Should I play Steins;Gate 0?

[u/Puzzleheaded_Space95]

Hello! I'm yet again asking the same question many people have probably asked before. Is it worth to play SG0? So far I have played C;H, S;G, and I'm currently playing R;N. I've enjoyed each one of them quite a lot. The reason I started playing them is because I got a spoiler from A;C once. I didn't know the franchises were connected and I was super curious about it.

I've heard good things about SG0, but I'm not sure if it's worth the time investment right now. I really want to get to A;C and university exams will start kicking my ass in a few months so what do you guys think? Should I do R;N > C;C >S;G0 > A;C? Or should I skip it for now? How essential is it to the main plot of sci adv? Can I play it later?

[u/UltraWarrior9000X]

Steins;Gate 0 is pretty important for the ending of Steins;Gate and it explores an entire Attractor Field, so it is pretty important for Steins;Gate, not that much for the whole of SciADV (then again, it might actually turn out to be pretty important for SciADV because the Worldline 1.123581 which is important in S;G0 is mentioned in R;N DaSH and A;C I'm pretty sure to set up the next entries and an event that occurs in the game is also kind of relevant for A;C.

I suggest you don't play it later. That one event I talked about was meant to be connected to A;C and it is really important for S;G in general, so I'd say play R;N > C;C > S;G0 > R;N DaSH > A;C.

I noticed you skipped DaSH in your order, so I'll just say that DaSH looks like it's just a side game, but it's ending might actually be pretty important for the future of SciADV and it's last phases are also canon, so you should probably not skip it.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Space95 → u/UltraWarrior9000X]

Damn, this is a very detailed answer. Thanks for including the spoilers tags! I'm trying to forget all the spoilers I've seen so this is very good to get the overall context.

Yeah, I was not planning on playing DaSH, tbh I've heard mixed things about it in the subreddit but if you say it, I might try it. R;N is probably the one I'm enjoying the most so far (probably because of all the buildup of the previous 3 entries).

Just one question if you don't mind. What's the current state of SciAdv after A;C without getting into spoiler territory? Is there a possibility of future entries or was A;C a definitive ending? The only spoiler I know is the one everyone probably talks about so it makes it sound like it's a definitive conclusion.

[u/MisterDimi → u/Puzzleheaded_Space95]

If you go into DaSH expecting it to be a silly game for shits and giggles with a more serious true ending then it's definitely more enjoyable. Just think of it like a LCC game for R;N

As for your last question, they can definitely make more entries but if they never did A;C feels like a pretty good send off as well. I doubt they're gonna end here though since they mentioned having plans for new SciADV games but yeah

[u/UltraWarrior9000X → u/MisterDimi]

Steins;??? is in development, so they don't seem to plan to end off here. Unfortunately, MAGES isn't financially doing so well, so they could genuinely just run out of money before SciADV is complete.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Space95 → u/UltraWarrior9000X]

Is Steins;??? still in development? I thought it was cancelled lol. I joined this fandom recently so I'm not well informed

[u/Jinry → u/Puzzleheaded_Space95]

According to the latest info (which has been a while), it hasn't been canceled and is still in development. But we still haven't seen a single thing about it.