Around the beginning of this year, I finally got around to playing the Danganronpa series. What I first mistakenly confused for a regular run of the mill Visual Novel waifubait, turned out to be an incredible and memorable series full of surprises and headache inducing twists. I loved every minute of it, I even went as far as reading the DR0 translation. A few months after finishing V3, I had that itch for an experience as close to Danganronpa as possible. A bit later, the same people who recommended Danganronpa, recommended Zero Escape, and here I am.
I was a bit skeptical at first, wasn't sure what to expect with the focus on solving puzzles and the requirement of doing a few playthroughs in order to get to the true ending. I was pleasantly surprised with how it was handled. Different routes give you different groups of characters to learn about and connect to. In one route I learn about the game changer that is Snake's prosthetic arm, and in another route I learn about Lotus' children and a more in depth look at Seven's memories. I enjoyed the idea of being slowly fed information in different groups. The build up to the Ace reveal was a highlight. Once I saw the picture of Ace and his other associates, everything quickly came together. The identity of 9, Ace, Cap, and Not Snake all at once.
Regarding the ending, I was confused as events unfolded, but the entire story clicked once the game shifted to June/Akane's perspective. The safe ending really helped narrow down the 'true' purpose of this Nonary Game. I also loved the small details in regards to the correlation with the first Nonary game. The test subjects in Building Q in Nevada had to transfer the answer to those on the Gigantic. In Junpei's case, he transferred the message in Building Q back to Akane in the past who was on the Gigantic at the time.
Now for hasn't been solved yet. Junepei mentions Seven having a satisfied look on his face. Is it possible that Seven was in on it as well? There's also the case with who we saw at the end. It was Allice trying to hitchhike in the middle of the Nevada Desert. Does she actually exist then? Ace said that the Coffin was empty when he examined it. He only found a single fruit that supposedly helped him in some sort of experiment. Yet here she is standing in the middle of the Desert.
I hope some of my questions are answered as I continue to move forward.
Onto VLR.
I couldn't help but laugh when this showed up. It's just hilarious for no explainable reason
