NieR: Automata

| Main Game

Genres:

Role-playing (RPG)

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

Themes:

Action

Fantasy

Science fiction

Drama

Open world

Perspective:

Third person

Side view

Game modes:

Single player

Released on:

23/02/2017

Platforms:

PlayStation 4

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Language Support

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Involved Companies:

PlatinumGames

Developer

Square Enix

Publisher

ILCA

Supporting

Square Enix Business Division 6

Developer

Summary

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

History

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...