ABOUT THIS GAME
Nier: Automata (
Japanese:
ニーア オートマタ Hepburn:
NÄ«a ÅŒtomata, stylized as
NieR:Automata) is an
action role-playing video game developed by
PlatinumGames and published by
Square Enix for
PlayStation 4 and
Microsoft Windows. The game was released in Japan in February 2017, and worldwide the following month.
Nier: Automata is a sequel to the 2010 video game
Nier, a spin-off of the
Drakengard series. Set in the midst of a
proxy war between machines created by otherworldly invaders and the remnants of humanity, the story follows the battles of a combat android, her companion, and a fugitive prototype. Gameplay combines role-playing elements with action-based combat and mixed genre gameplay similar to that of
Nier.
Production began in 2014, with series creator
Yoko Taro, producer Yosuke Saito and composers Keiichi Okabe and Keigo Hoashi returning to their respective roles, as well as Square Enix artist
Akihiko Yoshida in charge of character design. The story is based around themes similar to Yoko's earlier works, such as people's impulse to kill, while also incorporating issues such as confronting prejudice and escaping difficult situations. The goal was to make a
Nier game true to the spirit of the original, while simultaneously crafting a better combat system. As a project entirely new to the developers, the staff at Platinum Games faced multiple challenges when developing its gameplay and
open world environment.
Upon release, Nier: Automata was met with very positive reviews, with critics praising the game's narrative, characterization, thematic depth, music design, combat system, and mixture of different gameplay genres, as well as its usage of the video game medium to tell its story, while criticism was leveled at the game's visual and technical problems.
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 7 64-bit / Windows 8.1 64-bit / Windows 10 64-bit (32-bit OS not supported)
- CPU: Intel Core i3 2100 or higher, AMD A8-6500 or higher
- Memory: 4GB or higher
- Hard-Disk / SSD: 50GB or higher
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 VRAM 2GB or higher / AMD Radeon R9 270X VRAM 2GB or higher
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 or higher
- Communication Environment: Broadband or higher
- Screen Resolution: 1280×720
- DirectX: DirectX 11
- Other: Mouse, Keyboard, Gamepad (XInput-only)
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit / Windows 10 64-bit (32-bit OS not supported)
- CPU: Intel Core i5 4670 or higher, AMD A10-7850K or higher
- Memory: 8GB or higher
- Hard-Disk / SSD: 50GB or higher
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 VRAM 4GB or higher / AMD Radeon R9 380X VRAM 4GB or higher
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 or higher
- Communication Environment: Broadband or higher
- Screen Resolution: 1920×1080
- DirectX: DirectX 11
- Other: Mouse, Keyboard, Gamepad (XInput-only)
