I discovered this game (and series) when a streamer I watch regularly were streaming the new NieR game. The story and the characters came off as super interesting to me so I continued watching for a while. After a week or so I gave in and bought it for myself. Which is very rare for me cause I usually don't buy games on impulse. With that said, if it wasn't for Zelda: Breath of the Wild, NieR: Automata would probably be my game of the year! I could go on and on about why I love this game so much, but not gonna do it here. All I will say is I am eagerly waiting for the next game directed by Yoko Toro.
The OST for this game is absolutely godly. Oh my fucking god, it's so good. I chose The Weight of the World because that's the song that has stuck the most after playing through all 5 main endings. Having the subtle guitar playing before the title screen drops with what ending you got, followed up with the vocals gives me chills every time.
This is probably one of the most difficult single covers I've done so far. It wasn't hard from a technical standpoint, but trying to translate the vocals into guitar and trying to maintain the emotions that the original song conveys was a challenge, but I think I did pretty okay! I've also decided to focus a lot more on the arrangements from now on and hopefully this cover can be the beginning of something new and exciting!
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CREDITS
Original composers: Keiichi Okabe and Keigo Hoashi
Arrangement - Me
EQUIPMENT
Lead guitar - Schecter Damien FR w/Floyd Rose
Rhythm guitar: Woodo GS2 Ebony w/Fixed Bridge
Bass - Yamaha RBX-174
Acoustic guitar - Sigma OMRC-28E
Drums - Tooontrack Superior Drummer 2 w/Metal Foundry
Camera - Canon EOS 600D/T3i
Interface - Line 6 UX2
Headphones - Audio Technica ATH-M50X
Microphone: Audio Technica 2020
DAW - Cockos REAPER
Tones - BIAS FX
Mixing and mastering - FabFilter and Izotope Ozone plugins + others
Photo software - Adobe Photoshop CS6
Video software - Adobe Premiere CS6
