 Virtue 's Last Reward marked a tonal shift from the suspense present within Nine Hours , Nine Persons , Nine Doors , to a more relaxed and exploration @-@ heavy atmosphere . Uchikoshi stated that the results of a Japanese survey indicated that players who did not purchase Nine Hours , Nine Persons , Nine Doors thought it looked scary ; he " didn 't have a choice but to tone it down " for Virtue 's Last Reward as directed by Chunsoft . Uchikoshi worked alongside a sub @-@ writer , who helped to identify problems present within the story . 
