Talk:Steins;Gate 0 (Visual Novel)/@comment-117.254.171.163-20150715115616/@comment-7888499-20150715135858

Ah, the story is not set in 2015. The 2015 in the poster is referring to how this visual novel will be on sale this year, November 19th, 2015 to be exact according to the latest announcement. The story itself starts out in November 2010.

You are right, however, that it is not just a straight up adaptation of the Epigraph light novels, etc. but will have its own scenario, so there ought to be plenty of new and interesting information.

I agree that the original Steins;Gate story, the main story if you will, is fantastic in so many ways. This one probably just seeks to fill in one of the more interesting side developments that could only be hinted at and not fully explored in the main story. -And, of course, the creators are milking this story universe for all it is worth, not that I mind at all.- I think it will be best appreciated as the side story it is to the original, not a stand-alone story that can hold its own without previous knowledge of and love for the original.

I think that Zero does have quite a bit of potential for exploring more of the SG science -and who knows, maybe hinting at connections with the Chaos and Robotics series as well-, so that is one of the reasons I am really looking forward to it. And, for people who prefer VN's and anime over light novels, it's nice that they are making this. Especially, because the anime has a good chance of getting simulcasted with English subtitles and even the VN might get released to the West after a few years, but the Epigraph Trilogy light novels haven't shown much chance of getting translated and drama CDs like Arc Light of the Point of Infinity will probably never be given an English "dub".

Either which way, no sequel or side story can detract from the original's worth, but it's still fun to be excited over, right?