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Okii

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User banned (48h) for trolling, posting open spoilers and not reading OP
Nier: Automata opens with 2B and 9S opening the way for a future incursion into machine territory, working to clear out machine threats for the local Resistance. With help from Anemone and later Pascal, 2B and 9S defeat multiple machine threats. During their missions, they witness the birth of and later fight Adam and Eve, physical manifestations of the machine network who reveal that their creators were destroyed centuries ago. 2B and 9S also encounter A2, who is on the run from YoRHa. It is revealed that the machines are beginning to feel emotions and gather in groups, and some like Pascal's group have grown tired of fighting. 9S is eventually captured by Adam, who is killed by 2B. Deprived of his brother, Eve goes mad with grief and drives the machines under his command into a frenzy. 2B and 9S kill Eve, but 9S is infected with the machine's logic virus, forcing 2B to kill him. Despite his body dying, 9S's personality is saved in the local machine network, allowing his transfer into a new body and resulting in Ending A.

The second playthrough follows the opening narrative from the perspective of 9S, offering new insight into the machines and Adam and Eve. 9S also learns that humanity has been extinct since the events of Nier aside from a server on the moon holding humanity's DNA and history. YoRHa and its mission were created to keep the androids from losing morale. He also encounters a glitch when performing a standard server sync, and halts the procedure for both himself and 2B. Defeating Eve once more results in Ending B.

Starting the game for a third time continues the story rather than repeating it. The apparent deaths of Adam and Eve throws the machine network into chaos, prompting YoRHa to launch a full-scale invasion. 2B and 9S form part of the vanguard, but a logic virus attack turns every YoRHa unit aside from 2B and 9S hostile. The two retreat to the Bunker, which is subsequently overrun; the "glitch" 9S encountered was in fact a hole opening in YoRHa's virus defenses, leaving the entire squadron vulnerable. Infected herself, the Commander orders 2B and 9S to the surface before self-destructing the Bunker. 2B and 9S are forced to separate on the descent when attacked by rogue YoRHa, and 2B ends up infected with the logic virus. Saved from rogue YoRHa by A2, 2B uploads her memories into her sword and tasks A2 with completing her mission. 9S sees A2 kill 2B, and ignorant of their interaction angrily swears revenge against A2. Alongside this, a structure called the Tower created by the machines rises above the land.

The story then divides between A2 and 9S, with their respective Pods 042 and 153 interacting with each other. A2 continues 2B's missions against the machines. During her story, Pascal's village is attacked when machines begin going berserk, and when A2 and Pascal fight off a machine attack, the "children" of his village commit suicide in fear of being killed. Pascal begs A2 to either wipe his memory or kill him; A2 can perform either task or leave him. Meanwhile, 9S investigates the Tower and its purpose: he learns that YoRHa androids and machines are constructed from the same materials, and the Tower is preparing to launch something he assumes is a missile directed at the server on the moon. During his quest, 9S is tormented by the loss of YoRHa and 2B, and becomes emotionally and mentally unstable. 9S eventually gains access to the Tower with help from Devola and Popola, who sacrifice themselves to fend off the attacking machines. They are revealed to be the last surviving versions of the android type that triggered the end of humanity, as related in NieR, thus suffering persecution by other androids. They are programmed to feel perpetual guilt and try to atone for their actions. A2 follows 9S inside, where the machines' controlling artificial intelligence confronts them both. A2's backstory as the survivor of a precursor unit to YoRHa that was designed to be destroyed is revealed, and 9S learns that the logic virus attack on YoRHa was part of the plan to perpetuate the ruse of humanity's survival and trap both machines and androids in a repeating cycle of war.

When they meet at the top of the Tower, A2 reveals the truth about 2B; her real designation was "2E" (E standing for Executioner), a YoRHa unit designed to repeatedly kill 9S whenever he discovered the truth about humanity and YoRHa. 2B suffered greatly from her role, and wanted to help 9S through A2. 9S, by now driven insane and infected with the logic virus, challenges A2 to a fight. The player then selects which character to control. Choosing A2 results in Ending C; 9S is defeated and A2 first cures him of the logic virus, then sacrifices herself to destroy the Tower while Pod 042 takes 9S to safety. Choosing 9S results in Ending D; 9S and A2 kill each other, and in 9S's final moments the machine artificial intelligence tells him that the Tower has changed its function due to the machines' evolution and is instead firing an ark containing the essence of machine kind, including the still-living Adam and Eve, to find a new world.

During the credits, Pods 042 and 153 find that the data for 2B, 9S and A2 is still intact. If the player agrees to save the data, this triggers Ending E, the final non-gag ending in which the player must destroy the game's credits with the help of other players who sacrificed their save data to help the current player complete the game. Upon destroying all of the credits, Pods 042 and 153 reconstitute the three androids' memories and experiences and reconstruct their bodies; despite the possibility that the three would simply repeat everything, the Pods hold faith that they will forge a new future. Pods 042 and 153 then directly speak to the player, providing the player the option to delete their save data to help another player in the same way they were helped. If the player elects to do so, all of their save data is deleted; Pods 042 and 153 then bid the player farewell and thank them for playing.
 
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CloudWolf

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Oct 26, 2017
15,591
A space wizard has to travel across the galaxy in order to close down a factory.
Knights of the Old Republic
 

Pancracio17

▲ Legend ▲
Avenger
Oct 29, 2017
18,690
Theres some coca-cola zombies out there and you have to kill them. Also evil corp robots.
 

ethomaz

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
4,851
Santa Albertina
You know you can just play FFXV.

Where more you can not find a story where you have a cellphone but didn't know your girl or country was attacked months ago.
 

Toxi

The Fallen
Oct 27, 2017
17,547
A guy becomes a badass god-killing vampire, but it's really only a dream.
 

Ryan7556

Member
Oct 27, 2017
1,081
Ontario, Canada
A white man on steroids kills a bunch of black people (but it's totally not an issue because he brought a black friend along), pillages their treasures, then fights Aryan nightcrawler.
 

CloudWolf

Member
Oct 26, 2017
15,591
Local high school student gets time travel powers and stops a serial killer. However, the story isn't really about this and is instead about how she shouldn't have used her time travel powers.
Life Is Strange

A rock band consisting of a zombie, a mummy, Manbearpig and a snake lady must help a god defeat a robot by playing a bunch of Megadeth songs.
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
 

HardRojo

One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 25, 2017
26,091
Peru
You are a very shy girl who can't even kill a rabbit, but all of a sudden you're killing mercenaries left and right, the the cutscene begins and you're back to being this fragile girl, then back to Rambo mode.
 

Theodoricos

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Oct 25, 2017
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You play as a working man so incompetent that he needs the help of spirit mediums to adequately do his job.
 

Ryan7556

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Oct 27, 2017
1,081
Ontario, Canada
You play a working man so incompetent that he needs the help of spirit mediums to adequately do his job.

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Plum

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May 31, 2018
17,271
This trilogy of games tells the story of a young woman's journey to co-opt a well-known brand name whilst showing practically none of the traits that brand name was built on.
 
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Didyme

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Oct 29, 2017
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An escapee from the asylum runs amok, only interrupting his murder spree to invade some churches and ring their bells, then eventually immolates himself.
 

PSqueak

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Oct 25, 2017
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1.-Mutant sea creature monstrosity has to retrieve the power source of their post apocalyptic world in order to look fabulous and apace pop stars.

2.-Evil man can't stop cloning himself and holding world fighting tournaments where his clones rebel against him and he keeps getting his ass kicked by a karate man.
 

DorkLord54

Member
Oct 27, 2017
4,465
Michigan
A mute and a West Country bumpkin have to find a way to escape from the mute's bitter former friend by going through holes. Later, mute and bitter former friend put their differences aside after bumpkin betrays mute.

Portal 2
 

The Kidd

Member
Oct 27, 2017
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This trilogy of games tells the story of a young woman's journey to co-opt a well-known brand name whilst showing practically none of the traits that brand name was built on.
The New Tomb Raider games?

An escapee from the asylum runs amok, only interrupting his murder spree to invade some churches and ring their bells, then eventually immolates himself.
Dark Souls
 
Mar 9, 2018
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Zombies created by god, who one of the first zombie men claims is not real, are invading mostly abandoned farmland. The only way to stop them and their immortal leader is through an awkward baby-creating sex act.

Dragon Age Origins
 

xerzewatt

The Fallen
Oct 27, 2017
230
From Twenty Sided (https://shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=27097)

Fallout 3 Spoilers

Dad built a water purifier that didn't work, for people that didn't need it, and then made it release radiation it shouldn't have, to prevent it from falling into the hands of people trying to fix it. This killed the man who had no reason to sabotage it and didn't kill Colonel Autumn, who had no means to survive. This put the Enclave – an army with no reason to attack – in charge of the purifier, which was of no value to them. Then the player entered vault 87 to recover a GECK, a magical matter-arranger that they shouldn't need and that would be better put to use in virtually any possible manner besides fixing the purifier. Colonel Autumn, who shouldn't be alive, captured the player with a flash grenade that shouldn't have worked that was thrown by soldiers who had no way to get there. The final battle was a war between the Enclave and the Brotherhood of Steel, to see which one would get to commit suicide trying to turn on the purifier that neither of them needed. This resulted in more sabotage that threatened to explode a device that shouldn't be explode-able, ending with the death of the player character, who had the means to survive but didn't, and who was never given a good reason for doing any of this.
 
Mar 10, 2018
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Harness enough solar power from alternate dimensions in order to defeat a giant turtle-dragon hybrid via bombing the fuck out of it, only to be rewarded with a peck on the tumor-like nose by some worthless white woman
 

Tetrinski

Banned
May 17, 2018
2,915
A genetically modified super soldier and his AI-crush fight space religion fanatics. Everything goes wrong.
 

Medalion

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
12,203
Game series named after the damsel in constant distress instead of the Hero who is the actual legend
 
Oct 25, 2017
14,645
You're gonna go fuck up some aliens but then you find out that somebody already fucked up the aliens so instead you go fuck up the thing that fucked up the aliens and then an alien gropes a man's butt, the end.

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A lady and a dragon get into constant fights about space jellyfish. They're not on good terms ever since he ate her parents.

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Children are encouraged to run into the forest and beat wild animals until they lose consciousness.

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Man is invited to dinner but grandma's tentacle fetish kind of fucks it up so he kills them all after briefly considering leaving his girlfriend for some chick he just met.
 
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Bosh

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Oct 26, 2017
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Persona 4
High schoolers go to the mall to check out the TV section multiple times a week.

Final Fantasy X
Popular celebrity is quickly forgotten and now is a body guard for a young idol
 

Don Fluffles

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Oct 28, 2017
7,054
You and your talking lizard who claims they're not join an escaped lab rat and armored supermodel to fly around and fuck up imperial shit and giant monsters while recruiting other heavily armed supermodels to auto-select for battle based on the recommended elements.

Granblue Fantasy.
 

KushalaDaora

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Oct 27, 2017
7,838
You're gonna go fuck up some aliens but then you find out that somebody already fucked up the aliens so instead you go fuck up the thing that fucked up the aliens and then a man gropes an alien's butt, the end.

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A lady and a dragon get into constant arguments about space jellyfish. They're not on good terms ever since he ate her parents.

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Children are encouraged to run into the forest and beat wild animals until they lose consciousness.

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Man is invited to dinner but grandma's tentacle fetish kind of fucks it up so he kills them all after briefly considering leaving his girlfriend for some chick he just met.

1. Mass Effect ?

3. Pokemon !

What are number 2 and number 4 ?
 

Niosai

One Winged Slayer
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Oct 28, 2017
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Space monsters invade to fight robot biblical disciples. A robot gunslinger antichrist tries to save the day.
 

banter

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Jan 12, 2018
4,127
Bird-like alien gets its mind controlled by giant space crab to help the race of giant space crabs to exterminate life, but they are thwarted by a team of humans, blue squid girl, a space suit, a bird-like alien and a dinosaur.
 

Cyclonesweep

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Oct 29, 2017
7,690
Teenager takes his key and stabs around in the dark looking for the lock to get inside to the light where his friends are waiting
 

Ryan7556

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Oct 27, 2017
1,081
Ontario, Canada
Pizza enthusiast gets his pizza ruined right in front of him, and aims to take revenge by attending a crazy party in order to settle a dispute with his brother.