Death end re;Quest: Code Z

I will start with saying: Do not, absolutely do not, play this if you haven't experienced both DERQ and DERQ2's true ends. It is heavily tied into the story, and this is not like some neptunia game where they just conveniently forget everything, every character development that happened. it's a real and fluid and ongoing story, and this is the thirdish game, but it's a bit of a side story. (Also stop before the story section of this review if you haven't experienced those true ends yet) Now, onto the game itself: it was a bug ridden, nightmarish mess...before it was released on Steam. This is the only release of Code Z that was actually good on release. For once, the PC port was the good one. Most anything that was a problem with it before it hit Steam, is a thing of the past. Getting the true end is much much easier. That out of the way, the gameplay is like the "Mystery dungeon" series (aka Shiren the Wanderer). Everything is RNG, the drops, the enemies, the maps themselves. This can be a good and a bad thing. I've had nightmarish rolls where the Glitch girls appear every single floor and I find myself drowned by the oppressive attacks. But then I had a roll one time where I only saw them very rarely, and the exits just kept on being close (which actually happened my second run of the final dungeon). As something of this genre, it felt mostly fine to me. I got a little in despair when dealing with the second to last chapter, but after the 4th run, I finally pulled through. How the game works, is it's a turn-based system, but not like a traditional JRPG. You're on a grid, and every action (including movement) allows the enmies to act. If you don't act/move (unless you're under certain status effects) the enemies do not act. So, you get plenty of time to think through things, and if you have enough sanity, you can even scan around the current room you're in (but you cannot do this in hallways). It's not an action game, even if it might appear to be that, so hopefully that helps make the experience less stressful. The gameplay can get frustrating, but that really is the genre for the most part. STORY Moving forward to things like the story: I felt it was a good story, but possibly not the best way to present it. Sayaka, the main character, could have been handled a little better, but where the game really shines in how it handles the links to the other games. There's one thing I found disappointing, but overall this is an amazing way to handle soemthing for fans of this series. Just really pay attention to things. Everything makes a lot of sense, and it's built up to nicely. Even things that seem kind of random, end up making sense when you know the whole story. I'm really excited for DERQ 3 too. it sets up for that very nicely. But I can't really say more without spoiling something. Just, this is defintiely something that should be played for anyone who wants to be ready for DERQ 3. Death ends started off good, but then got pretty lazy. I really do hope DERQ 3 they improve upon the level of the death ends in 2, rather than another lackluster text swap style. Also, them only being related to dying to monsters, versus being story related, was a real poor decision. Ideally, they could have had both, and the monster death ends could have been the lesser effort, but such was not the case. They can do much better than this. Still, a few were really good. Just really hoping DERQ 3 does a more story based version. The graphics are about what you'd expect out of this style of game. not great compared to the previous games, but it's okay, I mean, 90% of hte time you're just watching Sayaka/monsters anyway, so it would have felt like a waste if the other characters had quality models and you barely saw them. Which brings me to my second really big problem with this game: You can only play as Sayaka. They really really need to not do this again. Still, I really did enjoy myself overall, and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoyed DERQ 1 and DERQ 2. But I will probably not jump on another side game if it were done in this style, without some real research. I would especially be disappointed if they do DERQ 3 like this. Also, I need "MAI-CHAN!" dakishimete against Mai's tsundere wishes. this game had a serious low supply of that...

This is the 28th IF game I've played, and this might be the worst game they have put out. Both the gameplay and story independently suck: 1. Gameplay - At first, the simultaneous turn-based system functions just fine, because it's so simple that there's not much to mess up. As long as it keeps humming along and doesn't overstay its welcome, then it's functional, albeit kind of boring/one-note. Then we get to the problem: the main collectable in the game (and how you progress the skill tree) is bad endings, which are all acquired by dying. "Death ends". This starts off tedious enough when you have to die to each enemy 3 times, but it gets to a whole new level when dungeons get to 20, 30, or even 40 floors. Why? Because you separately have to die to the boss, let your escort die after the boss, AND die at the same time as your escort after the boss. And each of them require you to redo the entire randomized dungeon AGAIN FROM THE START. 3 TIMES. You might argue "Oh but you don't HAVE to get those death ends!" This is supposed to be the primary character progression system, where you'll find most of the CG's, and THE NAME OF THE GAME IS "DEATH END". If I don't try to find and watch the Death Ends, what are we even doing here? 2. Story - How well do you remember every major/minor character and plot twist of the 1st game from 2019? How familiar are you with the content exclusive to the $2 extra character DLC? How about the exclusive-to-New-Game+ scenes from the 2nd game? If not, GOOD LUCK. All of that is required background knowledge, where it is ASSUMED that you played all of that IMMEDIATELY before jumping onto this. I practically had to leave the wiki open on the other monitor to understand ANYTHING that was happening, and it wasn't worth it. I understand that the devs all know this lore front-to-back and want to make something they themselves enjoy, but what about everyone you expect to BUY this? They're kind of important too, right? What I just played is a death end for the series.

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《Death end re;Quest: Code Z》是一款地雷社发行的《死亡终局》系列作品，定位上属于外传性质，衔接系列正统续作《Death end re;Quest 3》。不同于系列前两作的传统回合制RPG，本作在玩法设计上采用类rogue地牢探索，即不思议迷宫类游戏，玩家将操控角色沙耶香进入称之为“株枢“的异变区域，经历一步踏错即是死亡的危险，直面接连不断的谜团，最终揭开世界的真相。 [h2] 归途亦是迷宫：“营救后逃脱”的核心玩法 [/h2] 通常来说，类地牢探索RPG的核心目标是抵达迷宫最底层，击败BOSS，本作中虽也存在此类剧情驱动的迷宫，但更多是作为附加内容。 本作的主线迷宫流程分为两步： 第一步与传统玩法一致，深入最底层击败BOSS，营救被囚禁的女角色。第二步则是关键，营救成功后，玩家需沿原路返回并逃脱，而归途本身也是迷宫的一部分。 好在被营救的女角色虽不直接参与战斗，却会根据角色特性提供专属支援技能，让归途相对轻松，同时迷宫中设有多个逃脱点，无需返回1楼即可完成通关。 不过归途中部分楼层会刷新以玩家与女角色为目标的开挂女孩，她们普通攻击为长距离，每回合行动多次，会破坏逃脱点（逃脱点被破坏后将无法使用，玩家需寻找其他楼层的逃脱点或被迫徒步返回1楼），此外还拥有追踪能力，威胁较大。 [h2] 死亡即是救赎？“死亡结局技能树” 系统 [/h2] 本作加入了技能树系统，玩家可通过解锁技能强化角色，但获取技能点数的条件比较特殊，当角色死亡时观看死亡结局即可获得技能点数，看似猎奇的条件，换个角度看却是救赎，玩家在点出关键技能得到加强后迷宫探索体验感也会随之提升。正如标题所示，这一设定不仅是本作的特色，也延续了死亡换取变强的系列传统。 [h2] 总结 [/h2] 作为一部《死亡终局》系列外传作品，本作依旧贯彻地雷社优秀的剧情设定与人物塑造，向不思议迷宫类玩法的转型也具有一定创新，推荐给喜欢迷宫探索玩法或《死亡终局》系列的玩家。 [quote] 闲暇时光，不妨试试游戏。 欢迎关注[url=store.steampowered.com/curator/45653622/] 闲暇時光鉴赏组 [/url] [/quote]

《Death end re;Quest: Code Z》作为地雷社旗下《死亡终局》系列的最新作品，但并不是该系列前几部作品的续作，而是作为一部番外作品。且本作不再采用前两作的传统回合制战斗模式，而是有一种类地牢迷宫探索的玩法，具体游戏体验有点像“风来的西林”系列。这种特殊的迷宫探索玩法虽然说不上是特别的好玩，但在地雷社中也算是一次比较新的游戏方式了。 作为地雷社，本作中依旧有着其一贯擅长的二次元美少女角色，本作中的主角纱耶香及各配角立绘精致、造型多样，视觉吸引力十足。且游戏中还有一个变身系统，玩家在游戏中每一次击败敌人之后就可以获得能量，而当能量积累满了就可以使用游戏中的变身征服形态，在游戏中变身时的特效与CG演出尤其华丽，且除了好看以外变身后的人物也会提高很多属性，免疫负面效果。 在剧情方面，本作作为一部番外作品承担了承前启后的作用。在本作中故事延续系列一贯的黑暗基调，不仅串联前作剧情，更巧妙地为续作埋下伏笔。在游戏中玩家作为“死之主”与本作的女主纱耶香一起探寻前作中的一些隐秘真相。 本作最大的创新点在于其独特的“死亡”机制。与传统游戏不同，在游戏中死亡并不会导致游戏直接失败，而是会在欣赏到死亡CG之后获得技能点，这是强化游戏中角色的重要途径。且在游戏中在不同的地区，不同的小怪都有着不同的死亡CG，可以收集一下。此外游戏中的迷宫部分并不是传统的那种迷宫探索，而是“半即时制”，玩家每次在游戏中移动的时候敌人也会移动，若是角色不动敌人也不会移动。且游戏中还有很多强化道具，装备等可以在游戏中获得，可以用来强化角色。 总体而言，《Death end re;Quest: Code Z》是一款非常不错的粉丝向作品。游戏有着出色的美术，扎实的剧情和创新的死亡机制，如果你能接受黑暗风格、不排斥重复探索活着是《死亡终局》系列的老粉丝，可以尝试一下本作。 [quote]欢迎关注我们的鉴赏家:[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35402982/]走心评测[/url] ←遵从内心，写出真实感受 欢迎加入我们Steam组:[url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ZXPC]走心评测[/url]←点击加入，一起探索游戏的乐趣 喜欢这篇评论，也麻烦点个赞，让更多人能够看到！[/quote]

Great horror game, it REALLY makes you feel like you're losing sanity. man that "ghost" or "wraith" is horrifying as heck I always buy Death end request games on day 1, such a good time Still didn't complete the game, enjoying it slowly I love it so far, but there are things that are annoying: -some dungeons are super long and it's annoying. -game sometimes automatically save, so the game might auto save itself in times you DON'T WANT it to. -the inventory space is so small. -in dungeons, some monsters can destroy random items in your inventory per attack. The story is so good, especially the first 3 chapters are pure psychological horror If they make another sequel in the future, I'll 100% buy it on day 1

缺點 不得不說，先扣印象分數 連第一次變身的成就都不會跳，測試部門再混阿(X END的成就也怪怪的，不如說好幾個成就都有問題，目前無解，不想試了 優點 104個DE，有藏一些非常過激的，有部分很水可以接受 可玩性算不錯，只是模組變Q版，明顯經費不足? 劇情意外的長，而且是全語音，但需要玩過前面兩代才能理解世界觀 美中不足 小凜變身的CG呢! 重要的補充(BUG，流暢度相關) 1.主線中觸發迷宮攻略，記得先往外跳看有沒有支線，無法回頭補支線所以要先看完 2.觸發DE或是拍照模式，結束會強制下一段主線劇情(應該是BUG)，無法回頭解支線，需要自己防雷 3.用真征服模式回理智不會解除心跳聲，只能喝乙太關聲音 不太重要的補充 1.劇情過關不會有評價，後面再打一次才有(重要，所以NORMAL先通關解DE 2.DE技能不可取消，所以只有先點攻擊和狀態異常預防，剩下全部不點，避免解DE難度指數上升 3理智0DE：理智0後開不屈然後讓怪打，約有20%失敗率(還是觸發自殘或者怪物MISS)，但這已經最高機率解了 3-1.理智0蝸牛DE：HACK停止射蝸牛，弄到理智0，用自殘觸發DEBUG不屈後再打蝸牛(武器防禦必須盡量低，避免蝸牛只打1 4.雙殺DE：範圍陷阱踩下去後，兩個人稍微回血，再連踩兩次(避免50%血量有人奇數出事 5.閃機器人方法：HACK衝擊3，CRACK衝擊2，雙齒輪 5-1.後期被機器人放技能，就是從前面算三個消耗道具直接消失，非常痛，故必須有對策 6.最後的迷宮BOSS有最強的ERROR-999，拿到以後再去挑戰EXPERT，難度會降低非常多 6-1.推薦ERROR-999 爆擊 VP上升 無視防禦，雖然攻擊就是最好的防禦，但陷阱連發或位置不好還是需要緩解 應該是不需要的補充 1.外掛莉莉／柯雷雅／琪琪：武器和等級練上去就能互A，想提前打就加速減速加攻扣防變身越級打 2.外掛阿爾/ 賽莉卡：用HACK混亂避免出技能，阿爾技能會一直推開，賽莉卡技能是直接秒殺，故皆無法正面互打

地雷社老玩家了，《海王星》，《阿加雷斯特战》，《约会大作战》，还是如今的《死亡终局》都是不得不玩的游戏，本作作为地雷社的游戏，虽然属于外传，不过画风也是相当讨喜的，本作游戏登场的角色立绘都非常精致可爱，美工值得夸赞，戳中我的XP，当然了游戏最大的可玩性便是剧情与玩法，主角在地牢探索以及日常都是比较核心的玩法了。 玩家将潜入到各种随机生成的地牢中，随机生成的地牢里面会随机出现敌人、陷阱，还有可拾取的物品等。玩家的目标是在地牢中不断寻找通往下层的阶梯，到达地牢的底层，击败地牢最终的boss，并将需要拯救的角色带回到地面上。因为每一次玩家探索地牢的时候，都会发生些许不同。 剧情方面，纱耶香的视角有点像新玩家的视角，对公司里的伙伴、附近提供帮助的奇怪人士丝毫不了解，在慢慢习惯了游戏公司的生活之后，逐渐了解到了这个世界的虚假之处，而这时候，剧情才刚刚开始 和前面两部游戏相比，本作的玩法进行了大幅度的革新，变成了“不思议迷宫”式的爬塔玩法。每次玩家行动的同时，敌人也在行动，需要掌握好距离进行攻击。每种敌人都有独特的技能，有些会给负面状态，有些会影响san值，最恶心的是一类铠甲型敌人，攻击时会随机破坏两个道具，所以捡到道具不要不舍得用。 但是不好的地方竟然是，作为2025年的游戏了，竟然只有1080P的分辨率，地雷社真有你的啊 [quote]欢迎关注三真万法鉴赏组: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45742107/ 欢迎加入三真万法鉴赏组: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/szwf [/quote]

I really liked the game but mostly plot-like, too many revelations and seeing the characters from both previous games, even the faces of some characters without a previously established appearance was one of my favorite things, plus they confirmed the developing of the next game in an exciting ending. The gameplay, saving system and death ends could've been better, though.

剧情就不说了见仁见智。 通过死亡来获取技能点这点也不说了，游戏机制。见仁见智。 缺点明显且十分严重 强烈建议回到之前一二代以及龙星的那种全3D跑图以及回合制模式，或者四女神OL那种实时战斗也行。 [u] 重点讲一下战斗：[b] 战斗体验极其糟糕 [/b] [/u] 对手柄玩家来说对角线的选择极其困难。 层数太多，所有关卡减少一半的层数才更合理（即便是游戏中期解锁了中间点的功能，层数也还是过多了）。 外挂女孩出现频率过高。 还有护送机制不合理，打完boss以后通常就应该直接通关了，而不应该把护送队友也当做一个环节，当然你一定要有也行，但我都打boss打的快弹尽粮绝了，血量不足，理智值也不够的情况，还要往上走4层才能找到传送点离开关卡，然后中途又出现一个超强的外挂女孩把我干掉了简直心态爆炸好吗。 而且当时还没有解锁中间点的功能就是说要重新走二三十层，而且每次地图还是不一样的，出现传送点的位置也会不同，中间要打一堆外挂女孩，好不容易见到BOSS了，打完以后，还要护送队友，护送队友还要再遇到外挂女孩，就算干掉了外挂女孩还要再走好多层去传送点，无意义增加游玩时间。 而且你这个外挂女孩还不是干掉一次就没了，有一次玩35层的时候在最后15层每层都出现，而且血量还都不一样，有的攻击七八下就能打败，有的要攻击二十多次，而且她攻击我有的时候伤害还巨高，严重怀疑是BUG，我要不是带的药多早死了不知道多少次了。 [u] 其他的问题： [/u] normal模式下个人房间的存钱和取钱的功能毫无意义。 另外，你非战斗状态下的存档居然需要退回到标题界面，完全理解不能。 而且最离谱的就是每次进入枢纽关卡的时候那个列车画面声音鬼那么大，耳膜都要炸了，而且居然是BGM和音效两条轨都有（主要是BGM轨的），连匹配音量大小这么简单的问题都解决不了吗。 [b] 反正就是不建议购入，除非你对剧情真的十分在意。 [/b]