I don't care what platinum has made, rising is good, I don't care for bayonetta, have dropped it like 3 times.
Nier's combat is just button mashing and actually very boring, also you can brake its combat easily. It is not even close to devil may cry, like miles worse.
It is nowhere near close. NieR Automata is made by Platinum Games. Even without knowing, if you've played Bayonetta, Metal Gear Rising, almost same team that originally developed Devil May Cry, you can tell it's their craft. Stellar Blade does not have THE sauce