It ' s an actionRPG that has a dreamteam production crew . The director and story writer is Yoko Taro , the guy who wrote the stories for NieR and Drakengard . The game designer is Takahisa Taura from Platinum Games , the guy who was the designer of Metal Gear Rising Revengeance . The character designer is Akihiko Yoshida , the guy who designed the characters of Vagrant Story , Bravely Default and Final Fantasy 12 . The music composer is Keiichi Okabe , the guy who did the music for much of Tekken and the Drakengard and NieR series . Why are people hyped ? The original NieR was beloved for its story but was not a seller . Nobody ever expected it to have a sequel . So the fact that it ' s 1 getting a sequel and 2 has Platinum Games and the rest of the abovementioned dream team supporting the project is a gaming industry miracle . I don ' t know much about the story aside from the fact that we play as a female robot trying to save the Earth . I ' m not that invested into the story since I didn ' t play the original NieR , but I ' m really interested in this game because it has the same combat designer as Metal Gear Rising , which is one of my favorite games of recent years . Playing as Jetstream Sam in the DLC , short as it was , is one of my most cherished gaming experiences . I also love Keichi Okabe ' s music .