NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 - Final preview waiting for the review

In the last 11 years, if you follow the gaming landscape at least a little, you have certainly heard of the series of NieR and its controversial history. A title released in Japan in two versions and arrived almost quietly in our country, but above all the son of a production with little budget available and a technical sector comparable in no uncertain terms to that of the previous generation (that of the PlayStation 2, to understand) . In our preview - waiting for the review - we will talk about NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139, none other than the remastered and polished version (with development entrusted to Toylogic) by NieR Replicant, or the version that never arrived in Europe and which sees as the protagonist a young boy embarking on a journey to save his sister from a dark disease. But let's proceed step by step.

As already mentioned, the title that arrived on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in our country is not what we will be dealing with this time: the version arrived shape, variant where to undertake the journey is the father of the child, and not the brother. This little big feature, however, does not change the plot, and the only significant changes were in some lines of dialogue that were going to "justify" the degree of kinship. With this new remastered version, therefore, we are going to experience the same story, but from a different point of view.

There are many reasons why this edition was conceived and created: first of all, the echo of the success of Never Automata, which was so much appreciated by the public, and secondly the desire to give the right prestige to a work extremely undervalued and shunned due to the backward technical sector mentioned above. A work that, however, was called unforgettable by those who played it and finished it, and who dug deep into everything it had to offer.

More than a port, less than a remake

The project by Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139 was therefore not created to distort the original title, but to improve it in all its sore points. The work done by the eccentric Yoko Taro and his team has therefore concentrated on the graphic rendering of the game (bringing it to a more than acceptable level for the PS4 generation) and above all on the combat system, unblocking it from the excessive heaviness that the original production suffered and bringing it to 60 fps. This part in particular made us breathe a sigh of relief, with Automata leading the way and from which more than a few ideas will surely have been taken.

Clearly, however, the way of fighting fully resumes that of the original title, with the exploitation of the two keys for attacks and with our Grimoire Weiss to be used for ranged attacks and more. The model with the "verses”To be equipped to give our magic different powers according to our needs still remains very modern (and just think that the same Automata with the modification chips did exactly the same thing). The spells and powers still remain the strong point of the protagonist's abilities also in Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139 (hammers, spears and so on), which have also been improved in the visual rendering (absolutely welcome trait).

The exploration is less tedious, and it will be easy to get lost between main and secondary missions to accumulate objects and more, however the work to fill the largest and most barren areas of the game world is not quite up to expectations. Bullet hell sections, perspective changes, monstrous bosfights and much more are promises that will undoubtedly be kept. It will also be curious to see how the text adventure sections have been adapted, or if they have undergone some changes (hoping they have not been removed, because especially with the introduction of the Spanish language in the texts, absent 11 years ago, it would be a real shame).

For the rest, the technical sector of the title Square Enix he defends himself well, even if the part that has benefited least from the changes is the management of the camera, still a bit awkward. THE uploads they became very fast, another sigh of relief when you think about the original version of the game.

The first look at Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139 was therefore more than convincing and encouraging and although we cannot yet overbalance ourselves being a preview, we can say that we are very optimistic about the final result, especially waiting for a little help from some patch that goes to file the most annoying imperfections. We therefore give you an appointment in the review, where we will talk about the game in more depth and with a lot of final evaluation.