NieR: Automata Cheat Code Discovered After Nearly Four Years

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Developers often hide secrets in their games, and it can sometimes take years for players to uncover them. This has proven to be the case for NieR: Automata, as a new secret was discovered nearly four years after the game's initial release. Hacker Lance McDonald discovered the secret, which allows players to go to the last of the game's endings after defeating just the first of its bosses. According to McDonald, this is an intentional code put in by the developers, as opposed to a hack or a glitch. Apparently, discovering the code took "hundreds of hours of reverse engineering" to discover.

It seems that the code is triggered by inputting a set number of jumps and moves following the death of the boss. This also unlocks the game's bonus modes, as well! A video of the accomplishment can be found in the Tweet from McDonald embedded below.


NieR: Automata director Yoko Taro acknowledged the accomplishment on Twitter, quoting the above Tweet and adding in the number of years and months it took for the secret to be uncovered. The developer had previously teased that there was "one last secret" that had yet to be found in the game, and it has been acknowledged that this is, in fact, that hidden secret!

It's always interesting to see how developers hide these sorts of things in their games! Codes such as this one have long been a staple of the industry, but usually fans discover them a bit sooner than this. It will be interesting to see how McDonald's NieR: Automata discovery inspires speedrunners to tackle the game. Clearly, players will have less difficulty finishing off the game in a shorter amount of time than previously thought possible!

NieR: Automata is currently available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.



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CentPosted:

That's pretty nuts what developers do and how it's not easy to find. I've never given this game a shot as it's not really my cup of tea but it still looks pretty interesting to watch a playthrough on youtube.

GroguPosted:

4 years to find a cheat code that crazy, developers have some amazing hiding skills