Nier: Automata': The Wrenching RPG is 2017's Game of the Year—Here's Why
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This nearly perfect role-playing game tells a story about war, tragedy, and life in humanity's late stages using every part of itself, wasting nothing in the telling.
The nearly perfect role-playing game tells a story about war, tragedy, and life in humanity's late stages using every part of itself, wasting nothing in the telling.
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Nier: Automata': The Wrenching RPG is 2017's Game of the Year—Here's Why
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6 Years Ago, Square Enix Released a Modern Masterpiece
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REVIEW] NieR: Automata – Cheap Boss Attack
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NeoGAF's Essential RPGs: 2017-2018 edition - Vote open until Oct 13th - Win Free RPGs
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NieR Automata Wins RPG of the Year - DICE 2018 - IGN
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Nier Automata on the Switch was meant to be: it's the best game to side quest on the go
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Aniplex of America on X: Everything that lives is designed to end. We are perpetually trapped in a never-ending spiral of life and death. The smash hit action RPG from @SquareEnix, NieR:Automata