Are you a New Game+ sorta person?

destructoid.com:

It’s a simple question, but your answer might a bit more be complicated — do you typically do New Game+ runs? What do you need from them? Anything extra? Or are you generally looking for an excuse to continue existing in this world for just a while longer?

Over the weekend, I circled back to Rogue Legacy 2, a game I’ve finished. Except, well, I’m not finished. Not yet! There are permanent character-boosting upgrades to unlock and tougher as-yet-unseen variant bosses to seek out and destroy, so my work isn’t done.

I hopped back in this weekend for a few quick runs when I had some downtime, but I was spotted. As former Destructoid writer Brett Makedonski half-jokingly pinged me on Steam, “you’re done with the review bro, you don’t have to play anymore.”

But I must! In fact, I’m actually playing New Game+ in another game side-by-side with Rogue Legacy 2. I’ve also been chipping away at Nobody Saves the World, a form-swapping action-adventure RPG that is a whole game about making progress — checking off lists of combat challenges — in order to open up new mix-and-match character builds.

Like Chris, I’d recommend it. It’s been a lovely grind. That said, approaching the 20-hour mark, I was ready to hit the end. Little did I know there’d be a New Game+, though!

I’ll admit, part of the appeal is the platinum trophy and the ensuing I’m-completely-done game deletion that’s always so satisfying. Finishing Nobody Saves the World again on New Game+ will get me the “A world so nice I saved it twice” trophy, which is the only thing standing in my way. That’s a nice jolt of motivation to immediately hop back in.

It’s also just enjoyable to start again with all of these character forms unlocked, S-ranked, and kitted out with wacky active