Reconsidering My Thoughts On Nier Automata

I quite like Yoko Taro's works, or at least those I've experienced in some way: I've yet to play Drakengard 3, but the first one has a special place in my mind, and NieR Replicant might be one of my favourite games ever. What about Automata, though? I didn't love Automata. First of all, I knew it as "the best game ever that's done things no game has ever done before", and that's always a red flag…