The highly anticipated sequel to the action RPG franchise NieR. NieR: Automata was announced earlier this year at E3. A collaboration between Square Enix and Platinum Games NieR: Automata is set to be a Sony PlayStation 4 exclusive.
In the original story, you play Nier, a father searching for his daughter who is infected with the Black Scrawl virus, a seemingly incurable disease. NieR: Automata, follows the events of Nier where Earth is being invaded by mechanical life forms from another planet. Following these attacks, the humans were forced to flee to the moon and it’s up to a resistance force of android warriors to fight off these invaders.
Last week at Paris Games Week, Square Enix treated us to their debut Gameplay Trailer.
Bringing back the team from the original NieR franchise we have Yoko Taro, Yosuke Saito, Keiichi Okabe and Akihiko Yoshida. Platinum Games as well is in the mix and they are the developers behind such incredible games as Metal Gear Rising: Revengence and Vanquish. When it comes to action gameplay this team is world class so expect to see some more amazing updates right here on Unpause!