AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES Review [Ep. 85]
1Want a visual novel where you play as a perverted detective who roots around in people's dreams? Then check out this Cheapness affordable gaming review of AI: The Somnium Files [Episode 85]
This review shows how AI: The Somnium Files (By Spike Chunsoft):
-This is a visual novel first and foremost with a lot of reading and while the puzzles are fun and simple on one hand, they involve the irrational nature of dreams (For instance choosing to smell a plant makes it shrink and fly up your nose) and thus this lack of understandable consequences to the options means that a lot of times it's more trial and error than logic
-Fortunately, the detective story is good and complex (Surprisingly watertight but some facts are convenient and one big one is kept from you until quite late that involves what is possible in the game universe which might be a tad cheap) and it made formulate and re-formulate my theories as to what was happening (Which is quite an effective method for writing a detective story)
-The characters and dialogue are good too (If your character is mired in filth and puns) but sometimes they will break character for the sake of someone else making the jokes (I loved it but I'm a bit weeby) and sometimes jokes do get overused and fomo exploited because inspecting the same elements at different times during the investigation can yield different jokes
-Tonally it's surprisingly upbeat for a story about a serial killer (Ludicrous action, sentimentality, puns, overt innuendo)
-Just don't expect it to be AS GOOD as Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
-It has good, extensive voice acting (Can get hammy but maybe that's more the fault of the sentimentality of the material and sometimes this approach works)
-Quite good visually especially for a visual novel (Spike Chunsoft upgraded their engine, and this element is better than Zero Time Dilemma. It still has limitations but it's quite the improvement) and has nice anime design and touches like picture-in-picture (Some areas can look lifeless and some somniums can be too colourful and grating with the overlays)
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0:00 Cheapness Intro
0:11 Gag and Summary
1:18 Weird Dreams and Simple Puzzles
3:02 Unlockable Art
3:29 So Much to Inspect
4:13 Interrogations Do Require Logic
4:36 Simple Quick-Time Events
4:58 Surprisingly Lighthearted Moments for Something This Dark
5:25 Puns and Perversion
6:23 Sentiment Doesn't Detract From It
6:42 Ludicrous Action
6:57 Gloriously Sacarine Ending
7:22 Stimulating Detective Story
7:51 Branching Naratives and a True Ending
8:37 Sometimes Convenient, Coincidental Plot
9:13 Less Focus on Philososphy
9:34 Good, Extensive Voice Acting (English Dub)
10:14 Quite Good Music
10:57 Pretty Good Visuals Especially for a Visual Novel
11:54 Long Compared to Other Visual Novels
12:17 Great Value for Money
12:33 Download Size
12:39 System Requirements
12:51 Is It Kid Friendly?
13:35 Pros
14:52 Maybes
15:48 Cons
15:55 Ending Gag
16:20 Cheapness Outro
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