Reddit reviews Drakengard - PlayStation 2

Chronologically.

Drakengard 3->Drakengard->Nier Gestalt->Nier Automata.

As for Drakengard 3 and 1 heres a good order for playing/reading stuff in chronological order (the novellas and other side materials are optional, but recommended).


Zero - A Rain to End and a Flower to Begin (Novella) http://drakengard.wikia.com/wiki/Zero/Novella

Utahime Five (Manga) http://nier2.com/gallery/index.php?cat=8

Five - My Favorite Things (Novella) http://drakengard.wikia.com/wiki/Five/Novella

Four - Family Portrait (Novella) http://drakengard.wikia.com/wiki/Four/Novella

Three - My Dear, Sweet Little Dolls (Novella) https://lparchive.org/Drakengard-3/Update%2031/

Two - Today’s Meal (Novella) http://drakengard.wikia.com/wiki/Two/Novella

Dito - This Ugly World (Novella) https://lparchive.org/Drakengard-3/Update%2011/

Decadus - Everything is for You (Novella) https://lparchive.org/Drakengard-3/Update%2023/

Octa - “The Joy Of…” (Novella) https://lparchive.org/Drakengard-3/Update%2028/

Cent - The Jewel within My Palm (Novella) https://lparchive.org/Drakengard-3/Update%2035/

One - Visitors (Novella) https://lparchive.org/Drakengard-3/Update%2041/

Drakengard 3 - Prologue (Game) https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0082-NPUB31251_00-DOD3MAINGAME0000

Mikhail - Our Mistake (Novella) https://lparchive.org/Drakengard-3/Update%2049/

Drakengard 3 - Branch A (Game) https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0082-NPUB31251_00-DOD3MAINGAME0000

Accord - Weapon Stories (Novella) http://drakengard.wikia.com/wiki/Accord/Novella

Drakengard 3 - One’s Prologue (Game) https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0082-NPUB31251_00-ADDSCENARIO00001

Drakengard 3 - Two’s Prologue (Game) https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0082-NPUB31251_00-ADDSCENARIO00002

Drakengard 3 - Three’s Prologue (Game) https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0082-NPUB31251_00-ADDSCENARIO00003

Drakengard 3 - Four’s Prologue (Game) https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0082-NPUB31251_00-ADDSCENARIO00004

Drakengard 3 - Five’s Prologue (Game) https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0082-NPUB31251_00-ADDSCENARIO00005

Drakengard 3 - Branch B, C, D (Game) https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0082-NPUB31251_00-DOD3MAINGAME0000

Michael - The Gone-Away (Novella) http://drakengard.wikia.com/wiki/Michael/Novella

Drakengard 3 - Zero’s Prologue (Game) https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0082-NPUB31251_00-ADDSCENARIO00000

Drag-On Dragoon 3 Story Side (Novel) http://firesanctuary.com/blog/2014/08/30/notes-on-the-dod3-story-side-novel/

The Song of Fourteen Years (Novella) http://drakengard.wikia.com/wiki/Drakengard/Novella

Drakengard (Game) https://www.amazon.com/Drakengard-PlayStation-2/dp/B0001A86EG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535073662&sr=8-1&keywords=drakengard


Nier Gestalt (Game)

Grimoire Nier (contains explanations of the games story and most of the side stories are included in here)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vEP2iZ52P-DWhQBQ2Is6R8Wjao99AGi0YuWShTvA-tA/mobilebasic

Nier Automata (Game)

Lastly the Nier Automata side material.
https://theark.wiki/w/Welcome


As for Nier Gestalt/Replicant. Nier Gestalt and Replicant are the same game with the exception of basically the main characters relationship with his sister/daughter. In Replicant the main character is a young boy with a sister and in Gestalt he is an adult man with a daughter. This was done to market the game in the west. The content between the games is the same though. In the side stories for Gestalt/Replicant you will notice the mc is Brother Nier (basically he is more canon then Papa Nier, though Taro claims both are canon)