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RchHomieQuanChi
02/20/24 5:39:19 PM
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For example, let's say you have a game where your character ultimately dies in the end. You could start a New Game, but the end result is basically just the same....and it turns out your character is trapped in a death loop.

OR each new game is an alternate universe

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Crimsoness
02/20/24 5:39:34 PM
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Starfield

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bnui_ransder
02/20/24 5:40:57 PM
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Nier

Also there's a game almost exactly what you stated but then it's a huge spoiler for the game so I don't want to say it....

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Mechu
02/20/24 5:41:03 PM
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Dragon's Dogma

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furb
02/20/24 5:41:08 PM
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Fez

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Dakimakura
02/20/24 5:41:19 PM
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Doki Doki Literature Club

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PerseusRad
02/20/24 5:41:37 PM
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Didnt Bravely Default do that? Kinda? Never played it.
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Irony
02/20/24 5:41:57 PM
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Alan Wake 2

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NeonBoobs
02/20/24 5:42:01 PM
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Definitely Nier Automata

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BakonBitz
02/20/24 5:42:15 PM
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I heard Alan Wake 2 did this.

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Phantom_Nook
02/20/24 5:42:41 PM
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The Wind Waker allowed you to read what certain characters were saying when they speak Hylian. does that count?

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KajeI
02/20/24 5:43:24 PM
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Starfied, Nier, a ton of roguelikes, Chrono Trigger maybe?

I know there's a few RPGs that do it but I can't remember any of them atm.

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wackyteen
02/20/24 5:44:23 PM
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Dead Cells does something like that, but I think that's more a staple of it being a Roguelike than it doing something unique.

Bravely Default never goes 'New Game+' officially but the whole story is uh.... you should play it for yourself if you want that kind of story experience

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garan
02/20/24 5:46:03 PM
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Sea of Stars, sort of...

You have to beat the game, then do things differently to see the 'true' ending.
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Makeveli_lives
02/20/24 5:46:09 PM
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Hades
Returnal

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Nirvanas_Nox
02/20/24 5:47:02 PM
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Crimsoness posted...
Starfield

This.

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DrizztLink
02/20/24 5:47:03 PM
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NeonBoobs posted...
Definitely Nier Automata
Pretty much the entire series, from Drakengard on.

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Hayame_Zero
02/20/24 5:47:34 PM
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Crimsoness posted...
Starfield

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GeminiDeus
02/20/24 5:48:21 PM
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garan posted...
Sea of Stars, sort of...

You have to beat the game, then do things differently to see the 'true' ending.
I thought you had to 100% the game to get the true ending?

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Voidgolem
02/20/24 5:53:57 PM
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Starfield is probably the biggest example, though you'd have to put up with it for long enough to find out and that's a tall order.

Dragons dogma (sort of)

Armored Core 6 (though I don't think NG+ is actually involved as a story element beyond "these options literally aren't here previously". It's complicated)

A number of VNs do this explicitly and I can't name them cos spoilers

Nier

Ultros (technically?)

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MarcoRubio
02/20/24 5:55:17 PM
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Crono Trigger?

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Guide
02/20/24 5:55:22 PM
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Undertale, because of course
Bastion

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Seaman_Prime
02/20/24 5:59:16 PM
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Slay the Princess
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BlueAnnihilator
02/20/24 6:00:12 PM
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Astroboy Omega Factor

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garan
02/20/24 6:07:29 PM
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GeminiDeus posted...
I thought you had to 100% the game to get the true ending?


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A5modeu5
02/20/24 6:07:57 PM
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Nier

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Dark_Arbron
02/20/24 6:14:35 PM
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Undertale and Groundhog Day in a knowledge sense rather than accumulated levels/equipment/etc.

In the formers case you also arent the only one aware of whats going on so your interactions with them on subsequent playthroughs are different.

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Sufferedphoenix
02/20/24 6:30:50 PM
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MarcoRubio posted...
Crono Trigger?

Came to say this. Time traveling story and the earlier in the story you beat the boss thr better thr ending and one could rationalize they go back in time to end things earlier since they are strong enough now.

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Philip027
02/20/24 6:45:43 PM
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Bravely Default doesn't explicitly do it, although the way the game naturally plays out kind of resembles NG+.

Bravely Second does outright use NG+ as a mechanic.
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Tyranthraxus
02/20/24 6:51:31 PM
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Bravely Second uses NG+ to continue the plot.

In Chrono Trigger, while Lavos is technically defeatable in any encounter, there's one NG+ exclusive way to fight him. Defeating him at any point before the black omen gives you an alternate ending depending on when exactly. Most of the time you're just too weak to do it unless you're in NG+.

Undertale doesn't have a NG+ per se but there's a few story elements that carry over between resets.

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Azn_Psycho
02/20/24 6:56:17 PM
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9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors is a visual novel that kinda uses this. Or at least, the idea of learned information.

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