NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...

Released April 23, 2021 on PC, PS4 and Xbox One

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About NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...

NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... is a third-person action role-playing game released on April 23, 2021, for PS4, PC, and Xbox One. Published by Square Enix and developed by Toylogic with Square Enix Creative Business Unit II, it is part of the NieR series and sits within the Drakengard franchise. The game is a single-player experience rated M for Mature by the ESRB and PEGI 18.

Its genres combine role-playing, hack and slash, and adventure elements, with themes of action, science fiction, drama, and an open world. Players view the action from behind the character, and the game is designed for one player at a time.

The story follows a young man in a remote village who sets out with a talking book in search of a set of mysterious texts, all in an effort to help someone close to him. This version is presented as an updated release of a game that had previously only been available in Japan, and it serves as a prequel to NieR: Automata.