Year: 2010

Publisher: Square Enix

Developer: Cavia

Country: Japan

Genre: Action role-playing

Platform: PS3, PS Vita, XBox 360

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NieR, a spinoff of Drakengard, is set a millennium after the final series entry and puts players in control of the titular hero in his valiant search for a cure for the Black Scrawl epidemic, which claimed his daughter. Teaming up with Grimoire Weiss, a magical talking book, and two other characters, Kainé and Emil, the games follows his quest for a remedy and his attempts to understand threatening creatures known as Shades.

LGBTQ references in this series: 

Kainé

Emil

Operator 60 (NieR: Automata)

11B and 16D (NieR: Automata)

Citations:

1. Clements, R. (May 11, 2010). Nier Review. Retrieved from http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/05/11/nier-review
2. Drakengard (series). (n.d.). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drakengard_(series)
3. Nier (video game). (n.d.). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nier_(video_game)