Nier Replicant date announced

I am not sure if people are aware of this, but a remaster version of Nier Replicant (that is Nier 1 with the younger protagonist) was announced for PS4/XBox/Steam earlier this year. Now SE has made a conference during TGS announcing date and content of the special edition for that game, together with some gameplay.

The release date is April 23th, 2021 for US/Europe.

Personally, I am pretty excited about that game, as I never played Nier in their PS3 days. I would rather prefer if they ported Gestalt instead of Replicant, but it is still pretty good.

Pleasantly surprised that they really went ahead and did a full overhaul of the combat. As much as I love that first game, going back to that combat was going to be rough. Would've been a little funny to see the reactions of people who only played Automata but this is definitely for the best. Also really excited that the VAs are re-recording their lines!

What a great panel in general, great name and vibe throughout.

I'm actually on the other side of the fence here: I'd rather a simple re-release without changes. As one of the four people with a copy of the original on my bookshelf, I'd been really looking forward to revisiting it on PC but seeing that they're making significant changes has dulled my excitement.

Excited for a re recording of Laura Bailey swearing for a solid minute each time the game loads up.

Anyway Gestalt is still better because old man Nier is a way more interesting protagonist but we already got that game so it's fine.

This looks ok but I played it on PS3 for the 1st time in June and it doesn't motivate me to play it again.