YoRHa: Pearl Harbor Descent Record - A NieR:Automata Story 01: Pearl Harbor Descent Record 1

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According to Saito, a lot of time and effort went into creating the story and character interactions so they would match those of Nier. The sections of Nier: Automata in which the perspective shifts to a side-scrolling perspective were inspired by the Castlevania series, of which Taura was a fan. In addition to standard navigation on foot, the game features scenarios with flying mech battles, as well as a special item that can summon wild animals to ride. Of the sixteen YoRHa androids who landed on Earth to recapture it from the enemy machine lifeforms, only four have survived the descent. The story and narrative themes were met with praise, [89] [91] [92] [96] [98] though some reviewers found its pacing and presentation lacking.

When creating Nier: Automata 's story, Yoko was hesitant about adding Devola and Popola due to their role in the original game but he later decided to include them. Because the project was new to PlatinumGames, its staff faced multiple challenges when developing the gameplay and open-world environment.

The game later introduces another player character named A2, an obsolete attack android who often acts alone. Thomas Whitehead, writing for Nintendo Life, was positive about its presentation and design but noted some gameplay elements did not work as expected and lack depth. The port's developer Virtuos wanted to preserve as much of the game as possible but capped the frame rate at 30 fps and made a racing-based side quest less difficult.

The first-print copies of the soundtrack include an additional sixteen-track album subtitled Hacking Tracks that contains musical variations for hacking segments.YoRHa: Pearl Harbor Descent Record, also known as YoRHa: Pearl Harbor Descent Record – A NieR:Automata Story, is a manga series set before the events of NieR:Automata. Different versions of the theme song "Weight of the World" were performed by Nicole, Evans and Marina Kawano.