Maaaaan. Time to bail. I hope this game comes to Europe asap.
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Zero Time Dilemma (Zero Escape 3) featured in Famitsu
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Maaaaan. Time to bail. I hope this game comes to Europe asap.
Well, them being divided into three groups of three is the basic setup, so not a spoiler.
grim-tales
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Z rated? He was probably joking but holy shit - imagine an 18 (UK) rated ZE. 999 would probably be 15/PEGI 16.
My platform for this game is going to be entirely decided on EU release date. I played 999 + VLR on DS/3DS cause I think the dual-screen setup is too good to pass up
but if I'm forced to import a US copy to forsake the wait, it'll have to be on Vita. Plus I get a physical box, I guess.
and indeed it was necessary for 999
Bjoern the Smexy
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I don't think Uchikoshi was joking with that.
And I think 999 would probably be rated for ages 18+. The game doesn't have particularly gruesome visuals, but how they are described sounds very visual, like when the group looks at what's left of No. 9 in the beginning of the game. It made me very sick in my stomach having to read the description of his...remains.
So yeah, if ZTD is anything like that (which it probably will be), then I'm pretty sure that the game will be rated 18+ all across Europe.
grim-tales
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Yeah, some of 999's descriptions made me a bit sick and queasy too actually 
In the US is there a higher rating than M (Mature) like Adult, or something similar?
In the US is there a higher rating than M (Mature) like Adult, or something similar?
Funyarinpa
Member
I know but people in this thread are too good at connecting the dots ("I killed six people" to "Six people need to die for the group to win the game").
Yeah, some of 999's descriptions made me a bit sick and queasy too actually
In the US is there a higher rating than M (Mature) like Adult, or something similar?
There is an 'AO' rating, 'Adults Only' but I believe majority of the bigger retailers deny selling AO games so publishers shy away from releasing AO games as that would be a huge detriment to sales. At least that's how it was years ago, maybe it's changing with greater importance of digital distribution but I still don't think there are many AO games around.
Yeah, some of 999's descriptions made me a bit sick and queasy too actually
In the US is there a higher rating than M (Mature) like Adult, or something similar?
There is an AO-rating but that's reserved for games usually featuring more extreme cases of things like sexual content and in some cases the depiction of themes (Hatred has this rating despite no sexual content). Platform holders these days (or was it retailers?) have a policy of not allowing games with an AO rating on their platform so you that's why you usually don't see them.
CrimsonFist
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http://www.famitsu.com/news/201603/10100971.html Famitsu article with some screens. Scans of the full article should be around soon too.
issue 1423 of Famitsu is now available in the Book Walker App (iOS)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/book-walker-ebooks/id580775134?mt=8
if you want to buy it: make an account in the App, search for ファミ通 in the store, it’s €2,99 and Gran Blue Fantasy is in the cover.
obviously can't post scans, but the game looks great!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/book-walker-ebooks/id580775134?mt=8
if you want to buy it: make an account in the App, search for ファミ通 in the store, it’s €2,99 and Gran Blue Fantasy is in the cover.
obviously can't post scans, but the game looks great!
CrimsonFist
Member
And yes, the dog is shown in the scans
infinitys_7th
Member
VLR Spoilers
To be fair, do we actually know that
Brother is a man? At most I remember Dio saying he thinks he saw "him", but the world was destroyed by that point and Dio was pretty vague. I wonder if Brother is even alive then?
CrimsonFist
Member
There looks to be a scene select again, but interestingly it's not laid out in a linear flowchart like VLR's was.
Names confirmed from left to right.
Akane, Carlos, Junpei, Eric, Q, Mira/Mila, Phi, Diana, Sigma, Zero
3 protagonists confirmed as Q, Diana and Carlos. Each the leader of their respective team. All of them are new characters, they will learn about what happened during the last 2 games through conversations with the returning cast.
Dandy Crocodile
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I think Uchikoshi revealed it in a tweet a while ago.
short summary of the game-systems (all have the goal of giving the player a feeling of tenseness)
Escape Rooms are back
A new system where “Fragments” of the story are shown; many of them are locked and will unlock over the course of the game [ I think this is this game’s version of the timeline]
Fully voiced “Event Scenes” during the “Cinema Parts", similar to dialogue scenes from western dramas were the camera angle isn't fixed [the image of Carlos in front of the black background from the OP is an example of one of those Cinema Parts]
edit: new name of the game they are playing is "Decision Game"
Escape Rooms are back
A new system where “Fragments” of the story are shown; many of them are locked and will unlock over the course of the game [ I think this is this game’s version of the timeline]
Fully voiced “Event Scenes” during the “Cinema Parts", similar to dialogue scenes from western dramas were the camera angle isn't fixed [the image of Carlos in front of the black background from the OP is an example of one of those Cinema Parts]
edit: new name of the game they are playing is "Decision Game"
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
Does Phi wear a fucking Mickey Mouse costume or what?
I really hoped that would be a skirt. Now she just looks a bit too ridiculous
I really hoped that would be a skirt. Now she just looks a bit too ridiculous
It also says flowchart so yes
I wish someone could translate everything?
Good point
I'm still skimming the article for interesting stuff, most of it is already out there thanks to GSR's translation from yesterday.Good point
I couldn't be higher in the staircase you did long ago hahaha, give me the release dateeeeeeeeeeeeee
EDIT: yeah seems that it's going to be more cinematic also from the scans,mmm...
We will get answers for those open questions from VLR:
Still listed as tbd for Japan in the article
Why did Sigma loose both arms and an eye?
What's the connection between Sigma and Phi?
What happened in the test facility on New Years 2028?
Why did Radical 6 get releases?
What's the connection between Sigma and Phi?
What happened in the test facility on New Years 2028?
Why did Radical 6 get releases?
Still listed as tbd for Japan in the article
It's obvious that those questions were going to be answered but there are many many more.
That's the only thing I don't like about the scans lol.
Names confirmed from left to right.
Akane, Carlos, Junpei, Eric, Q, Mira/Mila, Phi, Diana, Sigma, Zero
3 protagonists confirmed as Q, Diana and Carlos. Each the leader of their respective team.
So going off screenshots and info from VLR, I'm assuming the teams are:
1: Carlos, Akane, Junpei
2: Q, Eric, Mila
3: Diana, Phi, Sigma
Sounds interesting, though I admit the 2nd team doesn't interest me nearly as much as team 1 and 3.
Probably similar to how you could choose the colored door you liked the most.
Seth Balmore
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Yes. You'll be forced to switch to a different team
after everyone in your current team is dead.
quick translation of the prologue:
December 31 2028 - the Nevada Desert. It’s been six days since cohabitation in the Dcom Facility started when the 9 characters wake up and find themselves locked up with a bangle on their left wrists. A person wearing a mask (Zero) shows himself and tells them that the “Decision Game” has begun. He calls it “A game that will determine if you, I and the rest of mankind will get to live or perish”
After that the characters are transported to an underground shelter were they will be housed and split up into three teams, labeled as C-Q-D.
Which team will survive in the end? The future of 8 billion people, all of mankind, will depend on their “Decisions”
edit: a bit more about the story/scenario
Six passwords are necessary in order to be able to return to the surface again. One password is given out after a person dies. Escape will be impossible if less then 6 people have died. It will be left up to the player to decide who will be sacrificed and if they will look for other ways (of escaping).
December 31 2028 - the Nevada Desert. It’s been six days since cohabitation in the Dcom Facility started when the 9 characters wake up and find themselves locked up with a bangle on their left wrists. A person wearing a mask (Zero) shows himself and tells them that the “Decision Game” has begun. He calls it “A game that will determine if you, I and the rest of mankind will get to live or perish”
After that the characters are transported to an underground shelter were they will be housed and split up into three teams, labeled as C-Q-D.
Which team will survive in the end? The future of 8 billion people, all of mankind, will depend on their “Decisions”
edit: a bit more about the story/scenario
Six passwords are necessary in order to be able to return to the surface again. One password is given out after a person dies. Escape will be impossible if less then 6 people have died. It will be left up to the player to decide who will be sacrificed and if they will look for other ways (of escaping).
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
Why is there suddenly Persona in this song?
Q has lost his memory and doesn’t know who he is. He is wearing a strange, round helmet. Q may look suspicious, but he's naive and friendly.
interesting tidbit: the 刻 in the subtitle was chosen because of the theme of ‘time” but also because the characters are split up into teams this time.
I think that should be all the new information from the article/interview.
interesting tidbit: the 刻 in the subtitle was chosen because of the theme of ‘time” but also because the characters are split up into teams this time.
I think that should be all the new information from the article/interview.
grim-tales
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So Q is our K/Seven this time round? Interesting....
UberTag
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Can anyone tell me what's up with Phi's eyebrows?Does Phi wear a fucking Mickey Mouse costume or what?
I really hoped that would be a skirt. Now she just looks a bit too ridiculous
They weren't exactly white in Virtue's Last Reward but here they seem to match Diana's hair color and it's weirding me out just a tad.
grim-tales
Member
Something's bothering me....
Having Zero stand with the cast is odd.
999/VLR spoilers
Having Zero stand with the cast is odd.
999/VLR spoilers
In these games its traditional/a pattern to cast suspicion that "Zero" is one of the main participants. This time we dont have that....
Dandy Crocodile
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Instead we have the possibility that it's somebody we've seen before from a past game. Santa? Snake? Who knows!
The "Fragments" system looks cool, but on first glance it seems much less clear than VLR's flowchart. Looking forward to seeing it in action, though!
The 3D in this game really is a step up from VLR...
EDIT: Whoops, looking again, there's a "flow" option as well which I'm guessing is linked to a more traditional flowchart.
The 3D in this game really is a step up from VLR...
EDIT: Whoops, looking again, there's a "flow" option as well which I'm guessing is linked to a more traditional flowchart.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
Looking at the scans, they confirm (not that we didn't know) that the woman in the announcement image is Diana.
Also Eric looks even CREEPIER now, if that's possible, while Mila is making me question my sexuality.
Also Eric looks even CREEPIER now, if that's possible, while Mila is making me question my sexuality.
grim-tales
Member
Mila is an angel, she's.. wonderful....
Funyarinpa
Member
Lmao at the people who were happy Mila was clothed from the waist down
LEGENDARY 3D, by the way. Looks amazing.
LEGENDARY 3D, by the way. Looks amazing.
looks like there’s a good chance the game really will be out this summer
https://twitter.com/Aksys_June
https://twitter.com/Aksys_June
looks like theres a good chance the game really will be out this summer
https://twitter.com/Aksys_June
Ohh boy, this and MH will keep my 3DS busy all summer. It sure is going out with a bang that's for sure.