Nier: Automata player stumbles onto a secret that's remained hidden for 5 years
It seems Nier: Automata's final secret(opens in new tab) wasn't so final after all—a user on Reddit by the name of sadfutago seems to have stumbled onto a sizeable hidden area(opens in new tab) in the existential android action game, and long-time fans and seasoned dataminers are absolutely flummoxed by the news. Spoilers for Automata ahead.
Sadfutago initially made posts on the game's subreddit a month ago about «the church,» asking if anyone else knew how to reach it. One such post was auto moderated for «low engagement.»(opens in new tab) They then proceeded to show screenshots of the church(opens in new tab) in question—an area no one has seemingly reached until sadfutago—and finally today posted a short video demonstrating their discovery.
Sadfutago's footage comes from close to the end of the game, with Automata's third, hidden protagonist, A2, fighting in the «Copied City,» a surreal, whitewashed area from earlier in the game. A2 begins the clip engaged in battle with some standard enemies who spawn in the area after its initial story appearance. Approaching a nondescript wall, A2 gets an interact prompt. Sadfutago told us they initially thought it was an item drop, but activating it caused a doorway to open in the wall.
On the other side is a precipitous drop that leads to a twisting funhouse hallway. The video cuts off before A2 reaches the site of sadfutago's earlier screenshots. With no one else having discovered the area, it remains unclear how the hallway transitions into a church interior, as well as if there's anything else down there, which means plenty of Redditors are skeptical of the footage.
But it's highly unlikely that this was added to the game through a mod—Automata's community has yet to
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