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Oct. 21st, 2010 @ 04:10 am
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I picked up playing Nier a bit tonight. Haven't played it in aaaages, but I was in the mood for Square Enix without all that "hope" and "optimism" and "love" crap in FF13. Nier is about as emo as a game about smashing stuff up with magic and huge swords can be.
Even the cover picture has Nier's hair falling across his face in a totally emo way. The only person who doesn't look tragic on the cover is Kainé - which is sort of appropriate, since she covers her angst with rage, as a rule. (Anger management is not her strong suit. The game's opening splash screen has a voiceover from Kainé that starts: "Weiss! Weiss, you dumbass!" and gets angrier from there.)
Some of the review-type stuff of Nier annoys me because of Kainé, though. Many reviews I've seen that discuss the characters claim that the source of her angst and self-loathing is her penis. Totally not true. The source of her angst and self-loathing is demonic possession and her - well, spoilers, but let's just say it's a bit of a "my beloved peasant village" thing.
Video games serve to distract me from feelings of abandonment today.
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