Diehard GameFAN: 10 Thoughts on… the Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward Demo

DHGF: Developer Chunsoft was, up until about two years ago, best known to US gamers as a developer of Roguelike dungeon crawling RPG’s, such as the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series and the Shiren the Wanderer series. Aksys games introduced us to a new facet of the developer’s catalog in 2010, however, with the critically acclaimed 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors, a tense adventure game that made good use of what the DS could do and attracted a fair amount of attention. Well, two years later, after much anticipation, the Nonary Game is back with Virtue’s Last Reward, the second chapter in the newly retitled Zero Escape franchise (999 being the first entry), featuring a new cast, a new foe, and a new and “improved” Nonary Game. Aksys was kind enough to drop a demo to the PSN Store a few days back to showcase how the game will work on the Playstation Vita, so, for those who haven’t yet picked up their Vita or are invested in the 3DS version (which lacks a demo at this time), I thought I’d take a look at the demo and try to give you an idea of where things stand. I’ll also give you an idea of how to complete the puzzle listed in Escape Mode because I’m that kind of guy, so if you’re stuck, I’m here to help