There are different ways to recover your health, but if you need it quickly: Pressing down on the d-pad will allow you to access your quick menu, where you can use a recovery item.

As you said, self-destruct does not have much practical purpose while in combat while playing as 2B and 9S. However, playing as A2 in route C (using the same button combo) triggers Berserker mode rather than self-destruct, which does give you some edge while in combat. Aside from that, there are two trophies related to the self-destruct feature. Trophy 1 Since self destructing destroys the pants, there is a trophy for playing as 9S while in his underwear for a total of 1 hour. Trophy 2 NieR:Automata has a total of 26 endings. 21 joke endings and 5 true endings. To get one of the joke endings is to self-destruct while in the Bunker.

The short answer is: don't worry about it. Both games ultimately were made to be entirely separate experiences. Both spoiler each other to some small extents, but I don't think that any order is particularly 'better' than any other possible order. That said though, Nier Replicant's new ending will not really 'spoil' anything more for Automata than the rest of the base game really did. The ending DOES have things that call back to certain themes or points from Automata, and as it was made after Automata exists, it clearly influenced the ending in ways that wouldn't have happened if it was included with the original game from the start. Gun to my head, 'pick an order or perish' scenario, I guess I would recommend: Replicant's Original Endings -> Automata -> Replicant's Last Ending But any different slotting of Automata would have it's own different benefits.

:< sadly.. I don't think they can be used directly .. the save file's structure is different between 2 version. Hope the will be some app to convert between them soon xD.

Earlier in the game it is revealed that humans were extinct before the alien invasion. So it would have been other androids building the YoRHa units. Presumably those androids believed that their consciousness was superior (or at least distinct) from machine consciousness, so it would be more humane to use (enslave?) machine consciousness when making the soldiers. As you play the game, you might get the idea that the differences are far smaller than those androids assumed.

This can only be a problem for PC player who uses the FAR mod to limit the framerate. The player's bullet shooting speed is affected by the framerate. If the framerate is below 50 FPS, the shoot speed will be too slow to break all the blocks.

Throughout my research, it has noted a few times (here, here) that only non-combat specific weapons effect will apply regardless of which weapon is active. This is limited to two effects: Robot Discount Discount Fortunately, these two effects do stack! So you'll get major discounts at some shots. For combat specific weapon effects, this reddit has researched this a little bit. The users on that community have stated that they did not see a difference in weapon speed when they have two weapons with Attack Speed Up equipped as opposed to only having one weapon equipped.

No, there is no way to disable the forced camera angles in certain places, like overhead shots or sidescrolling segments. These are an integral part of the game experience and the gameplay would be very different without them.

Ok, so I solved this. It related to finding Pod C, if you find it, the red area will disappear from the map. Not that dynamic sensor does not help you here and you just have to watch the ground to find the pod.

the girls identity is revealed in Route C, so everything bellow this would be spoilers for Route C The girls are called N2, the Network AI of the Tower that appears after the Bunker's destruction and also the Network AI of the Machine Lifeforms, revealed in Jackass's report that's unlocked after Ending C to sum up the link, because Humanity went extinct after the events of Nier with the failure of Project Gestalt (the reason why Devola and Popola are treated so badly is because of the failure of another pair of Devola and Popola in it) and the Machines killed off the aliens the Machines, still programmed to defeat the enemy, realized they couldn't truly destroy the Androids otherwise they have no enemy to defeat. this lead them to create Project YoRHa (the reason why Black Boxes are made from Machine Cores) and the Council of Humanity and as apart of this endless war there was a back door installed in to the Bunkers that would allow the Machine Lifeforms to access them. at the same time the network intentionally created faults within it allowing for evolutionary growth resulting in Machines like Pascal and the Forrest King being born The Network entered into a continuous state of repair taking in surrounding until it reached a fixed state. such data also included the server that stored information on humans, Project Gestalt and of Yonah (if i recall, was the first successful example of the Gestalt process) and from this the network changed, developing the ego called N2. as per Jackass's words: "we've been fighting a network of machines with the ghost of humanity at its core. We've been living in a stupid *****ing world where we fight an endless war that we COULDN'T POSSIBLY LOSE"

As @lentinant noted in a comment when I first asked this, the Golden Small Stubby has a custom death animation in which it falls to the ground, growls "Nngh... damn it all..." and then violently explodes. This animation must have not triggered properly the first time I fought it, either because I was too far away or because I defeated it before the Bipeds. I'm happy to report that I just ran into the same Golden Stubby, in the same location, but without the Golden Goliath Bipeds. I finished it off from close range this time, and its death animation played correctly and I received its unit data entry.

I'm not entirely sure what you're referring to here, as the only enemy that changes their level during combat is the first fight against Adam, where leveling up is his primary mechanic, and he learns moves and abilities as the fight progresses. From my experience (over 100 hours of gameplay), there is no level adjustment at all with machine lifeforms. The only enemies whose levels scale with yours are the wild moose and boars, which is why they become the only real threat when you've maxed out your level. Regular enemies and bosses have set levels at different points in the game. This is especially apparent when you unlock Chapter Select and go to previous chapters (or even previous routes) and go through the areas again. For instance, I went back to fight Beauvoir again (the amusement park boss you mentioned), my AI-controlled 9S killed her in a single hit and kept her down for several minutes, until I realized she needed to be up long enough to go back onto the stage to move the fight to the next stage, at which point, I had to turn his AI to passive. If I remember correctly, enemies will never be higher than level 60-65, aside from the golden bunny statue and DLC arenas, where enemies have set levels that exceed 100 in some cases. Additionally, bosses (aside from the one case I mentioned) will never change levels. I don't think difficulty level has anything to do with enemy level, either. I believe it just makes enemies more powerful without adjusting their level.

Based on the NieR: Automata wiki, the name YoRHa originated from a stage play under the same name, which became the foundation of the masterpiece of a game What is "YoRHa"? The storyline of "YoRHa" was the product of Yoko Taro. He collaborated with MONACA and DearStage among others to create a story that involves traditional Japanese idols who sing, dance, and later perform in the YoRHa stage play. This story later became the basis for the game NieR:Automata. The YoRHa Stage Play is about the events that take place prior to NieR: Automata Written by Yoko Taro, YoRHa is a stage play which tells of the events before NieR: Automata. Taking place in 11,941, it tells the story of the Pearl Harbor Descent Mission during the 14th Machine War As to why "YoRHa" is capitalized the way it is, as stated in this interview (credits to reddit), Yoko Taro kept this a secret Yoko: For NieR, it was just a design choice regarding the logo. I thought it felt a little light, which is why we decided to capitalize it. As for the YoRHa logo… that’s secret.

Depending on what your secondary weapon is, your heavy counter may not be a launching attack. According to this thread, having a Small Sword as your secondary will result in launching (or attempting to, at least) your enemy into the air, while a Large Sword will leave you on the ground. This is typically what type of I had as my secondary when I played through the game each time. Another way you can ensure that you don't accidentally turn yourself into a floating target, then use your Pod's counter after a perfect evade. With Pod A, at least, you'll launch a grenade, which not only does much more damage than your typical Pod fire, it also tends to knock smaller enemies away. Lastly, while you seem to be against it, pausing for a split second after a perfect evade is a perfectly viable strategy that I used myself from time to time. If you don't see an opening for an attack, then it might be best not to try one.

Yes, you are more than able to change your choice if you complete ending E again. This is what I did, as I did not have everything that I wanted to get done done when I completed ending E the first time. I deleted my save the second time I attained ending E. I'm not 100% positive, but I am fairly certain that the bullethell sequence is nigh impossible without assistance, as after a certain point, you just start getting out-DPS'd with bullets and you can't shoot fast enough to hit any of the targets due to the sheer volume of destructible bullets coming your way.

Not all of the statues are technically bosses, as there were not enough bosses to fill in all of the spaces. In order, from left to right, top to bottom, the "bosses" featured in the trophy room. Eve surrounded by machine lifeform parts Grün Hegel So-Shi Auguste and Friedrich 2B and A2 Operator 21O/21B Adam and Eve Beauvoir Engels Immanuel Kierkegaard Additionally, on the floor is the Goliath Flier that appeared right before Grün made his appearance. From what I've gathered, the colors of the statues mean nothing.

The confusion seems to be coming from the fact that the sources you've linked say that clothing gets damaged as you do. Your clothing only really gets damaged when you self-destruct. As A2, you cannot do this, so the Dress Module will not affect her. The Dress Module only does anything for 2B and 9S and prevents them from losing their clothes when they self-destruct. 2B loses her entire skirt, while 9S loses his pants when self-destructing without the Dress Module. To illustrate this, I made a couple videos:

Technically, there is not a way to make Emil drive by the Resistance Camp; it's random where he spawns, but that route is definitely less common than the one in front of the Desert Zone. All you can do is make him respawn and hope he shows up on the route that takes him by the Resistance Camp. I personally reloaded the area repeatedly until he was in the right place, but according to this video I found, you can make him respawn without reloading the area, which vastly reduces the amount of time you will spend trying to get him to show up by the Resistance Camp. The video says to do this in Chapter 7-1. The steps laid out in the video are: Finish the Forest Kingdom chapter Talk to Emil at least once Run (don't fast travel) to the abandoned commercial facility Run about halfway across the bridge back to the City Ruins and check on Emil's location. Run back into the abandoned commercial facility if he is not on the correct route. Repeat the last two steps until he shows up. It's worth mentioning that you need to shoot Emil at the right time for him to land in front of the Resistance Camp, as there have been numerous reports of Emil not selling the good stuff even though he was driving along the correct route. The proper timing of this is also included in that video around the 3:10 mark.

Yes. There is just one missable trophy if you are morally opposed to using the trophy shop. The trophy is Transcendent Being and it is awarded for attaining all 26 endings. The only missable ending is ending Y. This is due to the fact that ending Y is tied to failing a side-quest. The side quest is Emil's Determination To get the ending, you need to lose the boss fight in the desert at a specific point. Near the end of the fight, one of the giant Emil heads starts a countdown timer before it explodes (and subsequently destroys the Earth), you need to simply let the timer run out. This will lead to ending Y. If you kill the Emil head (which finishes the side quest) before getting this ending, ending Y is not possible to get. Since side quests can not be repeated on a save file, if you complete this quest without getting ending Y, you will either have to redo everything and try again or cave in and use the trophy shop. However, I wouldn't recommend redoing everything to get this ending since to get it, you need to collect and max out every weapon in the entire game, which takes a very long time.

All stackable plug-in chips have hard caps. You won't know these caps until you hit them, but the game will tell you what they are. I found this Steam thread that has all of these caps listed. Here are the cap values: Weapon Attack Up : +100% Critical Up :+30% Shock Wave :"very powerful" Offensive Heal : 100% of damage dealt as HP Ranged Attack Up : +100% Last Stand : +100% damage if HP is 25% or less Counter : send back 250% damage Charge Attack : +400% Melee Defense : 80% Ranged Defense : 80% Anti Chain Damage : 6 seconds Resilience : avoid stagger if above 5% hp Max HP Up : +100% Deadly Heal : recover 100% hp on kill Auto-Heal : 18%hp/sec after 4sec Damage Absorb : 50% chance to restore 200% of damage taken Reset : 50% chance of reviving with 80% hp Fast Cooldown : 50% cooldown reduction Evade Range Up : +200% Moving Speed Up : +20% Drop Rate Up : +90% EXP Gain Up : +100% exp Vengeance : 50% chance that 200% of damage taken is dealt back Overclock : slow time for 5.5sec after a perfect evade Taunt Up : +500% damage dealt and taken Hijack Boost : +9 level for controlled enemies Stun 25m blast : + 5 seconds stun on a succesful hack Combust : fire for 7 seconds Heal Drops Up : 100% chance to get healing items upon hacking I may be wrong, but based on a few of the fully listed plug-in chip upgrades I'm seeing on the wiki, it seems like these caps are equivalent to the bonus you would receive from a plug-in chip that has been upgraded to +8.