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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Zero Escape, known in Japan as Kyokugen Dasshutsu (Japanese: 極限脱出, lit. \"Extreme Escape\"), is a visual novel adventure video game franchise developed by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Chunsoft). It currently consists of two games: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors and Virtue's Last Reward, with a third game, Zero Time Dilemma, planned to be released in 2016. The series is published by Aksys Games in North America, and the second game has been published by Rising Star Games in Europe.The series follows groups of nine individuals, who are kidnapped and locked up by a person who goes by the name \"Zero\", and are forced to play a game of life and death in order to escape. The gameplay is divided into two types of sections: visual novel sections, where the player reads the games' stories, and \"escape the room\" adventure game sections where they solve puzzles. Depending on player choices, the stories branch, leading to multiple different endings; the player has to play through various different branches in order to reach each game's one \"true\" ending.The development team includes writer and director Kotaro Uchikoshi, character designer Kinu Nishimura, and music composer Shinji Hosoe. The series was originally conceived when Chunsoft wanted Uchikoshi to write visual novels for a wider audience; he came up with the idea of combining the story with story-integrated puzzles. While 999 was initially planned as a stand-alone title, its success in North America led to the development of two sequels, intended to be paired as a set; however, as both 999 and Virtue's Last Reward were commercial failures in Japan, the third game was announced to have been put on hold in 2014. In 2015, development was announced to have been resumed, due to fan demand and the hiatus becoming big news. Critics have been positive to the series, praising its narrative for being experimental and for pushing boundaries for what video game narrative can be."@en }

• Zero_Escape abstract "Zero Escape, known in Japan as Kyokugen Dasshutsu (Japanese: 極限脱出, lit. \"Extreme Escape\"), is a visual novel adventure video game franchise developed by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Chunsoft). It currently consists of two games: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors and Virtue's Last Reward, with a third game, Zero Time Dilemma, planned to be released in 2016. The series is published by Aksys Games in North America, and the second game has been published by Rising Star Games in Europe.The series follows groups of nine individuals, who are kidnapped and locked up by a person who goes by the name \"Zero\", and are forced to play a game of life and death in order to escape. The gameplay is divided into two types of sections: visual novel sections, where the player reads the games' stories, and \"escape the room\" adventure game sections where they solve puzzles. Depending on player choices, the stories branch, leading to multiple different endings; the player has to play through various different branches in order to reach each game's one \"true\" ending.The development team includes writer and director Kotaro Uchikoshi, character designer Kinu Nishimura, and music composer Shinji Hosoe. The series was originally conceived when Chunsoft wanted Uchikoshi to write visual novels for a wider audience; he came up with the idea of combining the story with story-integrated puzzles. While 999 was initially planned as a stand-alone title, its success in North America led to the development of two sequels, intended to be paired as a set; however, as both 999 and Virtue's Last Reward were commercial failures in Japan, the third game was announced to have been put on hold in 2014. In 2015, development was announced to have been resumed, due to fan demand and the hiatus becoming big news. Critics have been positive to the series, praising its narrative for being experimental and for pushing boundaries for what video game narrative can be.".