 Yes, yes, please. Actually, why am I? Never mind. I'm so glad I got to the save point. Oh, so not a long time from now then. Oh, so not even the year when we are. Oh, gosh. Machine lifeforms that all but annihilate human civilization. The handful of survivors that remain fled from earth seeking refuge on the moon. 5204 AD. Is that when we are? Humanity launched its counterattack. All right, not quite. From a network of orbiting bases. But after more than a dozen large-scale descents upon the enemy, we still haven't managed to repel the invaders. I'm gonna go ahead and guess that it's going to take a lot of work. So we're basically the good robots. Glory to mankind. All right. So we're part of the mankind cult. I'm okay with that. I like mankind anyway. First you'll want it. So all of this has an explanation. That's right. It looks perfectly all right. Roger, Roger. Well, I should probably let you know that this inter-process is being recorded for posterity. On the other side of mind though. My voice recognition. Oh, I'm going to call out to you now. Mom. That's awesome. That is funny. This is the weirdest way to go about video game settings that I have. It's so weird. Inactive sound. What? What? What? Self-destruct. Oh. All right. I believe that's that. Morning. Hey, I could see my eyes for a moment. I wonder why we hide them away. Interesting. I like this. Hmm? What? So I can do plenty of things. Uh, no, thank you. Let's talk with 9S. You want to adjust my combat style. Let's go for balanced. Since we have yet to do any combat. Oh, I can buy stuff. All right. I'm going to buy. Let's buy. I actually don't have any of those. Do I? Five of those. Let's buy 10 of those. Let's see. This player has HP Gorge. I have one of those. Sound waves. This player's sound analysis graph. That might be interesting. And an experienced gorge. It's really cool how they have integrated all of these things in the game. And you actually kind of have fishing spots, really. I am sick of fishing in games. I still can't get all the fishing bones out of Noctis's belly. But sure, I will take it. I think I'm going to take this. Sounds more interesting than the HP Gorge. Although I would like it. Can I sell anything? Oh, it's cheap. Oh, removal means death. So I should probably not sell these. I guess. Interesting. I've got mail. Quest items killed. Intel? No. You need data perhaps? How do I open mail? You need to be near an access point to save your data. You can see access points on the close-range map. Be sure to save often. Yes, sir. Oh, access points. Mailbox. Select inbox as an access point to check your mail. Serve and manage a test mail. This message is intended for the verification of your mail account. Oh, God, I... It's not like I have... I get like five of these every day. Verifying different services and whatnot. All right. Quick save. I still... I still have mail. I thought I checked it. Did I not? Can't I remove it? Oh, now it's gone. Guess this is where I'm going. Sure, let's use the fancy elevator. Sisters! Why don't you sweetheart? This is really like all the old-school road-playing games. I like it. Don't worry, I can take care of myself. Ouch! I just bit my tongue. Ow. Plenty of recovery items. Me too. Me too. I obviously need them. Hello, Commander. Ah, 2B. Maintenance finished? Yes, Commander. You detonated your black box in order to defeat the enemy. Bold. But risky. Try not to be so reckless next time. Understood. I know you're fresh out of maintenance, but I have another mission for you. I need you to head to the surface. Rendezvous with the resistance and do some recon. Doesn't Yorah have a dedicated resistance contact already? We haven't been able to get in touch with them. So we'll need you to look into that as well. Understood. Interesting. Saving? Possible. That's really interesting. All of this, this entire game. I find it to be absolutely fascinating. And you can probably tell that I have been enjoying myself quite a lot. The surface? That means we'll be getting flight units, huh? Better head for the hangar. Usually we can't get near flight units. They're way too expensive for us grunts. Too bad they can't mass produce these things yet. I'm not a grunt. I'm awesome. No need to save here. No need to go to my quarters. I think it's time we go to... Oh, hello operator. So we go to the surface. I never get tired of looking at her. All right. Hangar, you can get it from the elevator to my left. All right. I really like the walking animations. She looks very regal. The hangar's up ahead. Look at her. Let's go. They have put so much work into her model. I like it. I can walk like that all day long. I'm falling in love with this game. I am already in love with this game. So far, I don't see any big issues with the port either, which makes me really, really happy as well. And final time around probably means that I don't need any oxygen either. So hopefully there will be no annoying little poison-based puzzles and restrictions, which are so much, so much better. I just think they sent a combat model like you to a recon job. If all they want is intel, we scanner models are built for that kind of thing. Orders are orders. All right, all right. So the atmosphere is guarded by them without sound. I mean, seems to be. Nice. Make sure to commit them to memory. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Sorry. Kind of super surprising. I was surprised. I was completely bewildered by... Can I not take ridiculous hits like this one? Yep. I just did that. Whoops. My bad. I sent a combat model like you to a recon job. If all they want is intel, we scanner models are built for that kind of thing. Orders are orders. All right, all right. As they are, I suppose that's as much a new topic that we have to say. Anyway, let's liven up a little. I got a bit distracted. Apologies. I'm going to stop from here on out. I'll put up instructions for you. Make sure to commit them to memory. All right. So, Missile Barrage. Ridiculous and ridiculously awesome. Am I even trying to kill them from... See? Better. Anything I don't understand is why the hell I'm slowly cleaning the enemy up. Patiently destroying the list of black bolts of murder. Not taking any damage. Because damage is... Oh, whoa, whoa. Awful. Fantastic. I'm almost dead again. One bolt is all that I need in order to die. Wonderful. Please don't kill me. Please land. I'm all right with that. Perfectly fine with me. Just get me off this thing. Please. It's fun as a gimmick, but I'm really bad at it. What is it? Choose a combat style. All right. I can heal myself now. Perfect. See? Everything is much better in high definition color. All kinds of goodies. What? I can't access this right now. Make note. Return here someday. Let's see. Let us look at the beautiful, destroyed Pocalyptic City. I like the colors. Proposal. Proceed to target location. Minimap. The minimap shows the geography around your current location at the bottom right of the screen. All right. Can I... Yep. Hey, Tupi! What? What's wrong? Where's the cream? Really like gliding. That's a nice thing to do. Animals! Hello! Uh oh. Other players' bodies. If you have the network features option turned on, you'll be able to see other players' dead bodies. By exiling these bodies, you can do the following. Retrieve. You'll temporarily gain three random effects based on the chips the player had equipped. Repair. The body will follow you around in a doing combat. Let's... Retrieve. Money. Shockwave. Offensive heal. Taunt up. All right. So I'm going to be killing animals then. Moose. Neat. Delicious. I think. This is really big, isn't it? I'm playing on medium, by the way. A cart to our intel. None of the machines in this area are hostile. There's been more and more enemies like this lately. They just stand there and stare into space. It's pretty... Perhaps... Perhaps the aliens have abandoned them. That could be one explanation that I can think of anyway. All right. Guess I can't pass from here. I really like the detail. It gets better. See? That's real pretty. And sad. I mean, imagine... What power did to destroy this thing? Start fishing. I'm enjoying the... Ah, fine. Commencing. Report failed. Well, that's sad. Well, this is really weird. Well, I can at least enjoy the view. Oh. No response. Aw. Complete. Fine. By the way, listen to the background music. I'm gonna let it play for a little while once I kill the robots. Amazing. Haven't played a game that has me feeling so giddy, so interested in a very long time. I have actually seen this a bit. I have seen about 15 minutes of gameplay. It's how I fell in love with the game originally. And why I decided to pre-order it, which I do really, really rarely. So this is the resistance camp, huh? We should probably go talk to their leader first thing. Who am I? Well, no friend. You could say that. I'm not sure when I was manufactured, so... Strange resistance woman. She has the mask. By the way, for those of you who are not familiar with the creator of Nier, here's this Japanese guy who walks around with this exact mask in real life. And it's ridiculously awesome. Although his mask has a really creepy smile as well. Treasure. No, no. I didn't want to talk with you. Nice. Anything else around here? I really like the acoustic guitar. Guitar. Come on, Nines. I have to... All right. I am. Uh-uh. I am not buying this. You know something about me that I do not know? All right. Oh, you must be with Yora. I heard about what happened. Ideal in weapons, if you're interested in that type of thing. What kind of weapons? Basically, I reveal and repair relics from the old world. Although, to be honest, my tools are in pretty short shape at the moment. But if I can get the servicing device and that toolbox up and running, I could start fixing and selling weapons again. Take a look at it, will you? That looks bustful, right? You know it. Now, I bet you can tell I'm no good at households of delicate repair. Sure, I'm going to help the others. That would be a huge help. Most likely, the servicing device, shorted out, must have put too much load in it. And taking four complex gadgets will be enough to fix it. Any idea where I'd find complex gadgets? Folks say you can find them over in the city ruins. You can. But I assume here the place is crawling with incredibly aggressive machines. All right. Subquest progress. Your subquest has been updated. You can check your progress on the quest tab in the system menu. Oh, chest. Medium recovery. Supplier trader. Welcome, welcome. It's always great to get new customers. It sounds like the kind of guy who would speak with that sort of voice. You're some kind of supply trader for the resistance. You know it. Every time here is handcrafted from abandoned parts and stuff blundered from enemy corpses. So then, to business, what can I get you? What can you get me? Animal bait. Sushie. A pouch that emits a scent. Animals love. Prevents them from running when approached. That's cool. I could take this one. Give it to an animal in order to ride them. Oh, I should probably take one. And sure, this one as well. Do you sell plug-in chips? You mean those little doodads that serve as power-ups for your body? Red knots. I love to sell plug-in chips, but I don't have the necessary raw materials. Now, if I happen to get those raw materials, I bet we could do business. But until then, say, now there's an idea. What if you got materials for me? I've got this bum leg, see? Don't quite see, no. Can't really get around myself. Can't you just repair your own leg? You work in the supply trade. After all, you finally, unfortunately, all of our paths are dedicated to the war effort. Can spare any for myself. Personally, I'm hoping you wipe out those machines so I can start dancing again. Wow. But until then, will you look for what I need? All right. Oh, thanks a million. Okay, if I need one broken spring, one small gear, and one broken circuit, you can smash up a few small machines to find them. You can obtain them from enemies that the big open area to the left when you exit the camp. Target location data obtained. Marking on that. And you possibly develop a woman of the game. Hey, you're with Yoroh, right? Hmm, my mask. It's an electromagnetic wave shielding device. I worry to limit unnecessary information from the world. What? Ha, just kidding. I knew it. I called bullshitting that one right away. What I say, what should I do if I die? That's a good philosophical question. After Yoroh's body is destroyed, only its memory data... I knew it! I knew this would be the avatar for the main guy who made up the game. He's giving me information about the game mechanics through a virtual avatar. Basically, you need to recover everything from your previous body immediately. Sure. All right. So what do you want? Are you worried about something or whatever? This game is too difficult. I feel motion sick. Sure. That's maintenance. They handle everything from body maintenance to body adjustment. Um, I'm good. It was fun talking with you. Come back any time. Great, amazing, fantastic. They said to the left, right? Oh, by the way. Shouldn't there be somewhere to save around here? Yeah. Map information? Map information? Interesting. Oh, I can transport. Bunker. All right. So I can transport, why not? I just want to open. All right. Another shop. Maintenance shop owner. My service in console and all types of android bodies. Can I help you with anything? Let's see what you can offer me. Files bar for laser? There's a laser in this game. Oh, so many different things. Mirage. These are basically upgrades to my... To me. Weapons. Additional blades, I suppose. Additional attack types. That's really awesome. Being an android, you can greatly increase your combat abilities with just a few tweaks here and there. Excellent. If you obtain any new chips or problems, make sure to try them out. Now the question is, how exactly do I do that? Let's see. Do I have any chips? Items. Enhancement items? No. Materials? Key items. Materials are items I suppose I either sell or use for some sort of crafting. Humohistory state silver was used to defeat demons, but machines seem impervious. Simply because machines are not demons. See, mind learn. Grimoire wise. Pod model. High capacity device used in the... Oh, interesting. Let's see. Retro pod. Pod skin. I can equip different skins to my little pod thing. Fascinating. Let's try out... Let's take a look at the other items. Key items, right? Valve, left eye, right eye, both eyes. Head. Oh, yes. Now I have a valve. A valve on my head. You can turn me off if you try. Please don't try. Again with the changing perspective. Up ahead is the material storage site. Sorry, but it's off limits. Fair enough. I like my little valve. It gives a lot of character mittings. All right, so I need to climb back and open the box then. Fair's fair. Oh, there's a jukebox. Shall we rest a bit? Do we get anything when we rest? Yup. Oh my god. A jukebox. As long as you have the necessary records, it's yours to use. Sound data. What song would you like to play? Significance. Normal, I suppose. Let's see. All right, back to business. What works? What am I, a profit?