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Zero Time Dilemma (Zero Escape 3) review thread
- Thread starter takoyaki
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Gotta love that there's a typo in the video title. One thing that really annoyed me about VLR is the amount of typos in the text. Come on guys.
calc84maniac
Member
I didn't notice any glaring typos in the text of ZTD, though I think there were a couple of times where the subtitles said something slightly different than the voice acting.
milkham
Member
Always J&L
I'm surprised they haven't said anything about the watch shipments.
eternalcircle
Member
Did they use "donno" again? That was a little off putting to me in VLR.
They don't know. I reached out to Karen about it on Twitter and she said they do not know about the status of the distribution right now.
eternalcircle
Member
Sounds like we might not get them until Wednesday or Thursday like last time 
calc84maniac
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properpropaganda
Member
Sounds like we might not get them until Wednesday or Thursday like last time
As long as I actually get a watch this time, I don't care how long it takes.
TheSuperSakura
Member
Sounds like we might not get them until Wednesday or Thursday like last time
Guess I know what I'll be doing Tuesday during the day....
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
eternalcircle
Member
TheSuperSakura
Member
Trying to jump to a time line where they shipped on time?
You know it! lol
I missed out on the watch edition (third time's not the charm I suppose...or is it?) so I'll most likely go to a nearby gamestop and hope they got the game in. The gamestop near me is notorious for not getting in their shipments on time/not getting shipments at all but I figured giving it a try would be worth it. I'd like to get my 20% prime discount but considering how long I've been waiting to get these answers I think I'll take the loss to play it on release day. If I can't find it in the wild I'll just wait it out though, I'd rather not go digital with ZTD like I did with VLR.
Grim Patron
Member
After avoiding ZTD threads the last few weeks, my Vita copy finally arrived!
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Gonna be busy for a few days
Manual? Spine text?
eternalcircle
Member
I don't think any vita cases at all come with manuals. If there were one, it'd probably be digital.
Grim Patron
Member
I have a few that do.
It must've been a while since you played it because they're pretty glaring.
http://zeroescape.wikia.com/wiki/Mistakes
eternalcircle
Member
You know it! lol
I missed out on the watch edition (third time's not the charm I suppose...or is it?) so I'll most likely go to a nearby gamestop and hope they got the game in. The gamestop near me is notorious for not getting in their shipments on time/not getting shipments at all but I figured giving it a try would be worth it. I'd like to get my 20% prime discount but considering how long I've been waiting to get these answers I think I'll take the loss to play it on release day. If I can't find it in the wild I'll just wait it out though, I'd rather not go digital with ZTD like I did with VLR.
Yeah, that's worth a shot! I would also prefer a physical copy over a digital one, but if I'm really feeling the temptation, I may just bite on a digital copy. I really want to play this game. I'm worried that if Amazon's shipment is late that they all would be. But it doesn't hurt to look!
As for the watch, apparently they mentioned on Twitter that all will be available individually for a limited time. Maybe then will finally be your chance!
What? Where?
Manhattan
https://twitter.com/Aksys_Danny/status/746390823072194560
Watch update coming this afternoon, small glitch, but DON'T PANIC, he says.
Watch update coming this afternoon, small glitch, but DON'T PANIC, he says.
Lucky you.
UberTag
Member
I get the impression that this game wasn't low budget so much as it was too ambitious for its allocated budget.
On the watch front, the cynic in me is telling me that keeping online retailers in the dark on when their inventory will arrive is by design. I mean, what better way to ensure your most diehard fans buy multiple copies of the game. If I was running Aksys, I'd definitely delay those bad boys and ensure they arrive no earlier than the following Monday.
Aksys really doesn't strike me as the type of company to pull a move like that.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
If it's delayed even a day I'll be triple dipping for a digital Vita version. Grace Chen be kind.
UberTag
Member
I agree with you. I think they're being as open and transparent as possible and the fact that they're hinting that watches will be available individually at a later date reflects that.
My cynical side likes to ignore things like that, though.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
Absolutely and no, not yet but they will be.
At th very least VLR
Yes, you should most definitely play the first two games first.
Each game builds on the events of the previous games, so if you start on the third one with no prior knowledge, then everything will probably come across sounding like crazy or "lolrandom" talk.
Modest Mauser
Member
It's fine. Cuts out a bit including the puzzles, but if it's your only way to play 999 it's better than nothing.
properpropaganda
Member
You don't NEED to play 999 or VLR. They give you cliffnotes versions of the relevant story bits from the last 2 games. However, it makes a fuck of a lot more sense if you play, as mStudios says, at least VLR.
But you should play 999 because it is awesome.
Certinty
Member
Thanks that's good enough since it's relatively cheap anyway.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
You don't NEED anesthetic before a surgery but it sure does make the experience a better one. ;P
The fact remains that playing this game before the prior two will not only make this experience a lesser one, when (yes when) the first two games are then played the experience there will also be lesser. Why would you do that to yourself? Get three amazing experiences or one great one and two good ones.
properpropaganda
Member
Touchè
I wasng advocating not playing them, just that the game does give you the necessary story bits.
I will agree that haviving played the first 2 does enhance the experience here. I don't think I would've cared as much as I did for the returning characters and Diana if I didn't already know their histories.
Isn't it just about how the watched are delayed and people won't be getting them with the game on the 28th, but on the 18th of July instead?
Probably, but where did that information come from?
Amazon still doesn't say an arrival date for my 3DS copy, and I have seen screenshots of it saying arrival on the 28th.
that's how I see it as well. I was always planning on also getting a digital copy on day one to have is asap and support the series. If the watch is delayed, I won't mind as long as all pre-orders are fulfilled and no one's order is canceled. They knew for almost a year how many watches they had to produce for day one.
I feel the same way, although Amazon is making me nervous here with no arrival date.
there will be another Aksys X Uchikoshi panel at Anime Expo this year. I think that's on July 2 and Uchi is the one who's been hinting at the 999/VLR Steam&Vita ports, so that's my bet on when they get announced officially.
I just hope it's not a long delay and Aksys will be upfront about what went wrong and how long people should expect to wait for their watches.
eternalcircle
Member
I don't mind if the watch is delayed as long as we get the game on time! Or give the people who pre-ordered the watch edition a free digital download code for the game I don't think they'll go that far though!
I don't think they'll go that far though!