New game +?

[Pegghead]

Recently in all the discussion about Bioshock Infinite across the web I've seen alot of people use the term "new game +", and with the latest episode of The Jimquisition also using it I have to ask, what is "new game +"?

My attempts at googling the term have been fruitless, and at best I can gather that it's some kind of additional extra that makes starting a new single-player campaign in a game different (like playing through a Resident Evil game with infinite grenade launchers)...is this even close to it?

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

Getting to start the game over again with all your power, gear, and stats.

Mass Effect 1 and Mass Effect 2 allow this.

 

[Last Hugh Alive]

I feel the same as you. I only heard the term on The Jimquisition today.

I assume it refers to online multiplayer or some kind of add-on on top of any shipped offline game modes, though I may be way off.

 

[God's Clown]

New Game+ is playing the game again for the beginning with addition things, or with your old characters. As an example, Chrono Trigger has New Game+. What it gives you is your character with all his items, and his level stays high, this allows you to beat the game in several different ways.

As with Resident evil 4, new game+ gives you additional items to dick around with. So it's pretty much a new game with extra things.

 

[Brandon Lum]

Basically.

For example, in Dead Space, when you finish the story, you can start again with all that crazy shit you had in your inventory when you finished. Makes the game a lot more interesting.

Resident Evil sort of kinda did it. If I remember, if you finished within a certain time limit, saving x amount of times or not at all, etc - if you met conditions corresponding to a reward, it would be present on the next file.

L.A. Noire does it, with maintaining your level at end of game.

Fallout really should've done that. NV I mean. THAT would be a good idea.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Demon's Souls has an NG+

You start with all your equipment from the last game, but enemies are 40% stronger.

The difficulty increases after every completion.

That's how NG+ is supposed to be anyway.

Most games just have it so that you start the normal game with your end game equipment, making it less of a challenge.

 

[Brandon Lum]

Demon's Souls has an NG+

You start with all your equipment from the last game, but enemies are 40% stronger.

The difficulty increases after every completion.

That's how NG+ is supposed to be anyway.

Most games just have it so that you start the normal game with your end game equipment, making it less of a challenge.

40% Really? Why don't they just say, "Hey, here's a knife, go fillet yourself and make friends with that dragon over there, go on!"

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Demon's Souls has an NG+

You start with all your equipment from the last game, but enemies are 40% stronger.

The difficulty increases after every completion.

That's how NG+ is supposed to be anyway.

Most games just have it so that you start the normal game with your end game equipment, making it less of a challenge.

40% Really? Why don't they just say, "Hey, here's a knife, go fillet yourself and make friends with that dragon over there, go on!"

It's more like the martial arts grandmaster.

Only though overwhelming adversity, can you learn the way of the dragon.

It's essentially Jedi training in videogame form.

 

[Blights]

New Game + varies from game to game. For example, Tales Series' New Games +'s add a new difficulty, more gold from battles, more exp from battles, keeping all your gear, keeping your skills, and keeping your abilities if you choose to want them. Like, anything from that list, choose what you want at the expense of Grade, which you can lose or acquire from battles from your first runthrough, depending on how well you do.

Or it could simply be what the aboves said.

 

[madwarper]

As most have said, one such example of the "New Game +" comes in the form of you starting the game over with the same character you finished the game with.

However, some games start you over as a new game, but changes the game around to provide a new experience. Such as the original LoZ's 'Second Quest' or OoT's 'Master Quest'.

Also, some games have you start over as a new game, but allow you to purchase upgrades to that play through. Such as the Tales series, with their Grade shop.

 

[Faux Furry]

My Google search turned up both Wikipedia and TV Tropes entries on New Game Plus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Game_Plus
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NewGamePlus

Devil May Cry 4, Bayonetta and Yakuza 4 are some recent examples of games with a New game Plus feature built in. In the first two examples, characters keep all of their weapons, weapon upgrades,health and magic enhancements and unlocked special moves and costumes in all subsequent playthoughs. Since Yakuza 4 has more RPG-like character growth levels than the other two, that is what carries over on replays.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

Most games just have it so that you start the normal game with your end game equipment, making it less of a challenge.

Indeed. I never understood the whole replaying the game at a difficulty you already beat with end game equipment.

Usually it's just dungeon crawlers that up the difficulty after completion.

 

[vxicepickxv]

It varies from game to game, but for the most part I've seen it in RPG games, or games with RPG elements.

Chrono Trigger has New Game+ for all of your equipment and character stats, allowing you to work on trying to view all of the endings(16 IIRC)

Persona 3:FES(At least the first story does) and Persona 3 Portable both have New Game+ if you're not playing on the highest difficulty level. It allows you to keep your money, exp, equipment, and list of unlocked Persona. You don't keep your Social Links, or other characters levels and equipment they had equipped(IIRC you might keep the equipment). I also find it pretty cool that FES allowed you to do a modified New Game+ If you had a save for Persona 3(basic).

Other games sometimes have special games after you win.

The Legend of Zelda had the second quest, which you could get from either beating the game, or by putting the name Zelda in one of the save slots.

Castlevania:Symphony of the Night had special names you could enter to your save slots after you beat the game for a 99 luck low stat new game, or you could play as Richter Belmont.

(As an odd side note Zelda had to be added to my dictionary, but Belmont was already in there, WTH?)