freeofgreed
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Holy shit, HOLY SHIT, HOLY SHIT.
Wow, this game is INSANE!!!
I played 999 about a year ago and fucking loved it. I started playing this one almost immediately after but stopped after I got my first ending and just never finished. I guess because I was a bit overwhelmed. But I finally got around to finishing it and...just wow. This was an amazing experience.
Since this is pretty much a visual novel there's not much I can really talk about outside of the story so let me just get my dislikes out of the way. I didn't really have any major complains with the game, so these are more annoyances I had with it as opposed to any genuine fault.
-This game is Looooong. My save file by the time I got the true ending was over 40 hours. I don't rememebr how long it took me to beat 999 but I definitly don't remember it taking anywhere close to this length to finish.
-It can get very repetitive. I know that's kind of the point but, even still. You'll be watching a lot of the same cutscenes over and over. The game does give you a fast forward button but that doesn't work on scenes you haven't seen yet. And due to the nature of the game there's alot of scenes that are 95% the same as others but because of slight variations they're considered new ones, and thus cannot be skipped. Also did we really need screen transitions every time a character leaves a room? It really grated me how I had to watch several doors open and the map pop up with each screen transition.
-You can't skip puzzles. I don't really have an issue with the puzzles in this game outside of finding them a bit obtuse at times. But the more I played through the game the more I wished I could skip them entirely. It got to the point where I was dreading whenever a puzzle room came up. Like I know why they exist. They're there to provide a break in between the Novel sections, but here's the thing. I didn't want a break... The novel sections of this game were so infinitely more interesting than the puzzle sections that it makes the puzzle sections just come off as a huge road block towards getting to the next story bits. I know there's an easy mode but I don't think that skips the puzzle sections outright. Not to mention using it means you won't get the true ending.
Now that that's out of the way. The story was incredible. It's been a while that I've been able to experience a story that constantly keeps you edge. This game drops bomb after bomb on you. It was incredible just how many plot twists this game throws at you. And they just get more and more crazy. The Phi ending and the True endings especially blew me away.
As to how it compares to 999 idk. I think 999 as a whole is much tighter experience. Like I said before this game is very lengthy and it can run into some pacing issues. But Story wise I think I enjoyed this one slightly more (But then again I haven't played 999 in about a year, so it could be because this one is more fresh in my mind).
I'm going to pick up ZTD soon, but I'm a bit worried since I've heard very mixed things about it. But I still want to experience it regardless.
Now on to some questions I have...
EDIT: More questions
Wow, this game is INSANE!!!
I played 999 about a year ago and fucking loved it. I started playing this one almost immediately after but stopped after I got my first ending and just never finished. I guess because I was a bit overwhelmed. But I finally got around to finishing it and...just wow. This was an amazing experience.
Since this is pretty much a visual novel there's not much I can really talk about outside of the story so let me just get my dislikes out of the way. I didn't really have any major complains with the game, so these are more annoyances I had with it as opposed to any genuine fault.
-This game is Looooong. My save file by the time I got the true ending was over 40 hours. I don't rememebr how long it took me to beat 999 but I definitly don't remember it taking anywhere close to this length to finish.
-It can get very repetitive. I know that's kind of the point but, even still. You'll be watching a lot of the same cutscenes over and over. The game does give you a fast forward button but that doesn't work on scenes you haven't seen yet. And due to the nature of the game there's alot of scenes that are 95% the same as others but because of slight variations they're considered new ones, and thus cannot be skipped. Also did we really need screen transitions every time a character leaves a room? It really grated me how I had to watch several doors open and the map pop up with each screen transition.
-You can't skip puzzles. I don't really have an issue with the puzzles in this game outside of finding them a bit obtuse at times. But the more I played through the game the more I wished I could skip them entirely. It got to the point where I was dreading whenever a puzzle room came up. Like I know why they exist. They're there to provide a break in between the Novel sections, but here's the thing. I didn't want a break... The novel sections of this game were so infinitely more interesting than the puzzle sections that it makes the puzzle sections just come off as a huge road block towards getting to the next story bits. I know there's an easy mode but I don't think that skips the puzzle sections outright. Not to mention using it means you won't get the true ending.
Now that that's out of the way. The story was incredible. It's been a while that I've been able to experience a story that constantly keeps you edge. This game drops bomb after bomb on you. It was incredible just how many plot twists this game throws at you. And they just get more and more crazy. The Phi ending and the True endings especially blew me away.
As to how it compares to 999 idk. I think 999 as a whole is much tighter experience. Like I said before this game is very lengthy and it can run into some pacing issues. But Story wise I think I enjoyed this one slightly more (But then again I haven't played 999 in about a year, so it could be because this one is more fresh in my mind).
I'm going to pick up ZTD soon, but I'm a bit worried since I've heard very mixed things about it. But I still want to experience it regardless.
Now on to some questions I have...
Whose body did Kyle's conscious go back to in the true ending? If Zero's conscious goes back to inhabit Sigma's conscious on Dec 25th. Then where does Kyle's go back to?
How are Clover and Alice going to return to their timelines? If there was a way to send them back, then why didn't they just use this method isn't of wasting all this effort with the nonary game?
How did Akane know to kidnap Sigma, Alice and Clover? If Sigma was the mastermind behind the whole thing, and the furthest he's ever jumped back was Dec 25th how did Akane know to kidnap all three of them prior to that? Can Akane jump through time as well? If she can then why does she bother with Sigma? Why couldn't she stop the leak of radical 6 on her own?
Why is Luna shocked at Sigma's robot arms/suspect he's a robot? She should know that he's her creator so why is so surprised when she finds out about his mechanical limbs?
Why is Akane so damn strong? She's been able to lift Sigma, Clover, Dio, and Luna. Damn what does she eat 0.o
What happened to Santa and why wasn't he with Akane?
Does ZTD answer any of these questions? How connected is it to 999 and VLR? Because something that surprised me while playing was how many links there were between this game and 999. I knew there'd be some due to Clover and Alice being here but I didn't think there's be that many...
How are Clover and Alice going to return to their timelines? If there was a way to send them back, then why didn't they just use this method isn't of wasting all this effort with the nonary game?
How did Akane know to kidnap Sigma, Alice and Clover? If Sigma was the mastermind behind the whole thing, and the furthest he's ever jumped back was Dec 25th how did Akane know to kidnap all three of them prior to that? Can Akane jump through time as well? If she can then why does she bother with Sigma? Why couldn't she stop the leak of radical 6 on her own?
Why is Luna shocked at Sigma's robot arms/suspect he's a robot? She should know that he's her creator so why is so surprised when she finds out about his mechanical limbs?
Why is Akane so damn strong? She's been able to lift Sigma, Clover, Dio, and Luna. Damn what does she eat 0.o
What happened to Santa and why wasn't he with Akane?
Does ZTD answer any of these questions? How connected is it to 999 and VLR? Because something that surprised me while playing was how many links there were between this game and 999. I knew there'd be some due to Clover and Alice being here but I didn't think there's be that many...
EDIT: More questions
What is the point of going back in time and making a new timeline? The game establishes that there exists infinite timelines for every possibility. SO with that in mind even if Sigma didn't create the Nonary games there should already exist timelines where Radical-6 never broke out by default. So it seems kinda pointless for him to do all of this just to make a timeline that wont even erase the old ones.
Breaking off of the last question, why would Dio's organization send him to participate in the Nonary games for? SIgma changing the past wont change the future so why would they care?
How did Sigma get infected by radical 6 again in Luna's route if he was already infected? In the security room, you see Sigma's processing speed slow down. But I don't understand why. His processing speed should've already been slow down, since at the end Akane explains that their slower mental state was the default.
Also instead of trying to stop the spread of Radical-6, why didn't Zero just recreate the cure when he went back in time? I mean he developed it so he should already have the formula
Breaking off of the last question, why would Dio's organization send him to participate in the Nonary games for? SIgma changing the past wont change the future so why would they care?
How did Sigma get infected by radical 6 again in Luna's route if he was already infected? In the security room, you see Sigma's processing speed slow down. But I don't understand why. His processing speed should've already been slow down, since at the end Akane explains that their slower mental state was the default.
Also instead of trying to stop the spread of Radical-6, why didn't Zero just recreate the cure when he went back in time? I mean he developed it so he should already have the formula