NieR Replicant updateee
Writing a blog post for every single video was an ambitious goal. Still figuring out how I wanna do this! So I'm about halfway through the replay to Endings C-D, and I'm definitely feeling exhausted. As I mention in today's recording, full completion of NieR Replicant is a labor of love. Even before the replays, repetition and tedium are woven into the fabric of this game. But I think I get what it's trying to do? CYCLES are the game's central motif. Cycles of trauma, loss, hatred, destruction. So the repetition is thematically sound and an effective way to make budget limitations serve the story, rather than hinder it. I don't know, I've sniffed a video essay or two featuring games that don't make fun their highest priority, which from a certain perspective is genius, actually. There's probably already one out there for this game lmao But yeah, the fatigue is real. I'm absolutely phoning in the combat--thinking about how much I tried to parry i...