It does drag on in parts but the story is really good. My favorite is actually three though. It is best to play these in order so you understand fully the story and are not spoiled too much. It is nice to see some returning characters and meet the new ones...with a few exceptions as some you will just hate. The time paradoxes were a interesting idea and over all a enjoyable game.

Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward is the second game in the Zero Escape series. It was released on the Nintendo 3DS and Playstation Vita in 2012. Unlike the first game, 999, this entry features voice acting, which is available in both English and Japanese (the subtitles are on screen while the characters speak).

The story takes place some years after 999, with a few familiar faces returning among a cast of new characters.The story opens with Sigma, who wakes up in an elevator after having been drugged by a strange character in a gas mask. A young woman named Phi wakes up next to him, and together they learn that someone named Zero has trapped them inside with the intent to make them play the Nonary Game. They must first escape the elevator before learning the rules.

Much like the last game, everyone has a bracelet attached to their wrist, but this time they're given a number as well as a colour. Each person starts out at 3. The goal is to reach 9 so they can leave through the number 9 door, the only exit in the entire building. To do this, they must play the aforementioned Nonary Game: after eachroom they go into with their respective partners, they must do a vote. Depending on how you vote, you can gain or lose a number of points. If you hit zero, something terrible will happen.

This game is a lot bigger than the first. There are more paths to take and more endings to get. Needless to say, not all of them are happy. This is a game full of twists and turns, some of them violent, as we follow the characters in trying to figure out what's going on. Perhaps they've been quarantined for their own good.

This remains my favourite game in the series. At the time that I played it, I hadn't realized there was a prequel, so this is the first one I played. I think you can play this without having played 999, but I would recommend playing the first game to fill in any gaps.