NieR Replicant Ver.1.22474487139... the way its enigmatic director Yoko Taro intended.
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