Tricky I Shadow
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What are you even talking about?!
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Zero Escape: The Nonary Games [2-pack] announced (PS4/Vita, Spring 2017)
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What are you even talking about?!
Quoting for a new page and to note that Evan Smith (Junpei's ZTD VO) confirmed his involvement via RT, and Sean Chiplock is voicing Santa.
There's also this clip from recording a few months back.
GhostTrick
Banned
None offensive ? Come on, I explained why I liked the game and you come on your high horses claiming "anyone with half a brain and with a minimum of criticism can tell it's bad".
There's no debate possible with the likes of you.
Greatest Ever
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You explained a made up phony reason as to why people don't like it, which I'm telling you is bullshit. If you seriously think people don't like the ending because it's "not what they wanted" as opposed to people putting in their critical thinking towards the ending, you're delusional and completely out of touch.
Again, get insulted as much as you want; hell, I don't understand what was so galvanizing about my post to you that you drop ad hominem. But lol at there being no debate possible when you haven't even tried.
GhostTrick
Banned
It's not a phony reason. People didn't got what they wanted, which means for some people not getting everything answered.
Read your post again:
That's a reaction to my opinion on the ending, which I felt pretty good and satisfying. Your answer to this is: "Even someone with half a brain can understand it was phoned in" aka bad.
Greatest Ever
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Read through the rest of the thread, post by post, uncovering every spoiler block, and tell me that's not a phony reason. I don't know why you're projecting this nonsensical reason as to why the ZTD ending was criticized when there's plenty of posts saying why.
RampagingSoul
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Submarine
Has it been mentioned that this will probably be a budget release? It's 40CDN in Canada, which is less than the new Vita releases MSRP (of 50/55CDN).
purseowner
Member
Because it ignores some of the design choices and narrative hooks that make VLR ultimately so intriguing and satisfying.
It is good. It has the tension, puzzles, big reveals and overaching plot beats the series has been building towards with a different take on presentation. If you enjoy the first two games play it, especially if you're interested in what happens at the end of VLR.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
The 999 voice acting sounds fantastic! One of the best games of all time is about to get even better!
It seems like Clover is still Wendee Lee, but Akane sounds like someone different from ZTD, which is probably for the best as she was easily the weakest link in ZTD.
Junpei being the same voice actor again is cool, even though he was iffy at times in ZTD - but I think that was less to do with his actual voice talent and more to do with the direction he was given when reading his lines in ZTD.
And now it's 50CDN.
Funyarinpa
Member
Thr underlying themes, explanation and payoff for the game is NOWHERE near those of the previous two, IMO. Especially the handwaving of many plot points from VLR. The Fragments/Teams system cuts any character development short (by design), and characters and overall plot suffers greatly. Barely any original soundtracks are used effectively outside puzzles (too many tracks are lifted or remixed from 999 and VLR), the presentation is utterly ATROCIOUS in every sense, and I didn't find most new characters and concepts interesting at all.
Obviously there are those who are satisfied with it, and I'm happy for them, but ZTD is a 4/10 at best for me.
Dangansona
Member
It's making me more likely to just buy 999 on steam or DS since I already own VLR (the only game I have played in the series).
graywolf323
Member
same, I'm on the fence about grabbing the games again for PS4 since it's not a complete trilogy release
No, they'll do like Danganronpa and release ZTD for the PS4 at full price.
Tizoc
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Could you make a new thread for this please?
eternalcircle
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Is this still coming out this week? I've heard literally nothing about it and it's not pre-orderable from Best Buy, and my Amazon order says Delivery Date Pending...
ladyluthien
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I was just wondering the same thing. I wanted to preorder the Vita version on Best Buy but it isn't available as of yet.
eternalcircle
Member
I can't imagine that it's going to sell very well if it does come out this week. There has been little to no promotion for it. I mean, there was that one video in early February but I really have seen/heard very little of this game.
Especially if they try to sell it at $40
Dandy Crocodile
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Apparently it's still coming. I asked about the lack of Best Buy pre-ordering and got no answer.
Really? Are you in the US? I preordered from BB a few days ago and my status just changed to "preparing".
eternalcircle
Member
Really? Are you in the US? I preordered from BB a few days ago and my status just changed to "preparing".
That's so weird! I've been checking for this game for MONTHS like twice a week because I wanted to use it with the various visa promos and it has never been pre-orderable for me. Even now. Still just says coming soon. In the US here.
Ah, the most of Twitter I see is on here. I don't have an account, so that probably explains it.
Diprosalic
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if this sells well we might get a third title after all.
ladyluthien
Member
I believe I saw the PS4 version is available for preorder but the Vita version still says coming soon.
Edit: looks like I jinxed it!!! Both versions now say coming soon on BB
Edit: looks like I jinxed it!!! Both versions now say coming soon on BB
I bought the Vita version from VG+ and they shipped it on March 16th, but I haven't received it yet. It's going across the pond so they are presumably shipping it internationally in time for the North American street date.
I'm going to assume this wasn't a mistake on VG+'s part and that Vita versions are ready to go.
Edit: Saw your edit.
That's so odd. I'm seeing it as coming soon on the BB website now too. For both Vita and PS4. Anywho, I just received the email saying it shipped now. Hopefully that means Amazon will be sending out their copies too for anyone who's concerned about the delivery date pending message.
ladyluthien
Member
Yep that's what I'm looking forward to as well is 999.
meltingparappa
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Excited for the .000000001% possibility that a potential remastered ZTD gets Uchikoshi a chance to personally take a crack at the C and Q team segments, and make a few tweaks to the way the main narrative progresses.
I'm in the camp that the story is 100% salvageable, and an extra few months in the budget could have done wonders.
I'm sure it's salvageable but the likelihood they'd do anything more than a port would be slim at best.
ULTROS!
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I liked both but I like Danganronpa more since it has more gameplay aspects than the Nonary games.
Depends on what you like in a story. DR will have tropes but you'll be at the edge of your seat every time. The Nonary games have a slow but exciting build and the pay off in great.
Shift Breaker
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The Zero Escape games are better.
bobawesome
Member
Eh. I feel like the only great Zero Escape game was VLR. 999 was good but suffered from sloppy writing. Or maybe the translation is to blame? The main thing it has going for it is that moment towards the end. The cases in the first Danganronpa leaned towards the predictable side a lot of the time but at least the cases attempted to keep the player engaged. The same can't be said for 999's puzzle rooms.
NippleViking
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Am I better to play 999 on PC, or jump through 10 hoops to get it on my DS?
Basileus777
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Just play it on the PC.
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