PhantomOfTheKnight
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Wow, I'm an idiot. I spent so much time
I didn't notice that
with Alice and Phi
there were two other rooms. I never turned around. 
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Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward Demo Impressions Thread
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EhrgeizVII
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I want to play it too! (EU store here)
(EU store here)Screenshots! Nothing to look at graphically, but whatever. More importantly, the touch screen controls are perfect for point-and-click adventures like this. My only gripe is that writing and drawing memos is bit sloppy on the Vita. It's one of those situations where a stylus on resistive touch screen is better than fingers on a capacitive touch screen. Having a capacitive stylus would help alot.
Boot up screen artwork
Story mode
Escape mode
Jrpgfanatic
Member
Well I'm glad there's a demo out now so that my want for this game can be at least temporarily satiated since I decided to cancel my preorder yesterday after evaluating my purchases for the month. There are just so many other great games releasing this month and I have to admit that I'm still pretty irritated about no preorder watch for Canada for the second time in a row.
It might not be the best place for this, but since I know at least one person from Aksys is monitoring this thread, I'd just like to say that it really sucks that the preorder promotion was US only. It just makes me feel less important to you as a customer and really doesn't push me to be loyal to you when it comes to months like this when there are more games I want than I have cash to spend. Anyway, food for thought for next time since I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way.
It might not be the best place for this, but since I know at least one person from Aksys is monitoring this thread, I'd just like to say that it really sucks that the preorder promotion was US only. It just makes me feel less important to you as a customer and really doesn't push me to be loyal to you when it comes to months like this when there are more games I want than I have cash to spend. Anyway, food for thought for next time since I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way.
You can get them for approximately 120-150$ on our local auction site (allegro.pl, it's Polish), EU region locked, brand new. That's the only good thing about this country when it comes to Nintendo - second hand and imported consoles are incredibly cheap, but there's almost no Ninny support. Apparently there's a local branch, but they're busy not releasing games and putting ridiculous prices on them.
Agreed. I was definitely pretty bummed out by that and I don't understand why this is so difficult for so many companies
Schadenfreude
Member
Just finished both parts of the demo. Time for impressions.
Alright, first the novel part. The voice acting for the novel part was pretty good. I did think the voices were being slightly overpowered by the background music though. The graphics, on the other hand, were nice and clean. VLR looks fantastic on the Vita. Overall, i'd give the novel part a 10 since there were no big gripes I had with it and the small gripes I had didn't diminish from my enjoyment of the game.
Now onto the puzzle part. The puzzle was pretty fun (not too hard, but not easy either), but I did have some trouble investigating the various rooms using the touch screen. Maybe it's because I have rather large man fingers or maybe it's because i'm not used to using the touch screen with my finger, but it seemed kinda hard to click at the various items and whatnot on the screen. Also, someone's already mentioned it up top, but writing memos and stuff is kinda hard to do. Again, this may just be me, but it was kind of a pain in the butt. The analog sticks weren't a big help either because the scrolling was kinda fast. I feel maybe the investigating portions might work better with a stylus. So for the puzzle part i'm gonna have to go with an 8. Maybe people who are used to using touch screens with their fingers will have a better time, but I need my stylus.
Now onto the puzzle part. The puzzle was pretty fun (not too hard, but not easy either), but I did have some trouble investigating the various rooms using the touch screen. Maybe it's because I have rather large man fingers or maybe it's because i'm not used to using the touch screen with my finger, but it seemed kinda hard to click at the various items and whatnot on the screen. Also, someone's already mentioned it up top, but writing memos and stuff is kinda hard to do. Again, this may just be me, but it was kind of a pain in the butt. The analog sticks weren't a big help either because the scrolling was kinda fast. I feel maybe the investigating portions might work better with a stylus. So for the puzzle part i'm gonna have to go with an 8. Maybe people who are used to using touch screens with their fingers will have a better time, but I need my stylus.
Finished the demo
Is it possible to get the secret archives file in the demo? I'm assuming it has something to do with the cassette I found and placed in room 3's phone, but I couldn't figure out how to do anything with it. If every room has one of these "secondary" objectives in the full game it's going to drive me crazy figuring them all out lol
The secret archive password is only accessible if you play on Hard and the demo is defaulted to Easy, so unfortunately you can't access that in the demo.
You'll have to wait for the full game to access the things you seek
Hey, it's native res with 4xAA. Like the best IQ in any portable game ever. I love it.
Belisarius
Neo Member
I put it in there just for you.
Oh I see, can't wait (´・ω・`)The secret archive password is only accessible if you play on Hard and the demo is defaulted to Easy, so unfortunately you can't access that in the demo.
You'll have to wait for the full game to access the things you seek
Also just noticed the demo includes the full instruction manual in the live area, neat. The flowchart function looks like it'll be really helpful for keeping track of and getting to the true end.
podracer35
Member
Is the text speed not adjustable?
Even after how much people whined about it in 999?
If I saw the gameplay right, you can make the text auto play so that you don't need to press to advance. That should save you some button clicking.
Doesn't help for the non-voiced parts, of which there are many, especially in escapes.
podracer35
Member
I gotta say, even just watching a camera recording of the demo, I'm impressed with what I've seen so far! I'll be playing it on a 3DS, so I don't know how different it will look and sound when it comes to overall quality though.
One thing that was different from my expectations was that I thought the game would be fully animated (kinda like a movie), but at times it seems like that's not the case... Maybe it's just the quality of the video I was watching? It's not that big of a deal, but just curious if that's just my imagination...
One thing that was different from my expectations was that I thought the game would be fully animated (kinda like a movie), but at times it seems like that's not the case... Maybe it's just the quality of the video I was watching? It's not that big of a deal, but just curious if that's just my imagination...
It dabbles in and out so far, but a lot of the animation is just stand in place and move your mouth and arms, or perform specific action. Kinda like older Tales cutscenes, if you will.
I love it.
I DO I DO I DOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO!
So does anyone have a favorite character yet from the initial demo impressions?
If I went on voices alone
Zero III.
The lines were delivered like everyone was getting free stuff on Oprah lol
Dead Prince
Banned
Im okay with the digital manual just because it's in color. sad that psp games sometimes were b/w.
PhantomOfTheKnight
Member
Ok, so I got
.
the safe in room 1 open, but I can't find anything else to investigate except for the table in Room 3
Schadenfreude
Member
So does anyone have a favorite character yet from the initial demo impressions?
Sigma. The
poster scratching thing alone made him great, but the cat tic just put him up there as one of my favorite characters in the series.
Tried the demo. Feels like a slick successor to 999. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing, at least in regards to the game's presentation. The gameplay segments are undoubtedly good, and will be better in the full game in Hard mode.
I really wished we could try the demo in Hard mode lol.
I really wished we could try the demo in Hard mode lol.
I like how sharp it looks, but I do imagine I won't be losing much by sticking with the 3DS version (not that I have a choice short of double dipping if I want the watch). I also don't much like using my finger, it really DOES feel better for a stylus, but it's not as if that can't be addressed on capacitive touchscreens anyway.
Regarding Hard Mode,
the puzzles are the same, however, your teammates won't provide you with any hints or funny dialog to help you along your way
No 3DS demo anytime soon? >.> I'll wait until then I guess.
+1 about how disappointing it is that you can't preorder the watch bundle in Canada.
Try to find a deal? In Canada I got mine for like 100$ in March because of a Futureshop/Tsilon deal.
+1 about how disappointing it is that you can't preorder the watch bundle in Canada.
Try to find a deal? In Canada I got mine for like 100$ in March because of a Futureshop/Tsilon deal.
Regarding Hard Mode,the puzzles are the same, however, your teammates won't provide you with any hints or funny dialog to help you along your way
Right, and the removal of just those helpful elements will make the puzzles more challenging. The
tin foil shapes puzzles in particular weren't much of a challenge, but it was even less difficult due to the character's hints given the moment you pick up the necessary items (that being the foil itself and box cutter).
I am really looking forward to this. I do have a few issues with the game (at least what was shown in the demo), but they are relatively minor, like how there's so many methods of camera control but none of them feel quite right to me.
You mean these?
http://i.imgur.com/2QA2R.jpg
The game does explain that there are different secrets in a mode that isn't in the demo.
I'm actually stuck, because I don't have any
aluminium foil to put in the drawer
Yup, those would be it
!More of those will become available if
you find the password during hard mode that gives you access to the gold file, which will contain those database entries
Gotta collect them all!
The foil is in a locker (which happens to be unlocked), which also has the box cutter on the table I believe.
Huh, that's kind of a dilemma then. I'm assuming theRegarding Hard Mode,the puzzles are the same, however, your teammates won't provide you with any hints or funny dialog to help you along your way
secret archives
Maybe I'll go easy mode the first time through for that dialogue and then hard later for the story. Hopefully you go through every room at least twice when trying to get all the endings.
GundamBanshee
Member
Just finished the demo, and man, I'm impressed. It looks fantastic on the OLED screen and the puzzle was a lot of fun.
Best quote:
I unlocked the silver hidden file (Sigma's cat tic is so cute), but I couldn't get the answering machine to play the cassette tape in Room 3. Was there a way to get it to play?
Best quote:
Zero III: The NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONARY GAAAAAAAAMEEEEE
leatherhat
Member
I have
the secret password from the phone message but it won't let me use it on the final locker because I seem to be missing a key. But the only key I've seen was for the handcuffs...
Wait what was the
silver hidden file and how do you unlock it?
PhantomOfTheKnight
Member
This is where I'm stuck as well. My Vita's near death, so I need to find it quick.
GundamBanshee
Member
The demo mentioned that silver files were available in easy mode, and gold files in hard mode.
You unlock the silver file by inputing "1986" into the phone in Room 1. The Announcer will congratulate you and show you another code to put into the Room 1 locker, which is locked again. In there is a new password for the safe, which contains the silver file.
Damn this game is cool. I don't really know what it is but it's cool. My lack of attention made the Escape section last a lot longer than it should have but it was fun. I'll have to get it at some point, but for now P4G comes first. Are Easy and Hard the only two difficulty options? Hard mode doesn't sound too appealing since there's no funny dialogue between the characters.
GundamBanshee
Member
I don't think it'll necessarily impact the dialogue between the characters, just less "You've seen this before, haven't you?" "That says #, and that's a circle, so that must mean..!" "Maybe if you tried that key you just got, it will open!" You know, obvious stuff like that.
Well, easy mode will provide with some fun dialog between characters, but completing hard mode is
also a necessity for getting the gold files, getting the Platinum Trophy in the Vita version, and to unlock something at the end :3