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16.4.2017

The Nonary Games includes the first two games in the 'Zero Escape' series; 9 persons, 9 hours, 9 doors (999) and Virtues Last Reward (VLR). You may be wondering why the 3rd game ('Zero Time Dilemma') is not included in this collection and there does not seem to be any particular reason why it is absent considering it is supposed to be the final game in the series and is currently unavailable on PS4. Whilst Zero Time Dilemma’s absence doesn't make this a worthless collection, as each game can be enjoyed separately without playing the others, it does prevent this being a 'complete' collection and also means if you do want to play Zero Time Dilemma you will have to buy it for either 3DS or PSVita.Both 999 and VLR are essentially interactive novels where you have to solve puzzles to advance to story. The story in both games is fantastic and if it’s your first time playing the game you are never quite sure what is going to happen next. Each game has multiple endings and in order to learn the truth about what is happening you have to play the game multiple times; you can learn from the information you obtained in one ending to help you advance another. Playing multiple times may sound repetitive but the story can vary considerably in each ending and the games allow you to ‘skip’ text you have already seen to speed up the process. You can also leap to particular points in the story so you don’t have to start from the very beginning each and every time; the game gives you a very useful flowchart with visual icons showing you which endings you have seen and where you can make different choices which makes it even easier to progress the story and find different endings.The puzzles in game can vary from easy to challenging. Each puzzle segment has you attempting to escape from a ‘room’ –each room is different and has different puzzles to solve. There are always hints scattered through the room to help you solve the puzzle, the hints can be fairly obvious or obscure. Characters who enter the rooms with you offer hints to help you solve puzzles if you are stuck and in VLR there is an ‘Easy’ mode if you get too stuck. You could always look online too if a puzzle is too difficult.I played all the original games on DS and 3DS so was slightly worried about how it would transition to PS4 but thankfully my worries were mostly unfounded. Both games work well on the PS4 and for the most part it’s easy to point your cursor at points of interest when exploring rooms and solving puzzles. My only complaint would be that in VLR there are times when the controls seem unresponsive when you are trying to solve puzzles; in one instance I was attempting to solve a puzzle by getting shapes to make a parallelogram, this involved rotating and moving shapes to the correct places but it was almost impossible to get the shapes to line up and in the correct position with the joypad. Similarly, there is a notepad built in game which lets you draw notes but with a joypad it’s extremely difficult to make legible notes so a pen and paper is recommended. Despite these small hiccups for the most part the games are easy to control and translates well on PS4.The two games look good on PS4; 999 uses hand drawn sprites as the original did and VLR uses the character models. The graphics are unlikely to amaze anyone but still manage to present the game well and nothing appeared out of place to me. Both games are also fully voice acted in both English and Japanese and you have the choice to switch between the two. The voice acting is excellent and complements the story. The music is also great and fits the tense theme in both of the games.Overall the games in the collection are great and I’d highly recommend them both. If you are new to the series then this may be a good starting point – if you own a PS Vita is may be worthwhile looking into getting the collection for PS Vita as you would be able to purchase Zero Time Dilemma if you wanted to, however, as each game can be enjoyed without playing the others you wouldn’t necessarily have to buy the 3rd game. If you’re a long-time fan of the series and want to re-experience the story then this may be worthwhile, however, it’s difficult to say this is a ‘definitive’ version considering the absence of Zero Time Dilemma. Unfortunately I’m unable to say whether this collection is better or worse on PS Vita or PS4; I imagine the games play mostly the same but some people do prefer playing virtual novels on handheld consoles so that will be down to your personal preference. For me I got just as much enjoyment from 999 and VLR on PS4 as I did on the DS and 3DS and I enjoyed playing them both again.