![]() ![]() Still, I wish there was a little more variety at the start. Slowly but surely you’re thrust into some real unsettling situations, and they fit right in wonderfully. They manage to be creepy and cute at the same time, and you’ll see a lot of them in all new ways as you continue through the critical path. But! The more you play the more you’ll fall in love with them. Those rusted robots are most of the fodder you’ll be facing, and even some of the bosses feel like extensions of that design. ![]() I have to warn you, the enemy variety fits the theme, but it’s not going to be all that exciting at first. You can customize your HUD to your liking, or if you’re so inclined, swap to an easy-automatic mode that has its own chipsets and abilities. You can upgrade your character with a fairly in-depth chip system (where you can attach minor stuff like “more HP” all the way up to “recover health when damaging or killing an enemy”), which lets you alter your build to suit your playstyle. It’s tough, especially on the harder difficulties (which shut off lock-on), but manageable. Many of their conversations end up playing out like a classic comedy duo on top of some of the more grave matters that the narrative touches on. 2B, the android protagonist, is stoic as hell which seems like a boring character trait, but ends up working well when juxtaposed to 9S, her silly companion. It’s a great idea to equip the androids with emotions as a story conceit, as it allows for more interesting developments between the cast. While elementary at times, the interaction between the characters sell it. Naturally it delves a bit in what it means to be an android or a machine, and the nature of humanity itself. You’ll unravel the finer points of what happened on the planet’s surface, as well as the relationship that aliens, humans, and androids all have with one another through the passage of time. It actually takes place hundreds of years after the aliens have taken over, so the Earth is dilapidated and mysterious. But Automata is so much more than a generic intergalactic struggle. ![]()
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