Neil's Rebirth is almost killing me

Friends who have played the first installment of "Neil" or "Neil Mechanical Legion" should have developed some interest in the "Neil" series, although it may not be their original intention.

, such as Ass

, for example, helping her

However, these are actually by-products. When it comes to color, other works can also achieve them. The true feature of the Neil series lies in its somewhat neurotic setting, worldview, and story. For example, there are battles between human souls and their own bodies, battles between local robots and alien robots, and so on. Before this, it can still be traced back to the Dragon's Rider series. After a certain ending in Dragon's Back 1, there was the world of Neil, and after a certain ending in Neil, there was Neil's Mechanical Legion...

The recently launched mobile game "NieR Re [in] Carnation" also looks like this game. If you're looking for the style of supervising the series like Taro Yoko, then you must be right.

However, most mobile games are quite popular, and there is no difference in Neil's Rebirth. As a JRPG player, I am already playing to death.

Stories can be sold separately

The plot is about recycling

Firstly, it should be noted that the story of "Neil's Rebirth" can actually be considered as a recycling operation of Sqaure Enix (or Yoko Taro?).

In the game, we can see the memory contained in the weapon held by the black puppet when the little girl in black clothes comes into contact with it.

This narrative style is called the Weapon Story in the game. This form may seem novel, but it is actually a product from many years ago, as early as the release of Dragon's Back Cavalry. Each weapon has four levels, and each upgrade unlocks a story.

In a recent interview with "Neil Artificial Life ver. 1.22474487139..." on Famiton, Taro Yoko also mentioned that when he was making "Neil Disguiser," he felt that he didn't need a Weapon Story, so he didn't add it to the game. It wasn't until after the game was released that players strongly demanded it, and finally included this part of the story in "GRIMOIRE NieR" (full guide+settings dataset).

Nowadays, this form is no longer just cold words, but is dynamically expressed through the narrative style of a scroll. It turned out to be just a small element in the game that was even abandoned, but after being refined, it became the protagonist.

I can only say, there really is you, Sqaure Enix.

A big story sets a small story

Although the above form can be considered as the utilization of old objects, the effect is really good, especially the first three chapters are very commendable.

Firstly, the narrative in the form of a scroll, although very simple, combined with voice, narration, and a very good level of BGM, the most basic experience has achieved a relatively excellent level.

Secondly, there is the story itself. Although everyone understands Taro Yoko's urinary nature, the story is definitely sad, but each small story creates the illusion that "I understand everything" for players, and then overturns the previous illusion and gives a surprise. Moreover, the first three chapters of the story are intertwined and seemingly unrelated, but in reality, they are closely related, making me feel that there is no pressure to create a small-scale single player game after supplementing these contents.

There is indeed a connection between the three stories of Hunter, Gunner, and Masatai, but did you really guess it when you first played it

It is worth mentioning that on the basis of these small stories, there is also a main storyline where the little girl and "Ma Ma" search for memories together. Although there is currently relatively little connection with the small stories, it is still a continuously updated mobile game, and it may gradually become connected in the future.

Battle is all about special effects and Ass

※ The following content is up to version 1.1 update.

Still playing ATB

After finishing the main plot, let's take a look at the battle. The combat style of the game is very similar to Square Enix's favorite semi real-time combat, where all characters will automatically engage in regular attacks. The two weapon skills each have a slot, and when the slot is full, you can manually use that skill.

Due to the fact that the enemy cannot move continuously when using skills, in the current version, if the agility and attack are high enough, victory can be achieved in one breath before the opponent takes action. In short, it is still the RPG data pile set.

However, the game also includes attribute restraint and skill equipment that can affect agility (each character has a fixed agility of 1000), so you can "skillfully" win against enemies who are much stronger than you through the above methods. This is one of the few combat pleasures besides data crushing.

You can win missions like by being careful

Special effects and Ass

The visuals of this work are basically consistent with the trailer, and although the ruins scene is simple, it is vast and beautiful in a high level of visuals.

The scenes during the battle also performed well, although many of the actions should have been taken directly from works such as "Neil's Mechanical Legion", fortunately with samples from Platinum Studio, the characters' actions were also very smooth, and the combat actions were quite handsome.

handsome combo

In the main plot, the gunman character is quite coquettish when attacking, and I suspect he has secretly learned gun fighting skills. What may be attractive in terms of combat is probably the characters... behind the scenes, right.

The sequel to the obscure IP series Neil's Machine Legion was famous for its 2B butt and even went viral. Later, it was even made into a 3D animation by a famous animation production team starting with F.

It is obvious that Square Enix, although prohibiting secondary creation, still has a genuine passion for it.

The essence is still liver and class

What is the experience of the liver?

Although I don't know if some of the game's designs were inspired by Taro Yoko, in short, this game is still quite bad... such as automatic combat.

seems to hear him say, play games seriously

Neil Rebirth, like many turn based mobile games, can activate automatic battles to save energy on brushing, but this game is a bit different.

During automatic combat, it is normal for skills to be randomly placed and targets to be randomly hit, so the overall actual combat power of the team is only about 70% of normal. However, Neil Rebirth does not yet use character skills and pet skills on this basis. These are two major moves, but they cannot be used. If you encounter a narrowly defeated enemy, you will definitely lose.

King type Boss will continuously attack while in a state of remaining health. If not taken away in one wave, the team will be destroyed

So if you want to play the following content faster, then liver is essential. However, the problem arises again, as players without classes may lose their stamina after a little extra effort.

Firstly, the stamina slot in this game is different from some mobile games. At the beginning, the upper limit is only 50. After each level increase, the player returns to full stamina and the upper limit is increased by one.

But before that? The game restores some stamina every three minutes, and one hour is 20 points. By conversion, a good child who sleeps for 8 hours at night will gain 160 points of stamina, which is about three times the initial limit... Once their stamina exceeds the limit, they will not recover, unless they are practicing immortality tirelessly. Otherwise, it is inevitable to waste their stamina recklessly in the early stages of the game.

Of course, there are shooting games in the game that can quickly improve the player's level, but they can only be played once every 8 hours, and the experience given to players is also insignificant after their level exceeds 60.

, I have been suffering from liver disease for half a month, and it has only reached a level of 70 or above, roughly at a medium to high level

Secondly, the physical exertion of the game is very fast. For example, this game has a limit of 4 times per day, with a large number of instances dropping a certain weapon enhancement material for half an hour each time. To improve combat effectiveness, playing this instance is essential. The maximum difficulty of a dungeon is 35 points of stamina. Assuming the player is strong enough to kill the level of the dungeon boss a few times, it will take about one minute to complete each dungeon. 30 minutes is 30 dungeons, which means 35 x 30=1050 points of stamina. It takes about 4200 points of stamina to play this "dog food" dungeon alone in a day.

There are 5 ways for this game to restore extra stamina:

1. Player level increases and restores 100% stamina.
2. Explore (shooting game), score 130000 points and gain around 50 points of stamina.
3. Add friends, help/be helped by friends every day to gain 1 point of stamina, with a maximum of 100 friends, which is 200 points.
4. 100 course gold gems restore 100% stamina.
5. Use medication to restore. Small recovery medicine+10 points, medium recovery medicine+50%, and large recovery medicine+100% stamina.

The medicine that finally saved up is not enough to use at all

Apart from course fees, only potions can quickly and massively restore physical strength, while medium recovery pills are not as cost-effective as small recovery pills before physical strength exceeds 150. It is relatively difficult to obtain large recovery pills, so brushing mainly consumes small recovery pills. In this way, a daily "dog food notebook" requires 420 bottles of small recovery medicine.

So how many small reply pills can we get? Log in to 30 bottles and store 20 bottles every day, exchange 200 bottles for the Crazy Nest linked dungeon (one-time), and exchange 500 bottles for the medal exchange store (refreshed every month). It's not enough... only course gold is available.

What was the experience of class?

Speaking of course fees, like most card games, this game costs 1 gem and 1 yen.

However, the gift packages originally intended to bring discounts to players are not very good. For example, the most expensive 10000 yen gift package in the game includes 10000 gemstones, 1 Supreme Certificate, 1 Black Pearl, and 60000 gold coins. The highest certificate is used to upgrade the final stage skills of weapons, and there are four skills for weapons; Black pearls are used for breaking through the limits of weapons, which have four stages. The content of other gift packages is similar, which is equivalent to buying gemstones and giving a small amount of strengthening items. At most, it is used to check for gaps and make up for them, and the key is to rely on the player to brush them themselves.

A more cost-effective option is the "task gift package" priced at 2940 yen, but what's more frustrating is that this gift package requires players to complete the task again to unlock rewards, which still cannot be achieved without brushing. But except for the "level task gift package" which will give 60 bottles of large recovery medicine, other gift packages do not include stamina medicine. Players with limited stamina seem to have purchased a cost-effective gift package and will return to their "liver" state.

Of course, players can also continue to play endlessly by restoring 100% stamina through 100 gems of course gold, but the funny thing is that before the stamina limit exceeds 200, spending gems to refresh the store (increasing the required gems by 10, 30, 50, etc. each time) to purchase 20 bottles of small recovery medicine is more cost-effective

Neil's Rebirth is still constantly being updated, as evidenced by the two events that have been updated since the game's launch. The resources required to cultivate characters in this game are extremely extensive, and even those who have paid tuition fees have to return to the rhythm of brushing when the power of tuition fees is minimal in the later stages.

Fortunately, the plot of this game is quite good. Although it is tiring to brush various things, after strengthening the character, looking at the main storyline, true darkness, and personal storyline of the character is also a driving force.

Before the release of "Neil Artificial Life Ver. 1.22474487139...", if you have plenty of time, why not leisurely brush through the main storyline to pass the time.

But if you want to play all the content of the game without paying any fees, it's better to think twice before acting. Otherwise, you may be like me, about to be played to death.