Quote Originally Posted by linayar View Post
It's not a Nier story, though. It's a FFXIV story borne out of a collaboration with Nier creators. The story of Yorha is canon to FFXIV unless otherwise stated, not canon to Nier, unless otherwise stated.
When I said that, I meant 2B and 9S's story in the world of FFXIV. Sorry, but if we have a Crossover with characters from other series I expect to see these characters from different series interacting and bonding together in a Crossover. The bare minimum at least. I wasn't expecting to have it completely a Nier story. A mixture of FF and Nier (considering Drakengard is like the reverse FF in terms of themes).

This was sadly just a FFXIV tale with Nier characters as cameos/guests. You can literally swap them out with other FF or original characters for FFXIV and explain a hidden factory of automatons and it wouldn't have change that much.

There was nothing really unique to warrant the Nier to be here, which is a shame. That's the problem I see.
The barely existed. Anogg and Knogg could've been their first friends and develop a close friendship to get them to stick around more, yet no.

I would've loved to have 2B and 9S meet the locales, learn about this world, hear more about the WoL and grow for a bit in this new settings. Giving layman details about their own history - not enough to spoil anything, but enough to connect it to their world - and their reason for existing.

And keep all of the boss battles to, those were great.

However, the final part felt SO rushed that I couldn't take in that the characters from the Nier universe are here and they were gone as soon as they got here. Especially 9S! He's finally back online after the first raid and weirdly enough goes back to his friendly outgoing self. No mention of the WoL and 9S fighting before? No apologizes for the confusion? You didn't even talk to him and after the final raid was done, he's gone. I was peeved when I learned that.

Just 2B and 9S (with some cameo from 21O)... No A2, no Commander White, no Devola and Popola. I wasn't expecting a lot of characters. When I saw 2P I was hoping for an original take on the Nier characters. Like they were part of the FFXIV world from the start or something.

Well... no use crying over spilled milk. I'll keep on doing the weekly to see what the rest of the story is.

PS: Also, isn't it kinda canon to Nier? Yoko Taro has a way to bind all his stories together one way or another.