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999: 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors |OT| RED, DEAD, Redemption
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LiK said:
I need to play it myself too
And ironically enough, the opening for the PSP version looks pretty similar to the opening of 999
but with more water!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYgsUiMr814
Sorry, actually I meant the original PC version's OP is very similar to 999's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP--7bUBHMk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP--7bUBHMk
I was actually selling a sealed copy of Ever 17 a few months ago on the Buy/Sell thread for like $40, but I had no takers.
I wound up selling it for like 3x the price I bought it for on amazon. :x
I got the
I wound up selling it for like 3x the price I bought it for on amazon. :x
I got the
Submarine ending. Now the song Yellow Submarine is stuck in my head. :x
wrowa said:Wow, right now someone sells it for super cheap 200USD on Amazon. Maybe it's not really worth looking for after all... But 999 wasn't enough, I need more!
Well, a new entry in the Infinity series, Code 18, is coming out via Cyberfront this Spring in Japan
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/01/05/new_x360_infinity/
http://www.cyberfront.co.jp/title/code_18/
It's not Uchikoshi though XD;
Lard said:
Fixed!
Haha I wouldn't be surprised if the person who bought my copy happened to one of those sellers. I sold my copy a minute after I posted it.
I bought my copies from JList last year. They had a box full of them at Anime Expo 2009. The guy in charge (Peter Payne I think) was like "this is all we have left." He was selling them for $25 a pop, but no one bought them. :x
I have no idea who owns the rights to the game now, but maybe you guys can try e-mailing him about a possible reprint? He might know something since his company continued to sell Hirameki's catalog after they closed down.
I bought my copies from JList last year. They had a box full of them at Anime Expo 2009. The guy in charge (Peter Payne I think) was like "this is all we have left." He was selling them for $25 a pop, but no one bought them. :x
I have no idea who owns the rights to the game now, but maybe you guys can try e-mailing him about a possible reprint? He might know something since his company continued to sell Hirameki's catalog after they closed down.
Adam Blade
WWKC
Akselziys said:Well, a new entry in the Infinity series is coming out via Cyberfront this Spring in Japan
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/01/05/new_x360_infinity/
http://www.cyberfront.co.jp/title/code_18/
It's not Uchikoshi though XD;
Fixed!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=417079
No one ever clicks my threads.
Adam Blade said:
Actually I read it
!Also, another game called Root Double: Before Crime * After Days is coming out for an unspecified platform and has the director of Ever 17, Takumi Nakazawa, behind it
http://www.siliconera.com/2010/12/2...oject-is-root-double-before-crime-after-days/
http://www.yetigame.jp/w/w.html
Good time to be a VN fan
Nekobo said:So confirmation that Aksys will be localizing these games?
Haha, unfortunately no.
One of my past times is being on the forefront of the latest gaming news from Japan :lol
Luckily being in the industry also makes you privy to other upcoming info, like... @*%$ *shot*
JEKKI said:I ended up broking my new years resolution again...
slept at 1 last nite
man... bad habits are hard to break, but I swear I will beat this game today!!!!
I'm excited for you to get to the end and then being able to talk about it
!I've been playing the PSP version of Uchikoshi's 12Riven ~ The Ψ Climinal of Integral, which is the last game he did before 999.
It really cements in my mind what a great writer he is. It's a sci-fi mystery (much less of a "thriller" than 999) and the plot has a few similarities to the Stephen King story "The Langoliers." But unlike Stephen King, Uchikoshi works out the physics of the game's sci-fi elements (to my satisfaction, at least) and explains them at great detail, which is really what I love about him. Unlike mainstream writers who are like "hey, the details of how the sci-fi elements work and the logistics of the villains' plans and whatnot... That's besides the point. It's about the characters and their journey." Uchikoshi exposes that for the bullshit copout that it is. I haven't finished it yet, so I don't know if there are gaping plot holes, but there have been lots of times where I've felt "this twist is ridiculous" and then two hours later: a full and satisfying explanation.
However, his tendency to overexplain everything can make for a really slow read. This is obviously typical of the genre, but I think Uchikoshi is particularly detail-oriented and 999 really benefited from both the faster pacing of having a story with an urgent time limit and having puzzle scenes that break up the conversation.
Having the dialogue be fully voiced is great, though. It really brings the characters to life.
It really cements in my mind what a great writer he is. It's a sci-fi mystery (much less of a "thriller" than 999) and the plot has a few similarities to the Stephen King story "The Langoliers." But unlike Stephen King, Uchikoshi works out the physics of the game's sci-fi elements (to my satisfaction, at least) and explains them at great detail, which is really what I love about him. Unlike mainstream writers who are like "hey, the details of how the sci-fi elements work and the logistics of the villains' plans and whatnot... That's besides the point. It's about the characters and their journey." Uchikoshi exposes that for the bullshit copout that it is. I haven't finished it yet, so I don't know if there are gaping plot holes, but there have been lots of times where I've felt "this twist is ridiculous" and then two hours later: a full and satisfying explanation.
However, his tendency to overexplain everything can make for a really slow read. This is obviously typical of the genre, but I think Uchikoshi is particularly detail-oriented and 999 really benefited from both the faster pacing of having a story with an urgent time limit and having puzzle scenes that break up the conversation.
Having the dialogue be fully voiced is great, though. It really brings the characters to life.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Akselziys said:We have stuff in store for 2011, just you wait and see
Unfortunately not that ;-;
But we don't want to wait.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
So I have 3 endings:
Now since I didnt want to keep getting the same endings, I know that I still have
And I know that I need to get
I havent done it yet....but Im assuming that to get the
But I have zero idea how to get
Any hints for me?
Submarine, Knife and Coffin.
Now since I didnt want to keep getting the same endings, I know that I still have
the Axe, Safe and True Ending left.
the Safe Ending first to get the True Ending.
I havent done it yet....but Im assuming that to get the
Axe ending you go into door 1 without giving Clover the bookmark.
the Safe Ending.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
AniHawk said:
I thought the
Safe Ending was them getting of the ship! Not an actual Safe! :lol So a Safe that can't be opened, and talk to Santa?
With just a 'yes' or 'no', in the
Steam Room I touched some metal stairs and Santa said something like "get Clover in here!"
Tricky I Shadow said:
Santa is referring to Clover walking up the stairs because staring right from below at that spot is the perfect voyeuristic spot to check up her skirt :lol
There should be more text where Santa talks about the angle and stuff being perfect or something :lol It's an inferred joke
There should be more text where Santa talks about the angle and stuff being perfect or something :lol It's an inferred joke
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Akselziys said:Santa is referring to Clover walking up the stairs because staring right from below at that spot is the perfect voyeuristic spot to check up her skirt :lol
There should be more text where Santa talks about the angle and stuff being perfect or something :lol It's an inferred joke
Oh ok! I thought it was actually a key plot point! :lol
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Not exactly word for word, but:
Lotus: "Hmm, what could this oil be for?"
Santa: "Maybe we can use in on your face to even up some of your wrinkles."
Lotus: "How about I put it on your face and light it on fire!"
That made me chuckle. The game has tons of stuff that are genuinely funny.
Lotus: "Hmm, what could this oil be for?"
Santa: "Maybe we can use in on your face to even up some of your wrinkles."
Lotus: "How about I put it on your face and light it on fire!"
That made me chuckle. The game has tons of stuff that are genuinely funny.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
LiK said:Santa is so mean to Lotus. she's hot to me.
I like Lotus a lot. Her and Junpei are probably my favourites...
How about everyone else? Who are your favourite characters?
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Definitely Seven. The more I learned about him the more I began to respect him.Tricky I Shadow said:
Tricky I Shadow said:
Don't forget to vote for your favorite character! 5 days left
!http://www.aksysgames.com/999
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Akselziys said:
Already did my friend!
I can't even remember who I voted for...The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
........godamnit.AniHawk said:
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
For people who have all the endings. Did you just randomly go into different combinations of doors and get them all, or did you some how know what you were doing? Or is it simply trail and error?
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I wrote up a simple flowchart that went over all the possibilities and systematically went through them. And I operated on the assumption that (this isn't really a spoiler unless you haven't even played the game yet)Tricky I Shadow said:
door 3 always led to the same result
Haha, do you know where its from?LiK said:
I bumbled around at first, just picking doors I hadn't tried before, but once I got a few endings I started trying to correct what seemed like mistakes in those endings, and they led me to the other endings.Tricky I Shadow said:
Specifically, when I got the
safe ending
stick close to Clover
the axe
just stick close to Clover, and tried to connect with her by way of the bookmark that I had never found a use for before. It worked, and I went on to the true end
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Thanks for clearing that up guys! I think I was focusing too much on the
I thought by
actual numbers on the doors instead of what actually happens in them.....
I thought by
adding up the numbers in certain combinations would actually mean something, and get me further. I guess the numbers mean little?
I don't think there's any real significance to the door numbers aside from who can go in them.Tricky I Shadow said:
Yes, it's definitely what happens in them that matters. You need to take certain paths where Junpei learns certain things and then also has a chance to make use of what he's learned.