Thursday 30 August, 2018

While playing NieR today, it became more and more obvious on the ethics behind loyalty to a cause, even when it comes to sacrificing yourself. I finally got past the first boss and into the resistance. What really showed to me that it was truly about loyalty to some weird brainwashed state was 2B and 9S using the black box, and all the held back emotions that 2B had. It showed that there's some extreme restrictions and responsibility on these androids, with all the glory to mankind on their shoulders.
Another thing I noticed was that even when the machines weren't hostile while you are back on earth, they are still deemed as dangerous in a sense, really pushing the androids vs machine deal going on.

Great work Claude! I like how you approach the ethical themes of the game through the lens of 2B and 9S different points of view with 2B being a colder character and 9S being more led by emotion. Looking at these two characters in context of the ethical themes of the game could be a good starting for the OPA.