NieR: Automata

About NieR: Automata

NieR: Automata is a 2017 role-playing game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Square Enix, part of the Drakengard series. It released on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows), holding a 8.8 / 10 aggregate score.

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

JRPG details

Developer	PlatinumGames Square Enix Business Division 6
Publisher	Square Enix
Platforms	PlayStation 4 PC (Microsoft Windows)
Genres	Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Themes	Action Fantasy Science fiction Drama Open world
Modes	Single player
Perspective	Third person Side view Text
Engine	Proprietry in house engine
Franchise	Drakengard
Series	NieR
Languages	English Japanese French German Italian Spanish (Spain)
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Story

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...