>>1807
That was only part of it but yeah, it was called the Endless Eight, the arc was about the characters being stuck in a timeloop and the eight episodes were all exactly the same plotwise with only a few minor changes in clothing, animation and bits of dialogue.
It pissed a lot of people off when it was airing and the director of the first season even formally apologized for it but I personally liked it (didn't watch it when it first aired though) because it makes you sympathise more with both the characters in the second season and especially Nagato in the movie.
>>1808
Sadly Japs aren't into open world games or games that generally give you a lot of freedom regarding the choices you make, linear games are much more popular there, probably because of their very limited free time.