I feel alone in this take but this is such a disappointing sequel to 999. Let's start by what we can see at first sight: the graphics. While its predecessor had mostly timeless visuals, here they replace the great drawings of the characters with ugly, lifeless 3D models that at most have three poses and no changes to their facial expressions. The setting is also changed from a memorable cruise ship to a grey and dull facility that is really painful to the eye. As for the pacing, VLR takes the perfect length of 999 and triples it, and it makes this game drag like hell. It is also sold as a non-linear story with ten main endings, but you have to do them in a specific order or else you are locked in the last third of the storyline you're playing, so when you come back to it you have to hope to remember what was going on, and with ten different freaking endings that's a hard thing to do. The story also pisses me off, not only is it extremely complex, but despite being set in a mostly grounded universe (as established by its predecessor) it now introduces androids, clones and the fucking end of humanity? I'm sorry I hate this game. Its only saving grace are the puzzle rooms but that doesn't save it for me at all.