Has anyone else played these? And following the ARG for the new AI game? Please, I can't be the only one here!
For those who don't know these game (and this is my best attempt to pitch them to you): Zero Escape is a series of 3 games that are maybe 80% visual novel, 20% escape room (you're in a room, gotta find a key to get out, and you gotta do a bunch of puzzles to find them). Nine people find themselves trapped within some location, and the game master, Zero, says you need to follow the rules and play along or you'll die. And if you don't do [escape conditon], you'll die (or be trapped there forever, which is just as bad). They were originally on the Nintendo DS/3DS but you can get them on Steam and the PS4 now.
AI: The Somnium Files is made by the same guy. Both games are about a detective who works for a secret part of the Tokyo police department, where they have this cool machine where you can go into a somnium, which is a dream-like state of another person you're connected to. So it's an escape/puzzle room but based on dream logic and you use this to get information from witnesses. And you gotta find a serial killer who's doing Weird Stuff. Also the detective has an artificial eye that is a funky little AI and she helps you (she's the one who runs around the somnium). Also pretty much every iteration of wordplay for "AI" is used, in multiple languages lol. The first AI was okay, it didn't feel as cohesive or mindblowing as the Zero Escape games, but with what they're doing with the ARG for the next game (nirvanA Initiative)(see they did it again with the AI) makes me think it is going to be a lot more Zero Escape-y. And very Saw-y, and I love Saw. The first AI is available on Steam, Switch, PS4 and Xbone, as will the second when it comes out this summer.
If you read Gideon the Ninth and you liked the whole Lyctor Trials thing, well, you'll love Zero Escape! Because the book is just that.
For those who don't know these game (and this is my best attempt to pitch them to you): Zero Escape is a series of 3 games that are maybe 80% visual novel, 20% escape room (you're in a room, gotta find a key to get out, and you gotta do a bunch of puzzles to find them). Nine people find themselves trapped within some location, and the game master, Zero, says you need to follow the rules and play along or you'll die. And if you don't do [escape conditon], you'll die (or be trapped there forever, which is just as bad). They were originally on the Nintendo DS/3DS but you can get them on Steam and the PS4 now.
AI: The Somnium Files is made by the same guy. Both games are about a detective who works for a secret part of the Tokyo police department, where they have this cool machine where you can go into a somnium, which is a dream-like state of another person you're connected to. So it's an escape/puzzle room but based on dream logic and you use this to get information from witnesses. And you gotta find a serial killer who's doing Weird Stuff. Also the detective has an artificial eye that is a funky little AI and she helps you (she's the one who runs around the somnium). Also pretty much every iteration of wordplay for "AI" is used, in multiple languages lol. The first AI was okay, it didn't feel as cohesive or mindblowing as the Zero Escape games, but with what they're doing with the ARG for the next game (nirvanA Initiative)(see they did it again with the AI) makes me think it is going to be a lot more Zero Escape-y. And very Saw-y, and I love Saw. The first AI is available on Steam, Switch, PS4 and Xbone, as will the second when it comes out this summer.
If you read Gideon the Ninth and you liked the whole Lyctor Trials thing, well, you'll love Zero Escape! Because the book is just that.