
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
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USSR, 1986. When Ira Grachevskaya goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, not a soul seems to be concerned – except for the quiet outcast Asya Shubina, that is. Uncover the mystery behind Ira’s disappearance, transmit your radio signal to the universe and learn why a bird flies past the window.
Meet the cast.

A problem child and a truant, Ira doesn't have the best reputation. Her standoffish demeanor makes her difficult to talk to, especially for someone as meek as you. There is a rumour she's been meeting with an older man.

Marina's carefree personality makes her quite popular among her classmates. Adults don't seem to like her very much, probably due to poor grades. Despite the girl's outgoing nature, her worldview is rather cynical.

A boy with an unpleasant sense of humour. Likes picking on people weaker than him, namely you. His family has been a little out of it the past few weeks.

You. Not worth writing about.
Z.A.T.O. is a linear visual novel with roughly 7-8 hours of playtime. There are no choices. The ending is predetermined. Sit back and enjoy your time in a town that doesn't exist.
DISCLAIMER: the game contains strong language, loud noises and flickering images.
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我有一条讯号要发给你! 所以,调好你的频段!
This may be one of the best stories i have read. The artwork is really good and the dialogue is well written. It's themes and messages on those things are truly wonderfull. I enjoyed every single minute of this game, especially the music. the intromusic and opening animation might be one of the best I've seen, it really got me hooked to play this game. I definitely think you should give this game a try, it is free after all. Thank you for reading. .-.- - . -... .-.- .-.. ..-- -... .-.. ..-- .-.- - . -... .-.- .-.. ..-- -... .-.. ..-- .-.- - . -... .-.- .-.. ..-- -... .-.. ..--
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Hours played at review time, across 2K reviews with recorded playtime.
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[strike]通关后差不多1个星期,感觉有些东西跟窗外的雨滴一同沉淀了下来,就随便写点东西。[/strike] 有剧透情节 [spoiler] 用游戏名中的两个点"Z.A.T.O." 和 “LOVE”作为切入点。 Z.A.T.O.指的是苏联的保密行政区,在游戏中是背景也是一个重要的意象--“封闭系统”。 IRA ASYA和IRA的感情,跟IRA对世界的感情我想是同构的。因感情拉近的距离,两个齿轮互相靠近,却因彼此的错位而对关系的双方造成最深的伤害,一个无法用“不在意”去轻描淡写的伤害。但IRA和ASYA依然鼓起勇气选择了一个在封闭系统中最不封闭的选择--去爱。尽管未来是直到关系的任一方消失殆尽,徒剩一段已不存在的关系。 MARINA MARINA巨大的善意让她愿意帮助身边需要帮助的人,但是当能够支撑她赋予她实行善意的“初心”忽然间不合情理的消失后,她只剩下了一个封闭系统。在这个任何外界的事物都无法干扰的封闭系统中存在两样东西,证明“初心”曾经存在过的痕迹--“巨大的空洞” 和 凝望着这个空洞的绝望的双眸。她残存的善意让她用巨大的虚影来填充空洞--模仿“初心”还存在时的表象,想要唤回消失的“初心”。她的虚影是成功的,她真真切切帮助了ASYA,但是随着IRA的消失,她的双眸也越发的绝望。 VADIM 自绝于与世界关系,以扭曲、戏谑、玩世不恭的姿态处世,妄图重新构建一个自己以俯视的姿态将一切踩在脚下、消费一切的关系,而其实质是出于自我防御。他看得懂儿时的朋友MARINA,或许也能明白IRA和ASYA,但他的自我防卫让他无法做出任何帮助她们的实际行动。而当自己的家人即将消失,他退却到最后也无法割舍的关系也即将消失时,他也重新意识到自己依旧束手无措。他的封闭系统是不稳定的,意识到这一点的他或许也在重新的审视自己,迈出正直的一小步--坦诚的告诉ASYA MARINA的住址。[strike] 是不是把VADIM看的太好了?[/strike] ASYA 让我大脑发生数次震颤的[strike] 可怖[/strike]可爱女子,读不懂。她对世界的爱是相当的深层次,时而低姿态的卑微,时而高姿态的挑逗,时而扭曲的近似疯狂,时而温暖的仿若朝阳。她会因世界的无情而向天怒吼,她也会因对世界的爱而发出最强烈的广播。她对世界的爱是指向无限的,因此在她这个单方面传递爱的完美封闭系统中,她可以不断增幅她爱的强度而不受衰减,即使世界不会对她予以任何回应。[strike] 但它绝对不傻。[/strike] 我就像后记的探测员,无法知晓这份爱从何而来、因何而起,但有一件事我知道的清清楚楚,那就是我测量到了这个广播到底有多强。 [/spoiler]
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爱世界 爱家人 爱朋友 爱自己......她终于收集到了足够多的爱,向全宇宙发出爱的讯号
放下诡秘的悬疑渐进,精准的节奏切换,深厚的感知哲理,和凄美的内心诗篇吧,这款游戏正在说你呢。起初,只是失败了,被爱失败了,善良失败了,幻觉失败了,计划失败了,友谊的美丽失败了,痛不欲生,你为什么爱,你凭什么还爱着,你知道这个世界都恨着你的爱吗,整个宇宙的真理都恨着你的爱,就连你脑海中为什么产生爱的哲学概念也在失败,自己的理论结构完全完全失败了,自由意志什么的全失败了,你是不是开始动摇了,你是不是开始祈求了?这个城市失败了,现在,轮到你了,你的生命。但为什么?为什么你在说愈合,为什么说礼物,可爱,光怪陆离的色彩,一些幼稚的小举动......为什么,你真的能做到吗,真的吗。其实我也渴望改变世界什么的,它们从来没有停过训斥和辱骂,所以我把目光投向了游戏里的你。意识和记忆失败之前,结局是什么,有些人可能会喜欢吧,但我觉得不重要。我只是看到了你笑得很开心。
I don't want to leave a review, I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE A REVIEW! But here I am with my sorry ass. What can I say, there are external factors that stops me from giving this game a positive review. I wouldn't have written a negative review per se. But I really wanted to just ignore how good this VN has been. But I am guilt stricken, I will recommend this game. I WANT YOU TO ENJOY IT! YOU WILL ENJOY IT! The story is so pretty, it's out of this world. I am a cynic, I hate people who are overtly optimistic, but Asya... I love her positivity, the eerily cold Russian winter felt so wonderful because of her. She is naive but with determination, despite what the world does to her, she loves back.
Hmm, first of all and most importantly, the game is extremely well done and very much worth a playthrough Near the end especially some of the dialog did hit quite close to home and I guess its nice to hear im not the only one who feels that way or has had similar experiences (yes i know the characters are fictional, but its still nice) Spoilers! It definitely didn't go how I expected, especially near the end the as game got extremely supernatural. I really have mixed feelings on that, on one hand I would have liked the story to stay more grounded and relatable, but on the other hand a story going how I want it to go is kinda silly and it was still very well done, I kinda had a feeling we wouldn't find ira in a okay condition but finding her stuck like that was something:( especially for her to be taken away right after she starts to come back All in all though, 10/10 i would absolutely go trough it blind again if I could. Anyways I got this bird that keeps flying past my window I gotta deal with
去年冬天玩的補個好評 本作氣氛營造在音樂、畫面、描寫方面都表現極佳,有一些意識流的部分但整體劇情並不會過於不知所云,個人非常喜歡主角Asya的塑造[spoiler]結局向自己告白那段至今依然深刻[/spoiler]
game so good i made a cover of it's royalty free music
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