Normally I have random little anecdotes about how i came across a game or past history with certain titles.....
not this one.... see this is all thanks to a good friend of mine. See he picks up everything that looks remotely interesting... a chunk of his collection is still in seran wrap cause he just doesn't have tiem to play all these games. However he said recently he was really into Visual novel style games and first he lent me 999:Nine persons, nine hours,nine doors. but i already wrote a review on that.... (long story short it's really good and you should go play it before the sequel comes out in october)... he also lent me two others games but that doesn't add to this story.... anyways after i returned it he immediately handed me this game: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective... and i proceeded to not play it for a good few weeks... with good reason.... i was reading a few novels and painting and starting a new job so i just didn't have time.
then a few days ago i decided time to pop it in and give this game a try.
1) why did it take me so long to hear of this games existance?
2) why did it take me so long to play it?
3) why is it so short?
4) how can it be this amazing?
um... yeah i really liked it... the style, the animation, the story, the twists (which I did see coming BUT not exactly) and that ending.... simply wonderful.
hm.... how to describe without spoilers.
You have just died (the game is called Ghost Trick so i count this as not a spoiler), it sucks and you can't change your fate, however you can change the fate of a girl who happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. With your new abilities as a ghost you can manipulate objects and save a life... hell it may even help you remember who you are since being newly dead means you can't remember your past...
however you have to try and remember your past before Dawn since thats when Ghosts disappear.
You meet a colourful cast of characters in hopes of finding yourself... too bad things never that easy and the more you try to find out about yourself... the less you seem to know.
and yeah saying any more then that would be giving away the pure fun that is this game.
Seriously if you have a way to play DS games or you find this on IOS play it! it's made by Capcom who also made the point and click gem known as the Ace Attorney series. It is really good but unfortunately around 6-8 hours long and if you are good at these type of puzzles you may be able to finish even faster.
oh i should mention it's an action based point and click puzzle game / visual novel.
at least thast how it felt to me... it probably gets labeled under 'adventure game' which i guess gets the point across but i like my description better...
now to sketch my character in the art style of this game for fun... cause the art style is so cool
Showing posts with label visual novel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label visual novel. Show all posts
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Completed: Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors
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Okay spoiler free.... or at least as much as i can be.
Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors (999) is a Visual novel game on the DS.
To define what a Visual novel is isn't easy since it can become a point and click or adventure game really fast... so i consider it a type of game that honestly barely needs a player... for example this games length is found completely in the story and most of the puzzles (especially after having beaten them once before) can be completed in a few minutes.
However the story is really really good.... like the title suggests there are 9 people who have 9 hours to traverse through 9 numbered doors... well kinda.... ah but no spoilers...
each person has a bracelet with a number, they use these bracelets to get through numbered doors... they have to make the numbers add up to the digital route of whatever number is on the door
ex. 1+8+6 = 15.... 1+5 = 6
so they could use that combo to get through door number 6 a minimum of three people need to participate but no more then five.... and everyone who clicks in must go through the door and deactivate the detonator.
oh did i mention is is one of a handful of M rated games for the handheld... yeah it is.
Anyways so there seems to be no connection to anyone at first until 6 arrive... it's a girl that the main character has known since childhood... oh and 2 and 4 are siblings... so at first you are given only two doors to go through and this is the best part of the game.... due to multiple branching paths this game has a lot of replay value since doing different things or in a different order yields different endings.
i had to play through the game 5 times to get all 6 endings.
and even on my last playthrough (which was after i managed to get the true ending) i still got new dialogue and info in rooms i had already done... yes the last run took less then an hour to get to the end (you can skip text you've already seen when you restart the game.) also i got the ending many recommend getting first as my last one.... though my first run did yield a bad end... like one that is called bad end.... most of these are bad ends to be honest...
The game does throw a lot of real world theories at you.... to the point where i had heard of quite a few of them... so thats fun... does mean a lot of text....
anyways i can't much more cause of spoilers so it's story time~
So I don't own this game, My friend lent it to me.... as well as Tales of vesperia and Ys 6.... anyways I was at his place playing P.Diva Dreamy Theater and telling him how i was like one room away from getting the ending that allows you to get true ending.... and how i hate when they give you sudoku type puzzles but no numbers and expect you to make everything add up to the same number in every direction.
so he chuckled. "whats so funny"
"i just remember the last puzzle of the game is a Giant Sudoku puzzle.... like with 9 squares and you have to turn your ds upsidedown... and it's timed.
at this point i'm at a loss for word.... but i know him.... i know he likes to pull my leg or tease me cause i can be pretty naive and gullible .... but honestly i couldn't tell.... i mean... it wouldn't surprise me if that was the case..... but i really hoped he was joking... i promised i would blow up on him either way.... one cause i suck at sudoku an the other cause he made me worry about how much i suck at sudoku...
all i'll say is at least he was wrong about it being timed... i took way longer then the announcer said...
but yeah the game is great and one of the best uses of replaying the game i've ever seen
i really look forward to the sequel Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward
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Yeah....
Okay spoiler free.... or at least as much as i can be.
Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors (999) is a Visual novel game on the DS.
To define what a Visual novel is isn't easy since it can become a point and click or adventure game really fast... so i consider it a type of game that honestly barely needs a player... for example this games length is found completely in the story and most of the puzzles (especially after having beaten them once before) can be completed in a few minutes.
However the story is really really good.... like the title suggests there are 9 people who have 9 hours to traverse through 9 numbered doors... well kinda.... ah but no spoilers...
each person has a bracelet with a number, they use these bracelets to get through numbered doors... they have to make the numbers add up to the digital route of whatever number is on the door
ex. 1+8+6 = 15.... 1+5 = 6
so they could use that combo to get through door number 6 a minimum of three people need to participate but no more then five.... and everyone who clicks in must go through the door and deactivate the detonator.
oh did i mention is is one of a handful of M rated games for the handheld... yeah it is.
Anyways so there seems to be no connection to anyone at first until 6 arrive... it's a girl that the main character has known since childhood... oh and 2 and 4 are siblings... so at first you are given only two doors to go through and this is the best part of the game.... due to multiple branching paths this game has a lot of replay value since doing different things or in a different order yields different endings.
i had to play through the game 5 times to get all 6 endings.
and even on my last playthrough (which was after i managed to get the true ending) i still got new dialogue and info in rooms i had already done... yes the last run took less then an hour to get to the end (you can skip text you've already seen when you restart the game.) also i got the ending many recommend getting first as my last one.... though my first run did yield a bad end... like one that is called bad end.... most of these are bad ends to be honest...
The game does throw a lot of real world theories at you.... to the point where i had heard of quite a few of them... so thats fun... does mean a lot of text....
anyways i can't much more cause of spoilers so it's story time~
So I don't own this game, My friend lent it to me.... as well as Tales of vesperia and Ys 6.... anyways I was at his place playing P.Diva Dreamy Theater and telling him how i was like one room away from getting the ending that allows you to get true ending.... and how i hate when they give you sudoku type puzzles but no numbers and expect you to make everything add up to the same number in every direction.
so he chuckled. "whats so funny"
"i just remember the last puzzle of the game is a Giant Sudoku puzzle.... like with 9 squares and you have to turn your ds upsidedown... and it's timed.
at this point i'm at a loss for word.... but i know him.... i know he likes to pull my leg or tease me cause i can be pretty naive and gullible .... but honestly i couldn't tell.... i mean... it wouldn't surprise me if that was the case..... but i really hoped he was joking... i promised i would blow up on him either way.... one cause i suck at sudoku an the other cause he made me worry about how much i suck at sudoku...
all i'll say is at least he was wrong about it being timed... i took way longer then the announcer said...
but yeah the game is great and one of the best uses of replaying the game i've ever seen
i really look forward to the sequel Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward
Thursday, 10 May 2012
9 hours 9 persons 9 doors
i beat it.... but wait... why didn't i call this completed?
well see the game has 6 endings.... i happened to get a bad end on my first try (thats what i get when i go with the flow~) but still the game is great and i wanted to say if you can find it go buy it now...
it is one of a handful of games rated M on the DS but seriously it's worth it.... but again.... i'll talk about it more once i've finished it all...
well see the game has 6 endings.... i happened to get a bad end on my first try (thats what i get when i go with the flow~) but still the game is great and i wanted to say if you can find it go buy it now...
it is one of a handful of games rated M on the DS but seriously it's worth it.... but again.... i'll talk about it more once i've finished it all...
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