Dear SE

[HiragiHOUX]

Fully agreed. Not only did this raid completely kill any potential of me wanting to check out anything about Nier, the third raid has made me feel physically nauseated to the point of, well, actually being sick. If these over-the-top glitching effects and graph-paper textures over everything is Nier's 'style', I sure as hell don't want to consume anything more like it. I never leave duty when I have a pop in Mentor Roulette, but for my health I may have to if I get this raid again.

People have complained that "well everything else is a crossover", meanwhile the other raids have all been crossovers with... other Final Fantasy titles. At least the stuff like Rathalos, Yo-Kai Watch, etc, have been confined to side stuff you never have to do. I mean, sure, you don't 'have' to do the Nier raids, but you do if you're not a raider and want to upgrade your Cryptlurker. Yes, I know you can buy Twine and Glaze from nuts, but those still take a while to rack up, especially if you're like me and your play hours aren't always during the day when most other players are on and hunt trains are going, compared to doing the raid once a week and having the token for upgrading. Even if the raid had been a crossover with a title I absolutely adored, I would still hate the concept of something not Final Fantasy being now officially main content. I get that this is fun and great for fans of Nier, but where I previously didn't care for it, I now detest it for being shoved down my throat and taking the spot of something that could have been much more interesting.

[Vahlnir]

Fully agreed. Not only did this raid completely kill any potential of me wanting to check out anything about Nier, the third raid has made me feel physically nauseated to the point of, well, actually being sick. If these over-the-top glitching effects and graph-paper textures over everything is Nier's 'style', I sure as hell don't want to consume anything more like it. I never leave duty when I have a pop in Mentor Roulette, but for my health I may have to if I get this raid again.

Honestly, if you are turned off by this crossover then yeah you probably wouldn't last very long in Automata but you'd probably be okay in Gestalt/Replicant. It'd largely be your loss though. They are great games, and this crossover really doesn't do it justice. The graphs and "hackerspace" are Automata only as far as I can remember, but they are a lot more polished outside of FF XIV. Even then they aren't everywhere, just in certain places (and not many to be honest) and while performing certain actions with certain characters. To be honest though, I get the same way with Minecraft. There's something about it that makes me physically ill while playing. I'd love to get into it, but my body won't let me. lol

Here's an example of what the Tower At Paradigm's Breach was inspired by.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nkmv1X_VY0

It's a bit less jarring in the game it came from. This video isn't high res either, though setting it to 720p helps a bit.

At the very least I would highly recommend you give Replicant a go. It's truly something special.