Positives:
NieR: Automata is one of those rare games that leaves a lasting imprint during the gameplay and still after the credits roll. Its world is bleak at first look yet it becomes wonderfully beautiful as the story starts to get filled on inside your head, complimented by those haunting soundtracks and characters that feel both human and inhuman depending on your understanding of them and then starts carving your heart away in Nier's ink.

Every game aspires to have characters that look quarter as sleek and sexy as Yorha Units. The glamourous and mysterious aesthetics of YoRHa, especially 2B, A2, and 9S brings a sense of style that’s instantly iconic. Each of them carries an emotional weight, and the shifting perspectives between the gameplay showing their stories makes each new playthrough more exciting. I loved how the game doesn’t just let you replay for nothing, it makes you re-experience the world from new angles, each layer deepening your awareness and heartbreak.

What struck me the most was the way NieR: Automata keeps you pushing forward through endless struggles a beautiful yet tragic rhythm of hope that never quite prevails, yet never fully disappears. It’s a story about persistence in the face of futility and vain that it resonates deeply.

And the soundtrack… it’s pure magic. I found myself listening to it for weeks, unable to shake the melodies that perfectly capture both the sorrow and the wonder of the Androids and Humans.

In short, NieR: Automata isn’t just a game but it’s an experience that stays with you, endlessly looping in your thoughts like a haunting ghost.

Negatives:
The navigation around the map was... well I bought this game in 2018 or 19 and I only just managed to dedicate myself to finish in 2025. This is quite saddening realization to well realize what I have been missing all this while.
The minimap shows you the exact location where you need to go but you can end up facing a big blockade between you and your objective ever so often. So you'll be needing to figure out your way around these and be very patient.

Quite unforgiving difficulty options. I usually go for the hardest difficulty but Nier has a lot of punishing mechanics on hardest and fight sessions are very long. You need to be master at controls or one mistake will end you.

Game world feels under developed unfortunately in an age where we are used to lot of attention to detail. But that disappears after you managed to get hooked on to this amazing game. After that you won't mind anymore.


Conclusion: Most definitely, with it's flaws this game is a must own and must experience. 9/10