At the time, the community's modding tools were not advanced enough to create custom geometry or cutscenes of that scale, leading many to believe it was a "developer-only" build or a marketing stunt. 🔍 The Investigation
For five years, the NieR: Automata community believed they had uncovered every secret the game had to offer. Then, sadfutago appeared on the NieR subreddit , asking why they could enter a hidden church in the "Copied City" area while their friend could not. Nier.rar
The room contained a birdbath, a twisted corridor, and a church altar—assets that didn't exist in the base game files. At the time, the community's modding tools were