If using the 60 FPS patch, leave this setting at Auto.Ĭhanging to anything other than Auto causes graphical issues. Without framelimiter, audio will de-sync in cutscenes and menu navigation will move too quickly.
The full list of default options is available here. Only options that deviate from the default configuration to ensure best performance are listed below. 2.1 Vulkan hang during final cutscenes - Fixed.
A more successful sequel developed by PlatinumGames, titled Nier: Automata, was released in 2017 for PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows and in 2018 for Xbox One. Despite this, the game acquired acclaim among players over time, becoming a cult classic. The execution of some gameplay elements was criticized, notably the side quests, and especially the graphics (which were regarded as substandard). Nier was released to mixed reception reviewers praised the story, characters and soundtrack and were mixed in their opinions of how well the disparate gameplay elements were connected. The music was composed by Keiichi Okabe, head of Monaca, a music composition studio, and has sparked the release of several albums. The game was developed to appeal both to older players and to players outside Japan, where the developer was based. 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 Repurikanto) was released for PlayStation 3 with a younger main character. The gameplay borrows elements from various video game genres, occasionally switching between them and the main role-playing-based gameplay. 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.
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. NieR 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.