I just finished the ending on the left most, the one with the Ota ending (? The kid who lives the idol). What's the best story, go from left to right on the branches?
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Finished this yesteday.
I liked it overall not at the same level as 999 etc but is a very different beast altoghter. Id say Yakuza zero is probably the funniest game ive ever played and this would maybe just be in a tier below that, some silly random lines were just gold.
I liked it overall not at the same level as 999 etc but is a very different beast altoghter. Id say Yakuza zero is probably the funniest game ive ever played and this would maybe just be in a tier below that, some silly random lines were just gold.
Did anyone else feel the final end was a bit too obvious? Like if you pay even a little bit of attention to the ages of the characters and the timeframe of events, it was kinda really clear what was happening. I guess its good they didn't feel forced to do a lot of big dumb twists out of nowhere.
I also didn;t think the multiple branches made a lot of sense in this or it wasn't as justified as it is in other games.
The final dance scence is glorious.
I also didn;t think the multiple branches made a lot of sense in this or it wasn't as justified as it is in other games.
The final dance scence is glorious.
Pretty much, though they are rarer than in VLR. Just keep playing and you'll unlock them when it's time to see them.
I suppose the beginning is intentionally slow because after 2 hours nothing really interesting happened so far. Also, should I be clicking everything?
Pretty sure that's...
Oda's route, specifically Mayumi's Somnium...
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One of the most viscerally upsetting things I have ever had to experience in a video game. Also my word choice is... convenient
If I remember correctly, the As are unlocked when you clear a psync with time still left over.
Thanks for the help, I just platinumed it. This game was great. I loved 999 and VLR and was kinda meh on ZTD. The ending "song"... Wow... It was so awesome.
While Ai is from the same scenario writer/director as 999 and VLR, the story is more self contained and grounded. You do have to jump around like in VLR to get all of the ends and the true end, but there are a lot less branches.
Just finished the game, loved it. Some wonderfully written characters, great story, music and lots of humor.
Game deserves more recognition.
I will say though, i'm glad I did all the routes on the left first because one of the routes on the right side gives you a hint that kind of ruins the entire mystery.
Knowing that towards the beginning would've ruined a lot of moments where you're supposed to be confused.
So if anyone has yet to play the game, do the
left routes first !
Game deserves more recognition.
I will say though, i'm glad I did all the routes on the left first because one of the routes on the right side gives you a hint that kind of ruins the entire mystery.
the fact that you can swap bodies if you psync with someone for more than 6 minutes
Knowing that towards the beginning would've ruined a lot of moments where you're supposed to be confused.
So if anyone has yet to play the game, do the
left routes first !
I'm wondering how long I have left, I'm gessing ~10h. I've finished Ota's, Mizuki's, and Iris's routes, Green route to the lock, I haven't started the pink route yet.
I did the left side first, and I'm glad I did.
I did the left side first, and I'm glad I did.
somehow this flew under my radar.
How does it compares to the Zero Escape trilogy? From the reviews, I guess its at least better than the last one...
EDIT: Just read ShyMel post. Gonna buy this soon, I love this kind of games
How does it compares to the Zero Escape trilogy? From the reviews, I guess its at least better than the last one...
EDIT: Just read ShyMel post. Gonna buy this soon, I love this kind of games
I think you can't do that route on the right to begin with, you need to unlock something in the left side before it. Only a single route is open in the right route to begin with, and that doesn't spoil the mystery.
I did the right route first and don't recall getting that piece of info.
Following up on what Euler said, to be clear...
If you don't believe Iris, there's a lock after you're told about her actual condition. Actually I think that's when you find the body again, right? You get that much and then it stops? I think that's it. But you don't get any more than that.
...I actually picked that side first of the two branches about believing Iris or not, which is the one thing that felt a little off about my route order, as I'd rather not have known she was wrong for her entire route. Felt like it should have locked before that.
...I actually picked that side first of the two branches about believing Iris or not, which is the one thing that felt a little off about my route order, as I'd rather not have known she was wrong for her entire route. Felt like it should have locked before that.
I bounced back and forth across the initial branch every time I finished a route or was locked, and felt pretty happy with that, beyond that one branch I just wish I'd taken the other side in first. And while I think they maybe left open the possibility of people taking an unsatisfying route through the game (if only for some portion of it), it has been very interesting to see how people who focused on one side or the other figure out certain things very early, or have it influence their guesses in very different ways.
Nope, never really explained. It's a plot point I generally really like so I'm fine with them not getting into it, honestly.
Frankly, it actually makes more sense to roll with as a thing that's happening than some of the stuff they were trying to get into with slowly regaining/regrowing/whatever memories after a body switch. Cause I'm pretty sure there was at least one description where what happened made 0 sense to me given how Falcon had already switched bodies multiple times? So I couldn't mind it much.
Frankly, it actually makes more sense to roll with as a thing that's happening than some of the stuff they were trying to get into with slowly regaining/regrowing/whatever memories after a body switch. Cause I'm pretty sure there was at least one description where what happened made 0 sense to me given how Falcon had already switched bodies multiple times? So I couldn't mind it much.
Hmm that's a little disappointing given they kind of point it out a few times.
Zero escape spoils
Zero escape spoils
I mean, that's the absolute best part of the whole previous franchise, so I get it, but still
I would probably have said something about the collective unconsciousness or the wadjet system or something
I would probably have said something about the collective unconsciousness or the wadjet system or something
People said play the left route first, but the right route is really bad and nonsensical and makes me want to quit the game after playing the good left side.
Should have played right first.
Should have played right first.
I just finished the game! I bought it the launch day, but it took me a while to finish it because I made several breaks after each route to experience it like a TV series and make the cliffhangers last longer.
SPOILER-FREE
PROS:
- The cast is fairly good. Not all of them are awesome or memorable, but I liked most of them.
- The setting and the story is great.
- Some of the twists are clever and some are a bit obvious, but all of them are really cool. Even so, the game don't need them to give us a good mystery.
- The music.
- The setting of the Somnium scenes are great, and the interactions between Date and Aiba was funny. I enjoyed the idea of managing the time.
- I liked dumb and surreal humor...
CONS:
- But most of the sexual jokes were awful, some of them even throw me of the game. Very poorly writen. They needed a lot of more work.
- The gameplay of the Somnium scenes are mediocre. Some have good puzzles, but most of them were very random or boring. After the first Somnium I was very hyped about the idea of dream puzzles. What a let down...
- I wanted more interrogations!
At the end, I enjoyed the game a lot, and I'm very grateful that the experience was totally different to the Zero's games (999 is one of my favourite games of all time, and VLR was a great experience since the beginning to the end). So I can only recommend it to anyone searching a good mystery game and is open to crazy ideas, and the typical japanese quirkness.
I hope the next game mystery of the team it's something new again!
SPOILER-FREE
PROS:
- The cast is fairly good. Not all of them are awesome or memorable, but I liked most of them.
- The setting and the story is great.
- Some of the twists are clever and some are a bit obvious, but all of them are really cool. Even so, the game don't need them to give us a good mystery.
- The music.
- The setting of the Somnium scenes are great, and the interactions between Date and Aiba was funny. I enjoyed the idea of managing the time.
- I liked dumb and surreal humor...
CONS:
- But most of the sexual jokes were awful, some of them even throw me of the game. Very poorly writen. They needed a lot of more work.
- The gameplay of the Somnium scenes are mediocre. Some have good puzzles, but most of them were very random or boring. After the first Somnium I was very hyped about the idea of dream puzzles. What a let down...
- I wanted more interrogations!
At the end, I enjoyed the game a lot, and I'm very grateful that the experience was totally different to the Zero's games (999 is one of my favourite games of all time, and VLR was a great experience since the beginning to the end). So I can only recommend it to anyone searching a good mystery game and is open to crazy ideas, and the typical japanese quirkness.
I hope the next game mystery of the team it's something new again!
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Finished today, game was certainly meatier than I expected! Pacing felt off at several moments due to the branching, and the game overall feels longer than it needed to be but that's likely my fault for being OCD about clicking every background object in every scene. I'm glad I did though, there's a lot of funny stuff hidden in there.
The technical performance on Switch was atrocious though, especially late in the game. The CONSTANT flashback popups that paused for up to 10 seconds to load in were unbelievable, I can't believe so many got left in the game if they caused the game to hitch that badly. There's on particular car ride where you get four in a quick sequence (two of which are the SAME POPUP) and it caused my game to crash!
Even with those warts though, the writing was consistently funny and engaging and man, these are maybe my favorite characters of 2019. Aiba and Mizuki are unforgettable.
The technical performance on Switch was atrocious though, especially late in the game. The CONSTANT flashback popups that paused for up to 10 seconds to load in were unbelievable, I can't believe so many got left in the game if they caused the game to hitch that badly. There's on particular car ride where you get four in a quick sequence (two of which are the SAME POPUP) and it caused my game to crash!
Even with those warts though, the writing was consistently funny and engaging and man, these are maybe my favorite characters of 2019. Aiba and Mizuki are unforgettable.
Finally got around to this game and reading this thread, and this, this, this.
So many mysteries set up, a lot of which are brief but keep your brain working, and have a great payoff at the end.
Endgame stuff...
Absolutely loved the Manaka/Hitomi/Renju backstory and didn't expect the game to take that turn. Which ends up leading to the Falco backstory which is also great. The killer reveal at the end is also awesome, between the two main branches and how he broke down the sequence of events and the issues he ran into trying to mastermind everything. Having the kills be handled by a different body each time was clever as hell and didn't expect that.
yeah like this game isn't that twisty by comparison to other uchikoshi games, but like compared to every other game it still had a moment where the penny dropped and I was like OH SHIT EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE BUT ALSO I DON'T LIKE WHERE THIS IS GOING
Is there a trick or a correct path on getting the Boss A photo in 'Syncing in the Refrain?'
I can get to the end just fine but not with the extra time left to unlock the photo :/
I can get to the end just fine but not with the extra time left to unlock the photo :/
Are you using the time things? This is the guide I used:
Yeah it never got released here for some reason. I ended up just buying a physical copy off amazon.
AI seems to have been review bombed on Metacritic, anyone know what that's about?
https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/ai-the-somnium-files
https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/ai-the-somnium-files
https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/ai-the-somnium-files
https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/ai-the-somnium-files
https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/ai-the-somnium-files
https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/ai-the-somnium-files
Edit: I got it.
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That review bombing was messed up. Even more messed up that it was a reset era user doing it.
What an awful person.
What an awful person.
Especially that he was pretty much doing it for his waifu, and revelling in the little hints he left around. Weird situation all around.
Huh? Did I miss something in this thread? Or did all this happen somewhere else?