Zero Escape: The Nonary Games

Первая игра в серии - 999 - в достаточной мере сильный продукт, с интересным сюжетом и понятными персонажами. Вторая же - VLR - чрезмерно гиперболизирована, ни одному персонажу не хочется сочувствовать. Все становится еще хуже от постоянных непропускаемых анимация отображения перемещения персонажей по карте, открытия/закрытия дверей и т.д. кажется, что за время прохождения не менее часа уйдет только на их просмотр, т.к. суть игры заточена под возвращение назад для выбора другого развития событий. Конец же, от части, больше разочаровывает, кажется, что можно было бы более органично закончить историю, но там намешали всего и оставили кучу точек... В общем я бы рекомендовал пройти только первую часть и забыть про то, что существует продолжение...

999 - Great game, great story VLR - Great game, but I am mixed on the overall story. They decided to go much bigger and grander but that also means a lot of confusing branches and too many things and assumptions need to fall exactly into place for the twists to make sense. Sometimes more complexity is not necessarily a good thing. It's still worthy of a playthrough, I just personally preferred 999's more focused/contained story.

dis game is beautiful i love it would let everyone play dis masterpiece

善人死亡真厉害呀，大量的诡计反转看得太舒服了！！！以及一开始觉得略怪的建模都能接受并觉得顺眼了。 [spoiler]所以西格玛是用老头身体在努力通关解密啊，很励志了，怪不得别人都是轻巧一转身就出去了，就你每次都被逮到（恼怒 原来是淳平和茜，再见面两个人都已经白发苍苍了，一代主角就这样捡垃圾养孙子了吗喂！不过毕竟世界都毁灭了......茜真的变了很多，优雅非人感奶奶——喜欢中 然后dio，此人一开始胡说八道我还真信了，以为有什么反套路设定呢( 不过此男满萌的，捏帽子手势莫名像孔雀，各种破防大骂或者得意笑都萌萌 [h3]最后，仍留在此处挣扎地想要争取幸福的人们，希望你们能获得幸福[/h3] [/spoiler]

Where to even start? I'll try and keep this as spoiler-free as possible, but oh man! These games are really a treat, I'm very glad I picked them up. Now, having played other Spike Chunsoft titles (namely Danganronpa series) my expectations coming in were admittedly rather low. Puzzles of widely varying quality, writing rife with anime tropes, and an ending that was trying to be philosophical but sort of jumped the shark. But that is NOT what the Nonary Games are by any means. First - the puzzles. They're classic escape-the-room style puzzles, hence the title of the series. Overall, the quality of these is very high, especially compared to the aforementioned Danganronpa series. 999's puzzles are more intuitive, while VLR's feel more difficult. I like the writing in VLR more (I'll get to that), but the puzzles feel slightly more complex in a way that can take away from the experience. Maybe I'm just not that smart, but I had to look up walkthroughs more when I played through VLR, and even then some of the solutions feel a bit nonsensical. I'd say this is about 10-20% of the puzzles. Most of them are still very good and rewarding. Now for the writing - some broad points: - Good balance: It never feels like puzzles are distracting from the narrative or vice versa. - Integration into gameplay: Story and gameplay are interwoven - bits of story are found in the escape rooms, and there are puzzles integrated into the wider story outside of escape rooms. - Breadth of content/endings: Especially in VLR, there's just so much stuff to read through but it never feels exhaustive. - Characters: Admittedly, 999's cast is weaker, but this franchise weaves characters and backstories together in a very compelling manner. These are all strong points, but the main point is just how clever the writing is. These games are a love letter to the art of game writing. It's one of those rare game series where a core game mechanic is integral to the story in a way that reaches a new level of immersion. Examples I can think of in the same vein without giving spoilers include Undertale and Doki Doki Literature Club. You'll like this game if you enjoyed the "gimmicks" of those games (I put gimmick in quotes because it's so much more than just a gimmick). Another (hopefully) non-spoiler recommendation: if you really like Sci-Fi novels, you'll probably really enjoy the story of this game. The tone of the writing is much more serious than something like Danganronpa, but it's definitely not to a fault. It has its "anime" moments for sure, but the integration of core game mechanics into the plot makes it much easier to suspend your disbelief and really get immersed in the plot. I know I couldn't put it down once I picked it up. Overall, if you're into story games - play this. If you're into puzzle games - play this. If you like Danganronpa - you'll probably like this so much more. Cannot recommend these titles enough.

999 : Really fun and the game still holds up well to this day ! The ending made everything worth it and all the characters are charming ! I only wish we had more time with each of them to learn about their story and background. VLR : I really enjoyed the story in this one, even more than 999, the twists were strong and the tension could be felt. However, I do think that the characters were weaker in VLR than 999, I found them more intresting and enjoyable then. I also found some of the puzzles a bit too tedious in VLR (thank you everyone who makes guide, cuz I'd have given up without). Overall. if you enjoyed 999, theres definitely something for you in VLR !

他にも書いてる方いるけど、999は面白かった。名作と呼んでいいかも。 調べてみたらシナリオに428の脚本家も絡んでるらしくそれもあったのかもしれない。 作品として良くまとまっている。 善人シボウデスの方は勿体ない。 物語はけっこう良い。ただ物語に比して無駄に情報を入れ込み過ぎて楽しいより作業的ななめんどくささが勝つ。 味のあるとこを求めて味のないガムをひたすらかまされて疲れる。 ゲームデザインミスってるなって感じ。しかし瞬間火力は999超えるところも個人的にはあった。 総合的に見て高評価よりなのですが敢えて低評価にしておきます。褒めるだけでは面白くないのでね。