Pandora's Box | Steins Gate 0 | Part 21

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Steins;Gate 0[a] is a visual novel video game developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus. It is part of the Science Adventure series, and is a sequel to the 2009 game Steins;Gate. It was released by 5pb. in Japan for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in December 2015 and for Microsoft Windows in August 2016, and by PQube in North America and Europe for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in November 2016. An Xbox One version is planned to be released in Japan in 2017, and an anime adaptation is planned.

The story is seen from several characters' viewpoints, mainly the university student Rintaro Okabe, the time traveler Suzuha Amane, and the neuroscientist Maho Hiyajo. The story begins during the ending of the original Steins;Gate, when Okabe fails to save Kurisu Makise's life, leading to him suffering from depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. After meeting Alexis Leskinen and Maho, Kurisu's co-workers, he becomes a tester for the artificial intelligence (AI) system Amadeus, which runs an AI with Kurisu's memories. The player reads the text and dialogue that comprise the story, and affects the direction of the plot by choosing whether to answer phone calls from the Amadeus; early in the game, the story splits into two main branches, which in turn branch into the game's different endings.

The game was planned by Chiyomaru Shikura, using Steins;Gate audio dramas and light novels as a base for one of the routes; it is not a straight adaptation of them, however, and features a new scenario. The music was composed by Takeshi Abo, who made notes of his first impressions of the emotional flow while reading the story, using these to create music with a good relation to the game's worldview. The English localization was a large project, taking place over the course of five months; it was done with the intention to avoid Westernizing the game too much due to the importance the Japanese setting and culture hold in the game, while still striving to keep it accessible for Western players. The game was well received by critics, who enjoyed the story, visuals and audio; it was however criticized for being padded with extraneous scenes, and the player choice system was met with mixed opinions, some finding it too simple and some too complex.

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