It was like a kind of temporary confluence between the intentions of Nier and the Project. Now, why there are shades 1400 years later? Well, because Nier agreed to participate in Project Gestalt after the mentioned discovery. My only answer to that is that Shadowlord (Nier's Gestalt), somehow, 'saved' (maybe not completely) her Gestalt or something like that. But that would mean that her Gestalt is ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up since the beginning and. The rest I don't know so it's extremely hypothetical: probably Yonah's Gestalt was one of them. The Gestalts of rest of the people that participated in that experiment were 'born' already relapsed: those are the shades we fight during the prologue. It's when it's confirmed that Nier is the Original Gestalt (or the one that can keep their own consciousness after the Gestalt Process). The opening was the result of an experiment. However, what are they? Androids? Looks like Replicants are different from Androids (Devola and Popola), but I'm not sure (ending E confused me more).Ģ- I can answer partially, but I still have my doubts. Replicant, on the other side, are the soulless bodies of the Gestalt. Gestalt is the consciousness of the humans? I get that Gestalt means 'an organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts', so it could be the 'essence' of each human. However, I still don't know the exactly nature of both. The Black Scrawl is caused to Replicants when their Gestalt is relapsed, because Gestalt ('soul') and Replicant ('shells') are linked. The White Chlorination Syndrome (I still don't get how it works tho) is why Project Gestalt was created. I'm a bit lost too, but I think I can help you a bit:ġ- No, both are different. Its honestly best to look up some Youtube videos about it or read the fan wikis. Replicant is based on one of the endings in Drakengard 1 and Automata is based on the timeline Replicant happens in but not on the one with Papa Nier in Nier Gestalt. Then play normally through part one of the story with young Nier till Kaine joins you after the boss fight in the Aerie.Īfter that the story switches to route E.Īlso, a lot of the stuff is really only explained in outside material like books, novels and such that sadly mainly only released in Japan.Īlso this game has HEAVY connections to Drakengard 1, one of the endings of that game is what set all the events in the past with the Replicants, the virus that wiped out humanity and such into motion.Īll the games by Yoko Taro are interconnected but many are operating on different timelines. Just for your information, there is another ending E.Īfter you finished D and it deletes your save, start a new game with a new name.

I played automata thoroughly and found it a lot easier to understand than this game Sorry this is a lot, but maybe im just not smart enough to understand a lot of it but its bothering me how much questions i have left and hopefully some of you can shine some light on any of these points, thank you In ending d, how does giving up your life exactly stop kaine from dying to black scrawl, it wasnt really explained, not sure how one replicant dying saved another and why were everyones memories wiped off our existance as a result?

if the purpose of grimoire noir was to begin the process of fusing replicant bodies back with their corresponding souls, why does it have magical powers and if grimoire weiss was the tool to decode grimoire noir's task, whats the 3rd book for that you find in emils mansion? what is a gestalt exactly? i dont understand how they seperate a body from a soul, yet the soul is physically manifested and can attack people, when the body and soul were seperated, where did the souls stay to wait and why did they come out of their waiting all of a sudden?Ħ.

What is shadowlords significance to the story, he seems to somehow affect all gestaltsĥ. Why does Yonah's replicants cough and are sick, is it because the original Yonah was sick so all the replicants are forever doomed to be sick? And again this goes back to point 2, why does yonah at the start have black scrawl if she isnt a replicant yet, but rather the originalĤ. So why do shades and black scrawl already exist at the time you play as the shadowlord in the beginning.ģ. Why does the black scrawl exist in the intro of the game 1300 years ago and why are shades there too, does that mean the main character from the intro is already a replicant and the gestalt project had already happened at that time? Because I thought the black scrawl was a side effect of the soul of a human losing its sentience at which point it turns into a monster and the replicant shell itself dies to the black scrawl. What is the black scrawl, is that the same as the white chlorination syndrome?Ģ. I watched a 20 minute recap video on youtube and have read wiki pages but I just dont get it.ġ. There are some things I'm just confused on that stop me from being content with the story.

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