The hidden Nier: Automata church mystery keeps getting weirder and weirder

pcgamer.com:

For the past few days, the Nier: Automata community has been absolutely shaken by a secret room(opens in new tab) that nobody can seem to find except one mysterious Reddit user who goes by the name «sadfutago.» The church, as sadfutago called it in their original post a little over month ago, contains even more mysteries that can't be explained, sparking debate (and memes) over whether any of it's real or not.

Since it came out in 2017, fans of the tragic action game continue to discuss story  theories and share memes on various subreddits and Discords. The Nier games, especially Automata, are dense with lore, characters, and secrets to unpack. Last year, Nier and Souls game modder Lance McDonald found a way to skip all of the game's several endings, unlocking post-game features via an obscure button combination. Series director Yoko Taro confirmed it as the game's final secret(opens in new tab).

Sadfutago's church might change that. Nobody, even with noclip mods(opens in new tab), has been able to find the church anywhere in the game.

Nier modders in a Discord server called Nier: Moddinghave regularly released model swaps for the main characters and weapons, along with balance tweaks to the game since its release, but there's no known way to add completely custom levels or map geometry to it. The Discord's co-owner, Jeremy Reed, contacted sadfutago after they posted their initial photos in June to try to understand where this church came from.

Communication with sadfutago has been erratic, but has yielded some results. The Discord modders worked with them to try to verify whether the church was legit by first asking them to take a video of it. Sadfutago struggled to cooperate, citing the fact they play the game on PS4