I’ve never been a huge fan of New Game+ modes in FromSoftware games. While it’s fun to rip through progressively harder versions of the game, the balance eventually starts to get wonky, your chosen stat progression means less, and you’re left wondering whether it would’ve been more fun to just load up a new save and enjoy the more intentional difficulty curve of a first playthrough.

Armored Core 6 changes this tradition for the better, as fans—including our friends over at Gamesradar—have been discovering for themselves. A PSA by user Razhork hit the Armored Core Reddit earlier this week, offering a mostly spoiler-free hint at what you could expect, including new missions, spins on older ones, new story choices—we’re talking NieR:Automata level stuff here.

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