Nier: Automata - Game of the Yorha Edition (2019) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Nier: Automata - Game of the Yorha Edition

NieR:Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines. The NieR:Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition includes the game…

0 21 February 2019

What Nier: Automata - Game of the Yorha Edition is

Nier: Automata - Game of the Yorha Edition is an adventure game developed by PlatinumGames and released in 2019. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The first and second playthroughs follow the respective views of 2B and 9S during an initial invasion. After opening a route for future missions, they are sent to clear out machine threats for the Resistance, led by Anemone, who provides the two with support. During their missions, 2B and 9S discover that the machines are exploring human societies and concepts. The two work with a pacifist machine group led by Pascal; battle Adam and Eve, physical manifestations of the machine network who reveal that their creators were destroyed centuries ago and encounter A2, a rogue android on the run from YoRHa. Adam is killed by 2B after he captures 9S. During his recuperation, 9S discovers a glitch in…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, drama, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Drakengard series

Nier: Automata - Game of the Yorha Edition is the 27th of 35 entries we hold in the Drakengard series. The next entry was NieR Re[in]carnation in 2021. Its critic score of 0 is 68 points below the series average of 68. The highest-rated entry is Nier: Automata - Become as Gods Edition at 89.

See all 35 Drakengard games in release order →

How it was received

Nier: Automata - Game of the Yorha Edition holds a critic score of 0 out of 100. That places it above 0% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 69 points below the year average. Players rate it 43, 43 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

What it launched against

Nier: Automata - Game of the Yorha Edition launched on 21 February 2019, within three weeks of Metro Exodus, Devil May Cry 5, Anthem and Apex Legends. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Metro Exodus, Devil May Cry 5, Anthem, Apex Legends.

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