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Kaan Serin

Nier Automata's Yoko Taro thinks his generation of directors has "a lot of weirdos", himself included, because "games weren't mainstream like they are now"

A screenshot of Yoko Taro in the "Message from NieR: Automata director Yoko Taro" Square Enix video announcing Nier: Automata's Steam release.

Drakengard and Nier director Yoko Taro reckons his generation of game leads is full of "oddballs" and "selfish people" – his words, not mine – qualities he says could make for better leaders.

The Nier: Automata lead was asked about how important likeability is for a game director in a three-way conversation between himself, Astral Chain director and Nier: Automata senior game designer Takahisa Taura, and the indie developers behind a brand-new anime action game called Homura Hive, hosted by Automaton.

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