16 Insanely Underrated PS4 Exclusives You Must Play

3. NieR: Automata

NieR is a special game - one that means all people like me (who've seen it through and know of it's genuinely mind-blowing and thoroughly unique charms) can do, is sing its praises and hope, wish, pray more people will check it out.

Because Automata's director, Taro Yoko, might be the next Hideo Kojima.

Not that he's an all-new creative force in the industry or anything, but the way NieR: Automata (and 2010's original NieR) plays with the medium of video games by acknowledging you as a player and delivering some profoundly memorable twists contingent on how we interact with machines both in-game and in the real world, is nothing short of genius.

Remember when you realised the 'radio frequency on the back of the CD case' in Metal Gear related to the actual CD case? It's that level of "Man, no one else thinks this way", and it's BRILLIANT.

The fact NieR actually requires three separate playthroughs for the full story is also very novel and utilised well, as you experience it from three distinct perspectives, all interwoven through a glorious mix of third-person hack n' slash combat, side-scrolling shooting and top-down bullet hell arcade segments.

Trust me, NieR might end up taking Game of the Year. It's the most medium-advancing work I've played this generation.