New game + or continueing after game is finished? (Questions)

[Xash]

So, i "finished" the game and wanted to head out for all the extra content (level 120, bosses, "secret" dungeons, special door dungeons and so on).
Can i only achieve this in new game + or is that also possible when i load the last safe and travel back in time (suppose not but better asking than being sorry)?
Started a new game + already but i already found two downsides: recipes are gone and map is closed!!! -.- Am i really forced to play story once more to unlock the map?

[El Guapo]

Continue the game, there will be so many things to do you couldn't do earlier.

[Xash]

but can i go to level 120 with the old safe? Or only in new+?

[Epic_Caesura]

New game plus adds nothing except the chance to start over. You can do all of the endgame stuff in your original playthrough.

[Xash]

well, no use for new+ then. Thanks ;)

[DonJuanDoja]

Originally posted by AmmokK:

well, no use for new+ then. Thanks ;)

There is. For people like me that played the story before it changed or maybe forgot it all or maybe wants to see it again without doing all the work again.

[Xash]

I just played it the last few days. I may be over thirty but i don´t have Alzheimer yet ^^

[CatPerson]

Originally posted by AmmokK:

I just played it the last few days. I may be over thirty but i don´t have Alzheimer yet ^^

People also use it to fill out any bestiary/other entries they may have missed (some cannot be had if you miss them the first time around) as well as to double or triple up on items that are only one per playthrough (all Machinery weapons, certain highend post-game Accessories, etc).

But yeah...other than that, not much use for NG+ or Chapt. Select (which is basically NG+ except you choose which Chapt. to start in).

[Xash]

Well, putting XV aside for a while now anyway. Put enough hours in it for now, don´t want to force myself to head on just because there´s some more to do. There´s always something to do ;)

But now i know at least what i´ll do when i return in a week or two.

[SaltyOneOne]

What get reset beside main story? Does my hunt progress, dungeon key, etc carry over?

[Epic_Caesura]

You lose all missions and hunts. You keep your items.

[Xash]

Okay, one more thing came to my mind:
IF i load the last safe and NOT new game +, how does the game know i actually finished the game and am allowed to reach 120 now, since it´s an old safe after all.

[Epic_Caesura]

When you beat the game the first time, it saves and unlocks chapter 15 (the postgame chapter).

[Xash]

oh, so i need to select chapter 15 from the main menu?

[Steven]

No as soon as you finish the game it automatically saves (and I think it gives you a choice to manually save) and when you're brought back to the main menu you can continue from that save and it starts you out in chapter 15. You can access more quests, hunts, etc.

Oh and NGP and Chapter Select are the same thing. Chapter Select was added later on but it does the same thing as NGP, it just lets you start a new game at any chapter you want. It keeps the items and stuff that you had but quest progress and stuff is completely reset.

[Xash]

That clearifies it, thanks.
Just found out offroad Regalia isn´t saved though -.-
Will have to look around when i can get it ´cause in 15 there´s no blueprint laying around in Hammerhead.