I used to know a girl who was obsessed with this series as well as Danganronpa. At one point we shared Steam libraries and she borderline blackmailed me into player Zero Escape at one point. I believe The Nonary Games was the one I played, it was fun but the cutscenes... I mean, I guess it's half visual novel, so it's understandable but they were really long. I was only there for the puzzles. Speaking of which, they were kinda fun, but the lengthy cutscenes turned me off.
Surprising to see it came out so recently, though as mentioned previously, this was only a remake release, so I guess that's more understandable. She seemed to be a longtime fan of the series.
...I never actually finished the game. As I said, it was more similar to blackmail, so it wasn't entirely my choice in the matter. Nonetheless, I played the first hour of it so she'd shut up about it, half of that was probably spent on the cutscenes and only the other half on the actual game itself. If the cutscenes weren't so long, maybe I would've had more incentive to play the rest of the game, but stories have never been a focus for me. I prefer puzzles alone.