This game feels very experimental compared to the previous entry. If you have played them, you can definitely tell that this one feels more in line with Zero Escape than the previous entry (if the amount of references to them didn't make that obvious). There's a certain twist that, while I really enjoyed, I can understand why some people might find divisive. The story definitely kept my interest, even if some points just felt outright copy-and-pasted from the first one. The endings were honestly a mixed bag, but THAT one in particular still gives me chills just thinking about it. Overall, it's does some things better and some things worse, but it is still one of Uchikoshi's best works to date.