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Zero Time Dilemma (Zero Escape 3) review thread
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Yeah, you should
It's the third part of an incredibly convoluted time travel story, there's only so much they could do. They do re-introduce (and sometimes even rename) certain concepts, but often they also just reference stuff from 999 and VLR as a matter of fact where any person who doesn't really remember the games all too well or hasn't played them at all would just go "Uh, sorry, yeah, THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY?!"One example would be (Virtue's Last Reward Spoiler, NOT a Zero Time Dilemma Spoiler. I repeat, NOT a Spoiler for Zero Time Dilemma, everyone chill
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Phi teasing Sigma about his real age and just going "Hey dude, you are really 67 because you travelled through time with your mind, aren't you an old fart, eh?" out of nowhere, just stating it as a fact.
The argument they kept telling me on the phone was that they "had to wait for all the items to arrive to ship it"
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
That's not the only review that has praised the English voice acting. Literally everyone who brings up the voice acting has said it's fantastic:
nintendoworldreport
"Fully voiced with excellent VA"
gamespew
"Both the Japanese and English voice casts also deserve proper recognition. Each actor brings their character to life. The emotions they convey are complex and multi-faceted, so their success cannot be understated. Personally, I left the English cast on for the majority of my playthrough. Their voices seemed to match the bodies just a little bit better. However, you have the option to change them on the fly, so if you like one teams Japanese VAs more than their English VAs (or vice versa) its just a button press away."
ztgd
"Both the English and Japanese voice acting deserves special mention as the performances are all around quite stellar. It always puts a smile on my face to hear D.C. Douglas doing his Albert Wesker like voice in another game!"
iplaypsvita
"+ Voice acting is done well"
Honestly? I think it's safe to just ignore Gaming Bolt's comment regarding the voice acting.
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YES!
properpropaganda
Member
I enjoyed the English VA. It was pretty decent but there are a few scenes between Junpei and Carlos and Sigma and Phi/Diana were I was blown away. It was way beyond what you would expect from a low budget, niche, handheld game.
Honor and Glory, crowning time~
Megabyte117
Member
So would you recommend the English VA if one enjoyed the VLR English VA? Because the trailers were having me consider the Japanese VA.
Yes. Honestly the only English VA that bothered me was Akane's.
Hm, that's a shame. (VLR spoilers, not ZTD)
I didn't care for her English voice during the epilogue in VLR either (always pictured her sounding closer to how Luna did before then), so I was hoping for an improvement over that.
Megabyte117
Member
Thanks! Will go English VA then.
They also changed the VA.
I'd have to double check but Diana sounded similar and of course they got Matthew Mercer for Sigma...
TheSuperSakura
Member
Just out of curiosity, what made Akane's VA bother you? From hearing her in the trailers I wasn't so sure about it, and hearing this doesn't help obviously haha.
I actually prefer her original VA over the new one (from the trailers anyway). I can't describe how I envision Akane to sound, but neither one are exactly it but based on what I've heard from the trailers and what I heard in VLR I prefer that one just a smidgen.
Super bummed Amazon is shipping the games on release day though, anyone think if I choose one day shipping that I'll get it on release day instead? lol. I'd much prefer to play it day one but also prefer to not go digital.
Nachos posted a list of the ZTD voice actors (haven't looked at it yet because he put them behind spoilers)
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=208266411&postcount=826
Ah, okay. Disappointing that things didn't turn out better in her case, but going by the trailers, still preferable to her old one.
Just out of curiosity, what made Akane's VA bother you? From hearing her in the trailers I wasn't so sure about it, and hearing this doesn't help obviously haha.
I actually prefer her original VA over the new one (from the trailers anyway). I can't describe how I envision Akane to sound, but neither one are exactly it but based on what I've heard from the trailers and what I heard in VLR I prefer that one just a smidgen.
Super bummed Amazon is shipping the games on release day though, anyone think if I choose one day shipping that I'll get it on release day instead? lol. I'd much prefer to play it day one but also prefer to not go digital.
The VA just didn't give a good performance and it was especially awkward in certain scenes...
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
I'm ok with that.
Sigma sounds the same anyway.
It makes sense for Diana to sound slightly different from Luna.
And
young Akane
That's probably because Matthew Mercer seems to actually be a Troy Baker clone.
TheSuperSakura
Member
Gotcha. Thanks! If I'm not mistaken though, I believe her VA is
Rena Strober?
Azura/Aqua in Fire Emblem Fates
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
So true!
It's Eden Riegel. Honestly, I don't know why I spoilered the main cast when my only concern was the type of character one of the unpaired VOs could end up playing. Here's the main cast separate from my previous post:
Carlos - ???
Eric - Keith Silverstein (Credited as David Roach)
Phi - Karen Strassman
Q - Jonquil Goode (Credited as Joni Goode)
Junpei - ???
Akane - Rena Strober
Diana - Eden Riegel (Uncredited)
Mira - Rachel Kimsey (Nozomi in Persona 4: Dancing All Night)
Sigma - Matt Mercer
Zero - DC Douglas (Uncredited)
properpropaganda
Member
I would definately recommend the English VA. The trailers also had me questioning the dub, but it is way better than I expected.
Interesting, thanks. I was worried there would be something like [VLR Spoiler]
old/young Akane (e.g. two voice actors listed for Q or Zero)
Hikami
Member
Nice, I am okay with this.Good news for everyone wondering about Amazon pre-orders, looks like the customer service just didn't know the details:
https://twitter.com/Aksys_Danny
mrmickfran
Member
In the OT, can we just have a section dedicated to saying: "YES, YOU NEED TO PLAY 999 AND VLR BEFORE PLAYING THIS"
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Deleted member 518609
Unconfirmed Member
And mention that Uchi has all but confirmed 999 for Steam/Vita, and hinted at VLR too, so people without the means to play them aren't put off, or decide to just skip them anyway.
Ivan A Nguyen
Member
Why doesn't the iOS version of 999 get any love? I heard it's like a novel version of 999.
The puzzles are a big part of the game. Even the creator of the series trashed that version a little while back.
It just isn't as great without the puzzles. Still an alright version if you don't have a DS or 3DS.
I need that Steam port of 999 now.
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Deleted member 518609
Unconfirmed Member
It's good as a recap, been playing it again in preparation for ZTD, but the lack of puzzles is a pretty big draw. The new sprites, HD backgrounds and flowchart are very welcome additions that I hope come to the Steam/Vita ports, and it does a good job adapting the two-screens stuff for a single screen. If emulating/playing the DS version is really not an option, it's decent enough for a first playthrough, so long as people are aware what they're missing. From Uchi's tweets it seems the Steam/Vita port of 999 will have puzzles though, so the iOS version will become pretty obsolete once those are out.
Hours Left
Member
I'm really happy that this game is getting such great reviews, and that the story and characters are once again the key selling point.
I'm so ready for this.
I'm so ready for this.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Grayfox341
Member
Perhaps this isn't the place for such a request (if so, I apologize), but I'm playing through ZTD for review and I'm mighty stuck. Anyone who's finished willing to help through PM?
My DS died so I had to play the iOS version of 999 and I still loved it. There is that one scene that does lose a lot of impact not playing it but it's worth it to get the story (especially since I got it for 99cents). Bought VLR after finishing it and preordered the watch edition of ZTD. I will rebuy 999 if it gets a Vita release.
If you have another way of playing 999 I would recommend those but if you don't have another option, it works a story primer.
SoulUnison
Banned
"Original Cast" is sort of a weird concept for Zero Escape.
999 wasn't voice acted.
VLR was voiced in English and Japanese for the first time at the same time.
ZTD wouldn't exist at all if it wasn't for the unexpected Western support for the series.
There's an argument that the English voices are the "original" voices.
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Deleted member 518609
Unconfirmed Member
Sure, but VLR did release several months earlier in Japan than in America, so the Japanese cast was definitely the one that came first in that case. As for ZTD, sure the localization happened while the game was being developed, but I doubt Uchi gave directions to the English cast, but he definitely did to the Japanese one. And by "original" he might mean voice actors who were in VLR, and only Phi's voice returns for the English dub in ZTD, Diana's voice is the same as Luna's in Japanese, but it's someone new in English. Same goes for Sigma.
Immaculate
Banned
ugh im mad at myself. I'm in the middle of VLR and hovered over a gif(not here but somewhere else) and found out that
makes me not wanna play now :/
Junpei is Tenmyouji
makes me not wanna play now :/
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Deleted member 518609
Unconfirmed Member
Believe me when I say there is so much more you have no clue about.
Isn't this like, the smallest twist of the game
Got spoiled as well back then. People were NOT subtle
Not an important revelation actually.