Do you have any faith in the Nier plot?

[Vahlnir]

You should check out Nier Automata. It's kinda rough around the edges, but it's a pretty good time. And a remaster of the original Nier is coming soonish as well. It's not mandatory to understand Automata, but it's got an interesting story as well. It's a lot rougher around the edges though, though it sounds like the remaster is more than just a remaster, so combat may be improved

Gestalt was an amazing game. I can't wait for the remaster, even though the characters will be slightly different since it's going to be Replicant instead of Gestalt. The same general story should be there though. Between the 2 games I think Gestalt (and by extension, Replicant) was way better than Automata, especially from a story standpoint, but Automata wasn't bad. I just liked the first one better. As far as combat goes Automata was without a doubt better. I do hope that they take this opportunity to fix the clunky combat system that Replicant/Gestalt had. If they do...oh man, it's going to be even better than the first time around, though for me it's going to be almost a brand new game considering the character swapping that will take place. The Father is no more, apparently.