Even Yoko Taro has responded to the search

There’s been fairly a commotion within the Nier fandom the previous couple of days. Following a number of video posts from one participant, different Nier: Automata gamers at the moment are on the hunt for a secret church space.

The invention lit up this week, however truly began some time in the past. Reddit person u/sadfutago posted to the Nier subreddit two months in the past, asking “open the church” in Nier: Automata. And in follow-up posts, sadfutago requested extra, offering extra particulars and pictures. After which, what actually blew up, was the video of it.

This may appear banal, however the factor is, this church will not be a identified space. Nobody taking part in Nier: Automata knew what sadfutago was speaking about. This door simply appeared to look for this participant, through the A2 part of the sport, and led to fairly a startling locale.

As person u/xxk_ shares on the Nier subreddit, the modding group has been trying into this for some time. However the newest publish, mixed with phrase of mouth on social media, introduced on a swarm of consideration.

The group presently has just a few factors to go on, as sadfutago says they’re taking part in a 1.0 copy of Nier: Automata, on a PlayStation 4 that has been disconnected from the web since beginning the sport.

The hunt for Nier church

As xxk outlines, modders haven’t found any proof this exists. There hasn’t been a profitable try to duplicate it, as of this writing, and property like these additionally don’t exist. The church pews and first door within the Copied Metropolis, for instance, usually are not discovered elsewhere. And current geometry on the location doesn’t point out it could help a door.

That mentioned, if it is a mod, Nier modders say this is able to be the primary time anybody has managed to do one thing like this. They are saying it could be a “comparatively IMMENSE enterprise for a single particular person” to perform.

In essence, now we have a band of gamers and followers feverishly attempting to find a scene which will or might not truly exist. And including onto the pile, new footage was launched immediately, exhibiting a cutscene (albeit with recycled voice-over) and a few straightforward hypothesis fodder.

The person has posted a follow-up video exhibiting the key space in way more element. It options an unseen cutscene on prime of all the things else. The voice-over used is recycled from elsewhere within the sport. The sport additionally for some cause has the “merchandise” and “door” arrow prompts disabled. pic.twitter.com/UvDpTE2hQ0

— Lance McDonald (@manfightdragon) July 26, 2022

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So sure, this has primarily consumed the Nier fandom. The Nier modding Discord has seen an inflow of latest customers on the lookout for the most recent updates. Modders are trying varied technique of recreation and experimentation whereas additionally attempting to get extra data from the elusive authentic poster. And hypothesis runs rampant as to what the church might imply, what these property may very well be, or how that is all occurring within the first place.

Immediately, even the Nier growth workforce began commenting on it. Producer Yosuke Saito tweeted about it, saying “Everlasting thriller…” And director Yoko Taro quote-tweeted a video of the part, referring to his Twitter profile.

Do you need to learn about my perception?

In that case, yow will discover reply at my twitter profile. Thanks.

RT: @JacobTjv
Was this a scrapped mission early in growth, Taro-san? Please bless us along with your perception! https://t.co/efUXxsXIqN

— yokotaro (@yokotaro) July 26, 2022

His Twitter profile, by the best way, says “I can’t reply about any merchandise. Please ask writer.” (Now we have reached out to Sq. Enix to ask in regards to the secret church door.)

This has spurred on theories of this being an elaborate advertising and marketing scheme or ARG, probably round Nier: Automata‘s Swap debut this coming fall.

At this level, absolutely anything’s attainable. It may very well be an elaborate hoax, or some extremely obscure growth relic, or some viral advertising and marketing scheme. I’m not able to rely out something, particularly with a developer like Yoko Taro. The wheels are far sufficient off the tracks {that a} fake-out locally Discord spun up a heated chat spam, ending in a Rick Roll. At this level, the sheer fervor is simply as entertaining as the opportunity of new discoveries.

Both manner, it’s an incredible reminder that Nier: Automata is a particularly good sport. So good, actually, that gamers can nonetheless be whipped right into a frenzy over a secret church door years after its launch.