I guess any analysis of Nier has to wind up talking about existentialism at some point. There’s a lot that can be said about this game. The value, and challenge of being an individual, instead of a hivemind. The way it seems to draw an ambiguous line between violence and sex. That said, I found myself rattled by the scene where Pascal loses everything, and it set me off on a journey to reconcile that. There’s some good stuff in this one, provided you can get past those repetitive side missions, and an overly long B route.