9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors

**InflatablePie** · Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 2022 Location: Syrinx

999 is a horror visual novel slash puzzle game for the Nintendo DS. It's also one of the 11 (or so) M+ rated games for the DS, and believe me, it shows.

It's like someone took Phoenix Wright's style, took story elements from the good parts of the SAW movies, set everything on a cruise ship, and added "escape the room" puzzles and CYOA elements to it. In other words:

999 is about a group of 9 people that wake up on a cruise ship with no idea how they got there. They find out they've been selected by someone named "Zero", who is putting them through a test known as the Nonary Game. They have to traverse the ship while getting past various obstacles, without breaking any of Zero's rules. If they don't follow the rules, they will be killed. Oh, and they only have nine hours before the ship they're on sinks. Wonderful. The game has 6 (or more) endings, and the decisions you make can influence if anyone dies, and who, among other details.

[Edit] Also, here is a trailer/the opening cinematic. I'd avoid the comments just in case of spoilers, obviously.

Amazon has ten five-star reviews, IGN gave it a 9/10 (<_<), and at this time GameFAQs has three 9/10 and three 10/10 reviews. I'm only an hour or two in so far, but it's already well worth the $35 and getting better. It's very well-written so far, and the characters are extremely interesting and easy to like (or hate).

Has anyone else played this great game? (Please put spoilers in size 0 or quote/white text with a warning, of course - there's supposedly a lot of "twists" in this game and no one wants to be spoiled.)
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Eastwinn wrote:

Right, but if you had the chocolate bar in your heart all along, no one would need to work. Did consider that?

If you have a chocolate bar in your heart I suggest seeking medical attention.

**GuitarHailz** · Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 4910 Location: Austin, Texas

This sounds like something I would love. Also kind of like Heavy Rain with the different endings.

I totally want this...
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**Silly** · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:02 pm Post subject:

I watched the trailer and read a few reviews so decided to get hold of it. I'm playing through it now and it's absolutely fantastic so far. I can see myself putting in a lot of time to get every ending if it carries on being as good as it is now. Definitely worth getting if you have a DS.
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**DeusPayne** · Joined: 16 Jun 2008 Posts: 65

Might pick it up. Kind of sounds like a grittier Room 215.

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**Silly** · Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 12:12 am Post subject:

I've gotten five of the endings so far (although I'm not sure I fully understand the 'true' ending).

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**InflatablePie** · Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 2022 Location: Syrinx

**Qarx** · Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 1:47 am Post subject:

Hey, if anyone is interested, J-Dub (AKA Jew Wario) has his own review of 999. Given the responses I've gotten here, and the review, I think I'll see if I can get this game

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**Silly** · Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 1:49 am Post subject:

Some endings are slightly longer than others - I believe my first playthrough was 3-4 hours long, but with the New Game+ type option subsequent playthroughs could potentially be halved in length due to being able to skip dialogue (you still have to re-solve puzzles you'd previously done but all dialogue/instruction there is skippable too) It's possible to get to a couple of the endings going through as few as two doors.

Each ending is very different and the storylines (and thus possible endings) drastically change depending on your choices. There are some critical points - where making a certain decision will actually guarantee a bad ending regardless of future actions (which will only change which bad ending you end up with).

In addition, you get the option of replaying any of the puzzle rooms you've encountered directly from the main menu.
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**ShadoWolf** · Joined: 21 Jul 2008 Posts: 2034 Location: Slough, England

I saw you post the link to this earlier this week on Faceboob, and after checking out some of the reviews, I'm actually quite interested in this game. If I had a working DS, (or even a DS

) I'd definately try to get it. I might try to get my brother to pick this up at some point.

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**InflatablePie** · Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 2022 Location: Syrinx

**Silly** · Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 11:35 pm Post subject:

Room 6 had me stumped for a while but it was mainly due to oversights on my part. tiny text engage: I assume you've used the screwdriver on the drawer with the strange handle and worked out what to do with the handle. Have a look at the underside of that handle-less drawer... Which room could that be useful in?

Also, does anyone happen to know where I can get hold of one of the watches that were given with the pre-order of the game? I know Aksys had them for sale on their site fairly cheaply, but it was US-only and they seem to be sold out. I found a seller on ebay who wants $50 but won't ship outside of the US (along with the fact I'm not paying THAT much). :/
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**InflatablePie** · Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 2022 Location: Syrinx

OH I get it.

Also, no, but if you find a cheap numbered watch, let me know. :D
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PiemanLK wrote:

Eastwinn wrote:

Right, but if you had the chocolate bar in your heart all along, no one would need to work. Did consider that?

If you have a chocolate bar in your heart I suggest seeking medical attention.