![]() ![]() Occasionally you’ll be called upon to make a choice, which can affect the direction the story takes – there are six possible endings. The lower screen will display the prose of the story. 999 puts you in the role of Junpei, one of nine people imprisoned in a deadly game of survival.ĩ99 is story driven – the top screen will show a picture of your surroundings and any other character currently speaking, and their dialogue box. I’m just going to call it 999, like everyone else does. "ĩ99: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors is an interactive visual novel with one hell of a mouthful for a title. "9 people have been kidnapped by someone named Zero to take part in the “Nonary Game”, a lovely piece of mathematical idiosyncrasy involving the digital roots of numbers. Like any good novel though your own imagination quickly intertwines with the written word and the resulting experience is one of the most unique and affecting in recent memory.999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (DS) review We’re less enamoured of the character art though, with too many of the captives looking like Ace Attorney rejects, rather than desperate prisoners with only hours to live. Apart from the odd illogical diversion the story has a pace and drive unknown to most other games, even when all you’re doing is tapping the screen to move through the next paragraph of text. ![]() We’ll admit that the quality of the writing is still fairly poor compared to most other media but given the presumably tiny budget, and the sheer volume of text, the translation is still impressive. Without wishing to spoil anything the final reward for the best ending is truly worth the effort. In a sort of Groundhog Day effect you gain the ability to fast forward through text you’ve already seen and previously selected dialogue choices are greyed out. There are multiple different endings and you’re encouraged to uncover them all, not only to see how different decisions affect the outcome but to learn exactly what is going on and what the truth is behind everyone’s backstory. These are never as innocuous as they seem though and it soon becomes apparent that 999 rivals even Mass Effect 2 in terms of the effect your decisions have on the unfurling plot. ![]() ![]() That means a lot of text to read followed by a key decision, or sometimes an apparently trivial character interaction. Like most visual novels the plot plays out something like a Choose Your Own Adventure (or Fighting Fantasy if you prefer) book. ![]()
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