MEMENTO MORI, IF THE NINETH LION ATE THE SUN
i enjoyed 999 quite a bit but i didn't love it, so i was feeling a bit worried that virtue's last reward would make me feel the same: interested but ultimately underwhelmed by its impact on me. oh boy!!! this game!!! knocked my socks off!!!
the prisoner's dilemma aspect of the story deeply impacted me, the times i got betrayed i genuinely felt it. even those times when i just knew i was going to be betrayed, this person is obviously not telling the truth when they promise me they'll ally, every time i still gasped in hurt shock, lol. after playing the game a few days straight when i first started playing i actually needed a long, several months break because i got too emotionally invested, i was nearing yet another AB game and i was genuinely so scared that the last person i felt like i trusted in this game was going to betray me. i legit cried in fear and had to stop playing lmao it just really hit me emotionally. this game has truly highlighted for me that deep down i am a very trusting person who wants to see good intentions. man, the amount of times i got burned on that in this game... betraying others' trust in me also stung, every time
this game kept me in the dark at every shocking twist and turn, no matter how much i felt like i knew, i never managed to come up with a single tangible theory. every time i started to think i maybe was onto an idea, the game pulled the rug beneath my feet and dropped a bomb on me. that was an incredible experience!
the puzzles in my opinion were a lot better compared to the previous game, in the sense that i rarely needed to look up the solutions lol. my worst puzzle moment was in a certain room at the end of the game, one of the wall puzzles and the dice puzzle together absolutely broke my brain. the fucking die just won't!! flip the right way!!!! sigh, anyway. on a small number of puzzles throughout the game i would've spent like 5 hours stuck on if i hadn't looked them up, so i'm okay with doing it in that case. the puzzles were overall pleasant challenges though! i played through in hard mode with an overall minimal struggle
my only negative comment at all, really, is zero III. the most annoying-ass character in the entire game. i first played with english voices and i instantly couldn't stand zero III, so i switched to japanese voices and he was still just as unbearable (also daisuke ono voices K and i love that actor so i would've switched eventually either way). thank god for the ability to skip over dialogue you've already seen! a life saver! other than zero III i ended up liking all of the characters. luna is my absolute favorite and i love her <3
i wrote down notes as i played to keep track of information and to solve puzzles, and wrote down little reaction notes as twists were turned and facts were revealed, it was so fun. all in all, i had a fantastic time playing this game! i could spend hours talking about this game, i loved my time with it
i enjoyed 999 quite a bit but i didn't love it, so i was feeling a bit worried that virtue's last reward would make me feel the same: interested but ultimately underwhelmed by its impact on me. oh boy!!! this game!!! knocked my socks off!!!
the prisoner's dilemma aspect of the story deeply impacted me, the times i got betrayed i genuinely felt it. even those times when i just knew i was going to be betrayed, this person is obviously not telling the truth when they promise me they'll ally, every time i still gasped in hurt shock, lol. after playing the game a few days straight when i first started playing i actually needed a long, several months break because i got too emotionally invested, i was nearing yet another AB game and i was genuinely so scared that the last person i felt like i trusted in this game was going to betray me. i legit cried in fear and had to stop playing lmao it just really hit me emotionally. this game has truly highlighted for me that deep down i am a very trusting person who wants to see good intentions. man, the amount of times i got burned on that in this game... betraying others' trust in me also stung, every time
this game kept me in the dark at every shocking twist and turn, no matter how much i felt like i knew, i never managed to come up with a single tangible theory. every time i started to think i maybe was onto an idea, the game pulled the rug beneath my feet and dropped a bomb on me. that was an incredible experience!
the puzzles in my opinion were a lot better compared to the previous game, in the sense that i rarely needed to look up the solutions lol. my worst puzzle moment was in a certain room at the end of the game, one of the wall puzzles and the dice puzzle together absolutely broke my brain. the fucking die just won't!! flip the right way!!!! sigh, anyway. on a small number of puzzles throughout the game i would've spent like 5 hours stuck on if i hadn't looked them up, so i'm okay with doing it in that case. the puzzles were overall pleasant challenges though! i played through in hard mode with an overall minimal struggle
my only negative comment at all, really, is zero III. the most annoying-ass character in the entire game. i first played with english voices and i instantly couldn't stand zero III, so i switched to japanese voices and he was still just as unbearable (also daisuke ono voices K and i love that actor so i would've switched eventually either way). thank god for the ability to skip over dialogue you've already seen! a life saver! other than zero III i ended up liking all of the characters. luna is my absolute favorite and i love her <3
i wrote down notes as i played to keep track of information and to solve puzzles, and wrote down little reaction notes as twists were turned and facts were revealed, it was so fun. all in all, i had a fantastic time playing this game! i could spend hours talking about this game, i loved my time with it