History VisualNovel / VirtuesLastReward

''Virtue's Last Reward'' [[note]](''Kyokugen Dasshutsu ADV: Zennin Shibou Desu''; lit. ''"Extreme Escape Adventure: Good People Die / I Want To Be A Good Person"'')[[/note]] is a VisualNovel for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita, the sequel to the DS's ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' and the second game in the ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape'' series. It was released in February 2012 in Japan, October 23rd in America, and November 2012 in Europe, courtesy of Rising Star Games.

* ExactWords: Once someone gets 9 BP and exits through the Number 9 door, the announcer states that the Nonary Game is over and that [[spoiler:all doors except the Number 9 door are now unlocked. This includes the identical door on Floor B, which is a stop on the cargo elevator behind Door 9]].

* SequelEscalation: ''Virtue's Last Reward'' is 3 to 4 times the length as ''999'', has nearly 5 times as many endings, more unique story branches, a deadlier Nonary game, much bigger stakes behind it, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and character voice-acting.]]

* SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb: Several appear throughout the base at various points. {{Antimatter}} bombs at that. The achievements for clearing the locks to expose who planted them are [[ShoutOut "Who Set Up]] [[VideoGame/ZeroWing Us The Bomb"]], Part 1 and Part A.

* TemporalParadox: [[spoiler:Subverted, according to WordOfGod. It seems that technically, the deactivation code for Bomb #01 doesn't really originate from anywhere because Dio never tells it to anyone, but Zero Sr. does, and Zero Sr. is Sigma, meaning he would learn from "himself". What actually happened is that Akane hacked Bomb #01 and changed its password, which is how Zero Sr. knew of it. Incidentally (refer to EasterEgg), the password for that bomb is one letter away from the name of Akane's organization.]]

* WeaksauceWeakness: In Luna's route, [[spoiler:she reveals that if you just stick some tinfoil in between your arm and your bracelet, it won't be able to detect your heartbeat anymore, assume you must have died, and pop right off without a fuss]].
* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler: K (aka Kyle Klim)]] views his relationship with [[spoiler: Sigma]] this way. [[spoiler: Not only is he wrong, he's instrumental to helping his father save the world.]]

---> '''Tenmyouji:''' ''(after they see a circular shadow moving on the surface of the red moon)'' I meant what I said before: [[spoiler: That up there is the Moon's shadow.]]

'''Tenmyouji:''' Think about it. If that's [[spoiler: the Moon's shadow]], then what's it falling on?\\

** [[spoiler: The ABT liquid on Sigma's hand.]]

* YouWakeUpInARoom: Sigma and Phi wake up in what appears to be an elevator.

** [[spoiler:The final puzzle door that you go through has a "Q" on it, just like the last door in the first game. Q is a homonym for 9 (Kyu) in Japanese.]]

** Zero's gas mask. [[spoiler: Unsurprising, considering Akane is actively contributing to Dr. Klim's Project AB.]]

* CyanidePill: [[spoiler:Dio uses a suicide pill to kill himself in the Alice Ending so no one can stop the bombs he planted. He attempts it in the Sigma and Phi routes, but gets stopped by Sigma before he manages to use it.]]

* DeadlineNews: In the (first) epilogue, we see a newscaster reporting [[spoiler: the horrible extent to which the Radical-6 virus has spread]] before [[spoiler: succumbing to it and killing herself on the air]].

** [[spoiler:Luna happily dies in Sigma's arms in the ending of her route.]]

* ExactWords: Once someone gets 9 BP and exits through the Number 9 door, the announcer states that the Nonary Game is over and that [[spoiler:all doors except the Number 9 door are now unlocked. This includes the identical door on Floor B]].

* MagicalDefibrillator: Sort of. While it's not used, examining the AED in the infirmary has the characters comment it's used to restart a stopped heart. [[spoiler:Which is probably why Sigma elects to have his arm cut off by the number nine door instead of running for it to stop his heart early and thus get his about-to-kill-him bracelet off in Quark's ending.]]
** It likely wouldn't work anyway, since restarting a heart means nothing if [[spoiler:the tubocurarine disables your lungs.]]

Check out the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAqGs441qzU here]]. There is also a promo anime for the game, available [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqcHlMsJoh4 here]] with English subtitles. While the American edition has both Japanese and English voice tracks available, the European edition has only the Japanese voice track.

* NumberTwo: [[spoiler:Dio, the leader of the Myrmidons and [[JustForPun "Left"]] hand man of Brother.]]

* CloningBlues: Averted in two cases:
** [[spoiler:Dio is pretty happy about being a clone of the leader of Free the Soul's dead brother.]]
** [[spoiler:K only has issues with his "father" Sigma's ParentalNeglect, he couldn't care less he's a clone of the man.]]

** [[spoiler:Alice's path involves Alice betraying Sigma, then calling him stupid for voting ally. After coming down with a bad case of Radical-6, Sigma manages to cure her by finding the rare medicine and even duplicating it so there's enough to go around. Sigma's reward for that...is for Alice to sprint to the second AB round to vote betray, which kills Sigma and gives Alice the chance to leave if he votes ally. Alice will even defend herself and insist she was only doing the logical thing, even if she later apologizes. So you may enjoy betraying her in the Phi path.]]

* EarthAllAlong: [[spoiler:The "moon" first found in Dio's ending upon stepping outside the main facility is at first assumed to be a red moon during a solar eclipse as everyone thinks they're on Earth.]] [[spoiler:The "moon" they see actually ''is'' Earth after the Radical-6 virus consumed its whole population.]]