| Salnax said: 49. Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward (PC) Visual Novels are a medium I've enjoyed, but I won't exactly be posting a lot of them in my Top 50, mostly because a lot of them barely qualify as games. However, Virtue's Last Reward manages to include enough gameplay in interesting ways that I have no hesitation about it qualifying for this Top 50. The premise of Virtue's Last Reward is that a group of 9 characters are placed in a mysterious location and have to play a life-or-death game to escape. Progress is made by performing escape room challenges in a "point and click" style of gameplay as well as navigating the many twists and turns of the narrative. Overall, the story is a gripping tale with interesting characters that will require solving various brainteasers and spending many hours reading boxes of dialogue. Spoiler! Virtue's Last Reward is a strong visual novel from the get-go, but its the Spoilers that elevate it to greatness. |
I completely agree with this. I've found most visual novels to be lacking, but Virtue's Last Reward is something special. The story and characters are SO good, and the puzzle-solving gameplay -- in both the individual escape rooms and across the narrative -- is gripping. For me, it's the best of its kind.
