This is my attempt at a complete recounting of the story of NieR Automata. It's long. Probably too long. And too thorough, while still not covering thoughts I'm still having while writing this. Watch or listen to it in pieces. I will ask nicely that you comment with your opinions on the game or anything I got wrong or didn't include. My immediate thoughts are that I didn't include anything about A2 cutting her hair short like 2B or the closing credits symbolizing the dev team urging you on. I'm a failure, but at least I spent way too many hours on this project while doing so... I'm so tired.
It appears that they copyright claimed the video and it's not eligible to be seen in Japan. This saddens me so I blurred the footage of the dlc ending. It is gonna look weird but I don't want to restrict the 5 people in Japan who will inevitably find this video to be excluded from watching it.
I set up a simple discord channel. Feel free if to join if you wanna talk to me about games separately from the comments.
SheperGames Discord: https://discord.gg/DbDWBKT4fc
Here is a link to a great guide on modding the steam version:
https://steamcommunity.com/id/aemony/myworkshopfiles/?section=guides&appid=524220
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
6:34 Route A start
47:14 Route A side quests
56:20 Route A conclusion
1:23:29 Route B start
1:40:17 Route B side quests
1:55:57 Route B conclusion
2:13:22 Route C
3:10:14 Endings D and E and thoughts
3:21:15 End game and Dlc
3:34:19 In Conclusion