Quote Originally Posted by Jandor View Post
Well, Nier is a follow up to a Drakengard ending where some of the characters travelled through a dimensional rift.

I could see Pascal and/or resistance androids investigating and stumbling through a rift opened by hostile machines. The Eorzeans mistake them for rogue mammets or something, you do various special FATEs where you thwart them, you get special rewards from their world in exchange.

E: I also recall "old-world magic" being mentioned a few times in Nier:Automata.
NieR takes place many years after the true ending of Drakengard 1 (Ending E)