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Ulternia on 31 March 2018
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Asriel said:
Jumpin said:

Anyway, in New Game+ the game becomes more of a playground, first of all, no learning curve; second of all, everything’s much easier. The game, IMO, feels much more cinamtic AND productive to play - and therefore more satisfying. The big factory in chapter 4, for example, went from something that I think took me about 3 hours the first time through, to fighting the first major boss in under 3 minutes, and the second in about 15; since all those doors that couldn’t be opened before can now be opened, and they’re massive shortcuts.

I think for exploring the additional content, New Game+ is the way to go - focus on getting through the story on the first play through.

This is interesting advice - I finished the main story an hour ago (85 hours total) and have ended up loving the game overall. I'm really glad I did chapters 8, 9 and 10 straight through, it makes for an amazing narrative sequence to bring the game to a close.

That being said, I do regret not doing as many side-quests as possible. I'm even tempted to buy the expansion pass at this point so I can do the additional quests and hopefully find the extra Blades that come from DLC. It's either do the side-quests from my completed file or do NG+; I'm not going to have time to do both. I'll have another break from it while I decide what to do. 

EDIT: One thing that might tip me towards NG+ : can you swap Blades between Drivers freely, or are they still locked to particular characters? I'd love to be able to experiment more freely using the rare Blades.

That is exactly how I played the game - with the same playtime and everything! I recommend investing in the DLC. Then again, I bought the DLC just because I loved the game so much and wanted to support the developers. The upcoming storyline is just a plus.

 

Btw, I decided to do a NG+ (after dumping all my money into Sheba) and finish all the extra content from there.