Recap of Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma (RECAPitation)

I can tell there will be people that will not support the pace with which I narrate this story, but from where I am, delineating a story that requires a bit of 4th dimensional thinking was the bigger challenge and focus for me (I'm not slowing down for those folks, so keep up please as we discuss time travel and multi-world travel). This is one of those where pictures show the flow for this story better, but I did my best. Definitely had to revisit it a few times to make sure it made sense with continuity and trimmed for length (12k words gets me to 1 hr at a brisk speaking pace). This took longer than I would have preferred, so I appreciate the patience of those awaiting this final chapter. This marks another series closed for RECAPitation, which makes me glad, and oddly enough, another visual novel about a massive death game. Next RECAPitation will be: Lost Odyssey

I couldn't help but laugh at that one timeline where Delta's dropping the bombshell of everything then just mentions "also I killed the dog..." and that's when everyone's like "Dude WTF?!"

1st game: ok I think I get it 2nd game:my head hurts 3rd game:imma lay down and die

Imagine someone who bought the game at full price when it came out and played timeline 0-a thinking it was the only ending

You know it's a convoluted plot when someone breaks it down super clearly, timeline by timeline, and it still takes nearly an hour to explain.

My brain, it hurts. I have watched all 3 of the videos and played the games and it still hurts the brain. It all makes sense, but holy shit did so much happen.

* Gab gets killed * Doesn't update death count

Moral of the story: if you see a snail, kick it

Seventeen years ago, a young mother went jogging in the park. She reached a fork where she usually goes right, but on this day she decided to go left. Why? Because there was a snail on the path. No one knows why she avoided the snail. Was she afraid of them? Or felt a sense of danger from it? Whatever the case may be, the snail caused her to switch to the left path. As a result, she was killed by a girl. The suspect who was taken into custody, a Japanese man, was not the culprit. He was falsely convicted and executed, and his wife committed suicide in her grief. The two children were left behind. The convicted man called a taxi before his arrest, but the taxi ended up picking up another fare instead, a brilliant young surgeon. However, the car became involved in an accident, killing the surgeon as well as the young boy who was waiting for an operation by the surgeon. If that snail hadn't been on the right path 17 years ago, what would have happened? Life is simply unfair, don't you think?

Holy crap, that snail must have been huge

I cant even imagine the process behind writing the plot for these games

54:15 OOF! 23k copies sold worldwide? That's... not good...

Timeline 4 is truly the timeline of suffering

Zero being out of frame the entire time is possibly the best worst piece of writing I’ve seen in my life. 10/10 best game

A story to surpass Metal Gear.

Hold on a second 24 thousand copies? That's... Almost nothing! Far worse games have sold for more! 100 thousand would be a decent goal for a game like this right? Did they massively undersell?

What is a man a miserable pile of Timelines waiting on your other recaputations

I never understood why they let Mira live... she was still the cold blooded killer... did everyone forget that?

I need a flow chart. Still good! And great job on the recapitation. Just extremely confusing. Flow chart for the entire series actually. At least everyone has a happy ending.

I think you did quite an awesome job covering this one. Each timeline comes to an important piece of evidence that would be used by both the characters and the audience as we all work to solve the mystery together. RECAPing the coin toss in the beginning was the perfect set-up for the payoff in the end when the party shifts to that particular future, and push forward from there. Fortunately, watching all three of these RECAPs aren't necessary due to the nature of the constantly shifting timelines and each game stands on its own. :D Great job on this one, and I'll rendezvous with you on the next battlefield.