"Exit: Zero Time Dilemma" centers on the Decision Game involving nine prisoners, combining 3D locked room puzzles, life-and-death choices, and nonlinear storytelling, serving as the concluding chapter of the "Exit" series.
| Title of the work | ZERO ESCAPE: The Dilemma of Time |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | Breaking the limit: zero-time dilemma |
| The publication date listed in the materials | 2016-06-30 |
| Platform | Xbox One / PS4 / PC / 3DS / PSV |
| Genre | Extreme Escape ADV |
| Also known as | Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma / Zero Time Dilemma / Zero Escape 3 |
| Script | Kotaro Uchikoshi (Steel Tsuki), Makoto Sehyo, Ken Shimomura |
| Music | Hosoe Shinji |
| Character design | Rui Tomono |
| Website address recorded by the source | http://www.spike-chunsoft.co.jp/zeroescape/ |
| External links to source records | https://erogamescape.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=23421 |
Experiments turned into captivity
On December 31, 2028, the sixth day of the Dcom experiment in the Nevada desert, nine people woke up already captive, with black wristbands on their wrists. The person claiming to be Zero announced the start of the game, and everyone was sent to the underground vault's zones C, Q, and D.
The cost of leaving
The X Door leading to the central elevator hall requires six codes, and each deceased person reveals a password. Participants must unlock the mechanisms in the rooms and decide whether to trade the lives of other teams for the exit. Rules put team survival and mutual trust directly in conflict.
Three groups of characters
Group C consists of firefighters Carlos, Akane, and Junpei; Junpei once joined the detective agency to search for his missing childhood friend Akane. The Q group includes the amnesiac boys Q, Eric, and Mira, all wearing spherical helmets, with Eric dating Mira. Group D consists of nurses Diana, Phi, and Sigma; Phi, Akane, and Sigma participate in experiments to change the future of the world.
Fragmented narratives
Players switch between different characters and events, gradually piecing fragments into complete progression and exploring different endings. The escape room section searches for objects and clues in three-dimensional space; The storyline uses fully voiced characters, no longer carrying all dialogue in traditional text windows.
Series position
This installment brings old characters from '9 Hours, 9 People, 9 Gates 9' and 'Good People Die' into the event together with new participants, continuing the unsolved mysteries of the previous two games. The characters' positions, ages, and memories in this work need to be understood in conjunction with their timelines.
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Related entries
- Characters:Carlos (Extreme Excretasy)
- Characters:Akane (Extreme Escape)
- Characters:Junpei (Extreme Escape)
- Characters:Q (Extreme Escape)
- Characters:Eric (Extreme Escape)
- Characters:Mira (Extreme Escape)
- Characters:Diana (Escape from the Limit)
- Characters:Phi (Extreme Exit)
- Characters:Sigma (Extreme Escape)
- Previous entries in the series:Extreme escape: 9 hours, 9 people, 9 doors
- Previous entries in the series:Limit Escape ADV Good Person Death
- Music Production:Hosoe Shinji
References
- Bangumi entry for works: ZERO ESCAPE - The Dilemma of Time
- Bangumi Copyright Notice
- Spike Chunsoft: Zero-hour dilemma background
- Spike Chunsoft: A product in a zero-hour dilemma
- Spike Chunsoft：Cinema Part
- Spike Chunsoft: The Zero-Time Dilemma Character Carlos
- Spike Chunsoft: Junpei, the character in the mid-hour dilemma
- Spike Chunsoft: Zero-hour dilemma character q
- Spike Chunsoft: Eric the Zero-Time Dilemma
- Spike Chunsoft: Diana, the person in the mid-hour dilemma
- Spike Chunsoft: The Zero-Time Dilemma Phi
- Spike Chunsoft: The Zero-Time Dilemma Character sigma
- Spike Chunsoft: akane in the midnight predicament
- Spike Chunsoft: Mila the Zero-Time Dilemma
- SuperSweep: The career history of Shinji Hosoe and Ayako Saso
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