I apologize if there already is a thread for this game, if so this probably warrants the first "plornt" since my godlike return. I did search for it, though, so... I blame the search engine if there is!

Anyhoo... The game got the front cover of Edge this month, so seems fitting to get its own thread.



You made me click, so... what is this game about?
The distant future… Invaders from another world attack without warning, unleashing a new type of threat: weapons known as “machine lifeforms.” In the face of this insurmountable threat, mankind is driven from Earth and takes refuge on the Moon. The Council of Humanity organizes a resistance of android soldiers in an effort to take back their planet. To break the deadlock, the Resistance deploys a new unit of android infantry: YoRHa. In the forsaken wasteland below, the war between the machines and the androids rages on. A war that is soon to unveil the long-forgotten truth of this world...

Sounds kinda spaced, kinda cool, kinda weird. When can I buy it?
It's out in Europe March 10th.

So... who made this game again?
PlatinumGames. You know, the developer of games like Bayonetta, Vanquish, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Transformers: Devastation... and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan. Let's pretend that game never existed, shall we?

Sounds awesome! Are there any previews of this game?
Several. Edge has a 10-page feature of the game in their January 2017 issue (they're getting pretty far ahead of themselves, no?)

I'll check it out! Any videos I can watch to build up my hype?
Sure thing, look below!









Woah, that actually looks kinda epic!! So... got any decent places to pre-order this epicness?
Sure do. Not sure if they are the best deals, but feel free to ask in the thread and some UK-residents might help you save some sterlings. According to the publisher, you get a nice Day One Edition with some meaningless bonuses attached to it if you do.

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I want to read more about the game, does it have an official website?
Yes, it's 2016 bro. Everyone's got an official site. Even Kim Kardashian North West South East. But I kinda copied and pasted most of the info from the official site already, so not much more to see there, to be honest.

NieR Automata Official Site

Any screenshots available?
Several. Not sure how necessary they are after the videos you saw above, but here you got five [5].















That was seven screenshots?
Yes.