A wonderful game with fantastic writing across the board, but one that gets deeply sabotaged by its terrible budget resulting in extremely ugly models/environments, and an abysmal first hour that is SUPER off putting. In spite of this I'm still giving it a 10/10. An extremely worthwhile sequel to 999, albeit not surpassing it at least for me. Sigma and Phi are so awesome
i liked it. horrible graphics, horrible animations, lovely ideas and writing as always. doesnt take itself too seriously which is such an important staple for zero escape it seems. I love K and luna. again, zero escape is a series thats as if i was the ideal consumer, so id be forced to give it a 10/10 despite its flaws if it wasnt for the absolutely godawful graphics
This was one I really had to digest for a while after beating it. This is maybe the most exhausting game I have ever played and thought about. There is so much info, so much sci-fi nonsense, so many twists, that after playing I didn't think I liked it very much. Now that it has sat with me, I have an unbelievable amount of respect for this game, and all the crazy ideas it had, even if there are plenty of plot holes and weak justifications. This game makes 999 seem like a grounded, realistic story
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This game is very interesting. It manages to create a problem that's happening inside a place and the scope of its story starts delimited by the amazing Nonary Game: Ambidex Edition that's going on. But then the story reaches a point where you realize what's going on, and you think "oh man I get it, I understand everything" but you actually DON'T UNDERSTAND SHIT cause you are completely clueless about the absolute buffoonery that's actually going on. There's so many layers that this game expands and breaks and that's so ridiculously amazing. It took me like 30 hours to get every ending of this game and it was incredible, I had a blast...
...I had a blast until I got Akane's ending, and went to the flowchart of the story and thought "Maaan I'm about to finish this, let's see where this continues...". Yeah, that instant when I just realized the story didn't actually end on this game... man I had never felt like that finishing a game up to this point.
I have to admit, this game is flawless. The story is so incredibly convoluted and well crafted that my head almost exploded when I was about to reach the true ending. I loved every character, I loved the OST, and I just had more than 30 hours of peak gaming. That was until that moment I just mentioned. That's not an actual issue of the game, but yeah, my experience was my experience, and I gotta admit it was definitely damaged by that ending. I don't even know if I'll play Zero Time Dilemma cause I've heard that game sucks, but man I'm also dying to know how the best story I've ever played in gaming is going to end. WHAT AM I GONNA DO!?
...I had a blast until I got Akane's ending, and went to the flowchart of the story and thought "Maaan I'm about to finish this, let's see where this continues...". Yeah, that instant when I just realized the story didn't actually end on this game... man I had never felt like that finishing a game up to this point.
I have to admit, this game is flawless. The story is so incredibly convoluted and well crafted that my head almost exploded when I was about to reach the true ending. I loved every character, I loved the OST, and I just had more than 30 hours of peak gaming. That was until that moment I just mentioned. That's not an actual issue of the game, but yeah, my experience was my experience, and I gotta admit it was definitely damaged by that ending. I don't even know if I'll play Zero Time Dilemma cause I've heard that game sucks, but man I'm also dying to know how the best story I've ever played in gaming is going to end. WHAT AM I GONNA DO!?
Maybe the best visual novel Ive ever played and also the first Ive ever replayed in it's entirety, fell in love with the characters and hopeless situation it presented, all the puzzles are sharply designed with excellent voice acting and script, keeps you engaged from start to finish. Loved the music and twists in the story as well
Virtues last reward is the improved sequel to 999. I think they really improved in every way here besides maybe some of the characters. I like the story a bit more and the twists are pretty good. I don't know if i'll play the third game but maybe some day. 8/10
Reviewing every game i've fully completed #35
Reviewing every game i've fully completed #35