NieR
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Nier is a 2010 action role-playing game developed by Cavia and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. In Japan, the game was released as for the PlayStation 3 with a younger main character, while an alternative version titled with an older main character was released for the Xbox 360; Gestalt was released outside Japan as Nier for both platforms. A remaster of the Japanese version, was released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows in 2021.
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NieR is a video game developed by Cavia and part of the Drakengard franchise. It was released on April 22, 2010. The title is available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. It supports single-player mode and utilizes an in-house engine.
The game is classified as Mature by the ESRB. It spans multiple genres, including Action, RPG, Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, and Adventure. Critical reception includes a Metacritic score of 68 and a review score of 69 out of 100. User ratings show a score of 4.27 on RAWG and 81 out of 100 on IGDB, based on 119 ratings and 4 critic reviews.
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Game data
Metacritic 68- Released
- 2010-04-22
- User rating
- 4.27 / 5
- Genres
- Action, RPG
- Platforms
- Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
- ESRB
- Mature
via RAWG
Game details · IGDB
Nothing is as it seems in Square Enix's latest action adventure game, set in a crumbling world plagued by disease and dark, unrecognizable creatures. Players assume the role of the unyielding protagonist, NIER, resolute in his quest to discover a cure for his daughter, who is infected with the Black Scrawl virus. With powerful allies and a mysterious book, NIER encounters things that will confound even the mightiest of warriors. With NIER, experience seamless in-battle cinematics and explore hauntingly familiar lands, intense action-packed battles, and storytelling like only Square Enix can do
- Released
- 2010
- Genres
- Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One
- Game modes
- Single player
- Engine
- In-house engine
- Franchise
- Drakengard
- Developer
- Cavia
- Publisher
- Square Enix
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Nier
- Video game.image
- Nier (game box art).jpg
- Video game.caption
- Original cover art showing (from center to left) the player-named protagonist, Kainé, and Emil
- Video game.developer
- Cavia
- Video game.publisher
- Square Enix
- Video game.director
- Yoko Taro
- Video game.designer
- Daisuke Iizuka
- Video game.programmer
- Takeshi Katayama
- Video game.series
- Drakengard
- Video game.released
- PS3, Xbox 360PS4, Xbox OneWindows
- Video game.genre
- Action role-playing, hack and slash
- Video game.modes
- Single-player
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Series
- Drakengard
- Followed by
- NieR: Automata
- Follows
- Drakengard
- Main subject
- cloning
- Director
- Yoko Taro
- Screenwriter
- Yoko Taro
- Composer
- Keiichi Okabe
- Developer
- Cavia
- Platform
- PlayStation 3
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Distribution format
- DVD
- Official website
- www.niergame.com
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 2010-04-22
- input device
- gamepad
- Commons category
- Nier
- distributed by
- PlayStation Store
- review score
- 69/100
Sources (6)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Gameplay
- Synopsis
- Development
- Music
- Release
- Remaster
- Reception
- Initial release
- ''Replicant ver.1.22474487139...''
- Legacy
- Notes
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Nier is a 2010 action role-playing game developed by Cavia and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. In Japan, the game was released as for the PlayStation 3 with a younger main character, while an alternative version titled with an older main character was released for the Xbox 360; Gestalt was released outside Japan as Nier for both platforms. A remaster of the Japanese version, was released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows in 2021.
The game is a spin-off from the Drakengard series, following the fifth ending of the first game, the events of which have left Earth in ruin. Set over a thousand years later, the story follows the unnamed protagonist attempting to find a cure for a terminal illness afflicting the girl, Yonah—either his sister or daughter. The gameplay borrows elements from various video game genres, occasionally switching between them and the main role-playing-based gameplay.
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