The mentioned cheat is a sequence of keys (similar to that present in Bayonetta 2 ), which must be pressed while standing in a certain place at a certain stage of the passage.

This is chapter 01-02_3 (“2B in the factory”). After defeating the boss, you need to return to the battle arena, stand between the barrels next to the fence and, without leaving this zone, enter the coveted combination.

The buttons are relevant for the PS4 gamepad: up, down, up, right, left, “square”, “circle”, “triangle”, “cross”. In order not to accidentally lead the heroine out of the desired area, McDonald advises pausing NieR: Automata.

After doing the above manipulations correctly, the user will unlock the final scene, chapter selection, trophy store, and debug mode and room. Under normal circumstances, these features are unlocked after the third playthrough of the game.

As it turned out, the cheat code discovered by MacDonald turned out to be the very “last secret” in NieR: Automata, which the director of the project Yoko Taro mentioned back in March 2018.

NieR: Automata was released outside Japan in March 2017 on PS4 and PC (Steam), and subsequently made it to the Xbox One. Since the release, the total volume of shipments and digital sales of the game has exceeded 5 million copies.