Nier: Automata's Yoko Taro says the beloved RPG was "most inspired" by Neon Genesis Evangelion: "It's pretty much just a retelling of Evangelion, so there's not much originality to it"
Yoko Taro, are you okay?
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Nier director Yoko Taro says the work that inspired Nier: Automata the most was Neon Genesis Evangelion, so much so that the RPG’s story is “pretty much just a retelling of Evangelion, so there’s not much originality to it.”
“I’m a visualist and not a storyteller. I have always focused on how something looks, so I can’t compare to Mr. Yoko when it comes to the story department, but I believe that Stellar Blade’s gameplay makes up for that shortcoming.”
Taro’s signature self-deprecating humor is on display, then, though seeing Kim weigh in to offer him a compliment is some endearing content I didn’t expect to be reading this morning.
As for the links between Nier: Automata and Neon Genesis Evangelion, it’s not so much how the shared commonalities of mysterious organizations fighting for the ‘future of …
