Board 8 > I finally broke and bought the rest of the zero escape series

(+) Yeah! (+)

999 was possibly the first visual novel game I ever played (that or Ace Attorney). Wasn't really a genre I had any interest in but those two games in particular were extremely highly praised by people here so I went for it

years later I still haven't played another zero escape game but they're all on sale on PS4 so fuck it might as well

that and the Ace Attorney games I played on my laptop so I'm not sure what to expect from playing on PS4
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for what it's worth this board is ALSO the reason I played DDLC and the Danganronpa games

y'all have a type huh
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VLR > 999 > ZTD

Oh hey, this should be the next gaming trio ranking topic I do!
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VLR > 999 > ZTD but all three are great
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999 > ZTD > VLR
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already fucking hate the bunny thing
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VLR is da best
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oh geez these controls will take getting used to

L1/R1 to move view instead of the right analog stick
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Johnbobb posted...

already fucking hate the bunny thing

man he's like one of the best characters
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Johnbobb posted...

already fucking hate the bunny thing

please tell me you at least hate monokuma then

Johnbobb posted...

already fucking hate the bunny thing

(throws rotten vegetables in your general direction)

Dels posted...

Johnbobb posted...

already fucking hate the bunny thing

please tell me you at least hate monokuma then

I do

but Monomi is 100x worse
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Arti posted...

Johnbobb posted...

already fucking hate the bunny thing

man he's like one of the best characters

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sweet found both passwords for the first room

everything's coming up millhouse
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I mean he hasn't really done anything yet

I just don't have a fondness for weird animal mascots in (primarily) Japanese games

Morgana in P5 was the same way
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TWO MlLKMEN GO COMEDY
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"I'm not Batman, or Spiderman, or Aquaman, or a merman, or a wolfman. I'm not a brahman, or common, or ramen. I'm not a caiman either."

...I'm not sure how to respond to any of that

a girl is no one
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Zero Jr. is fantastic

VLR > ZTD > 999
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ZTD > VLR > 999
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Johnbobb posted...

already fucking hate the bunny thing

Are you playing with the English audio or Japanese? (Is that even an option on that version? I know it's an option on some versions but not others).

Because I feel like he could be annoying if you're just reading his lines while listening to the Japanese VAs. Cindy Robinson's delivery really sells it though.
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English audio
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Also, heads up. Some of the gold files spoil shit before they're supposed to, so maybe hold off on reading them all until you're done with the game.
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MrSmartGuy posted...

Also, heads up. Some of the gold files spoil shit before they're supposed to, so maybe hold off on reading them all until you're done with the game.

nice tip

was wondering what that Milkmen thing was about; then like 3 minutes later I'm out of the elevator and see it
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wait is that clover, clover?

like axe crazy clover?
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If me, Arti AND leonhart agree on something, it must be true
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Zigzagoon posted...

If me, Arti AND leonhart agree on something, it must be true

either that or the universe is about to implode
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Woah so much VLR love is actually super surprising to me!

ZTD > 999 > VLR for me, but I really do love all of them.
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OH MY GOD HOW MANY TIMES IS IT GOING TO EXPLAIN THE COLOR COMBINATIONS

I GET IT

this game doesn't think the player is very smart
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went through the cyan door with alice

gonna save here and go make dinner
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yea board 8 is all over VLR the most of the three

I don't agree but hey it's still a fun game
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Johnbobb posted...

HOW MANY TIMES IS IT GOING TO EXPLAIN THE COLOR COMBINATIONS

every single time

Xiahou Shake posted...

Woah so much VLR love is actually super surprising to me!

I'm surprised you're surprised! This is pretty typical!
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ZTD over anything is sacrilege
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VLR more like door opening simulator
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GranzonEx posted...

VLR more like door opening simulator

I mean

that's basically what the last one was too
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it's what the entire series is so it's an odd insult to level at one game in particular
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Zigzagoon posted...

Arti posted...

Johnbobb posted...

already fucking hate the bunny thing

man he's like one of the best characters

This.

Also VLR > 999 >> ZTD for me
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there's way too much backtracking in VLR that the door opening animation gets annoying

never had that problem with 999 and ZTD
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For me it goes VLR > 999 > ZTD

Oh Cyan door, good luck!

Majority of people putting VLR as the best


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999 >>>>> ZTD ~= VLR

999 was made as a standalone story and it shows so hard. VLR only felt like the set up for the trilogy and ZTD only felt like the ending. It ended up being a really awesome trilogy, but there's just nothing as completely satisfying as 999. Especially if it was your first VN. 999 is just the most grounded and best written without diving deep into anime nonsense. I would recommend it to any non-VN non-anime fan, unlike the others. It also does things that just can't ever be done a second time by any other game.

That said, VLR and ZTD brilliantly use the fact that they are sequels in their stories. They really weren't afraid to add a bunch of new risky things instead of just doing the same thing again.
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LeonhartFour posted...

it's what the entire series is so it's an odd insult to level at one game in particular

I was promised 9 doors not 150 doors
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foolm0r0n posted...

999 >>>>> ZTD ~= VLR

999 was made as a standalone story and it shows so hard. VLR only felt like the set up for the trilogy and ZTD only felt like the ending. It ended up being a really awesome trilogy, but there's just nothing as completely satisfying as 999. Especially if it was your first VN. 999 is just the most grounded and best written without diving deep into anime nonsense. I would recommend it to any non-VN non-anime fan, unlike the others. It also does things that just can't ever be done a second time by any other game.

That said, VLR and ZTD brilliantly use the fact that they are sequels in their stories. They really weren't afraid to add a bunch of new risky things instead of just doing the same thing again.

This is about how I feel
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although I still consider ZTD better than VLR not quite as equal
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Gun to my head I would say ZTD > VLR also
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999 was Saw II
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Finished the quarters puzzle (I already get the "too many doors" complaint)

Then I betrayed Alice

also Phi is pretty great so far

Right now I'm assuming the way to win ultimately is to select the path that will lead to everyone always choosing Ally (or not choosing at all) and I'm pretty sure I'm already not on that path
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man for a series known for its tricky puzzles it REALLY REALLY doesn't trust the intelligence of the player

I GET WHAT THE BRACELETS DO

IT'S SO OBVIOUS
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Oh hey I'm a rare ZTD vote.

I replayed the entire series in a row a few months ago and came to that conclusion.

Mainly though it's because of how insanely much I love Group D's stuff. Twins conslusion had me jumping up an down yelling. Though that's directly because of the VLR payoff, so cheating a bit.
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I feel like we do this every time a visual novel topic goes up, but how about we not fucking spoil games the TC hasn't even touched yet in his own playthrough topic? Even with spoiler tags, just..... don't. It's not hard.
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999 > VLR > ZTD
For what foolmo said.
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