Why play New Game +?

[Kleinyre]

If there is no new content after beating the game, why play it again with all the enemies just becoming more bullet spongey? What's the point?

[Lil Grandpa]

The masculine urge to smash through enemies like a retarded silverback gorilla with your OP gear.

[Akemua]

Mainly for increased challenge. Like, that's really it.

The only other reason I can think of is, you put a lot of time into that character, and probably collected a lot of stuff. It can be annoying doing it all over again from scratch.

[Bobo]

It's fun to replay the game with your strong end game build, or something new, and smash the bosses again.

[Kleinyre]

Originally posted by Akemua:

Mainly for increased challenge. Like, that's really it.

The only other reason I can think of is, you put a lot of time into that character, and probably collected a lot of stuff. It can be annoying doing it all over again from scratch.

[Conebred]

You can obtain special weapons again which could be dual wield (like 2 Dark Moon Greatswords) and you get more time to use your late game spells and weapons. New game plus is even better than just starting a new game

[LuckyCheshire]

Originally posted by Lil Grandpa:

The masculine urge to smash through enemies like a retarded silverback gorilla with your OP gear.

Up until NG+2 or so, when the enemies start smashing back. And then when you reach NG+7, the enemies are the enraged gorillas and you're a panicked chipmunk with cardboard armor and a toothpick for a weapon.

[Grubbs008]

Why do you want to 1 hit every thing at high level, what's the point?

[Key]

It's a matter of preference, I just make a new character for every playthrough, but I can see how some people may like to play again with what they already have, or experiment with combinations you can't do if you limit yourself to 125-150. There's also plenty of players who grow attached to their character.

[Chris1]

You can just as easily ask "why play Elden Ring at all, the only end state is getting to NG+, which only makes the enemies more bullet spongy?". If you had fun playing Elden Ring, mission accomplished. If you don't have fun playing NG+, play something else.

But just some ideas: some people love playing the main game bosses over again, collecting weapons you can only get 1x run to dual wield. discovering things you may have missed on the first run, completing quests you may have missed on the first run, making different decisions in quests to get different items (millicent's prosthetic vs rotted wing insignia), doing different paths through the game (you can reach Lyndell Royal Capital without ever stepping foot in Altus for example), getting unique items (Dung Eater puppet vs Nepheli puppet), trying out a different build using end game equipment (ie switching from str to faith and rocking a golden order greatsword instead of a giant crusher).

IMO the game has lots of replay-ability. I have 10 different characters (the max allowed) and have gone through the game 10+ times. If you would rather do something else, by all means.

[aqua493xd]

Its fun. Why else?

[SuperJedi]

Originally posted by diNpIrEot:

If there is no new content after beating the game, why play it again with all the enemies just becoming more bullet spongey? What's the point?

Why post drivel plus like this?

[clarkeveritas]

DS2 is the best one in terms of NG+. That adds the most, never understood why a game that people often go through NG 3, 5, 7 + didn't do a bit more for the NG+ thing, but yeah- DS2 has some cool stuff in NG+.

[Fripposo]

the point og ng+ is to have ur revenge against this crappy bad designed pain in the ass of a game

[Kim]

Originally posted by diNpIrEot:

If there is no new content after beating the game, why play it again with all the enemies just becoming more bullet spongey? What's the point?

The game has a difficulty that everyone experiences differently.

If you think the game you just completed was good enough, stay on that difficulty.
If you think the game was too easy for you, try the next difficulty level.

Or don't.

[clarkeveritas]

Amazing how the whole "Mob Mentality" turns a 95% positive game into something everyone suddenly hates. It's certainly the same game I played before.