A new secret cheat code has been found in Neir: Automata that allows players to skip the entire game after defeating only the first boss. This new discovery has also been confirmed as the “last secret” that the game’s developers teased a few years ago.
Released in 2017, Nier: Automata is a game with more than a dozen different endings and many secrets. The only way to really beat the game is to replay it multiple times, getting different endings and stories along the way. However, someone has discovered a secret cheat code that allows you to skip all that and jump straight to the end of the game after defeating the first boss.
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In Neir: Automata, once you unlock ending E you will play through a difficult arcade shooter sequence where you have the task of destroying the credits of the game. Once you defeat this, you can sacrifice your saved data to help others players beat this ending. This is no joke either. Once you agree to submit your information, you will lose all your progress. However, it takes some time to get to this point and you will have to beat the game several times.
That’s where this new cheat code comes in handy as you can skip all that and sacrifice it instead your saved data right after you beat the first boss Nier: Automata.
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Popular mud and data miner Lance McDonald discovered this wild secret, which is not a glitch but is instead an actual cheat code programmed into the game.
McDonald didn’t fully explain what’s going on in the video above, but it shows he’s beating the first boss, and then oneafterwards, he goes to several barrels and starts entering the code. Finally, the screen fades to black and To deny then let yourself be sacrifice your saved data.
McDonald said it took him “hundreds of hours” of reverse engineering the game’s code and engine to find the latest cheat code. And soon after he shared his discovery, the game director Yoko Taro seemed to confirm that this was indeed the last secret.
The Japanese To deny Twitter account also confirmed that this was indeed the last secret. “It seems the last secret has been discovered. “
McDonald, which has a history of finds and making cool stuff like this one, says he will soon be releasing a full video on the new game skip cheat code. Until then, you can beat the first boss Nier: Automata and then go to those barrels and try to discover the code for yourself.