Nier (video game)
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European box art showing (from center to left): Nier, Kainé, and Emil
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| Developer(s) | Cavia |
| Publisher(s) | Square Enix |
| Director(s) | Taro Yoko |
| Producer(s) | Yosuke Saito |
| Artist(s) | Kimihiko Fujisaka |
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| Series | Drakengard |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 |
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| Genre(s) | Action role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Metacritic | 68/100 (PS3) 67/100 (X360) |
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| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | C- |
| Eurogamer | 6 of 10 |
| Famitsu | 34 of 40 |
| GameSpot | 5.0 of 10 |
| IGN | 7.0 of 10 |
| RPGamer | 4.5 of 5 |
| IGN Australia | 7.3 of 10 |
Nier (romanized as NieR in the Japanese version) is an action role-playing video game developed by Cavia and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. In Japan, the game was released as Nier Gestalt (Japanese: ニーア ゲシュタルト Hepburn: Nīa Geshutaruto?) for the Xbox 360, while an alternate version entitled Nier Replicant (Japanese: ニーア レプリカント Hepburn: Nīa Repuricanto?) was released for PlayStation 3 with a younger main character. A version that combined elements from both releases was in development for PlayStation Vita, but was cancelled in March 2011 due to Dragon Quest X taking precedence.
The game is a spin-off from the Drakengard series, and follows the fifth ending of the first game, the events of which have left the planet Earth in a state of decay. Set over one thousand years after this, the game puts the player in control of the titular protagonist Nier, as he attempts to find a cure for an illness, known as the Black Scrawl, to which his daughter Yonah has succumbed. Partnering with a talking book known as Grimoire Weiss, he journeys with two other characters, Kainé and Emil, as he attempts to find a remedy and understand the nature of the creatures known as Shades that stalk the world. The gameplay borrows elements from various video game genres, occasionally switching between them and the main RPG-based gameplay.
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