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[@ryken4600]

So it's a bullet-hell, hack and slash, story, mech fighter with a third person, top down, side view game called devil bayonetta and clank the hedgehog of the colossus solid: revengence

[@Rayan_Iolanthe]

And that's only gameplay. Add in an emotional story with 3 separate playable characters each with their own story and you get the masterpiece that is Nier:Automata.

[@Wolfsbane53]

Yeah that about sums it up pretty nicely.

[@TheShadowSythe]

Not to mention the 6 or so endings

[@Rayan_Iolanthe]

Technically there's 5 Story endings, and a shit tonne of "joke" endings like Dan got in this video. But they follow the Alphabet, A-E are the main endings, F-Z are the other endings.

[@somethingwittyhere7043]

...and a complex collectathon, RPG.

[@VenseyNess]

Dan! Where's that 6 minute Prey video of you crying under a table while high on migraine meds!?

[@thenotoriousdig610]

Vensey Ness I need that now

[@TheWolfcast98]

Vensey Ness no where cos prey isn't scary

[@VenseyNess]

TheWolfcast98 Nerd3's twitter: "The Prey video is 6 mins long and I spend most of it crying under a table." [MEADOW_DEV]: "Summarise the game in one sentence?" Dan: "Anything could be a secret spider."

[@LtPulsar]

The table was later revealed to be a spider

[@SoraHjort]

which the spider was then revealed to be a mimic. This is where Dan lost his mind as he realized the mimics could become spiders.

[@luciel_na]

How come his Test series are games he's already played, but his Plays series are games he hasn't.

[@rishikatti3953]

Mind Blown

[@surffroggthegodofblues6848]

Eleutheros...best not to think about it just enjoy nerd being a dumb ass

[@Yorie1234]

Eleutheros tests is unedited or lightly edited, plays is heavily edited with a lot of jokes.

[@SuzukiHalwende]

If a black man was a ginger, he'd be cinnamon.

[@kylemurray774]

Mamrin Orange or a crunchie bar

[@HellGamingPlus]

As someone to whom the Taro-verse has been an obsession, and to whom Nier Automata is my favourite game of all time; I cannot stress how many times I said "Oh boy, you have no idea" in this video, and how essential it is, more than any game ever shown on this channel (bar maybe Spec Ops: The Line) that, Dan, you need to see this one to the end!

[@Thumbsupurbum]

He's gotta get better at dodging though, I cringe everytime he gets hit.

[@robonerd125]

At least one of them is a sexy man...

[@DeltaFidelias]

Correction, there are 3 sexy men in the game.

[@robonerd125]

Even better

[@HellGamingPlus]

depends on your definition because we were talking specifically about Android designs earlier, so if we're counting Bioroid-ic machines with accelerated evolution....then FUCK YEAH SEXY BOY PARTAY!!!!

[@TheRealDudders98]

anyone notice the rap god bit when he went outside

[@conornolan4310]

Was about to say this.

[@TheRealDudders98]

yeah sort of had to do a double take.

[@tiltedtesseract8210]

When in the video was that, again?

[@tiltedtesseract8210]

Right, I think what happened is the timestamp was posted _after_ I loaded the page, so I didn't see it. Or I'm just dumb. Y'know, whichever.

[@that_dead_pixel4229]

TheRealDudders98 can i get the timestamp pls

[@HappyPotat]

Of all the games you've never heard of...how is this one of them? I mean, I get that you're not a JRPG person but I would have thought you'd know a bit about this game. Next you'll say "I don't know what a Persona is".

[@JadeXeno]

yay! i get it!

[@EvilDuckOfDoom]

I had no idea what this is either :P And I honestly have no idea what Persona is either.

[@redracerb18]

Jon (Many a True Nerd) played this on his channel

[@ryusindoria3287]

There's 26 endings to this game and you need to play all of them

[@Croak80]

Doesn't know how to lock on or aim with the right stick but he pulls off a weird jump flip I never saw throughout all 5 endings.

[@danlemongton7534]

There’s 26 endings

[@Mythra-ny1tn]

This game needs to be completed 3 times over, and there are also 26 endings, of which he found 1. I doubt he's ever gonna complete this game, but if he did a complete series of it, it'd be the best god damn thing yet.

[@eratinuwu1952]

alan manning 26 endings? 3rd times over? Holy crap...

[@Mythra-ny1tn]

26 endings technically. they're mainly joke endings. but they do still count. You get a list of the endings youve got on the save file when you load the game. Each is a letter of the alphabet. But play it 3 times over is exactly that.

[@romainvicta.]

Hands down, best game of the year so far.

[@enzoidd]

Persona 5

[@romainvicta.]

Enzo Great game, and I'm a huge persona fan but still, It doesn't even come close

[@ocelot20]

ZackGuyver d I dunno not played this or persona yet but Nioh has been my goty so far.

[@restingcatface4947]

Nah Zelda botw now that's game of the year

[@big-vg4tc]

Beaten this three times and, I've gotta agree. *Just gonna throw in a fun fact: THIS GAME HAS 26 ENDINGS*

[@Daizo]

the new robot wars looks great

[@kpxtreame]

I see that your still really bad at action games

[@ch5354]

This needs to be a completes.

[@alfredwinchesterjr]

This Can continue.

[@Mrvalan360]

Noooooooooooooooo This game is better experienced

[@kirakat1535]

I disagree, the tone of this game is way too serious, and the pace is way too slow, for it to be a good completes series.

[@snizlefoot]

would be a slog, he doesn't even seem to realize he can doge attacks.

[@alphadogg64]

Monocle Wearing Guy No, no it does not.

[@karmascamera5275]

Play this game even more and prepare to have your soul, emotions, and expectations crushed under its high-heel metallic boot But seriously, this game is one of the best to have come out in the past decade

[@whatthehec108]

No one like crush porn.

[@alfredwinchesterjr]

And in saying that, a group will descend upon this threat screaming at the top of their lungs how much they want their balls crushed- When they could just play this game on Very Hard mode, where you die in 1 hit and the enemies are more aggressive.

[@blainebelgard9105]

Whatthehec I want 2Bs 300 pound ass to crush my face.

[@enzoidd]

Personally I'd say Persona 5 beats this game, and pretty much any other current JRPG

[@waking00one]

Enzo this is not really a jrpg tho... Also can we stop with this obsession of having to call one game the best all the time?

[@Kranitoko]

"everything that lives is designed to end* Dan: "I dunno there's always Bruce Forsythe" *Bruce dies three months after this video*😵‍💫

[@Nesetroll]

We just reached the point where games stopped telling us it had autosave, and now they need a warning if there's manual saves....

[@SpiritedVT]

IIII BELIEEEVE THAT THE HEART DOES GO OOOOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kizzleBlight]

I hear Androids REALLY like mackerel!

[@nazeege]

Just so you know the 3rd play through of this game is where the game really starts...

[@sergeantarchdornan6244]

"Oh so we're playing as the Jewish?" Why I love Dan.

[@keepinitbeef2]

I love the rap god edit in for the second phone call!

[@that_dead_pixel4229]

keepinitbeef2 timestamp

[@KrispyKrabby]

Oh wow, his random video is the "history of the entire world, i guess" video...That's amazing.

[@Philadoxical]

"I would self destruct just because fuck it." Best quote of the video.

[@PhantomFearYT]

I love this game so much!!!

[@mads_in_zero]

"Is that 2B or not to be?" Yeah, that's what she's named after. 9S is "Nein ist", German for "Is Not". The more you know!

[@DeMomcalypseLive]

Sirmat Funny you should say that, because there is a plot twist about 2B not being 2B lol

[@echocoolj]

Proposal: ComPletE SeRieS..ComPleTe SeriES!

[@satansbich574]

I was never into these hack and slash type of games, but this... this is a masterpiece that im willing too spend my cash on.

[@RisingJake]

Dan. Dan. You need to play and complete this game. Yes, that is all.

[@brokames5998]

Um. Mr.Daniel NerdCubed Hardcastle, did you just take a line from Hamlet's suicide soliloquy for your title? I do not know how to feel about this. Continue on

[@cheesekingofdenmark6910]

"Fuck this game is pretty. How is this game not on my radar?" Why isn't Titanic: Honor and Glory on your radar if it's about beauty?

[@vesalore]

Thank you so much for showing me how to get one of the endings i was missing!

[@tommoss5308]

"this all makes sense so far" oh sweet innocent dan, wait until the robo womb thing, the opera bot, or the pascal inncident

[@TheNexan_]

Man, that Bruce Forsyth joke now means a thing.

[@prestonheit1582]

can u make this ur next nerd completes? There really isn't a proper play through of this game on youtube. Its kinda how with just cause u did a complete, when no once else would. Same for MGS2

[@iande78]

+1 I wanna see that too!

[@pieter2967]

Preston Heit You know he doesnt do completes for the time being

[@leotpo]

hold on there are plenty of playthroughs of this game. If you can't find a good one check nicoB's channel

[@lonestranger1939]

I was about to suggest NicoB

[@davidmccall40]

Preston Heit GalmHD did a good in-depth gameplay of this

[@thenotoriousdig610]

That DBZ Abridged joke got me

[@Amirifiz]

amit banai What joke?

[@RedKincaid]

amit banai SPECIAL BEAM CANNON

[@jbkjbk1999]

Is this game literally just Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance: Post-Apocalyptic, Anime and Somehow Even More Ridicolous Edition?

[@teamatfort444]

Totally Not A Cylon yes

[@timnovice1998]

I like how he forgets about the triggers as soon as he leaves the flying section

[@kieranEwart]

make this a new completes series.plzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplz

[@theoshephard7631]

did anyone else notice the Rap God snippet at nine minutes?

[@DrJonesPHD62]

Was that a Lanipator Special Beam Cannon, or a Sabat one? Sounded like Lani to me.

[@abeherbert6603]

Ho229 unit? So the Nazis were developing a stealth jet *and* a Gundam.

[@Spiritwonder420]

People are saying complete series do you have any idea how long it will take :p he needs to play it like 4 times to get all the main endings you can not do that to him :p or my self... somehow after the flying he forgot how to dodge ..

[@derdrie4237]

nick de jong it's about 40-45 hours long

[@r-saint]

Good teaser for the game, not spoilin' anything.

[@toxicity42]

8:46 OH MY GOD HE EDITED RAP GOD INTO THE CALL

[@sonic5068]

You know, it would be really funny to see Dan play Exanima.

[@attilafitch6565]

The brain is 2.5 petabytes and is downloaded in this game in ~ 36 seconds, beamed to a satellite, then beamed to a space station in a 7,000 mile orbit. Thanks Austin!

[@louiesalmon3932]

Wubble John Well, the human brain is theoretically that big, I don't know if these androids have the same amount of data.

[@SCWIC]

This line of logic would work if they were humans.

[@tarandamalcheruvu4712]

More?

[@KoalaProductions]

This game is so strange, it's just a game, made from like 50 other games. It's inspired by like 1000 things.

[@Rayan_Iolanthe]

And imo it does it brilliantly. Definitely one of, if not the best game this year.

[@KoalaProductions]

I don't know about best game of the year. But it is pretty good, and I actually do like their use of mass inspiration.

[@derdrie4237]

Nick Lemke this is my GOTY so far.

[@Rayan_Iolanthe]

Nick Lemke Nah, out of all the things I've played this year, Automata was the best experience. After my exams are done in June however, that place will be challenged by Nioh, Horizon Zero Dawn and a few other games. I think Nier: Automata will beat them.

[@SCWIC]

It does beat them, trust me. ^

[@delpantion6045]

not only do I think this game is just like Deadpool in the sense that it just rips off everything and expect to be called original BUT I LOVED THE ORIGINAL!!!!!!!!!!

[@DeltaFidelias]

DOOOOOODDDDDGGGGGEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

[@Jenisis_Jo32]

Hey Dan, if you want the longest complete's series ever, do one on this. as soon as you think it's ended, you're wrong. (You should also play Nier:Gestalt/Replicant, not sure which it's called in the UK. Fight giant monsters with a book.)

[@kangourouuu1]

To think that NieR was already all of those genres and over-the-top bosses and themes and it wasn't Platinum, because really Yoko Taro never needed studios' specialty to do weird over-the-top shit... (Well, I don't know about what was before Drakengard but..)

[@EvilDuckOfDoom]

Wait....I could of sworn I rented a game called Nier a fair few years back. And it was like a co-op fantasy type game....but this is this. WHat?

[@TheIain531]

remember when you shat on MGR:R for 30 mins but thought DMC:dmc was a masterpiece? glad to see you finally obtaining some taste

[@McHeisenburger]

A game about Metal Gear Solid, which is actually a top-down shooter, which is actually a bullet-hell game, while also being a platformer, and a story about a lady in a dress fighting mining equipment. On Deep Space 9. I'm so confused.

[@minscandboo9749]

Would I buy this game? NIER! ORb should I consider it?

[@pieter2967]

Minsc And Boo yes its fucking amazing but ofc dan isnt playing it correcly and he knows it

[@Betrix5060]

Think MGR:R crossed with Bayonetta with shmup eliments and you have 90% of the gameplay covered. It is arguably not one of the best platinum games gameplay wise but IMO it is still pretty great and the story more than compensates.

[@Gohan_Fanboi]

I heard about this game but haven't seen much. Now seeing it from Dan. I am absolutely sold. Besides. I always wanted to play a female Raiden instead of covering one eye, covers both eyes.

[@felicitywood916]

I'm getting Ni No Kuni vibes with Dan's commentary. It's great.

[@99Blockhead]

"Neir, far, (Unsubs) whereeeever you aaare(Who and I kidding *subs*. Dammit Dan!)"

[@bigbalticbox]

Dan, I've completed this game Honestly, you need to play this. If you don't, you are going to be missing out on so much, dude

[@alexanderblack3719]

Do you think Dan will ever realize hOW MUCH PORN THERE IS OF THIS GAME?!

[@enigmaofficial8359]

Dan, I have a suggestion for a new VR video, The game is called "Blueshift" it is a free game on steam and I think you will love it. from a loyal fan of 5 years

[@3CupcakesInAPie]

Correction, it's a Yoko Taro game, meaning absolute craziness mixed with a good story

[@thisisMYname223]

that commentary was pretty cringe worthy. you should probably play the game to the point of actually understanding it before you make a video about it.

[@hazzah5450]

When he was going around the circular pipe thing, the drones bullets were curving around it. R E A L I S M.

[@1999Dman1]

Hey Dan pro tip: If you combo a Megadeth slice with a tornado attack then Marty Friedman will appear and teach you how to shred.

[@giasbc]

Fun fact, nier is actually an acronym for the type of game it is: No Idea, Everything Really

[@Ben-sk5tz]

Is it just me that loves the fact that the ship is called the Ho-229?? As in one of the coolest looking WW2 aircraft ever built

[@1DRAGOOOOOOOOOON]

Fuck!! That special beam cannon got me so good!! I still can't stop laughing!!!!

[@zachgoodrich2845]

Finished NieR: Automata almost two months ago with endings C, D, and E and then did the thing to help another player get ending E. This game is one of the best games of the eighth console generation!

[@kittygirlkatie]

Watching this when Bruce Forsythe is dead. RIP Bruce. :(

[@shun55665]

well that bruce forsyth joke is now invalid. R.I.P

[@machomanrandysavage7553]

"Oh! We're playing as the Jewish!" I lost my fucking shit

[@lopsidedhead]

i fUCKING DIED AT THE ENDING just like everyone else on the bunker

[@leonthelionhart15]

as someone who has seen all the pain in this game, it almost annoyed me how he was joking about everything..but then again he doesnt know...if he did id think hed have more appreciation for the game and would take it a little more seriously

[@thevoiduwusback1462]

this would be an entertaining completes series, but from the last few completes we've seen weren't very story focused.

[@gayMath]

Bill Wurtz video! how many people will recommend it to me, I've only seen it like four times.

[@daixso]

Steampunk Metal Gears and he had to fight 3 of them? MGS 2 sequel confirmed

[@Soraking007]

nier is basically every genre done really mediocre, but odne in such a way that you forget that the section that wasnt 3d hack and slash wasnt that great by the sheer number of times you switched style.

[@pokedude583]

How has he not heard of this game? The original, fair enough, but everyone's been going about this game.

[@ZechsMerquise73]

"How is this game not on my radar" Not checking the Steam top sellers in months, apparently.

[@notaword1136]

Recently went back to this game and put it on hard mode, holy shit this game does not fuck around with hard mode, 2 hits and your dead

[@DarkKnight6six6]

Considering recent news, that Bruce forsyth joke is kinda dark...

[@theMAUDunit]

I wonder if Dan kept playing after this. It's a good game but I feel like it isn't his kind of game.

[@faceless58]

The mech sounds like Legion. Aaaaaaaaaand i just found out that legion is Wesker, holy shit

[@HaseoTerrorofDeath98]

Wait till he finds out that you can ride a deer

[@DeeJayLilStack]

Wait... you can ride a deer?

[@oliverlee4664]

Anyone else notice the nod to German jet planes with the flight unit HO229

[@idontknowimlostforwords4715]

Scrapheap Challenge was amazing ❤️ loved the reference!

[@thedarkness490]

"is this hideo kojima's next game?" considering the plot it might as well be ;)

[@toste11]

hey dan, don't joke about the jews, you will get banned from your teamspeak that way

[@Shiro0Hana]

Tbh would totally watch him play through this game. I think he'd like it.

[@XOIIOXOIIO]

Oh my god this game just gets cooler and cooler, fuck it will be hard not to buy it full price.

[@reesemcgeese824]

lmao he linked to the history of the entire world i guess; we have more in common than i couldve possibly hoped

[@KerkorDragonblood]

The moral of this video? Don't give Dan a self destruct option.

[@johnfuller7278]

Hey random suggestions unrelated to the video but u should play subnautica

[@wickedraptor2651]

my god that intro was mayhem, a shitty music joke. the game being sarcastic, and a jew joke

[@that_dead_pixel4229]

Is it bad that i have a healling chip in this game that pretty much makes me immortal as after losing a bit if health just do no take damage for 2 min then u immdeitly start healing till u have a full bar makes the boss battles a lot less hard

[@joesoley907]

Wh- wh- where's the classic "Hello Procrastinators!" 😢

[@XOIIOXOIIO]

Damn this game is absolutely gorgeous. Would be perfect for shield as well

[@aidantobin5161]

A fifteeen minute video for a shitty Celina Dion joke Well played