Recent reviews by aithérios

see, life could've been so much better if we had titanfall 3 instead of apex legends.

the weight of the world isn't so heavy when you're struggling with other people.

this is my second time around playing automata. the first time around 5 years ago, it made me feel a lot of things. this time, it made me feel everything. maybe because i'm a lot more lost in life now that i'm older and i'm in a much worse place than before. but just like the first time, it has given me hope and the strength to take control of myself and my life again.

so, thank you, yoko taro and nier automata for saving my life for the second time.

11/10 would pull a pascal just to play this game again for the first time. god-tier ost and writing. side quests may just be fetch quests but they greatly contribute to the worldbuilding of the game and there will always be something to learn from them (women are scary). also these androids be gay af, i love it.

now excuse me while i give up my save file a second time to help others in giving 2B, 9S, and A2 another chance to change the world.

i love you gallica but you will never be pixie

This game strays from the original visual novel style of storytelling from the previous games. It's quite literally straight up cinema now. And the cherry on top is the performances by AAA voice actors, at least with the Japanese voices. The deadpan humor that has been present since the first game to somewhat balance the tense atmosphere between the characters is still here, of course! (i ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ love you junpei) And the puzzles are alright, but they're definitely a lot more lackluster compared to the previous games. There's a lot more of memorizing codes here than the escape rooms, dare I say. The narration and gameplay is needlessly convoluted and somewhat complex, but I guess that's the whole point of the game... but it could be annoying especially when you're nearing the endgame.

I won't say that it's perfectly written or even well-written, but it works itself out in the end. There are numerous and I mean, A WHOLE LOT, of plot holes, as well as unanswered questions that has continuously piled itself up since the first two games of the trilogy. One such as, this game essentially vetoes itself and Virtue's Last Reward because D couldn't have been born in ANY TIMELINE at all since he was the one to make the decision game this time. I could probably just go on and on, just with that thought alone, but I digress.

Overall, a fitting and happy conclusion for the Zero Escape Trilogy and I wouldn't have it any other way. I honestly just stayed for the characters without minding the whole story. I just wanted a happy ending for all the characters that were present in the previous games.

I want to end this by saying, I can't believe Uchikoshi pulled a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Danganronpa Bad End for the story canon.... and ♥♥♥♥ THEM SNAILS!

TL;DR hella worth it to play if you want closure for the whole trilogy and the characters (junpei, akane, phi, sigma, and luna/diana, and to answer some of your questions that you have since the first game. or if you're just a fan of zero escape.

generational trauma and family inheritance melodrama with a bit of fantasy and murder mystery, all in one visual novel. 11/10 agatha christie could only wish she wrote this

pancakes peak comedy

christmas cates

Nipah~☆

this specific chapter helped me learn what true friends are

best game ever literally just got back since season 16 and the game greets me with stutters and delayed audio in the MENU. first ranked game and i'm ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ queued with a LITERAL BOT in GOLD lobbies when i'm just rookie. 11/10 game gj ea <3