Zero Escape is complicated... 

I haven’t finished the first game since I started it in 2018 but now seems to be a good time to do that

Yeah, I guess I'll give it a try now. Though, I'm mostly only interested in playing 999

Dear God what has he done

Evil Rosary Harvester I hope the Zero Escape sub gets more active after this

@@bassoonplatoon3146 give it a try, the bundle was a really smart idea since 999 and Virtue's last reward are crucial parts of the saga ! Personally VLR is my favourite !

ITS BECAUSE OF THE CRISIS IN THE WORLD. WHEN ONE IS SUBJECT TO A CRISIS THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO SHIFT. WOOOT.

Ayo 🤨

F U N Y A R I N P A

This guy gets it

Funyarinpa, the god of this world

What is Funyarinpa?

Fukaze This blasephemy will not be tolerated. Apologize immediately to the Funyarinpa!

Dammit!!

Can't spell Funyarinpa without FUN.

"What the hell is a Funyarinpa?"

@@user-ss6vj3yh4u You don't know?!

@@user-ss6vj3yh4u Apologise to the Funyarinpa!

@@user-ss6vj3yh4u How rude!

_MY MOTIVES ARE COMPLEX_

Nah, that's part 4 when he does a thing on ZTD

Perhaps he has complex motives for naming it this?

@@jossebrodeur6033 I didn't think of it before, but perhaps as he was typing the word "complex", he saw a snail and panicked, losing his train of thought.

I bet you there is a timeline where you forgave him and even another one where it was called exactly that too

this is not a joke this is the plot of the first game

Interesting

Weird flashbacks to that one Nancy Drew game set in Japan.

it’s pretty complex if you think about it

Well they changed the puzzle in the remaster to one of the weirdest puzzles I've ever seen so I guess the plot had an overhaul somewhere along the line.

Like someone's motives?

@@gewerdstrauss9843 Exactly like that.

I played AI somnium files on my dorm room's tv in the common area during break one day and a lot of people looked at it laughed are you really playing an anime game? I hope it's not hentia. 10 hours later: half the dorm crowed on 3 couches watching. 13 hours: conspiracy board #1 was made 16 hour: character web was made (red string included) 20 hours: conspiracy board #2 was made 22 hours: litteral side bets on who the killer was were being made and we had a pool going character web was given new board 26 hours: 3:00 am on the 3rd day playing this and conspiracy board #3 was made 26.5 hours: conspiracy board #3 was destroyed due to most of it being nonsense. 28 hours: Finds out who the killer is and the RA at first yells at us to go to bed because it was 5:00 am and we had class tomorrow then starts cheering because he technically won the pool. 29 hours: replaying the finally for the rest of the dorm so no complaints about who won the pool could be made

@@danielokeeffe4704 dude, this sounds awesome lol.

Nope, Somnium files have probably the worst localization ever, but it's not the team's fault, more like there's so much japanese content and puns that can't be translated properly into english and is funnier if you have the JP voice on

All the VAs in the series are great, but Junpei's VA is especially great. He definitely puts the 'actor' in voice actor, all of his deliveries are incredibly realistic.

I Like Hentai same

I'm the weirdo who played danganronpa because someone recommended me it from zero escape

otugle You like hentai too?

@@bassoonplatoon3146 I don't lie

I Like Hentai good man

I can kinda agree tho I played it on an emulator on my phone so when that puzzle came about, flipping my phone just corrected which side of the phone I was using so I HAD to play Sudoku upside down. Did really like the perspective thing tho.

@@DarknessDpa couldnt you just turn off the display rotation? or put your phone on a table or something?

@@teh_user5199 My phone had rotation off, but that just keeps it from changing portrait to landscape and vice versa, landscape to landscape still changes the screen, also I have things in corners so I can't just move from one side to the other.

It might be, but I'd probably find it unplayable: DS version doesn't have the flowchart. Given the way the game is set up I don't object to being asked to guess how to reach the endings (the branches are minimal, and there are good ways to figure out the correct path...) but being asked to replay the *whole* game in order to try something new is a huge ask.

@@THB192 - actually if you play a scene once you can skip it next time you go through it, making it less of a hassle than it would be otherwise

I just want to hear more people talk about this game...I miss it

@@ziongamer6905 tell me about it. It's one of my all time favorites and it doesn't get much love anymore

@@jammerlammer546 For sure, this series and Danganronpa are my top and I can’t go a year without rewatching them at some point

@ZionGamer You should check out Ai the Somnium Files too! Its really good too

@@AtomicWhiskers For sure! I’ll be checking it out soon then, thanks.

I thought the same thing lol. Like if you appreciate the voice acting, let the dialogue play out would you xD

Ironically ZTD is probably more enjoyable if you play it first. ZTD was a let down for me because I loved VLR so much and was so hyped for the conclusion, and it didn’t deliver. If you go into ZTD blind you don’t have those expectations.

That's a good point. The ending for VLR is honestly so good and really hypes you up for the conclusion (especially the Tu Fui Ego Eris part). I swear, Uchikoshi writes atmosphere and mystery so well.

Default_Beef yeah keep in mind that after VLR people believed the series was cancelled and there were major fan petitions and a fan campaign to get a third game greenlit. Then after years of waiting it finally got made. People’s expectations and hype were sky high, but the answers given in the actual game were underwhelming to a lot of people, especially since it treated the epilogue ending in VLR as non-canon.

Default_Beef Some of my biggest complaints with it in relation to VLR were that (1) the game only had one bad ending result in the VLR timeline. I had kind of assumed that the virus being released was an event that was almost possible to avoid. In my imaginary picture of ZTD, every bad ending would result in the virus getting released, and the good ending where it’s avoided would require extremely painful sacrifices to achieve. (2) Delta is a completely different character than how he was presented in VLR. I get that he just lied to people to create the persona you hear about in VLR, but I thought that version of him was a more interesting character. I thought the idea of him being disgusted with humanity because he was constantly exposed to negative thoughts by reading minds was a really interesting idea for a character. But then in ZTD he kind of just becomes a pretty generic “ends justify the means” villain who insists he wants to save humanity.

@@Superninfreak The only one timeline leading to VLR bit bugged me for a bit too, but I think Akane mentioning the anthropic principle was meant to imply that the events of VLR and the ZTD true end can only occur in one timeline as in no other timeline would humans be around to observe anything because of the fanatic that Delta goes on about the whole game. I think that was supposed to be the logic behind this, but it definitely feels like a quick attempt to close a plot hole. This feeling is definitely strengthened by scenes like ?'s goodbye to Tenmyouji and Quark and Phi End. As for Delta, yeah he was disappointing. I did like his speech leading up to the mandatory Q bad end, but overall he does become a generic ends justify the means villain.

Unless the Japanese text is significantly different, it's very difficult not seeing their decision to remove the canon of that ending as anything else but a retcon. With how ZTD distanced itself from a lot of hanging threads it's not difficult to imagine they'd write off an ending not many people would have seen to make the barrier of entry for new writers lower.

@@LizardVVizard the ending was only added at all because the director felt it was bad taste to end things on such a sour note after Japan had a bit of a bad thing going on involving reactors, and wasn't even voiced in the Japanese version. I think making it voiced in the English version is what fucked people uo

@@Cross-chan It could be both, it's likely he had an outline for the sequel in mind and used those elements to build an alternate ending. There's too many definites discussed that rule out it being simply some bonus material. For me at least I'm not satisfied with the answer that it was never meant to have any connection to anything.

Which is ALSO untrue btw. I got the "bonus ending" without collecting any of the golden files. (except for some I got by accident)

@@LizardVVizard Sorry, but it is indeed non-canon, Uchikochi himself said so once on Twitter (sadly, I didn't save it). The reason for him creating it is because Tokuhoku had an earthquake prior to the release of the game and he wanted to give players a better ending so they could get a little bit of hope. That is why said ending isn't voiced in Japanese and why it wasn't taken into account at all.

I actually didn't plan that haha

@@CheesyRam wait what?

27=2+7=9

@@CheesyRam it's the morphogenetic field, another version of you had that idea and now you have it

Any anagrams we can make from this?

Does it count if he played Danganronpa music at around 7:15?

E

@@KirbyKips no

2 years too late with that Meme,

I completely agree. And honestly, the only death that got me was Junpei's in the freezer. That one was genuinely upsetting with the puzzles leading up to it.

Amazingly Stupid but I love this series

My IRL friend recommended me the series. So... they exist!

My sister somehow had a roommate who was talking about the series to her, but we never met each other.

Derek Dickinson yeah same you can also do this in the remastered version so idk why he kept bringing it up as a complaint

Same in the Steam version. Skipping dialogues is easy-breezy. The only thing you can't fast-forward is the constant moving through halls and doors that open.

The dialog was never the issue for me, but I do definitely haaaaaate the slow walk cycles. I get that its all to build atmosphere and tension, but especially during the "search the facilities" bits, it draaaaags on

I played the ps4 nonary games version of VLR and I could skip the map walking parts? it’s in the settings

Is The Somnium Files a good game? I heard it was also made by Spike Chunsoft and was similar to Zero Escape but I still haven’t bought it yet just because it’s so expensive

@@Ziziwai I got it on sale yesterday. So far I'm loving it (only two hours in though). The visuals feel like what ZTD tried to be but done right. Plus the voice acting is outstanding.

David Samuel Yeah, it’s been out for a while now and the base price hasn’t dropped, so I assumed so. That’s good that you’re enjoying it

@@Ziziwai It is a mixed bag in my eyes. The game isnt polished in the sense that while the 3D models are better than before, they still have issues with facial expressions. Unless it's a cutscene, the screen focuses away from the character that leave the seen instead of having a walking animation. Also I counted around 4 instances where the voice acting and text had differences, one of which is completely different. My biggest gripe of them all is that it doesnt know when to take itself seriously and when to be goofy. Without spoiling, there are numerous scenes were you are faced with a legion of armed enemies shooting at you with aim that matches the storm troopers, while you are able to dispatch them all with the use of underwear. There was a point I was honestly considering this game to be worse than ZTD. The branching system of this game is lackluster since there are endings that are cliffhangers and clearly you still have stuff to do, but the timeline ends. Somnium has a lot more focus on humour to the point it overshadows the serious scenes, but going out of your way to examine all the objects and see every dialogue option has some hidden gems and very comedic lines I enjoyed. Same goes for some "Puzzle rooms". If you want to interact with everything you have to replay it multiple times. It's not necessary, but I really loved some interactions I would have missed otherwise. What salvaged the game for me was the true ending. Even after all my complaints about the game and it still being much inferior and less polished than VLR and 999, at the end I realized I would really miss the characters. I would miss the bonds that formed along the way, and the memorable dialogue. AI has a very engaging start, a disappointing middle and a satisfying end game. Specifically I really liked the penultimate puzzle room. Non of them hold a candle to the Zero Escape series, but unlike what most say is just randomly picking options, there is logic to them. Just a few occassions where the right choice is "LOL so Random". I would never recommend this for full price, and even when I bought it for 27 euro I felt sorta cheated because it clearly was rushed at points. But right now it's 23 euro, and if you have the Zero Escape Trilogy I believe you can get an extra 10% off from the bundle. I would say it's worth it for that price. If you play normally it's around 30 hours I hear, but I did everything there is an played the puzzles multiple times so I about 65 hours.

@@Ziziwai TL; DR Do not go into this game expecting a serious room escape game like the Zero Escape series. The serious moments are there and when they are they are literally chill inducing with the atmosphere and soundtrack. But for the most part, expect to laugh a lot from the well-implemented jokes (and cringe at the constant focus on porno mags for the 4th time)

have you played Raging Loop?

Lol budget

I remember hearing that it was a glitch, but the game devs saw how people were meming and enjoying it, so they kept the glitch in.

@@sauce4279 - tbh I've been assuming that that's been the case with Bethesda Games for years, so it wouldn't surprise me.

See also: the glitch with Zero's identity in ZTD where it turns out it's something incredibly stupid.

and here I was thinking it was cause she goes crazy in the axe ending of the original game

No, Ghost Trick did not receive a sequel. ... Oh, you were talking about 999.

@@MaJuV Oh god.. Ghost Trick.. it has been 9 years of waiting..

way back when, emulators where the only way of playing 999... so I didn't know that was an issue

and here I am playing the ds versions on the actual ds and suffering

Actually, the game does have a built-in text-skip function. Just press R+B. At least the 3DS versions do after you have gotten at least one ending.

@@toumabyakuya3498 so I'm over here. Barely skipping through the dialogue. AND I COULDA GONE FASTER THIS WHOLE TIME

@@jfurycat Yeah. If I bad don't remember the game does tell you about this in the manual files that *nobody bothers to read.* This is a good reason why you should always read the manuals.

As far as I know, this is only canon to the European order of localised releases. If I remember correctly, Virtue's Last Reward was relelased in Europe for the Nintendo 3DS in November 2013 and sadly didn't include the English dub. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc was then released a few months later for PlayStation Vita in February 2014. So, in a way, Zero III existed before Monokuma is canon to us Brits and Europeans.

Which video?

Covering as in discussing? BC I need more discussion of this in my life

Did we all just got HACKED?! . Seriously, After Never 7 please play Ever17 with Himmel Patch. It's also very amazing. Might be a little boring at first (Too much Slice of Life) but the Character is so charming. The plot is crazy. Made me doubt, made me think and made me cried a lot.

@@user-ss6vj3yh4u Thanks for suggestion about patch. I was planning to play Ever17 but hopefully I'll keep in mind. Or just after commenting this I'll search at least for keeping in search result so I can remember about it.

Welcome to the future, your wish has been granted.

@@velvetphi eheheh, can't wait to play Nirvana (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞