Summary
Zero Time Dilemma is the third and final entry in the acclaimed Zero Escape series. It is a story focused mystery/thriller visual novel with multiple endings that involves player choices and puzzle rooms.
It is recommended that you play the games in order.
The mysterious “Zero” traps 9 participants within an underground shelter, dividing them equally between 3 wards that are connected to an elevator shaft in the middle. The only way out – passing through a locked X-Door to access the elevator. Six passwords are required to unlock the door, and each password is revealed only after a participant dies. Zero’s “Decision Game” will offer teams the opportunity to kill other participants through a variety of means to obtain the necessary passwords so they may escape.
Storyline
Nine people have been sent to the Mars Mission Test Site to simulate a manned mission to Mars, and experiment if life is suitable there. On December 31, 2028, the day the simulation was going to end, an unknown group (Most likely Free the Soul) hacks into an operator's video feed of the simulation and releases Radical-6 into the facility. All but 3 people die, the survivors being a woman (Diana) and two other unknown people (most likely Sigma and Phi). The woman contacts the operator, ominously saying that she killed 6 people, and will likely kill 6 billion more people. This is presumably when Radical-6 escapes from the facility.
It is up to the Espers of Crash Keys to stop Radical-6 from escaping.
Release Date | June 28, 2016 |
Publisher | Aksys Games, Spike ChunSoft |
Content Rated | M (Mature) |
Game Modes | Single player |
Player Perspectives | Text |
Genres | Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Visual Novel |
Themes | Action, Science fiction, Horror, Thriller, Mystery |
Platforms | PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Xbox One |