The game that made me start playing visual novels! It have some
puzzles sprinkled in the gameplay but 80% of the game is
storytelling and character interaction. If you don't like puzzle
games but enjoy a good
science fiction mystery story,
you can either play the IOS version of the game that had
all puzzles removed (I don't recommend this option, as
there's a lot of dialog and character interaction removed),
or
you can click
here
to see a guide if you get stuck.
The story is a little confusing at first, but as you start to
get all the endings you slowly start to piece everything
together in a very twisted and bittersweet ending that makes you beg for more. The characters sometimes falls in
some stereotypes but overall they are very charming and
memorable,
even the ones that you very rarely see stays on your mind
one way or another.
I recommend playing the PC version, simply because it's more
accessible, and most of the time cheaper, than the other ones.
If you prefer a more portable option I recomend the PS Vita over
the DS version, as it have HD graphics and music, flowchart,
full voice acting, and it's bundled with the game's sequel "Zero
Escape: Virtues Last Reward" witch I also highly recommend
playing.
The game is available for
PC on Steam,
Nintendo DS
(slightly different puzzles from other versions,
no flowchart, pixelated graphics, no voice
acting) ,
IOS(No puzzles, no character animations), PS4, PS Vita,
Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.
OBS: The IOS version of the game were removed
from the app store, and as of today, it seems to be lost media.
Virtue's Last Reward
WARNING! TW:
This game covers violent and disturbing content!
The second game of the zero escape trilogy.
You don't necessarily need to play the first game to
understand it, but you'll be spoiled to a lot of important
events in 999 if you do.
This is the best game of the trilogy in my opinion.
It's way less gory and have a lighter tone in comparison to
the first game, but still have a lot of violence and
blood. The game uses 3D models instead of the usual 2D illustrated
sprites and CGs. It takes a while to get used to it, but after
that they are fine. The con of having 3D CGs is that
the violent moments of the game are way less impactfull and
even a little silly sometimes.
The 3DS version of this game have a glitch where saving the
game while in a scape room sequence or after too many hours
of gameplay has a high chance of getting a corrupted save
file
and having to start the game from the very beginning.
To reduce the chances of getting a corrupted game make
sure to:
Always back up your save file
If you are not in a scape room sequence, save, close
and reopen the game every 30 min
Buy a steam copy if you can, it's so much better than
living like this 人(_ _)
Because of the corruption issue with the 3DS version of the game
if you want to play it on the go try getting the PS Vita version
if you can! But if you prefer playing it at home the Steam
version is the best pick for the same reasons stated for the
first game. It's more accessible, cheaper, easier to stream the
game if you are playing with a friend over discord, and steam
even have a bundle with all 3 games of the series. But if you
don't have a PC but have a PS4 or a Xbox pick the version for
the console that you already have, they are the exact same ones
as the PC version.
If you ever get stuck, or don't know what to do next, here is a
guide to help you out
if you need!
The game is available for PC on Steam,
Nintendo 3DS(Corrupt save glitch),
PS4, PS Vita,
Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.
OBS: If you already bought the Steam,
Xbox or PS4 version of the first game
"999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors"
this game is already bundled with it and there is no need to buy
another copy!
Zero Time Dilemma
WARNING! TW:
This game covers violent and disturbing content!
The weakest game of the series by far. I don't even recommend
this game unless you really liked the other two and is really
invested in the knowing the rest of the story. Also,
it's impossible to understand anything that happens in this
game if you haven't played at least the second game "Zero
Escape: Virtues Last Reward" .
This game attempts to make the dialog more cinematic, but it
doesn't work very well... It ended up making the game feel less
like a visual novel and more like a very odd pacing and long
cutscene, witch makes playing the game and following the story
very tiring. The 3D models and the animation aren't very good
either
and the characters don't have theirs motives or reasons
very clear
and this includes the main villain.
Despite all the cons, this game have some interesting twists and
some endings that stays rent free in my head.
As for plataform differences the only noticeable changes are the
graphical ones. The PS4 have the best graphics, since this
version was released 1 year after the others, they had time to
make some upgrades to the lighting and shading of the
characters. You can see the graphical comparison in the video
below:
Video showing graphical changes in the PS4 version of ZTD
On the other hand, the 3DS version has the worst graphics by
far. This usually isn't a issue at all, for me at least, but in
this case the poor graphics is detrimental to the game,
especially in the scape room sequences. If you need to find a
small object or read a tip hidden somewhere in the room to
progress in the game, you will probably need to use a
guide to help you out, since they are very hard to find/read if you need to.
The game is available for PC on Steam,
Nintendo 3DS(Poor graphics),
PS4(Upgraded graphics),
PS Vita, Xbox One and
Xbox Series X/S.
Why cutscene like dialog?
There is an actual reason in the story for the game to
be this way and it's a interesting twist,
but I still wished the game had other solution for this.
Ending OBS
Sadly, the story doesn't even
have a clear closure and leaves it for the player to
make their own conclusions
of what will happen.
WARNING! TW:
