The character designs are quite nice, Nier himself does take the award for being one of the ugliest characters in the game.

I also found each character outstanding, from Nier and his companions to quite a few of the NPCs, to several of the enemies in New Game+.

The premise sounded decent enough, and it seemed refreshing to see a Square-Enix game that didn't have a whiny teenage boy as the central character, so I figured I'd give it a shot.

The gameplay is a decent hack and slash, and is true that the graphics are alright, but its the narrative, characters and amazing score that wins you over

The grafics are beautiful and way different from any FF game I've played and the characters are seriously hilarious.

NIER brings on unexpected and bizarre twists at every turn with it's Shadow of the Colossus-esque atmosphere, strange and unique characters and a truly outstanding Soundtrack

Then there are moments where the camera likes to pan and face the character forcing you to manually turn the camera around to see in front of you

I like the characters and story

The main character is a little bit shallow (as in not well developed...not as in frat boy shallow) but that is largely due to the story

The voice acting and soundtrack is probably the best in modern gaming history; incredibly powerful orchestral music really draws you into the scene while the voice acting makes you believe the characters' conviction and conflict.

Overall, the weakest character is the main character

The music, the story, the gameplay, the atmosphere, the characters are just so awesome

But to those who enjoy a deep and unique story and characters this is a must have

Lovebthis game, great plot and characters. as well as combat

Great, sympathetic characters whose motivations make sense... check

Emil, a young boy cursed with the ability to petrify anyone he looks at is the sweet innocent character in the story

Lastly, you'll meet one of my favorite characters whom I can sympathize with, Emil.

The characters are outrageous, and will often be saying very filthy things that will have you laughing out loud.

(Emil and Kaine were great characters).

The characters are well thought out, the things that you learn by the end of the game add to their depth.

The game has well developed characters and plot which mean significantly more to me than graphics.

Engrossing story and great characters combined with beautiful music makes this one of the best "niche" games in recent years.

The game itself is good, not great, The characters are good, but the totallity of the map feels quite small.

The fun gameplay is eclipsed only by the great characters and story

The main character is a little bit shallow (as in not well developed...not as in frat boy shallow) but that is largely due to the story

The main character is a little bit shallow (as in not well developed...not as in frat boy shallow) but that is largely due to the story

The storyline is overly simplistic and E-rated, taking place in perhaps a total of five (small) locations through which you continually backtrack