This is a review exclusively about The Final Draft NG+ mode. There are full spoilers for both the base game and the NG+ ahead.


I'm not gonna beat around the bush, The Final Draft really disappointed me. The main game is a 5/5 for me, whereas this NG+ would at best be a 2/5.
First off, the new content: it's just not enough. Not enough to jusitfy an entire additional playthrough. Starting a new game with all your weapons and everything doesn't change as much about the game as you'd really want it to. I imagine there aren't a lot of people who love this game solely for its gameplay and at the very least I can say it isn't worse in NG+, but it certainly isn't improved. Of course I love the new Darling cutscenes as a massive Control fan - they are easily the best part of this. The new poems added to Saga's story are a joke in comparison.
Secondly, my major gripe with The Final Draft: the new story content. The changed dialogue in general is actually really interesting and just as well written as you'd expect from a Remedy game but the ending just ruins it. The Final Draft adds an extra cutscene taking place right after the main game's ending. That original ending is extremely ambiguous which suits the tone perfectly. Mystery is a huge part of why I love these games, this universe. This additional cutscene does its best to get rid of all ambiguity and just provide the most ideal outcome imaginable. Logan is fine, Saga is fine, Casey is fine, hell even Alan is fine. That one irks me. The last hours of the game are spent between Saga and Alan discussing how for the story to reach its conclusion, the hero must sacrifice themselves. Alan was to be that sacrifice and yet here he is, just fine, better than fine even. He says himself Scratch is gone. Excuse me but what the fuck does that mean? The "Wake is Scratch" twist is genius because it completely recontextualizes all of Scratch's actions - it makes you understand that the things he wanted to achieve don't stem from a place of pure evil. Scratch represents the dark in Alan. The things he doesn't want others to know about and hides even from himself. Scratch is a reflection in a mirror that is a lake that is really an ocean. So I ask again, what does "Scratch is gone" mean? To me it almost reads like Alan is "cured" which is just silly. I hope there is more to it than the literal reading of "the evil is defeated" but I really can't say, all I know is that it felt extremely deflating and underwhelming. The best comparison I could give is Nier: Automata, which also has a very ambiguous very good ending, only to later receive supplemental material that expands on it and by doing that lowers its impact.
I can't say there is an easy way to "fix" The Final Draft. More non story content would certainly be a start. But from a story perspective, I could totally see this being a sendoff to Saga, Alan, and the rest of the characters. If that was the intent, it might be unfair to critisize the new ending for being too positive. I do want these characters to get happy endings. But even then, I feel it should've been handled differently.