Thread: Revelations from Patch 5.5 (Part 1)

Originally Posted by KageTokage

First bit of actually thought-provoking Nier raid lore this week, IMO.

It's mentioned that the orbs came from a world with "machines named after gods" though I'm not really versed enough on Replicant/Automata to know what that's referencing.

Something else I'm wondering about is whether or not we'll finally learn what happened to Zantetsuken, seeing as...

*safety spoiler from 5.5 trailer*

Lunar Odin is one of the primals we'll be dealing with in the gauntlet that serves as the finale of Shadowbringers. We're well-aware he's not a conventional primal as he seems exist strictly through his weapon and has no followers, so perhaps simply having the thing shoved into a tower would be sufficient to produce knock-offs of him.

Well Automata does have

machines named after philosophers. That's the closest thing that comes to mind.

Considering 'the land of the gods' referenced in Drakengard turned to be modern-ish day Tokyo and Automata begins with 2B wondering if they'd ever get to kill the god that put them in this cycle and then the game ends with fighting the end credits, there could be a connection here with gods not being literal.