I posted about something similar, a way I guess you can do it is speedrun through the first playthrough, the world record is just over 2 hours lol

Originally posted by hheaton95:

I posted about something similar, a way I guess you can do it is speedrun through the first playthrough, the world record is just over 2 hours lol

Good idea! Although I'd like the challenge of doing it without any of the stat boosts from the first playthrough.

You can just do main quests and mandatory sidequests only on the first playthrough, the stat boosts won't be that much.

Most of the stat boosts on the first NG+ actually come from the weapon upgrades.

I suppose the answer is to unlock it and then reset your stats, inventory etc, with cheat engine.
As always a mod is superior but CE is a working alternative.