The final secret included in NieR Automata has finally been discovered, almost 4 years since the game’s release.
Lance McDonald a well-known dataminer in the Souls series community, discovered the game’s final secret yesterday. This secret allows players to skip the entirety of the game after defeating the game’s first boss.
I found a cheat code in NieR Automata that allows you to skip to the last ending immediately after killing the first boss and unlock the bonus modes. I’ll do a full video soon. It’s not a glitch, it’s an actual cheat code hard-coded into the engine. @yokotaro pic.twitter.com/FtuNPovq6F
— Lance McDonald (@manfightdragon) January 3, 2021
Shortly after Lance McDonald revealed his discovery, NieR Automata’s director Yoko Taro confirmed that this is indeed the game’s last secret that he has been teasing for a while.
( NieR:Automata Spoilers )……..3 years 10 months.（◎血◎）
RT: @manfightdragonI found a cheat code in NieR Automata (snip) https://t.co/2LeNlBguLi
— yokotaro (@yokotaro) January 3, 2021
Given how well this secret was hidden inside NieR Automata, it is no wonder that it took so long for it to be discovered. Lance McDonald only managed to do so with hundreds of hours of reverse engineering.
Hundreds of hours of reverse engineering. https://t.co/WweV0LOfXL
NieR Automata is among the best action role-playing games released in the previous console generation, combining Yoko Taro’s signature masterful storytelling with Platinum Games’ excellent action gameplay mechanics.
NieR Automata is now available on PC and PlayStation 4 worldwide.
