Zero Escape: The Nonary Games

 PlayStation 4
User Score
8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 151 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 129 out of 151
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 151
  3. Negative: 21 out of 151
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  1. DrFriendless
    Dec 26, 2018
    4
    I tried Danganropa Reload before this, and was completely appalled by the lack of interactivity. It just seemed like I was hitting X to no good end. I was assured that the Nonary Games were better, and indeed they were. However there was still an awful lot of hitting X to be done.

    So I played the game for a while and solved some of the puzzles. Every now and then there seemed to be a    I tried Danganropa Reload before this, and was completely appalled by the lack of interactivity. It just seemed like I was hitting X to no good end. I was assured that the Nonary Games were better, and indeed they were. However there was still an awful lot of hitting X to be done.

    So I played the game for a while and solved some of the puzzles. Every now and then there seemed to be a choice to be made, but it wasn't clear to me what I was trying to achieve by those choices. And then all of a sudden the game ended, badly. Whut?

    So it seems that the choices were meaningful, and had I understood the consequences of them, I might have done better. However every other thing I had to do had been explained in such excruciating detail that I figured that these choices were of no great consequence.

    Now, I could go back and make different choices and achieve a different ending. But that would involve a whole lot more tapping X to get through the really boring stuff I've already seen. Sure, I could do some different puzzles, but the puzzles really weren't very good. So I have no motivation to return to this game. In fact I think I'll avoid anime games altogether, I am not seeing the value in them at all.    … Expand
  2. yBazara
    Jun 17, 2021
    0
    Planejo jogar! este incrivel joguinho :D
    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
  3. DaeGurth
    Mar 24, 2023
    0
    I love the first story, the second for reasons I cannot explain made me rolly my eyes. Still, its well worth the money.

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Metascore
87

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
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  1. GameCritics
    Jun 5, 2017
    85
    This is a fantastic presentation of two top-notch virtual novels. My only major quibble is that player is never made aware of how important it is to play the two games in the correct order. It’s not enough to see a couple of endings in 999 – if players don’t make it to the true ending before moving on to VLR, it will be casually spoiled in the most off-handed way imaginable. Beyond that, very little goes wrong here, and I’d say that this one of the best visual novel experiences I’ve had.
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  2. Wccftech
    Apr 8, 2017
    83
    The Nonary Games contains two of the best-known escape room games (except for perhaps Crimson Room) together in a timeless package. The updates to 999 make it the most definitive version to date, although Virtue's Last Reward feels just the same as it did the first time around.
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  3. PlayStation Universe
    Apr 2, 2017
    90
    Developer Spike Chunsoft knocks it out of the park with The Nonary Games. The puzzles in both 999 and Virtue’s Last Reward are challenging and rewarding, but it’s their stories that really make you stop and think while trying to figure it all out.
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