Square Enix announced today that NieR Replicant became a best-seller on Steam. The game is a remake of the 2010 title of the same name that was only released in Japan, and it is a prequel to Nier Automata, which was released in 2017.
The player controls a young man whose sister becomes infected with a mysterious and incurable disease. He leaves his village with a talking tome named Grimoire Weiss to travel the world in search of the Sealed verses and a means to help her. The game features quests similar to that of a fantasy RPG with a lot more gore, shooting, battles and higher stakes. Like several fantasy RPG games, there are multiple possible endings, making each in-game decision vital. Nier Replicant has received acclaim and rave reviews from players for its dedication to the original and its excellent story-telling.
The patch, which will be released at 9 am PDT/5 pm BST, will address framerate and other display issues, optimizing the Geforce Experience, game freezes and other minor bugs (via mods were made to address some of them.
This patch will make the game version 1.03, which implies that there were 1.01 and 1.02 updates that did not feature significant enough changes to be widely reported when they were implemented. According to changes to some characters and combat.
It's quite common for a game to release with some bugs, especially if it's a remaster of a title initially released over a decade ago. It is unfortunate that the first sign of reprieve for the issues with NieR Replicant had to come from fan-made mods, but it seems Square Enix took the almost two months since release to make serious progress toward improving the game. This makes sense considering how dedicated Square Enix is to NieR Replicant fans. Here's hoping that more mods won't have to be made after this patch to address new issues.
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