World exploration is similar to other mobile games tap or hold on the touch screen to move and tap to interact with various objects. Gameplay is broken up into three main categories: exploration within the 3D environment of The Cage, 2D story quests that are explored with memory characters, and a 3D battle system. Her elegant appearance hides superhuman power and violent temper. He used to be a handsome young boy who lived in a manor.Ī beautiful white-haired woman with a flower growing from her eye. The left side of her body is possessed by a Shade.Ī strange creature that looks like a floating skeleton. He cares deeply for his friends and would do anything to save those he cherishes.Ī silver-haired woman who lives in a remote village called The Aerie. Mainly specializes in close-quarters combat.Ī young man on a journey to save his sister, Yonah.
Scanners specialize in survey missions, and can gather information and intel via hacking.Īn attacker-type android that deserted YoRHa. Relatively cool and collected.Ī YoRHa scanner-type android. This model uses swords to engage machine lifeforms at close range. These characters are tie-in characters from other Nier and Drakengard games obtainable through limited time events.Ī standard YoRHa combat android. Not knowing who or where she is, she wanders forward following a voice in her head.Ī young girl who's started her education in a wizarding school to become a full-fledged witch. Is called a coward by his comrades in arms due to his fearful personality.Ī girl who awakens in a collapsed research facility. More than anything wants to become strong and exact revenge as a soldier.Ī young man who leads a unit as a captain. Lives for revenge.Ī kind, calm woman who is forced to fight alongside her husband against monstrous flowers who claimed the life of their son.Ī boy involved in an endless war since he was a child. Throws himself head-first into danger with no regard for the family he leaves behind.Ī quiet man who is forced to fight alongside his wife against monstrous flowers who claimed the life of their son. One Who Continues to Challenge the MountainsĪn adventurer who has conquered many famous peaks. She has the favor of its current leader, to whom she is deeply loyal. Thanks to the Wanderer, his dormant will is activated once more.Ī talented member of a renowned assassin's guild. Her prosthetic arm and leg carry a tale of profound anger and sorrow.Īn ancient warrior found slumbering underneath castle ruins.
He travels from country to country to fulfill a particular oath.Ī recluse hunter who hails from a forest country.
While he has a similar shape to Mama, his personality and appearance are different.Ī high school honor student that was transported into The Cage.Īn ordinary high school student that was transported into The Cage.Ī gentle and wise vagrant who travels with a mechanical Clockwork Soldier. Mother figure who appears to be familiar with The Cage.Ī being that appears to be a black armored knight with insect-like traits. Suffers from mysterious nightmares every night. Variations of characters and weapons can be unlocked through the in-game gacha system.Ī kind, amnesic girl who awakens within The Cage. The second arc, The Sun and the Moon, follows high school students Hina Akagi and Yuzuki Kurezome. The first arc, The Girl and the Monster, follows the Girl of Light and the Dark Monster. In order to restore what she has lost and to redeem herself from a past sin, the girl and Mama travel to reawaken fragments of a forgotten world. She is greeted by a strange being calling itself Mama. A girl awakens on a stone floor with no voice and no memories.
The world takes place in an area simply known as "The Cage" (檻)-a series of towers and dungeons, sometime in the future.