New Game or Cleared Game Save

[jelover123]

If I were to start a new game instead of loading up a cleared game save, will any progress be reset or will the clear game save still have unlocked emblems and progress? I saw a guide saying it might reset some stats for those emblems. 

[butcher_pete12]

The progress is tied to the cleared game save. If you are going for emblems you should load it to go into ng+ with all your unlocks.

But you can also start a new game at any time without losing progress, as long as you don't overwrite your (latest) cleared game save. If you're going for platinum there's no reason to do that, though.