Morphogenetic Sorrow - 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors Remastered OST

just beat the game last night and man what an absolute masterpiece, its rare that a game manages to immerse me this much, a true hidden gem that ill forever be thankful for experiencing

I cannot explain how this song makes me feel.

It scares me because while playing you know that if you fail, u can't but if you do
A 9 year old will be burned alive.

Its the knowledge of it already happening. Like take other more urgent tracks
Its purpose is to be a sort of booster... To show urgency but this seems grim.
Its not a song where your like "IM GOING TO DIE"
Its like it has already happened or its inevitable.... Idk i just can't describe it as inevitable... It doesn't describe it
It just seems hopeless

June 18, 2022. That is the day I found a visual novel named 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors. It has been a year since I played this masterpiece of a game. I was done with my high school research that day, so I took the opportunity to rest and treat myself. I am a fan of Ace Attorney and Layton games, and I was looking for something as good as these amazing visual novels at that time (highly recommend them for those who have not played them yet). I looked up some DS mystery visual novel games, and 999 caught my eye for some unexplained feeling. The internet says it's good, but I did not expect something out of the ordinary.

I played the game blind. No knowledge about what's to come, pseudoscientific shenanigans, and digital root whatnots. I was hooked on the story from the very beginning until the end. I never stopped playing the game. I played it on the weekend and got my first ending. The Safe Ending. I thought that was it. Junpei lost June and the siblings died. It is a cliffhanger. Then, I searched the internet and found the other endings. I am hyped to see the story's ending so I searched the True Ending's path because I want answers to the mysteries as soon as possible. I was lucky to finish the safe ending, so I proceeded to doors 4, 7, and 1. (I feel in danger every time I was with Ace after knowing everything in the safe ending). I was joyful when I knew Clover didn't die. At last, she can reunite with Snake. I knew the password for the coffin. Obviously, I knew it because I played the safe ending already, but how about Junpei? How and why did he know that? Another mystery has wandered into my head. I played the remaining escape rooms of the game and knew more about the history of the Nonary Game. It was raining that night while I'm playing, and for me, that is the perfect opportunity to finish the game. The gang arrived at the incinerator, and THAT epiphany came in. The truth about morphogenetic fields and the sudoku of death. I, too, was crying like young Akane trying to solve the puzzle. I solve the puzzle after some minutes. I watched the story to the end and I had a new view of life. (I even believed that morphogenetic fields are true at some point).

At last, I have answers to the mysteries. Now I know why Junpei knows everything. It was mind-blowing. I watched the other endings I didn't got, and they creeped me out, especially the Axe Ending. For me, 999 is more than a game or visual novel. It is an experience that I would never forget. I love the mystery and the creativity of each escape room. The digital roots are a fantastic addition to the game. The story is like a complicated puzzle that has a magnificent picture when completed. Junpei is such an amazing protagonist. I felt that I was in the story, accompanying him throughout. The plot is too good for this world. The storytelling is a chef's kiss. There is no other game like this. I love Ace Attorney and Professor Layton, but this is on a whole new level. I'm not comparing these games on how good they are as they are all masterpieces on their own, but 999 is just different. It is the epitome of the perfect point of view in fiction and immersive storytelling. I cannot understand why it is so underrated. It is such an amazing game. In my opinion, VLR and ZTD are also quality games that continued what 999 established and made it better in some aspects, but 999 is the best for me out of the three. A true underrated gem for the DS.

PS. June 18, 2022. I played it in June. The same month Junpei named Akane. And 18 has a digital root of nine. I only noticed this now.

Fantastic! :-D

I played the remake and had to presd hint way too much.

This song can really convey a somber happiness or somber sadness for the characters in the game.



I love Junpei and Akane

Saddest puzzle I ever solved :(

This music is something else. Whenever I listen to this music, I start to break in tears. It’s really beautiful but also pretty sad.

Saddest sudoku puzzle ever

One of the best game plots i have ever seen, only to be ruined by the ending of Ztd

I like that this song was chosen for the final puzzle, it's kinda relaxing and sad at the same time and really help while I was struggling to solve the final puzzle even though the solution was very simple

I couldn't... save Clover... My sister died... because of me... Perhaps this will... begin to... atone for that... Perhaps in... the afterlife... She can... forgive me.

"This is it Ace, we are going to burn to death together "

What I find funny is this game is literally the first exposure to a sudoku puzzle for many people in the west.

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the fact that aoi had to see his 12-year old sister’s charred corpse is always the thing that makes me want to throw up the most abt the whole thing. esp since im an older brother as well

This is truly June's and Jumpei's theme, and hearing it as I had to solve the hexadecimal puzzle (I had it on Steam, so no sudoku for me) made me know just how much was at stake. If I didn't get it right, both of them would go up in flames...

Tbh i will never get over the fact that my moms penchant for sudoku is what helped me beat this and save akane lmao

She saw sudoku on my ds and just gave me all the numbers

this soundtrack says it all, it's simple notes just like the two protagonists... show how this was made to prevent a tragedy. it's notes really fit

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Aaah... I can hear Ace's dying screams as we speak.

Music to my ears.

crying because I don't know how to play sudoku

got this after searching for sudoku tutorials wtf

Yo how tf did Seven fit in the vents when he's that big?

Really need to play the ds version someday. I love the voice acting of the playstation version but still

snake:/

its sad

i know this plays in the first game but this song really fits the second one so well tbh

it's crying hours again

crying ost

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It will always strike me as in perspective, Hongou and Akane have several similarities. The two create the nonary game for a selfish purpose. But while Akane cares about the innocents she kidnapped, especially Junpei. Hongou has no affection for anyone. Besides, sometimes I feel like Akane also wanted to see if Hongou changed during those nine years. And the cruel old man proved that he would never improve as a person.

This was the very first sudoku puzzle I've ever made.
Fucking traumatic.

"ZEEEEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Rest in Pain Ace.

I came here from a video that had this sad theme. It was about the death of Mello, Charmy Bee’s best friend in the Archie Comics.

i loved this puzzle so much because it allowed me to show off my sudoku skills, something i never use

The twist involving the true meaning of the bottom screen is, to this day, one of my favorite HOLY SHIZZ moments.

Good thing I wasn't in that situation otherwise I would have died since I'm terrible at sudoku and I admit I had to look up the answers

this is really sad

The most emotionally devastating Sudoku puzzle ever created

By far the best ze game, this is objective. Vlr is the worst one

Shit! Damn you all!
Why! Why?!
Why me?! I don't
deserve this!
Answer me! Answer me, Zero!
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY?! (yes, he actually says it twice)
Zero! Zero!
ZEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

AAAA I swear this was the damn most stressful part of all 999 for me! And more with the screen turned damn

I love how the silhouettes make Santa, Clover, Junpei, and June look like some ragtag group of middleschoolers out to solve mysteries. They are all way smaller than I thought they were

what a good game, Clover's real neat

everyone talking about the final puzzle
but NO ONE talking about Safe End

Snake in Safe End is just heartbreaking

When akane screamed "please get me out of here! " I cried like a small boy

This sounds like something from Paper Mario, TTYD (maybe), SPM and OoT

Hearing this song makes me wanna cry even now.

Ever17 also has similar twist as both games are by Uchikoshi.

Sudoku is pretty easy, but the remaster's final puzzle on the other hand...

Personal confession: I suck at sudokus so this was the perfect ultimate challenge for me. If it actually had the time limit I would've lost lots of times...

I wasn't totally a fan of the True Ending, but I must say trying to solve that last puzzle (I was playing the Steam version, so no sudoku for me) with this music playing was one of the absolute high points of the entire game for me. Really amazing.