I hope you guys beef up your Canada support in the future. We can't buy from your online site, we aren't offered any of the pre-order bonuses, and your games are often very difficult to find on store shelves.
I've been recommending this game to many people, but it's hard for them to follow through when there isn't any copies to buy.
I wish we could too, but the powers that be won't let our online store to ship to Canada due to extra shipping charges and customs And we only send copies to retailers that decide to order it too, which makes it a bit of a rock and a hard place...
Hey, this got me thinking...can't the characters just scan their numbers on the RED and look around to see if there's anything strange before entering? Like take a peek to see where's the DEAD located, stuff like that?
I've seen this thread on the forum, but I always skipped over. I didn't even know it was a DS game. Now that I've read some reviews and this thread, I'm frothing at the mouth to go pick it up.
I've got a question about a puzzle (fairly early in the game).
I know that I needed to use the slot machines to get a 7-7-7 to unlock the card reader, but I felt like I was randomly trying to time it until I got it right. I did eventually get it, and I knew what I had to do, but I kept messing it up. Is there a chime to time it? Or any easier way to proceed? I'm worried about this puzzle on another playthough!
I've got a question about a puzzle (fairly early in the game).
I know that I needed to use the slot machines to get a 7-7-7 to unlock the card reader, but I felt like I was randomly trying to time it until I got it right. I did eventually get it, and I knew what I had to do, but I kept messing it up. Is there a chime to time it? Or any easier way to proceed? I'm worried about this puzzle on another playthough!
Jesus. It now all makes sense... GAH! Thank you though-
I saw the fireplace, and turned on the lights for the symbols, thinking that those were the unlock order that had to display on the slots. Then after fumbling with it for a bit, I put my cards in the slot reader and was missing the 7 card, so I figured it had to be 7-7-7. And then, I spent almost 20 minutes pressing the buttons randomly like an idiot hell bent on timing. But thank you!
I've seen this thread on the forum, but I always skipped over. I didn't even know it was a DS game. Now that I've read some reviews and this thread, I'm frothing at the mouth to go pick it up.
I've just got myself a copy! Since I live in the UK I had to import it but alas it is in my hands!! Going to open it, sniff all its freshness and then start
Just finished my second playthrough, Safe Ending, after
getting killed
in the Knife Ending. The puzzles are really, really easy, but they're very well implemented and the storytelling is good enough that you don't really care that you're just solving Sudoku most of the time.
Just finished my second playthrough, Safe Ending, after
getting killed
in the Knife Ending. The puzzles are really, really easy, but they're very well implemented and the storytelling is good enough that you don't really care that you're just solving Sudoku most of the time.
I've just got myself a copy! Since I live in the UK I had to import it but alas it is in my hands!! Going to open it, sniff all its freshness and then start
I've been bitten by the 999 bug. Bought it on a whim because of a yearning for another Phoenix Wright-esque text adventure and I'm really enjoying it. I picked up from where I left off last night at 11 for what I thought would be 10 minutes, and that turned into a 2 hour session. I had to get up at 6 this morning to get to class on time.
I've been bitten by the 999 bug. Bought it on a whim because of a yearning for another Phoenix Wright-esque text adventure and I'm really enjoying it. I picked up from where I left off last night at 11 for what I thought would be 10 minutes, and that turned into a 2 hour session. I had to get up at 6 this morning to get to class on time.
Finished it last night. Bad ending. I'm kinda disappointed. I thought I made the good choices during the game, and was looking for at least an "acceptable" ending.
But man, this game took over my life for the last week. I didn't even get a chance to start Golden Sun, and that's saying a lot. I'm a big fan of the series.
Some parts of the game really freaked me out. I was playing in the dark alone at home when Lotus started talking about the
British psychic experiment
and its bizarre conclusion. I swear to god. I felt something brush past my shoulder at that moment, and I got up to turn on the lights. I still kept on playing tough. :lol
Solving the puzzles was easy for the most part. The challenge was to find all the hints.
I'll be taking a break from the game until next week. Anything I need to know for a second playthrough? Any tips for a better ending? Also, does the identity of Zero change depending on the choices you make during the game?
I'll be taking a break from the game until next week. Anything I need to know for a second playthrough? Any tips for a better ending? Also, does the identity of Zero change depending on the choices you make during the game?
Boooo, keep playing. You're going to have to play at least 2 more times to get the real ending. There's one ending you have to get first in order to see the real one. Well maybe you got that one on your first playthrough?
Boooo, keep playing. You're going to have to play at least 2 more times to get the real ending. There's one ending you have to get first in order to see the real one. Well maybe you got that one on your first playthrough?
I've just spent all day sat in my room and playing this game. I've just finished my play through and got the 4th ending in the ? boxes.
I couldn't put it down. The story and characters are really interesting and I was always wanting to know what happened next.
I feel I've not learnt things about all the characters so I am going to restart it now. I also want to see the other endings as I feel the one I got was a little quick and short!
Any other games like this. I've played all the Layton and Phoenix games but I'm interested in some other text/puzzle adventures
Got a copy after looking over this thread. The only thing that sucks about it is that I bought it at Gamestop and it was the last copy. I hate paying full price for an opened (but it's new!) game. I feel cheated and dirty. (Probably should have bought it from Amazon...)
Yeah this is hard to find in Canada. Tried to look for it in Montreal with no luck. Tried 2 gamestop, 1 futureshop and 2 independant stores and gave up. Had to order it up online at a whopping 40$ plus shipping from gamestop.ca . It better be as awesome you guys are saying :lol . Oh well I have Golden Sun to play meanwhile.
Huh, different person then? The very first thing that jumped into my head when I looked on this game's art style is Arc Rise Fantasia--it seemed so similar in my eyes....? Weird. Attractive, nevertheless, which is good.
Anyways, thank you for bringing games like this. It's a refreshing change of pace between all the shooters and action games that infested gaming landscapes these days.
Too bad I am at work now so I can't play my DS yet
That Shiren thing is awesome. Another series/subgenre I've gotten to love thanks to the DS.
I have an extra watch to take home to my friend in Bermuda when I go back for Christmas. He picked up the game after hearing me talk about it for the last couple of months and really digs it.
Remember, kids, the game says at the beginning that it's fiction for a reason! Because it is!
Things that don't exist in reality:
- Ice 9 (look up the actual properties of Ice IX - not very exciting)
- an unsunk Britannic (i.e. Gigantic) floating somewhere off some shore
- Morphic fields
- glycerin crystallization magic
- telepathy
- Rupert Sheldrake... wait, he does exist. I was just wishing there for a minute.
I don't really know where it's ultimately going with this stuff, but I just wanted to get that out there!
Finally got the true ending. Man, it's been one hell of a ride. I will say that the ending is sorta evil in terms of where it leaves you :lol But I'll leave it at that and finally check out Uchikoshi's other masterpiece, Ever 17.
Finally got the true ending. Man, it's been one hell of a ride. I will say that the ending is sorta evil in terms of where it leaves you :lol But I'll leave it at that and finally check out Uchikoshi's other masterpiece, Ever 17.
Wait. It's from the same writer? Director? What do they have in common? I love Ever 17; in fact, it got me into visual novels. I already bought this, but I've still yet to play.
Edit: I just checked wikipedia. So he wrote Ever 17. Wow! Now my expectations for this game jumped up a lot!
My sister will be mailing me this and other games later this month. I can't wait!
Wait. It's from the same writer? Director? What do they have in common? I love Ever 17; in fact, it got me into visual novels. I already bought this, but I've
still yet to play.
But it was this fact that helped me sell this game to a friend He was on the fence about 999 and didn't know wtf it was. But when I mentioned it's from the same guy that wrote E17, he was sold.
Also dunno if this was posted before. But some great insight on 9 9 9, and Uchikoshi (Not to mention E17!)
Too bad this is not coming out in Europe. I may import it if the impressions are good, but I would definitely impulse-buy it if I ever saw it on a store shelf.
This.
However I just noticed that Theresia is scheduled in Europe for next January.
Could someone that already played it tell me if it is a really worthy visual novel ?
Ice-9 (or "Ice-nine", as Kurt Vonnegut actually spelled it) isn't, but Ice IX is a very real, polymorph, proton-ordered form of solid water. Has different properties, though...
And we only send copies to retailers that decide to order it too, which makes it a bit of a rock and a hard place...
