Players can perform high-speed battle actions-combining light and heavy attacks-and switch through an arsenal of weaponry while evading enemies with speed and style. The tight controls and incredibly fluid combat are simple to learn for newcomers while offering plenty of depth for more experienced action gamers.
Now, a war between machines and androids rages on… A war that could soon unveil a long-forgotten truth of the world. In a final effort to take back the planet, the human resistance sends a force of android soldiers to destroy the invaders. Humanity has been driven from the Earth by mechanical beings from another world.
NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.