ZTD Thread
I took the liberty of typesetting the translation that was posted yesterday. Some stuff wasn't translated, so we're still missing some small bits here and there.
Also, the official site is now online.
http://zerotimedilemma.com/
>>335813607
It also looks like the launch date is only for 3DS and Vita.
Someone please remind me what the point of Akane being number 9 and Santa being zero had.
It's not like it affected the events in any way and even then everything was just Snake's conjecture
>>335813607
Cant wait.
day1 pirate for sure
>>335814183
Disgusting
>>335813607
>no PC version on 06.28
>>335814126
No functional purposes it seems, just for more shock value for the reader.
>>335814126
Santa's 0 bracelet was probably a master key of sorts. It was needed for some operations I suppose
>>335818035
But there is no reason for it to be number 0
Why risk being exposed instead of just using the numbers that the display showed?
Their numbers added up to 9 anyway
Well, /v/ ?
>>335819137
>50% chance to save 2 people or just 1
>100% chance to save just Sigma
>There are people that won't pull the trigger
What's your play order gonna be? I'm obviously gonna mix it up later, but I'll probably go
Q > C > D
>>335819509
Uh... well, you already posted mine. Good taste
>>335813729
>Press the button or don't press the button
>Perhaps letting time run out is also an option
Fuck fuck fuck
>>335819509
Don't know the team names, but I'll play the route with the all new characters first, VLR characters after that and 999 characters in the end.
>>335820635
Q > D(iana) > C(arlos)
Not that hard
>>335813607
>Rapped in an enclosure
>>335813913
So, now details for the PC version yet? Hoping for a fast PC release, so I could sell my Vita.
>>335819509
Carlos since he probably is the default MC for a good reason
After that D for best girl Phi
Lastly Q because everyone knows it will have the most tweests
>6 billion
>>335821917
Horrifying
>>335814126
Red herring to throw you off, especially since at that point in time you're believing Santa is zero and not Akane.
>>335822025
Yeah, homosexuality is horrifying.
>>335822185
t. "oppai or nothing" shitter
>>335822327
Calm down geezbump
>>335813607
Translation anon here, I can fill in the blanks when I get home. Thanks for doing all that, you're a gem
>>335823575
No problem, big fan of the series.
>>335820776
Zero Escape 4: 9 DJs, 9 Beats, 9 Songs
>>335819509
C is ny most anticipated team, so I'm gonna try and save them for last. I'm probably starting with Q since they're the most unknown. But in reality, I'll probably end up jumping between all of them out of excitement.
why is there no /zero escape general/?
>>335824698
Some fag tried to start it but we don't need.
Now /havng/ is something I'd like.
>>335824698
The universe is really restricted and it's kinda niche. /v/ is fine for the occasional threads.
>>335824698
-no steady stream of content or news
-would likely devolve into waifu/consoleposting worse than we have now
-relatively small fanbase
these threads are best in short bursts anyway, more than 1 a day and 1 at night is overkill unless we just got a trailer
Who /donewithplayingtheactionhero/ here?
>>335825756
I
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grew up.
>>335825756
>>335825876
Every night since the trailer dropped, I lie awake, thinking how much better the dub would be if Carlos and Junpei switched VAs.
>>335826105
Junpei's fits his old self voice though.
>>335813624
I kind of wish there was no global flow chart. Or at least one that automatically moves each story fragment into its proper place. I'd we have to figure out which spot goes where.
So, who are you guys gonna kill first?
I'm gonna start with Team C and choose Junpei since I'm curious what her reaction to him dying would be.
>>335820776
>>335824287
Haha, I was so excited to get to work that I didn't stop to eat, and it kinda got to me, hence the dumb typos sprinkled throughout
>>335826709
Mira no
>>335824287
>9 DJs, 1 Beat, 9 Songs
Fixed.
>>335824698
Generals are always a terrible idea. Just look at what happened to smtg, jrpg, or drg.
>>335826709
Team C and let the timer run every single time. Carlos is no murderer.
>>335819509
QDC
Saving Carlos for last.
>>335826692
People are already confused enough by Sigma's time leaps (not that I blame them), even after Akane spelled it out.
Can you imagine how baffled we'd all be if there was no set timeline?
While I work on filling in the blanks in the scan, here's some sad news about the preorder booklets I translated a while back. This is from the Japanese ZTD site:
"a limited edition booklet, packed with retrospectives and valuable materials from writer Kotaro Uchikoshi" ;____;
"a retrospective from writer Kotaro Uchikoshi, details on the communal life at the test facility Dcom that couldn't be included in the game, all made clear?! also includes signed art and concept materials from the game's character designer, Tomono Rui. a summary of previous games, background designs, and a book-only 'puzzle' are also included."
*designs are throughout the book. (as opposed to being individual prints, i think?)
*design and specifications are subject to change without notice.
*copies are limited. they will only last until they are sold out.
>>335828227
Pretty good. Pre-ordered that game as well, no regrets.
>>335828227
See, shit like this seriously pisses me off. Why the fuck doesn't the English version of the game come with this? I'd honestly rather have that than the watch.
>>335820838
I'm just hoping it's not to PC heavy.
2GB ram is suffering.
>>335828227
>japan doesn't buy your game
>give them a lovingly crafted preorder bonus anywway
>>335828927
>psu/mobo shat itself
>gonna have to update vita and lose ecfw
ZTD better be worth it.
Please don't let the thread die before we have the missing translations
>>335830304
it's okaywe just have to jump
>>335830304
Thanks. They're nothing crucial, but here:
>>335813607
Large black/red text: 3 Systems that Shape the Story
>>335813624
Under Diana: Please choose a Story Fragment
>>335813729
Large black text: The puzzle's solution
Under Item: [Driver head] [Driver grip]
Text box: Items that want to be combined are in a red box
Red speech bubble: If you combine multiple items...
Combining some items can turn them into a new one with new effects. Some may even reveal surprising uses when inspected.
(Also, "The coin's color is..." is in that black bar above Carlos)
>>335813729
Red text next to Betty: "Betty, the robot heading for the live bomb"
Screenshot: I'm sorry, I can't tell what he's saying here either, it looks like he's just making noises?
Large Red Text: Escape
Little tape thing next to TEAM Q: Story Intro
Red text by Team Q screencap: What is the fate of these divided 3?
Their character bios are the same ones they've been using, so no new info there, but I can write them out if needed
>>335831371
They're probably on the official site, so that's not needed.
Thanks man
>335831527
Yeah, they are, which is nice
>>335813729
Next to Diana: "Among the players..." (not sure what this is referring to though)
Also, the white bars under pages 1, 3, and 4 are, respectively: ZTD system specs and prices, a recap of 999, and a recap of VLR
Has anyone played Root Double? I'm curious since it's written by Uchikoshi's buddy and co-writer for the ever17 series, but I also hear it's 50 hours of straight reading for a mediocre payoff.
>>335813729
What does the coin even do? What happens if you guess the wrong side? Does it determine where your team goes?Is it just a tutorial?
Let's talk about something different here.What do you think the overall review score is going to be on sites like IGN?
>getting injected with a drug in the same spot multiple times with a serum
and I thought the VLR braclets gave me the heeby-jeebies
>>335832546
Not that it affects my enjoyment at all, but VLR scored quite high, like a 9.5 on IGN. Most other places I've seen have given it at least an 8, so I imagine ZTD will do the same.
>>335832546
IGN gave VLR a 9.6 I believe. I have a feeling ZTD will score lower due to the graphics and the non-VN style stuff.
>>335832546
Lower than the previous two. I'm thinking 6 to 7.5. The graphics / animations are gonna sink it on big sites.
This game is going so fucking cool. When's the release date again?
>>335833482
June 28
>>335833124
Why does he look like a fuckboy from a 70s sitcom?
>>335833619
Because he is. Everyone but Eric is secretly an actor on a prank show, and no one actually dies (that's why Carlos says that).
Trust me, my dad is Aksys.
>>335833619
the only thing Eric is good at is worshipping Mira and scooping ice creams, he can't into fashion
>>335833619
At least he's handsome unlike Junpei.
I remember Saturn saying once that each and every fragment has 3 segments: The narrative segment, the escape segment and the decision segment.
If that's true, then this game would have a minimum of 30 escape rooms and decisions.
That's almost twice as many escape rooms when you compare it to VLR...good to know, huh?
>>335834660
Hopefully he's right. I'm trying to have low expectations, so I can only be pleasantly surprised.
>>335834660
But how? 30 story-altering decision games would call for waaaay too many endings, and result in some choices just not mattering. And considering they're really trying to drive it home just how big these decisions are, the latter is hard to believe.
>>335834660
>>335834952
Not to mention, all that is a LOT to accomplish in one 90min fragment.
>>335834952
I think there's gonna be a lot of immediate dead ends if you let the wrong person die, unfortunately.
I'm just curious how this works out to 7 main endings. Do two people just not count? Are they gonna do couple endings in one? That would actually make sense:
Junpei / Akane ending
Mira / Eric Ending
Sigma / Phi ending
Q ending
Carlos ending
Diana ending
Except for I doubt we continue playing a timeline if our protag dies, so... Who knows.
>>335835265
>Except for I doubt we continue playing a timeline if our protag dies, so... Who knows.
I have a hard time believing that Q/Carlos/Diana won't ever die.
Although Carlos sure seems convinced about it.
>Carlos knows he's a protagonist
>Therefor he won't die
>>335835401
Oh, I think they'll die, but I think those will be game overs like VLR's bad ends.
>>335835265
In the second trailer, Carlos tells Eric to shoot him, which would probably trigger a decision.
Maybe you'll get to play as Ericif Q dies.
>>335835543
Diana's also in the room, though.
>>335835543
That scene was really interesting, because you could see people from all 3 teams (Carlos, Eric, Diana) in one place, and clearly some shit had already gone down. Maybe each team's puzzle rooms lead them back to a central area, and if enough people haven't died to reach 6 passwords, they're encouraged to kill each other?
>>335835543
>>335835808
You see Diana, Eric and Carlos in the same room. Diana and Carlos are the leaders of their respective teams, so why is Eric there? It's probably because Q died in that timeline, and since then Eric took over as leader.
>>335835981
So, that could be from another team's perspective, but still in the same timeline, right? If that makes sense?
>>335836059
I think so. It could happen in any one of the teams' timelines, soyou might not actually get to play as the best boy, but rather witness it
This scenario could happen in Team D and C.
If it happens in Team Q, though, you might actually be able to play as Eric.I know this is all just wishful thinking, but you never know.
>yfw ZE3 is literally two months away
>mfw I have no face
>>335835543
>tell Eric to shoot you
>punch his face in
>make out with Diana
Eric is a nobody.
>>335837346
>touching Sigma's wife
https://twitter.com/Aksys_June/status/725767474038231040
Wew
>>335814126
It's like >>335822183 says, a red herring to throw both you and Junpei off.
>>335837557
What's Sigma gonna do about it?
Carlos won't die.
>>335837591
Wew lads, 40 hours
>>335826709
THERE'S NO POINT IN LIVING
WHEN YOU LOSE THE ONE YOU CARE ABOUT
THE MOST
I propose all ZTD threads should start with this image.
>>335838087
Q better be q shota.
>>335837949Uh. Sorry. But I am. Done. With playing the. Action. Hero.
Does this series have one big story or are they unrelated to each other?
I played the first game a long time ago and I have nothing to play VLR on, but I'd be interested to play the third one on PC
>>335838520
They're unrelated but related at the same time.
The games are designed for people to play without actually knowing what the games are all about, but you'd obviously get a better experience out of it if you do.
But yeah, it is one big story.
>>335838520
Yeah they're all connected.
You could watch the stream that's happening in a month to get up to speed with the story.
>>335838520
You won't even be able to understand Sigma and Phi if you don't play VLR
You should wait for the possibility of a VLR PC port
>>335835401
This reminds me, team D has 11 fragments while C has 13, would this mean that Diana dies more than Carlos?
Has there been any new news on the watches yet? i'm dying here
>>335838992
Can't spell death without D.
>>335835265
>Sigma / Phi ending
Sounds like VLR timeline.
>>335826709
I might kill off Akane first just for traditions sake, and to see if edgy Junpei acts any differently to it than usual.
>>335839606
Other way around for me.
Kill Jumpy to see how Akane reacts
>>335835265
999 didn't have character focused endings, we might get something in that vein.
Your suggestion is interesting though, which three people do you think will survive in the main endings? How many of them will even have people surviving?
>kill akane in front of jumpy
>junpei: YOU FUCKING SON OF A BITCH, I-I'LL FUCK YOU UP
>he then feels incredibly depressed for the remainder of the 90 minutes.
>kill jumpy in front of akane
>akane: ...oh.
>akane feels indifferent to what happened
>>335840725
The trailer implies that she doesn't take it well.
>>335840725
You forgot about >>335837949
>>335840867
She's clearly talking about Carlos or Gab.
>>335840725
>Implying Akane won't just kill herself if Junpei dies because she deems it a worthless timeline
>>335840725
>akane feels indifferent to what happened
Is she fucked up after witnessing the deaths of herself and countless others, again and again? Yeah. Is Junpei right to be upset with her? Yes.
But we need to end this meme where Akane doesn't care at all about Junpei just because she chose to save humanity over a happily ever after with him.
>>335840980
If you keep posting this in every single thread maybe it will convince Uchi that she doesn't actually care about Junpei even if Uchi himself confirmed it
>>335840980
>Schrodinger's cat
>Rabbit on the moon
What do you think the deal with the dog is going to be this time?
>>335841243
This is my first time posting this, anon.Did I post that in another timeline or something?
>>335841446
I meant people posting that Akane doesn't care about Junpei
People used to like her and pair her with Jumpy before ZTD announcement
What the fuck went wrong?
What are some theories you had while playing 999/VLR that ended up being wrong?
I thought Quark really was a little shit and that Dio was telling the truth about him.
>>335841583
Memes anon
I mean, no one takes 12 inches Sigma or trap Phi seriously, but people still find fun in shitposting about it.
>>335841752
Quark was a failed Left clone.
>>335841092
>just because she chose to save humanity over a happily ever after with him
Honestly I don't see why she wouldn't include Junpei along with Humanity.
Plus she can pretty much see the future, and probably knew Radical 6 wouldn't kill her Jumpy that easily.
>>335841583
NTR and Cuckolding stated to rise in meme power
>>335841752I actually thought Dio was just a red herring and not actually evil.I legitimately thought he was just an asshole who wanted to get out of the game with terrible luckI also believed in that story he told K about his child
>>335841849
Same. Basically I was expecting more tweests behind Quark, who instead was literally nothing but Junpei's new emotional crutch.
>>335841752
Tenmyouji must clearly be an old Santa because he has white hair.
I clearly forgot about what happens to people as they age.
>>335841934
She needed 999 game because if she hadn't she would have died and VLR because she needed Sigma to get gud
She is probably aiming to save both in ZTD
So do you think letting a timer run out will generate a third mini-outcome or extra dialogue or something? Something significant beyond a specific sentence or two commenting about letting a timer run out instead of making a decision, obviously.
>>335841934
Junpei made it pretty clear that he didn't want to spend his life orchestrating an event to change the future of a different timeline, he made a point of making the best of the life you're given. Too bad he wasted his life looking for Akane.
>>335842283
If I had to guess:
-Zero flips his coin to decide for you
-If they are both bad outcomes, both will happen
-Someone else in your team will make a choice for you
>>335841752
I thought Alice obviously was All-ice.
>>335842283
I don't know, I'm almost expecting Zero to call you a faggot for letting people get killed over your indecision.
>>335842283
In the gun dilemma's case, I think Sigma and Phi will be arguing over what Diana should do (Sigma trying to convince Diana to pull the trigger and Phi trying to convince her not to).
Depending on how much time there would be on the timer (let's say 6 minutes), maybe it'll be 6 minutes of pure arguing, and that'd be cool.
>>335842283
Consider the timer is set at 7 minutes in a screenshot, I assume there's going to be dialogue and arguing until the timer runs out or a decision is made.
>>335841583
Junpei became a cuck meme and then ZTD actually announced he had turned edgy.
>>335837591
>>335837824
Is probably going to be around 30+ hours, 40 if you suck.
Fine by me.
>>335841092
>Akane taking it easy with Sigma while Junpei has to work his ass off to syrvive while taking care of Quark
Guys she totally cares about him XD
>>335843312
Same as VLR then. I don't really expect all fragments to contain a puzzle room, since there are about twice as many fragments as there were puzzles in VLR.
>>335840648
For my suggestion, the people named in the pair endings plus one of the other leaders, I guess. That would be it since 6 have to die. Also, I only wrote out 6 endings because I'm an idiot. The seventh would be the inevitable true ending where everyone lives.
Now, non-character focused endings is something I didn't consider and would be interesting. I doubt it would just be important objects like 999's knife / axe / sub, etc. What do you think the endings could revolve around?I'm still holding out hope for a complete joke ending that's hard to achieve a la the dog ending. Like an ending where Zero III announces that it was all a set up for a surprise birthday party for Diana or something.
>>335842783
>Tfw we will have to pull the trigger on Sigma
>Tfw if it actually shoots we will have a GUARANTEED bad ending
>>335843991
Don't worry anon, you could always let Phi burn to death instead!
Wait, so if they get injected with amnesia every 90 mins, do they forget the whole situation they are in or just whatever new clues they learned? Will they have to go thru the introductions and stuff every 90 mins?
>>335844304
Yes, except Carlos.
>>335844304
>"90 minutes. When next you wake, you will have forgotten everything that just happened here
Quote from Zero, so yeah, probably everything.
>>335844304
That's what we're here for.
>>335844304
Yes, no, apparently they spent 6 days together before.
>>335844304
The article says they'll forget everything that happened in the last 90mins
>>335844304
They spent like a week together before the game begins.
So they don't need an introduction each time, they already know what's going on.
The introduction will probably be in the prologue if there is one, a day or two before the bracelets activate for the first time.
>>335841752
I thought Phi was some kind of robot or alternate universe Santa, but then I lost my shit when she said "Oh, it's this timeline..." I thought K would be Seven, Snake, or Junpei.
>>335845032
>>335844687
What I don't get about this is Q. Eric and Mira doesn't seem to know him.
I want to know what the fuck is up with that ring
>>335843910
Well, we know there's an ending leading to VLR, where Diana thinks 6 are dead but 5 of them survives. There's also the trailers showing Q, Sigma and Eric, and Diana, Eric and Carlos. There could be endings where Mira/Eric and Akane/Junpei survives with some other team leader too, the structure you suggested is one way of doing the endings.I almost want a joke ending too but it would feel out of place in a game where all the endings actually happens
>>335845685
What ring?
>>335845685
gotta dump it into the R6 vat to prevent Zero 0's resurrection
>>335845897
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8z9yogpeUA
0:31 (Akane's hand)
0:46
It was one of the 4infinity words and she also used a ring in VLR.
>>335841953
I think it was genius how most of us were rused into him being a red herring only to turn out to be a villain in a completely different way than expected.
>>335845032
Well... That could also be part of the big twist. Revealing that something happened during the days they lived together, and we don't find that out till the end. Similar to howVLR's true ending takes place before anything else on the timeline.
>>335845787
Honestly, I'm just excited because I can't figure out how it's gonna work. 61 days can't pass fast enough. Oh, and though this seems less likely now due to the artstyle change, I've been hoping since day 1 that the VLR ending actually shows some scenes from the lead up to VLR(like Sigma talking to Akane at the HQ, or Sigma placing Phi in the elevator)or at least plays VLR's main theme over the credits.
>>335846306
It didn't have any purpose in VLR, so I'm guessing it's more of a personal memento to Akane like the Phi's brooch and the bluebird necklace. It's probably going to symbolize some theme or story relevant in ZTD.
>>335846306
Holy shit, I just realized that you see Diana outside of the facility at 0:57. So there's a shot from an ending.
>>335846770
yup the ending that gives us VLR, so technically it isn't a spoiler.
>>335846770
That was 6 BILLIONS and obviously the VLR ending, the one we know about.
>>335846306
>0:31 (Akane's hand)
I didn't even notice this. Strange, considering how clean and alive they all are, this probably is a shot from early on, but she's not wearing the ring in her official art.
>>335839019
https://twitter.com/Aksys_June/status/725816311549284352
>>335841752
After you found out about Akane, I thought Zero Sr. was Santa
>>335847783
>up for 1 day
>the middle of July when the game was barely announced
>at 10:30 EST and selling out in minutes
>On one site
>lol that's it limited release!
What?
>>335848173
They restocked them several times, I watched them go out of stock before my eyes several times because I didn't have a credit card at the time.
>>335848173
They did the same with VLR. I had to have my girlfriend buy it since I was in class.
>>335848331
When were they restocked? In July still?
Fuck I hope they have some secondary way to release them like the "extra stock" VLR watches.
>>335848173
What's more, I don't even think Aksys formally announced it. I saw the Amazon link on
>>335813607
How much you wanna bet Carlos is trying to get his hands on Radical 6 to cure his sister of FBR?
>>335814126
It was never proven to be true, despite the game acting like it was. The only piece of "evidence" is the coffin code squared.
>>335849172
Santa going berserk to reach the RED when Junpei ruses everyone at door 3 really has no other explanation other than the bracelet numbers being 0 and 9 instead of 3 and 6.
>>335848775
Shit, that makes a ton of sense. Hell, what if (unbeknownst to Carlos) she's not even really sick and it's all a big Free The Soul set up to get the virus?
>>335848775
I kinda hope FBR isn't another Big Pandemic, I feel like two of those in two games is overkill, you know?
i'm going to an escape room with coworkers tomorrow
how should i prepare?
>>335849350
Other than keeping up the facade that he's actually a player? Considering that's what Lotus and Clover did, anyone would have done that in that situation, especially someone with his personality. It's some evidence, but not conclusive.
>>335849793
Look under everything. Even if they tell you that thinks don't require force to find, there's usually at least one piece that does. Don't mess with any square like diagram until you know what you are doing because it's probably a QR code. Make sure you have a QR reader and signal in the building.
>NO CLOVER
Canceled my preorder.Not really..
Aksy_June said someone spoiled the whole Real Zero Escape game on neogaf. Does anyone have a link to a write-up with spoilers? I'm not in any position to go.
>>335850303
>https://twitter.com/Aksys_June/status/725816311549284352
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=201523598&postcount=200 Here ya go honeybun
>>335850581
Thank you kindly Zeronon
Have a nice tragedy
>>335850581
Who you calling Honeybun?
>>335823575
Yo, if you want, people'll love it if you post 'em on OpBB! I could share your post if you want.
>>335850885
Not you, B.O.
>>335851137
Best English Voice Actor.
>>335851060
Did you have their tumblr or Facebook page in mind? I've been thinking about posting it to my tumblr, I can shoot you a link when I'm done
>>335851356
>>335851583
w w w dot facebook dot com forward slash operationbluebirdze3
You could just post on there whenever you finish and I'll share it after making sure there aren't any Loss jokes hidden in it.
>>335851661
Oh, a tumblr works too, even better! Granted, I might be workin', so I could take a while, but people were getting excited at the last Famitsu scans we posted, so they'd appreciate it a lot. Whenever is convenient, dude, just post it on our page.
>>335851885
Hey Saturn, can you confirm/deny/better explain this >>335834660? Thanks.
>>335849751
I'm hoping it has more of a relation to having affinity to morphogenetic field.
Like, if you're not adapted to it like Akane and Sigma are, you experience something akin to dementia.
Imagine having a little sister who thinks you're dead because she perceived a timeline where you died in a fucked up car crash or something but she sees you right there and she basically loses all grasp of reality and screams bloody murder whenever she sees you because in her eyes she saw you die in eleven different ways or something. .
>>335851661
any word on a steam release date? is it a simultaneous release?
>ZE cosplayers
>>335852849
ayyyy
>>335852849
I like this one myself
>>335852849
Luna and the second Akane are pretty alright.
Zero the III looks like 2 people on each others shoulders in a suit
Post best girl
>>335852849
>>335852941
>>335852959
>>335834660
>>335852205
Yep, that's true as far as I know. Fragments, at least from what we saw and were told, share the same basic CQD structure.
Since everything is out of chronological order, they open up with the Cinema stage to briefly get the player up to speed on the situation.
Next is the Quest stage, which is just the usual "Seek a way out!" puzzle you're all used to by now.
After finishing your Quest, you get the the Decision portion, where you have a short cutscene plays that explains the risks and rewards of your potential choices. This leads into a QTE where you must decide your choice in 10 seconds. Failure to decide still counts as a decision in the sense that you abstain.
So yes, each Fragment seems to just be the same CQD structure. Whether this changes for special ending Fragments or something, idk. Some Fragments differ in that not every D stage will just have 2 results. As mentioned before in the "Shoot Sigma's Brains Out" Decision that was mentioned after the San Fran event, some choices will have risks represented by random outcomes.
The flowchart shown off a while ago shows that most Fragments will have 2 paths to follow, but if you look closely, you can actually identify the Team D route by finding the Fragment that has THREE possible routes, being "Don't Shoot", "Shoot Blank", and "Shoot Live Ammo".
So in conclusion, yep, I said that. Whether or not certain rooms are reused, idk (The goal for each team is the X Door, so maybe they palette swap that puzzle, not sure.), but from what I quickly read from the debug menu briefly shown off at the event, the number of rooms could potentially be in the high thirties. Don't quote me on that, but given the 10ish fragments that each team has, it's a safe bet, so get hype!
>>335852374
No concrete details known, just speculation. They mumbled and grumbled when I asked about a possible 999 and VLR port, so maybe they're trying to figure out if they should bother with that first?
>>335853162
It's a damn crime how little appreciation this glorious bastard gets
>>335853675
>>335853653
That sounds great, but in that case I guess most rooms might be easier/shorter than the ones in VLR (or 999 even) since the game looks to be around 30-40 hours still. Thanks for the info.
>tfw will never own the 999 or VLR watch
So glad I didn't miss this one.
>>335833619
Plot twist, they're in the 70s and not actually in 2028
>>335853653
>Cinema Quest Decision
>CQD
The absolute madmen.
>>335853937
Maybe, but Uchi did say in my Q&A with him that they hired two professional creators for ZTD.
If it does stay around the same length as VLR, I think that'll be due to the more streamlined presentation of the game. Based on the Fragment system and the story progression based mainly on people dying, I'm assuming there'll be a lot less of those "Snake died!" or "Quark is flipping out!" scenes that you have to watch a million times across all the routes.
>>335854362
YEAH, I KNOW! I felt really goddamn dumb when it clicked with me, it was there the whole goddamn time.
>>335853675
He was my favorite character by far, even after the reveal of how he's the asshat donglord behind the first game
>>335841953
I like the foreshadowing here that Sigma's arms are skinny as fuck because he's an old man now.
>>335854538
But the arms are robotic ones made to look youthful. It's just a crappy 3D model.
>>335854460
>I'm assuming there'll be a lot less of those "Snake died!" or "Quark is flipping out!" scenes that you have to watch a million times across all the routes.
Thank god. VLR was great but the game really started to lag exactly because of scenes like that. The horror elements in these games are cool, but VLR lost a lot of that impact just because of how fucking often you were thinking "Oh, THIS bit again."
>>335854524
>asshat donglord
>donglord
>December 31, 2028. Nevada desert. Nine people have been living and performing experiments for the past five days in the Dcom facility. On the sixth day, they discover they are trapped in confinement rooms, an unfamiliar black bracelet strapped to their left wrists. A mysterious figure in a mask appears before them, demanding that they play the “Decision Game.”
What, so Sigma joined the facility literally the same day he was gassed in his car?
So I replayed 999 last weekend and now I'm replaying VLR. The last time I played them was in 2012.
999 seemed really flat and boring the second time around, not sure why. But VLR is sucking me in again.
>>335854970
Wasn't he gassed on christmas or the day after?
>>335854970
It was a long day anon.
>>335855047
December 25th at like 2am or something
Because his computer decided to eat shit and his professor was a Buddhist faggot
>>335855115
Who the fuck would be on campus during christmas? What if Santa saw you awake, dude
>>335855228
SANTA ISN'T REAL
GET OUT OF HERE BIG BOSS
>>335855228
Gotta do what you have to for a PHD
>>335854970
I wonder where he lived. It might've been a long way to Nevada for a single day, although I'm sure Crash Keys already had an helicopter ready and the DCom data rigged so that Sigma would be registered as a participant.
>>335855354
Fucking dumb clothes.
>>335855228
what if Santa was the one in charge of gassing and capturing Sigma on Christmas?
>>335855710
Hey man, he just got those shoes
>>335855707
He was in California.
It's not said he's from there, but he was living there and attending university to get his PhD
>>335855803
>shoes
They're clearly boots
>>335855872
Thanks, I had forgot that. It wasn't too long a trip then.
>>335851885
Ok nevermind, I can't seem to get Tumblr to upload the images without resizing the heck out of them. Would it work if I just posted it to your FB page as an imgur album?
why do you autists like spoiler the plot of games before you play them?
>>335856582
It's just a game before the game, it's theory-crafting. We're only trying to solve some of the mysteries of the game based on the small clues they've given us through trailers and interviews. It's____fun
>>335856582
Because we want the world to know that Phi is hiding something.
>>335856326
Yep, that works! I start my shift soon though, so forgive me if it takes a while to "officially" share them.
>>335857042
>>335855956
>Failing to get the 999 reference
>>335857094
No worries! I went ahead and posted, thanks for passing them along
>>335857257
Saw it, thanks! Is that only the first one though? I'm only on mobile atm, sorry, ha.
>>335857216
I got it, I just ignored it toshitpost and bump the thread
>>335857489
Nah you're right, I goofed, it should be good now tho. Sorry for all the hassle
>>335857676sometimes i do that too
i shitpost because i love these games
>>335857736
>hassle
Dude, you're FINE. Thanks for the work, I'll make a post on my break, gtg. I'll try to answer any other questions next thread, glad to see the threads are getting better. Last one I saw was console war nonsense, just terrible. Adios!
Going with my negro Sigma as my first team.
>>335858089
Saturn have my kids.
>>335858137
ZTD Sigma is always frowning, poor guy. Will he ever be relaxed and happy again?
>>335858194
I've never filled out an adoption application before, sumimasen, anon.
>>335858416
He's there to get shit down to business. Of course he's serious.
I wanna be friends with phi :3
>>335858464
Oh that's a shame, these damn brats won't stop bullshitting me.
>>335858510
I want young Sigma to tell me about the termites.
>>335858582
I heard Cradle is having some babysitting program on a boat, you should look into it.
>>335818035
this seems especially likely considering that he had to do that stuff with snake and nijisaki
I just read K's monologue about his parents and I almost started crying..
>>335858582
>>335858731
>Humans are just like ice cream flavors.
>Many are sweet...
>Some can be bland...
>Others are filled with chocolate chips...
>And some are just spoiled rotten... isn't that right Brat?
Just finished 999 and I loved it, wanted to get started on the sequel but sadly it handhelds only. Shit. PC port when?
>Call me Papi.
What did he mean by this?
>oh shit, we have 90 minutes before we lose our memories, better get down to business
>BUT FIRST LET'S TALK ABOUT SCHRODINGER'S CAT AND PRISONER'S DILEMMA AND
>90 minutes pass
>they all pass out without any significant progress>Fragment Completed!
Please don't tell me it will actually do this. I like the philosophy in Zero Escape too, but don't you think there's a better time and place to talk about stuff like that? It's a cool think to talk about for 5 or 10 minutes, but they drag it out for far longer than needed.
>oh no we're about to freeze to death, MIGHT AS WELL TALK ABOUT DRY ICE
Give me a break.
>>335859641
>not new IP
No need to shitpost anon
>>335859641
>Playing 999 but not on a handheld
Seriously?
>>335859862
I remember being pissed that Lock's Socks didn't lead to anything in 999
