The demo shows off familiar 'NieR' gameplay
Square Enix have released a new trailer that features over 9 minutes of gameplay for the upcoming Nier Replicant remaster.
The video opens with the protagonist and talking with his companions Kaine and Weiss, the latter is a talking book. The characters fail to communicate with some masked villagers who speak a strange language, before launching into the Barren Temple dungeon.
The video is available below:
The gameplay featured looks very similar to 2017's NieR: Automata, complete with platforming sections which feature a camera shift to a side-scrolling perspective.
Combat is similarly reminiscent, with the protagonist wielding a sword to combo, parry and, juggle shadowy looking enemies before using Grimoire Weiss to fire projectiles, like the bots that featured in Automata.
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Shortly after the initial combat sequence the protagonist fights a Golem boss, which is made from a collection of cubes, which attacks with large red bullets in the bullet hell style expected from NieR, before shifting to a new form and switching up its attacks.
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… will hit PC, PS4 and Xbox One in April. The game is a remake of the updated version of the original game which was exclusive to Japan.
Earlier in the year, hacker and modder Lance McDonald discovered one final hidden secret in NieR: automata nearly four years after the game's release.
The code allows you to face the final ending immediately after fighting the first boss. NieR: Automata has several endings, many of which can't be accessed until two or three playthroughs, but this code lets you bypass them all.
Since NieR: Automata's release the game has sold over five million copies worldwide, and the mobile game, NieR Re[in]carnation, has been confirmed for release on iOS and Android on February 18, 2021 in Japan.
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