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NieR Replicant is... tough to explain. The original NieR was a 2010 PS3 game, the sequel to one possible ending of the 2003 PS2 game Drakengard. Replicant is a not-quite remaster, not-quite remake of that 2010 game, which exists in large part due to the success of 2017s NieR: Automata – which was set in the aftermath of one of NieR’s endings – offering fans of the newer game a chance to explore its overlooked roots. Confused yet? While both this modern take and the original dropped p...

A quirky and earnest story undercut by a haphazard PC port In the not-so-distant year of 2053, a young boy huddles in the ruins of a supermarket clutching a metal pipe. It’s summertime, at least by the old calendar’s reckoning, but snowflakes whip through the abandoned city streets. Shadowy figures approach, and the boy can think only of protecting his ailing younger sister. An ominous book lies on the floor nearby, tempting him with the power to take on any foe. So begins Neir Replicant ve...