Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
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Zero Escape: The Nonary Games is an adventure developed by Spike Chunsoft, released 24 March 2017 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 42 hrs to finish.
What Zero Escape: The Nonary Games is
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games is an adventure game developed by Spike Chunsoft and released in 2017. It was published by Aksys Games. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line as part of a dangerous life and death game? Who can be trusted? Tensions rise as the situation becomes more and more dire, and the nine strangers must figure out how to escape before they wind up dead.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror, mystery, science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 38 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games holds a critic score of 89 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 18 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 75 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 42 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-530 CPU 2.93 GHz or better, 4 GB RAM and DirectX 9.0 compatible GPU with at least 1GB of VRAM. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB.
What it launched against
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games launched on 24 March 2017, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition and Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition.
Cheats and codes
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