If you do not own a physical PS3 console, the English-patched version runs exceptionally well on the PC PS3 emulator, .

To understand the need for this patch, you have to go back to 2010. The original NieR game was released in two distinct versions in Japan:

This patch serves as a prime example of "preservation through modification." As hardware ages and official servers shut down, the modding community often becomes the archivist. By translating the game, the modders preserved a version of the experience that might have otherwise been lost to time or locked behind a language barrier. It allowed English-speaking players to experience the "true" canonical version of the character as envisioned by director Yoko Taro before the release of the official Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... remaster in 2021.

A copy of NieR Replicant for PS3 (specifically the Japanese version, BLJM60223).