>>43190007it's an extremely good "hack and slash". i would call it a cuhrayzee game or character action or whatever, since hack and slash is so overused it's meaningless now
you can see all the bayonetta DNA platinum put in there, but the pod programs are extremely well-designed and let you do crazy bullshit if you know how to use them, setting the game apart. the movesets on each weapon are a bit lacking but that's because you're supposed to switch weapons all the time to get the most out of them, and each type is unique. the bullet hell mini games are pretty bad but they integrate into the regular combat perfectly, where you can shoot and cut bullets or just weave through them with the wonderful-feeling movement. enemy tells are as exaggerated as ever, maybe even moreso than bayonetta, and the dodge cancels everything and gives you crazy huge rewards on success, so it's always your fault if you get hit.
unfortunately it's designed for square enix fans so you can chug potions like a smooth brain and never dodge once in the whole fucking game. it's unbelievable how many people beat this shit just by mashing X and staring up 2B's skirt. even people who are good at action games tend not to "get it" because it's piss easy on Normal and Hard and nigh fucking impossible on Very Hard so no one puts the effort in
https://youtu.be/0203jbYU0TIthis guy is a DMC god. he's put up a few videos of nier automata playthroughs where he fully tears the game a new asshole. the vid above is a compilation of some of that.
