Because 9S decided not to sync their operations data with the YoRHa server before the operation (something about the data didn’t look right to him), he and 2B haven’t contracted the virus.
While fighting machines, the YoRHa forces are suddenly and inexplicably attacked by a logic virus that forces them to go berserk and attack any androids who aren’t infected. Because this is the opening act of the story, you know that something’s going to go wrong, and it does, spectacularly. The third iteration starts where the first two iterations left off with Adam and Eve destroyed and the machine network in major disarray, YoRHa sees an opportunity to wipe out the machines once and for all, so they organize a massive ground campaign to eliminate the hostile machines. There’s an affection between them that I’m willing to buy into, even if 9S’s story reveals that there’s a lot of stuff he hasn’t told 2B (like the fact that YoRHa is fighting a war with no end goal because humanity already went extinct). Despite their flaws, these two make a good team who does good while they run around the city ruins helping androids and machines alike that are dealing with some very relatable problems (I mean, who hasn’t wanted to throw a parade for love and peace but needed to hire bodyguards to keep the bullies from killing your participants only to become jaded with the entire experience?). The first two playthroughs (which for me totaled about thirty hours of gameplay since side quest completion is cumulative and combat gets exponentially easier as your characters gain levels) did a pretty thorough job of exploring the story’s protagonists 2B is extremely adept at hiding her emotions, although she’s actually very conscientious and kind to the non-hostile machines, and 9S is outwardly cheerful but suffers from some serious Nice Guy(tm) syndrome along with apparently having a deep seated bias against the very concept of machine self-awareness. After two playthroughs that follow essentially the same events from 2B and 9S’s respective perspectives, this promise of an actual different story was super enticing.
The long version is that I finished the second playthrough a few days before that, and it ended with a trailer for the next bit of story (and a teaser that there would be two potential endings this time around–hooray, choices!). Because we’re seriously still sticking to the “multiple playthroughs” thing, there’s another title screen.
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