JOHN SWFC said:Played Nier for 45 minutes, got to what I assume was the end of level boss, died.... and then have to start again right from the beginning of the game? F that! Uninstalled, thankfully with no achievements unlocked. I was looking forward to playing this as well.
Enable auto healing and play the game on a lower difficulty. The first boss is designed in that way to give you the feeling of "oh crap I really don't want to die"
It's a fantastic game with a lot of 4th wall things like that. I strongly recommend you give it another shot.