NieR: Automata

action role-playing
hack and slash

A 2017 action role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world during a proxy war between human-crafted androids and alien-created machines. The story follows combat android 2B, scanner android 9S, and rogue prototype A2 as they fight to reclaim Earth for humanity, requiring multiple playthroughs to reveal the full narrative and philosophical depths of the story.

Released: 2017-02-23

https://nierautomata.square-enix-games.com/

Developer: PlatinumGames

Director: Yoko Taro

Producers: Eijiro Nishimura Yosuke Saito

Writers: Yoko Taro Hana Kikuchi Yoshiho Akabane

Designers: Takahisa Taura Isao Negishi

Publisher: Square Enix

Composers: Keiichi Okabe Keigo Hoashi Kuniyuki Takahashi

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Characters

2B (YoRHa No. 2 Type B) Kira Buckland
9S (YoRHa No. 9 Type S) Kyle McCarley
A2 (YoRHa Type A No. 2) Cherami Leigh
Pod 042 D.C. Douglas
Pod 153 Abby Trott
Commander White Kira Vincent-Davis
Adam Greg Chun
Eve Ray Chase
Pascal Alexis Tipton
Devola & Popola Claudia Lenz
Emil Julie Ann Taylor
Anemone Erica Lindbeck