NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 is finally out, a total overhaul of the initial NieR game from 2010. Yoko Taro’s weird pastiche of video game tropes grew to become a cult-classic over time and became a global phenomenon once its sequel, NieR Automata, was released to critical acclaim.
As if the story and concept of both NieR games weren’t complicated enough, the entire sub-franchise all actually came from the defunct Drakengard franchise, a cult action-RPG series which has not…