Hello fellow Immortals!
It is finally time to start lifting the lid on New Game+ for Immortal: Unchained! For different games, New Game+ can mean different things, so we wanted to go a bit more into detail with what New Game+ will be like in Immortal: Unchained.
First of all, there will be a total of four extra possible playthroughs with each one being progressively more difficult. You will be offered to start NG+ after you defeat the final boss (no spoilers!), or if you have already done so, by interfacing with the Monolith. That enables you to keep exploring the world before starting NG+ if you should so want to. Maybe you still have some armor shrines to collect or locked chests to open, and we don’t want to force you into NG+ before you’re ready.
Once you do choose to start NG+, the full character will transfer over and start at the beginning of the game. This means that you keep stats, weapons, armor upgrades, and items. The only things that are reset are the world state, so all bosses are alive again (...you monster!), and the keys that you are carrying. Lore items will also carry over, so if you’re missing some last drops for the Lore Master achievement, then you can continue collecting in NG+. We wanted the extra playthroughs to be a continuation of your game rather than a total restart, and this is our guiding design.
We are also adding specific achievements for finishing each extra playthrough. These achievements won’t count towards the Completionist achievement, because we’re not gonna be jerks and take that away from you...
In the following weeks, we’ll drill down a bit more into equipment and armor as well as enemies, but we hope that you’re all excited to soon try this out!