NieR 6-Song Deep Study — 'A Beautiful Song' · 'City Ruins' · 'Kainé' · 'Song of the Ancients' · 'Shadowlord' · 'Weight of the World'

The gameplay and story are trippy as hell. This game is kind of a mind crush and I feel like you would appreciate the artistry of the game, particularly in some painful places people are divisive on, like the crawl. One of the best games, painful and emotional to play. Especially if you like the complexity and the music.

Yoko Taro's games like Drakengard and Nier are made for emotional masochists, which most gamers tend to be. We are just gluttons for a good gut punch to the feels that makes us cry like a baby.

Please listen more songs from Nier series and I would also recommend Drakengard 3 songs black song, white scales and this silence is mine. All the sisters songs are also so good. Drakengard 1 also has really experimental music on purpose. Drakengard series is linked to Nier because these two (Drakengar 1&3) are prequels to Nier and all made by Yoko Taro. If you ever have time to play some of these I would recommend Nier Replicant and Automata (in that order). Please and thank you...I cried a lot :')

Shame whoever asked didnt say to react to the Japanese version of weight of the world..

Man I never get tired of the nier soundtrack. I recommend ashes of dream, emil - despair, fleeting words (family) and fleeting words (outsider) both sound different and not just a beat change, and dependent weakling is also quite good. Great reaction and analysis.

I wish Shadowlord was from the remake. Originally, Nier Gestalt/Replicant was released in 2010. But in 2021 the game was rereleased as Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... and a soundtrack was updated too.

So happy you finally did this analysis! The games are a great time and the wider context adds more impact to some of these songs than the clips do. Also, they released a vinyl collection a few years ago that covers both games! Might be worth snagging if they're still out there!

I am pretty stoic, but weight of the world in any form is a fast track to teary eyes

Would love to see more reactions to Nier music. Or even a playthrough, these games along with their OST's are my absolute favorite of all time. I'll be lurking in the community to get more things recommended for sure!

My favourite would be Emil's theme. There are so many emotionally heavy versions - Karma, Sacrifice and Despair. And then there's the most light-hearted shop theme ever.

I LOVE this game so glad you reacted to some songs

The Chaos Language (Nouveau) and Japanese versions of Weight of the World are also amazing, definitely worth a reaction!

I think the movie you were trying to remember was Enemy Mine with Louis Gossett Jr. I rented and played the original NieR in 2010. Beat it, sent it back to Gamefly. 3 years later, out of nowhere, the music got stuck in my head. Had to play it again and was surprised by how much more game was waiting for me. If you do play it, I highly recommend playing the remake over the original. As much as I prefer Papa Nier over Brother Nier, the remake is much easier to get through gameplay-wise. The music fades out because there's no end to them. They loop during the game, so they don't have a proper ending.

For hololive vtuber reaction Ayunda Risu did weight of the world cover for her 3d really recommend do in react to it

Holy cow I'm so incredibly excited to see this!!! This is my favorite OST of all time. I have three little music boxes that play some songs from the OST. I cannot recommend enough that you listen to the Japanese version of Weight of the World too, its magnificent and emotional. Just an incredible passionately authentic performance.

I love your reaction and analysis of the music! I would highly recommend listening to the Japanese version of Weight of the World. The singer gives such a raw emotional performance, especially towards the end, where her voice breaks completely from the emotions. I read that she apologized and wanted to do another take, but everyone loved it and left it in the final track.

Notice the lyrics of Weight of the World: "We're gonna shout it loud, even if our words seem meaningless" The Chaos Language may seem meaningless but that doesn't stop the singers from filling it with emotional meaning. Weight of the World acts kind of like a final credits song for the game, so it exists outside of the game-world in a way, which is one reason that it was written in human languages. Thanks for the deep-dive on Nier! Such a gorgeous soundtrack and they're highly philosophical games too. Honestly if you played NieR:Automata I think you'd love it Tim. The whole soundtrack is gorgeous and filled with vocals just like you heard today. The story gets really interesting the further you get in and the gameplay is great as well.

NieR Automata is such an emotional journey also it's OST is seared into my brain since I ever first heard it