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"i'm just a big guy who kills things"
So I beat Nier yesterday!
Well, I say beat, I mean I got the A ending, which is what you get for finishing the game once.
I'm. I don't quite know what to say about it, except that I was sobbing p much from beating the not quite final boss to about a third of the way through the credits. I mean, I sort of knew this was coming, but I didn't expect it to make me such a snotty mess? Also I have more questions than answers at this point. Although my question about tutorial land has been answered! (sort of!) Tutorial land is next door! Sort of! That's where the Lost Shrine leads to, and where the Shadowlord resides! And the world is possibly not as fucked up as it appears to be in Nier's village? (I mean, it is still pretty fucked up. It snows in summer, ffs. But on the other hand, they have the technology/some other means to separate souls from bodies??? WTAF).
I'm glad that Nier gets Yonah back. I honestly thought she was going to end up dead. That was ninety percent of what had me crying, let's be honest. Although I want to know what's going on with the Shadowlord and his daughter because right now I'm all ???? Though I suppose some of that might be answered in the B ending? Like I'm expecting to find out how come Kainé is possessed by a shade in that. And what that means, really.
Also I wasn't expecting to like Emil because, let's be honest, that mask of his (his face now??) freaks me the fuck out. Though I 100% believe that's intentional. And yet oh maaannnnn. Poor boy needs all the hugs! Poor skeletal baby.
I'm in two minds about Kainé still. I like that she's not as girly as you might assume from looking at her, and that she's foul-mouthed and that, at no point in the story does she become the damsel in distress.
Yonah makes my heart hurt. Also I now think those diary entries weren't written by Yonah Daughter of Nier, I think they were written by the other Yonah. The one whose dad is the Shadowlord. Anyway, whatever, she is crushing my soul by existing, even though she's fictional.
And now I'm working on the B ending, and it is making my heart hurt so SO much. I talked to Devola right at the beginning, and wanted to cry. And now I can understand what the boss shades say to each other and maaaaaaan OW. Like the robot and his shade friend just wanted to be best buds forever, and maybe friends with Gideon and Jakob, except that didn't happen. And that Hansel(? I think?) made friends with the shades in the Lost Shrine and they were all looking out for each other. UUGGGGGHHHHH.
Also I feel like a complete and utter monster now. UGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH.
OOOH ALTHOUGH. I am six weapons away from being able to access the C and D endings, so there's that as well.
Also if you're interested, I've been livetweeting about it at![[twitter.com profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/e0caa790ec10/-/twitter.com/favicon.ico)
gwyntgwyn, though there are spoilers there!
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OH HEY AND GUESS WHAT!
I went to a con on Saturday and got into a convo with a couple of ladies who were stall-holding there, and we ended up commiserating about how soul destroying Nier is as a game. I didn't even know them and what are the chances of that happening?!
Well, I say beat, I mean I got the A ending, which is what you get for finishing the game once.
I'm. I don't quite know what to say about it, except that I was sobbing p much from beating the not quite final boss to about a third of the way through the credits. I mean, I sort of knew this was coming, but I didn't expect it to make me such a snotty mess? Also I have more questions than answers at this point. Although my question about tutorial land has been answered! (sort of!) Tutorial land is next door! Sort of! That's where the Lost Shrine leads to, and where the Shadowlord resides! And the world is possibly not as fucked up as it appears to be in Nier's village? (I mean, it is still pretty fucked up. It snows in summer, ffs. But on the other hand, they have the technology/some other means to separate souls from bodies??? WTAF).
I'm glad that Nier gets Yonah back. I honestly thought she was going to end up dead. That was ninety percent of what had me crying, let's be honest. Although I want to know what's going on with the Shadowlord and his daughter because right now I'm all ???? Though I suppose some of that might be answered in the B ending? Like I'm expecting to find out how come Kainé is possessed by a shade in that. And what that means, really.
Also I wasn't expecting to like Emil because, let's be honest, that mask of his (his face now??) freaks me the fuck out. Though I 100% believe that's intentional. And yet oh maaannnnn. Poor boy needs all the hugs! Poor skeletal baby.
I'm in two minds about Kainé still. I like that she's not as girly as you might assume from looking at her, and that she's foul-mouthed and that, at no point in the story does she become the damsel in distress.
Yonah makes my heart hurt. Also I now think those diary entries weren't written by Yonah Daughter of Nier, I think they were written by the other Yonah. The one whose dad is the Shadowlord. Anyway, whatever, she is crushing my soul by existing, even though she's fictional.
And now I'm working on the B ending, and it is making my heart hurt so SO much. I talked to Devola right at the beginning, and wanted to cry. And now I can understand what the boss shades say to each other and maaaaaaan OW. Like the robot and his shade friend just wanted to be best buds forever, and maybe friends with Gideon and Jakob, except that didn't happen. And that Hansel(? I think?) made friends with the shades in the Lost Shrine and they were all looking out for each other. UUGGGGGHHHHH.
Also I feel like a complete and utter monster now. UGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH.
OOOH ALTHOUGH. I am six weapons away from being able to access the C and D endings, so there's that as well.
Also if you're interested, I've been livetweeting about it at
~
OH HEY AND GUESS WHAT!
I went to a con on Saturday and got into a convo with a couple of ladies who were stall-holding there, and we ended up commiserating about how soul destroying Nier is as a game. I didn't even know them and what are the chances of that happening?!