started NG+ to get free from puppet strings achievement, need some help

[Charles Vane]

it says my hair shouldn't be turning to grey when i let sophia live, but my hair already is grey on NG+, this doesn't effect the ending right? also do i need to listen all the records again? or just the gold ones i get in NG+ low humanity playthrough?

[𝕊𝕠𝕡𝕙𝕚𝕒]

Just don't lie on way

[Mithra Invictus]

The hair option doesn't have any effect on your second playthrough. Also, you just need to listen to the new acquired records, but listen to them after the ending, because they can improve your humanity, thus ruining your ng+ run.

[Ash]

In order to get that achievement your Humanity should be at the "Ergo is whispering" max (maybe at the "You feel warmth", but I wouldn't risk it). You can lie once or twice and finish Arlecchino questline and still be within required humanity level.

[Charles Vane]

Originally posted by 𝕊𝕠𝕡𝕙𝕚𝕒:

Just don't lie on way

do i kill you or let you live?

[Charles Vane]

Originally posted by Ash:

In order to get that achievement your Humanity should be at the "Ergo is whispering" max (maybe at the "You feel warmth", but I wouldn't risk it). You can lie once or twice and finish Arlecchino questline and still be within required humanity level.

i will just do a mix run like %50 lie %50 truth, if i go %100 truth i guess i wont have enough humanity to refuse geppeto, is that right?

[LuckyCheshire]

Hair is purely cosmetic. You can change between short/long and brown/blue once you unlock those options from the P-Organ chair.

[Ash]

Originally posted by Charles Vane:

Originally posted by Ash:

In order to get that achievement your Humanity should be at the "Ergo is whispering" max (maybe at the "You feel warmth", but I wouldn't risk it). You can lie once or twice and finish Arlecchino questline and still be within required humanity level.

i will just do a mix run like %50 lie %50 truth, if i go %100 truth i guess i wont have enough humanity to refuse geppeto, is that right?

For the "Free from the puppet string" run I went 90% truth (lied only twice - mandatory lie at the hotel Krat and to Alidoro when I first met him).
You will still get Humanity here and there - phone riddles, praying at the statue, doing mini-quests, listening to the records, etc. Also helping Sophia will give you a sizeable boost to your Humanity score.
Just leave golden records until the very end of the game. If your Humanity will be below "Ergo is whispering" before talking to Gepetto, you can always return to the hotel and listen to them.

[Octopuses]

There is a lot of misinformation here. For this ending only things that matter are to keep Sofia alive and refuse Gepetto. You can still tell lies all the way.

[Ash]

Originally posted by Octopuses:

There is a lot of misinformation here. For this ending only things that matter are to keep Sofia alive and refuse Gepetto. You can still tell lies all the way.

Better safe than sorry. I wouldn't risk getting my Humanity level too high.

[Octopuses]

Originally posted by Ash:

Originally posted by Octopuses:

There is a lot of misinformation here. For this ending only things that matter are to keep Sofia alive and refuse Gepetto. You can still tell lies all the way.

Better safe than sorry. I wouldn't risk getting my Humanity level too high.

I had it on heart is pounding and still got the achievement.

[Ichi-niiPL]

There are 3 endings:
1. Give your heart at the end of the game - no other choices necessary
2. Refuse to give heart - and don't have necessary requirments for ending nr.3 the easiest way to do this is just keep Sophia alive.
3. In this ending just get all the records and play them before talking to Sophia on a bridge, also do the phone answers as those give "humanity" points too. During your talk with Sophia let her die if you've enough "humanity" your hair turns grey and at the end refuse to give heart and once you kill Nameless Puppet you got ending nr.3