8 More New Game Plus Modes That Change EVERYTHING

8. The Castlevania Franchise

I tell you this for nothing, the Castlevania franchise absolutely loves itself a bit of the old "New Game+" shenanigans:

In Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, the player would be rewarded with an extremely tough new difficulty mode, which when placed on the almighty bloody steak that was the original experience made for a bearnaise sauce comprising of your own salty tears.

In Symphony Of The Night, players would unlock a new playthrough that contained multiple game-breaking items, turning the experience into something of a meme run for many fans as they spammed unlimited throwable items with the Duplicator or buffed themselves up to the nines with the massive stat boost provided by the Ring Of Varda.

However, the true cherry on the New Game+ cake comes in Circle Of The Moon, where you'd not just unlock a harder difficulty setting but also modes that change the entire playstyle of the game itself!

You now have the option of Fighter, Magician, Shooter, and Thief which change your stats and item loadouts meaning you can play with late-level weapons and spells right out of the gate but usually with some significant drawbacks as well.

This makes for a truly refreshing experience, as even if you think you'd mastered the game, trying to do so with these new parameters was a mighty challenge indeed!