AI: The Somnium Files

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  1. Leiaviathan
    Jan 27, 2023
    10
    The first 2 hours or so felt really slow and I kinda forgot about the game after that. However I continued playing about 2 weeks later and I was hooked! The last couple of days I didn't wanna play anything other than AI - The Somnium files and after ~25 hours playtime I completed the game and immediately ordered NirvanA Initiative. I usually wait for games to go on sale but if the secondThe first 2 hours or so felt really slow and I kinda forgot about the game after that. However I continued playing about 2 weeks later and I was hooked! The last couple of days I didn't wanna play anything other than AI - The Somnium files and after ~25 hours playtime I completed the game and immediately ordered NirvanA Initiative. I usually wait for games to go on sale but if the second part is anything like the first I won't regret paying full price for the psysical copy.… Expand
  2. keatto
    Nov 25, 2022
    7
    Fans of the zero escape series will get sprinkles of the series theyve come to love. Newcomers looking for an interesting take on interactive fiction will find this a great start. A large cast of characters with very detailed backgrounds. Soundtrack is very atmospheric, and voice acting is entertaining. Skipping text and scenes helps the impatient reader progress faster .

    Now psyncing    Fans of the zero escape series will get sprinkles of the series theyve come to love. Newcomers looking for an interesting take on interactive fiction will find this a great start. A large cast of characters with very detailed backgrounds. Soundtrack is very atmospheric, and voice acting is entertaining. Skipping text and scenes helps the impatient reader progress faster .

    Now psyncing is the other half of the game and it's a mixed bag . Part of this process is seemingly random, played by "dream logic". Its really hit or miss but keeps the experience fresh as every dream psync is a glance into another character's mind, like a soft take on psychonauts. Overall I enjoyed the experience and found myself scanning every background item for every nugget of flavored dialogue and humor. Theres even hidden endings if you persist with background options or the games certain points where you can refuse or accept ridiculous conditions. That all said, the 75% mark as you go fillin in the blanks can be confusing keeping track of what has or hasnt happened.about an hour of slugging through that could've been done a bit better by explaining briefly what happened in this path/point in the story. Overall a great game and a must play for fans of zero escape. It's as good as 999 but still not as good as the nonary games (a great start to the series)    … Expand
  3. ulundor
    Nov 16, 2022
    5
    The game story and characters are good, I really learned to like most of them, especially Moma.
    What's not so good in my opinion is the puzzles, pacing and dumb jokes. The game is really good when it's serious, but some parts are so cringy I wanted to just delete the game.
    The puzzles in the somniums are not very intuitive and they are annoying, since they're all within a dream. Also,    The game story and characters are good, I really learned to like most of them, especially Moma.
    What's not so good in my opinion is the puzzles, pacing and dumb jokes. The game is really good when it's serious, but some parts are so cringy I wanted to just delete the game.
    The puzzles in the somniums are not very intuitive and they are annoying, since they're all within a dream. Also, the somnium puzzles are timed, but even if you fail you can just retry as many times as you want, so what is even the point?
    Most of the investigation is just go to all places, click on everything, talk to everyone, and you progress. That's not a detective game, that's a VN. This is not even close to Nonary games or similar.    … Expand
  4. tom974
    Sep 19, 2022
    8
    To be brief : great story, nice artistic direction, original gameplay but poor technic and optimization. The game lacks a bit of polish on certain aspects (technic, optimisation, rythm, somnium phases gameplay) but it really is a must try at least for those who like the visual novel genre.
  5. MaximMillennia
    Sep 12, 2022
    10
    A game that can make me genuinely laugh my ass off must be a good one. And it is! Obscurity, eccentricity, degeneracy. Everything I need and like in my games when I need to cool off my brain during the day.
  6. GRAFAIAI
    Sep 1, 2022
    0
    this game is so terrible, the gameplay is cheap, lazy and very terrible. very bad
  7. lucinhagamer
    Aug 26, 2022
    0
    this game is very ugly i hate it so much. this is not a good game. not fun found here
  8. Sunshadow87
    Aug 7, 2022
    9
    No soy especial fan de las Visual Novels, aunque he disfrutado algunas, por ello este juego ha pasado por debajo de mi radar hasta recientemente, poco antes de lanzarse la secuela que descubrí que el desarrollador era el mismo equipo detrás de la saga 999 y me lance a por ella.

    He de decir que a nivel de historia, seguramente sea una de las mejores VN, poniéndote en la piel de un    No soy especial fan de las Visual Novels, aunque he disfrutado algunas, por ello este juego ha pasado por debajo de mi radar hasta recientemente, poco antes de lanzarse la secuela que descubrí que el desarrollador era el mismo equipo detrás de la saga 999 y me lance a por ella.

    He de decir que a nivel de historia, seguramente sea una de las mejores VN, poniéndote en la piel de un detective con un trasfondo de ciencia ficción que te tiene dando vueltas y comiéndote la cabeza durante todo el juego, mientras hace buen uso del "efecto mariposa" en las distintas bifurcaciones que podemos tomar. El juego te mantiene activo mentalmente intentando encajar las piezas del puzzle y resolver el caso hasta el increíblemente apoteósico final verdadero, donde ya sabes como va a acabar todo y aún así es imposible no emocionarte. Eso sí, hay algún personaje que se me hizo bastante insoportable durante el juego, sobre todo en algunos caminos...Ota...

    Sin embargo, como digo no soy especialmente fan de las VN, y aquellas que más he disfrutado son las que son capaces de integrar de forma orgánica el gameplay de la VN con otro genero, generalmente el de puzzle. Esto es algo que la saga 999 hace a la perfección (así como otras como la saga ace attorney o el profesor layton). Sin embargo, aquí la dinámica de puzzle esta integrada cuando entramos en los sueños de otros personajes. Esta mecánica orgánica es, pero justamente al trabajar en sueños, las soluciones de los puzzles resultan realmente aleatorias, y la mayor parte del tiempo los resolveremos por prueba y error (aunque hay excepciones, y hay algunos sueños realmente interesantes). Aparte de esto, el juego incorpora momentos de "quick-events" que le aportan variedad y resultan cuanto menos cómicos.

    Otro problema de mecánica (y este si que es de la parte de VN) es que la habilidad de pasar rápido el texto no esta del todo bien implementada... solo permitiendonos pasar una línea de texto si la hemos escuchada en la bifurcación que actualmente estamos, pero no si ya la escuchamos en otra, haciendo la exploración de varias rutas un tanto tediosa a veces (aunque la capacidad de saltar al momento que queramos de las rutas desbloqueadas se agradece a cambio). También existe un bug que aparece a veces que te permite saltar texto que NO HAS VISTO previamente. No es molesto, pero si no te das cuenta puede hacerte pasar líneas de dialogo importante y hacerte abrir el backlog para leerlas.

    También cabe mencionar, de que aunque no influya apenas por el tipo de juego que es, la versión de switch al menos tiene problemas de rendimiento. Ocurren a veces, que tarda unos segundos en mostrarnos la siguiente línea. Solo ocurre en algunos momentos en algunas rutas (especialmente hacía el final), y sí que puede llegar a resultar algo molesto a veces.

    Así pues, el juego tiene fallos, y personalmente esta por debajo de 999, pero no en su historia que es en última instancia, la parte más importante aquí.    … Expand
  9. Hackattaque
    Jul 12, 2022
    4
    New to the anime-style ‘visual novel’ genre? This game really might not be for you. Watch some Let’s Plays or wait for a sale to try it out. The universal acclaim does not tell the whole story.

    The premise for AI is intriguing: You play as a futuristic cop with an artificial intelligence in his eye socket who is called in to investigate a murder. But this is a ‘visual novel’ game, meaning    New to the anime-style ‘visual novel’ genre? This game really might not be for you. Watch some Let’s Plays or wait for a sale to try it out. The universal acclaim does not tell the whole story.

    The premise for AI is intriguing: You play as a futuristic cop with an artificial intelligence in his eye socket who is called in to investigate a murder. But this is a ‘visual novel’ game, meaning the story isn’t told from A to B — you have to run through it several times to view all the endings.

    This would be fine if the story were entertaining and the puzzles strong, like in ‘999’. But here, there are no puzzles — just a few QTEs and a handful of trial and error dream sequences.

    Which leaves the story. And in my view it’s an utter mess. Instead of sticking with the murder, the game jumps off into all sorts of confusing non sequiturs and plot distractions: parallel universes, double and triple crosses, secrets and hidden pasts and a stream of boring characters.

    At no point do you actually solve a crime: Instead of finding clues you run from location to location and exhaust dialogue options. The dialogue is crushingly dull and the anime tropes so tiresome: High school girls are there to stir adult male loins, erotic mags are thrown to distract gangsters, etc.

    Instead of wanting to find every ending to uncover the full truth behind all these bizarre deaths, resurrections and conspiracies, my first run through left me bored and frustrated. If you aren’t sure what you’re in for, I would steer clear.    … Expand
  10. Nintendist
    Jun 29, 2022
    0
    this game has a big lack of content. and u do the same thing over and over with no stop
  11. KanmuriDavid
    Apr 22, 2022
    10
    Great character design, awesome soundtrack, gripping story with plenty of twists!
  12. Ventu
    Apr 9, 2022
    8
    AI: The Somnium Files es una novela visual muy interesante y con un marcado sentido del humor constante. La jugabilidad es más amplia que lo habitual dentro del género, ya que podremos investigar los escenarios y resolver los puzzles del Somnium. La historia sigue siendo guiada, y no puedes saltarte nada importante, más allá de las habituales rutas para diferentes finales de este género.AI: The Somnium Files es una novela visual muy interesante y con un marcado sentido del humor constante. La jugabilidad es más amplia que lo habitual dentro del género, ya que podremos investigar los escenarios y resolver los puzzles del Somnium. La historia sigue siendo guiada, y no puedes saltarte nada importante, más allá de las habituales rutas para diferentes finales de este género. Los personajes son muy carismáticos y bien desarrollados, siendo lo mejor del juego. Los gráficos son muy buenos dentro de este género, con unos controles y músicas muy correctos. Lo mejor, la historia y los personajes, con un gran final, y siendo necesario hacer todas las rutas para comprender la historia en su totalidad. Lo peor, las fases del somnium, al ser necesario ensayo y error en nunerosas ocasiones, se pueden hacer pesadas, y durante toda la historia las bromas sexuales son continuas, aunque en su mayoría pueden resultar graciosas, a veces se siente excesivo. En definitiva, totalmente recomendable si te gusta este género, ya que implementa mecánicas novedosas y originales, acompañadas por una buena historia y grandes personajes.… Expand
  13. IcyRice
    Feb 15, 2022
    10
    Really quickly only have 2 slight issues with AI: The Somnium Files. The pacing can be a bit slow rarely and the game can get a bit buggy but it honestly doesn't happen to often. Shame it got review bombed at release.
    If you haven't played a vn yet start with something easy like Ace Attorney before diving into this, if you have played a few vns you will appreciate how much of a    Really quickly only have 2 slight issues with AI: The Somnium Files. The pacing can be a bit slow rarely and the game can get a bit buggy but it honestly doesn't happen to often. Shame it got review bombed at release.
    If you haven't played a vn yet start with something easy like Ace Attorney before diving into this, if you have played a few vns you will appreciate how much of a masterpiece this game is.
    The story, characters, dialogue, suspense, twists, gameplay, soundtrack and puzzles are incredible. This is a very psychological driven story with complex characters who are unique, honestly enough said. I rarely say a game is perfect, but damn this is oh so close to that. Spike Chunsoft games in general are well done. Since this game is so complex (multiple endings, non-linear format etc.) someone new to vns may not understand certain elements well    … Expand
  14. Bakuganfan69420
    Dec 15, 2021
    9
    Huh? What was that? No you! Just let me have this!
    oh~ sorry, I was talking to my eye ball girl friend. Yeah, haha, we've been goin steady for like 23 hours now, (cuz thats about how long it took me to beat this game fyi). But, I do consider myself a 'professional' game reviewee, so ill try to stay on track! No babe, Im just writing a review! haha sorry about that!
    Anyway! This game is    Huh? What was that? No you! Just let me have this!
    oh~ sorry, I was talking to my eye ball girl friend. Yeah, haha, we've been goin steady for like 23 hours now, (cuz thats about how long it took me to beat this game fyi). But, I do consider myself a 'professional' game reviewee, so ill try to stay on track! No babe, Im just writing a review! haha sorry about that!
    Anyway! This game is super dee duper good! Wow! Im so thankful that my good pal borrowed this to me! Mostly cuz the game was really fun! But also, so I didnt have to pay for it. (You know how switch games are! I mean can you believe Nintendo? Its like a bigillion years old, and its probably like $60 still! ((Which, after playing, I think is a reasonable price!)) Disclaimer: I havent actually looked up its current price. Im just assuming, so dont flame me on Tw!tter!)
    Anyway! I was Hop Hop Hoppy Happy to play through this game! A genuine culinary delight! *slurp noise* (Almost as good as that catfish I had in Nawleans)
    Anyway! The story is super good! I wasnt sure what to expect, but man, like a piping hot $5.99 two topping dominos medium pizza, it most certainly delivers! The characters are great! This game would actually be a Bakuganfan69420 first with a 10/10 if not for that bleh ending. Speaking of the ending, [SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!] that dance sequence might have made me laugh so hard that I..... uhhhh nevermind.
    Anyway! Best girl was Breets! *Kreygasm* (Thats the nickname my chat came up with for that SMOKIN' secretary! Aw yeah!) That ending where we take her to wherever we took her, (I forgot the name, someone look it up for me and write it in the comment section. Also dont forget to subscribe and like this review and click that bell for more Bakuganfan69420 reviews in the future!)
    Kaniza dude! What a chad! Hes my best friend! Kaniza dude!
    The gameplay was pretty good! lots of different aspects to the dreams really made this game shine like an expensive, beautiful, Christmas tree topper! (Happy Christmas Everyone! *hype emoji*) I particularly enjoyed that sweet Shovelforge one! With the dancin, and the singin! INVINCIBLE RAINBOW **** nice!
    Anyway! To conclude, This game is very good! Super fun! Lots of bright colors! The story is engaging and I recommend this to everyone who owns a Nintendo Switch! Ill bet it even looks nicer on the OLED model! (I couldnt tell ya, cuz Im not fortunate enough to own one of those but hey Christmas is riiiiight around the corner! teehee!)
    Anyway! Thats about all I have for this game! Definitely give it a go! Even if it is still $60! Again I havent looked it up to confirm the price, but its defs worth it at that price! Ill be getting the squeequal when it comes out next year! 9/10, I probably wont play it again but I wish I could lose my memories of the game in a somnium scan (activate!) so I could relive this game in all its glory!    … Expand
  15. nicktlk
    Oct 29, 2021
    10
    wow. I've been putting off this game for way too long until I finally gave it a try. And I've been blown away. At first sight the game looks simplistic, but the story is just so amazingly written you just cannot get enough of it. Even after several hours in, you still have no idea what exactly is going on. Curiosity and the masterfully crafted plot keep you glued to the screen.
  16. Tortor
    Oct 25, 2021
    10
    Probably the best interactive story game I've ever played.

    It was a chunky one too, took me several weekends to finally get through it. The gameplay can be a bit tedious though, wasn't a huge fan of the system set up to dive into someone's mind. Everytime that would occur I kinda dreaded it because sometimes these can get lengthy for a sliver of plot that you get in return. Also I'd be    Probably the best interactive story game I've ever played.

    It was a chunky one too, took me several weekends to finally get through it.

    The gameplay can be a bit tedious though, wasn't a huge fan of the system set up to dive into someone's mind. Everytime that would occur I kinda dreaded it because sometimes these can get lengthy for a sliver of plot that you get in return. Also I'd be constantly worried that I'd get myself killed and have to repeat something. Once I started understanding how the branching paths worked though this got a lot easier to speed through. The game did a good job letting you know what decision caused it to branch out.

    The story and character in this, I absolutely loved. The story is absolutely bonkers. It's all sorta confusing at first and I can totally seeing it being nonsensical at first but towards the end things make sense. This also took some story paths that I did not see coming and was pleasantly surprised with. It waz very drama heavy but broke up that drama with some humor.

    Humor is super subjective but I found the humor used here was amazing. I definitely laughed out loud a few times with some of the jokes and cuteness. It got kinda silly in such a fun, high camp sort of way. If you appreciate camp then this will definitely work for ya.

    Overall I had such an amazing time with this, I felt so fulfilled by the end with my experience. You know it's good when months later I still recall how fun of an adventure this was.    … Expand
  17. PigMacLord
    Sep 27, 2021
    10
    To start I'd like to explain that just because I gave the game a 10 doesn't mean that the game is flawless. It's just that from my perspective I find it to be a masterpiece. AI: The Somnium Files is one of my favourite games/game experiences of all time. To start I'll praise what the game did undeniably well. As expected of Kotaro Uchikoshi, the writing of this game is superb. Both theTo start I'd like to explain that just because I gave the game a 10 doesn't mean that the game is flawless. It's just that from my perspective I find it to be a masterpiece. AI: The Somnium Files is one of my favourite games/game experiences of all time. To start I'll praise what the game did undeniably well. As expected of Kotaro Uchikoshi, the writing of this game is superb. Both the unraveling of all the story elements as well as every single mystery in the game was mind-blowing. If you like the mystery genre even a little, this game has a fantastic one to offer you. Now I'd like to talk about the other elements of the game that had a mixed reaction with the general public. Personally I've found the characters to be very strong. Each of them had a quite complex personality that shown through in their interactions with one another throughout he game. However, I've noticed many people have had a problem with the characters. I do see their perspective as some of the characters could be found annoying, or foolish at times throughout the story. But in my opinion this made them seem someone more believable than characters I've found in other stories, as it seemed that the characters' perspectives on situations were wholly unique. There are also many emotional moments that resonated with me and that's why I didn't dock anything when it came to characters. Next, I'd like to explain the humour in this game. This seemed to be another divisive point when it came to this game as there are a TON of perverted jokes when it came to this game. Now I wouldn't say that I am personally a huge fan of perverted jokes but I'm not a prude when it comes to them. When it comes to the humour in this game I feel like it was really well done. Let's take a look at another game in the mystery visual novel genre, Danganronpa. I am a big fan of the Danganronpa series but one thing that bugged me was the humour. Often times the serious moments would be thrown off course in the middle of them with random bits of humour. I found that this was very intrusive, and a fault of the game as it wouldn't let some emotional moments resonate. However in AI: The Somnium Files, despite a dark gritty theme, the humour is properly timed and kept out of areas of the game that it would be inappropriate. Actually, I found that the humour was actually beneficial in AI: The Somnium Files due to the timing as it alleviated the tension when needed. Even if the humour is not to your liking, it played a great narrative purpose and so I believe it to be another good point. The gameplay wasn't anything incredible, but the interactivity of the puzzles added a certain layer of immersion. Whether it be the funny bits between Date and Aiba during the Somniums, or the emotional impact of other moments (which would be spoiler-ish if I mentioned them), I found the gameplay, while not particularly impressive, to be nice.

    TLDR
    So despite the minor kinks in an otherwise amazing game, since the theming, mystery, characters and humour were all to my liking. I found AI: The Somnium Files to be a masterpiece and it has definitely secured a spot as one of my favourite games of all time.    … Expand
  18. xiekaidream
    Sep 17, 2021
    7
    伊丽丝篇end戛然而止，貌似是打通的第一个AVG？ 有兴趣再玩别的结局， NS版时常掉帧，好在影响不大， 二次元味道很浓，各种恶搞低俗台词，但却不太反感，解谜部分天马行空，不过感觉第一关脑洞最大，后面逐渐不太行，有点虎头蛇尾
  19. LTWasabi
    Jun 28, 2021
    7
    FBI Special Agent Sean Archer survives an assassination attempt by freelance terrorist and homicidal sociopath Castor Troy, but the bullet penetrates Archer's chest and strikes his son Michael, killing the boy.

    Six years later, Archer's vendetta against Troy culminates in his team's ambush of Troy and his younger brother and accomplice Pollux at a remote desert airstrip. Troy goads    FBI Special Agent Sean Archer survives an assassination attempt by freelance terrorist and homicidal sociopath Castor Troy, but the bullet penetrates Archer's chest and strikes his son Michael, killing the boy.

    Six years later, Archer's vendetta against Troy culminates in his team's ambush of Troy and his younger brother and accomplice Pollux at a remote desert airstrip. Troy goads Archer with knowledge of a bomb located somewhere in Los Angeles set to go off in a few days, but he is knocked into a coma before Archer can learn more. Pollux, in custody, affirms that the bomb is real, but refuses to reveal its location. At the suggestion of his partner Tito Biondi and Special Ops specialist Hollis Miller, Archer reluctantly secretly undergoes a highly experimental face transplant procedure by Dr. Malcolm Walsh to take on Troy's face, voice, and appearance. Archer is taken to the same high-security prison where Pollux is being held, and slowly convinces Pollux that he is Troy, gaining information on the bomb's location. Meanwhile, Troy unexpectedly awakens from his coma and discovers his face missing. He calls his gang, and they force Dr. Walsh to transplant Archer's face onto him. Troy then kills Dr. Walsh, Biondi, and Miller, the only three who knew of the transplant.

    At the prison, Archer prepares to tell Biondi of the location but is surprised when Troy appears instead, with Archer's face. Troy goads Archer that no one knows of the transplant, and that he will take over Archer's life. Pollux is freed when he willingly tells Troy-as-Archer of the bomb's location, and Troy disarms the bomb in a dramatic fashion. Troy-as-Archer earns admiration from the FBI office and becomes close to Archer's wife Eve and daughter Jamie, whom Archer had been neglecting while chasing down Troy.

    Meanwhile, Archer-as-Troy escapes after staging a riot and retreats to Troy's headquarters posing as Troy. There, he meets Sasha, the sister of Troy's primary drug kingpin, and her son Adam, who reminds Archer of Michael. Archer discovers that Adam is Troy's son. Troy learns of Archer's escape and hastily assembles a team to raid his headquarters. The raid quickly turns into a bloodbath, killing numerous FBI agents and several members of Troy's gang, including Pollux. During this, Archer, Sasha, and Adam are able to escape. Archer's supervisor, Director Victor Lazarro, blames Troy-as-Archer for the numerous slayings. Troy, furious over Pollux's death, kills Lazarro, making it look like a heart attack. Troy-as-Archer is promoted to acting director as plans are made for Lazarro's funeral. Archer finds safety for Sasha and Adam. He then approaches Eve, and convinces her to test Troy-as-Archer's blood to prove his identity. Convinced of her husband's identity, Eve tells Archer that Troy will be vulnerable at Lazarro's funeral.

    At the ceremony, Archer finds that Troy has anticipated his actions and takes Eve hostage. Sasha arrives, and a gunfight ensues; Sasha manages to save Eve after taking a bullet. Archer promises a dying Sasha to take care of Adam and raise him away from criminal life. Troy flees the church with Archer pursuing him. Before killing two more federal agents, Troy briefly takes Jamie hostage, but she escapes by stabbing him with a butterfly knife that Troy had given her for self-defense. A speedboat chase ensues in which Archer forces Troy to shore by collision, then bests Troy in a melee fight. Troy mutilates his own/Archer's face to taunt and distract him, but Archer instead gains the upper hand and impales Troy with a spear gun, killing him. Backup agents arrive and address Archer by name, having been convinced by Eve of Archer's true identity.

    After the face transplant surgery is reversed, Archer returns home, adopting Adam into his family and keeping his promise to Sasha.    … Expand
  20. nahobino5_
    Jun 22, 2021
    6
    A great game overall. Interesting story, good characters. The mechanics are fun. I didn't love it enough to want to replay it though. This is a game that you play once, appreciate it for what it is and that's it. One negative thing, it starts lagging A LOT during video calls. That's a reason why I would recommend playing the PS4 version over this.
  21. igolrum
    May 25, 2021
    10
    Very good characters, humor and a "wtf is going on?" kind of murder mystery story that still manages to make sense in the end.
  22. capedavenger
    Apr 20, 2021
    10
    I make it quick. This is an absolute masterpiece. Incredible. It's tough and gruesome to get through (emotionally)...but believe me it's a journey you should make...and you have to make it to the very end. That's all.
  23. Yunadesu
    Feb 13, 2021
    10
    Loved the story and plot twists for this game. If there is anything I feel like that could've been better its probably the gameplay during the somnium. Since everything was random it makes the playthrough tedious and frustrating.
  24. SagiR1
    Jan 24, 2021
    9
    AI: The somnium files is an awesome games. Great direction and great story. Lots of twist and turn. This game is futuristic of our time and could be said to be Ai: The Somnium Files 2077

    Story: It is amazing story that you should play by yourself. The branching path story with several endings. A little predictable but when it all come together. You will felt surprised and even impressed    AI: The somnium files is an awesome games. Great direction and great story. Lots of twist and turn. This game is futuristic of our time and could be said to be Ai: The Somnium Files 2077

    Story: It is amazing story that you should play by yourself. The branching path story with several endings. A little predictable but when it all come together. You will felt surprised and even impressed by the creativity and innovativeness of the story.

    Gameplay: It is visual novel style when progressing the story but turned into escape room during somnium or dream world investigation phase. Visual novel phase is similar to Professor Layton where you can touch to learn more about it which also lead to funny and unexpected dialogue. There are quick button press event that is wacky and very fun to watch. Anything is possible which make it funny and make you felt wow. It is true meaning of Cyberpunk if you ask me. For somnium world is the reason to play this game. Aiba and Date interaction in this phase is full of emotion with every choice you make. Every choice are full of references. Somnium dive are awesome as every somnium is different. I always want to play this mode more and more. It is very creative and innovative for this mode.

    Music: Overall composition and song during gameplay are great and match to all story. Yes, the one song with lyrics is quite a cringe. They try to make VTuber style character but lyrics and the song is no match for each other. The lyric is important as it tells story but please make the song listenable next time for English audience. I played this game in Autumn 2019, if I knew VTuber such as Hololive or Nijisanji exist at that time. I would just open their song on tops of it happens. They have one in the ending as well which is double-edge sword, you want to listen to it because it is the ending song and lots of interaction between characters in the game but the song is just screeching to the ear and make my music sense worse for 3 months after listening to it.

    Conclusion: This is true cyberistic experience, Many impossible things became possible, Unique and intense story and gameplay which will blow your mind. Funny and humorous game but can be get tense and full of emotion. It is MSG of gameplay that will spice things up and make it looks awesome. Awesome game    … Expand
  25. Pheenic
    Jan 21, 2021
    10
    God, please play this game. When I played it at the end of 2019, it was a long while since a game sucked me in like this one did. Hell, I haven't had a game SINCE this one that drew all my attention. The characters, the music, the story are all phenomenal! And the TWISTS. I won't bring it up but man... MAN.
  26. HuTTreses
    Jan 8, 2021
    10
    Great game perfect gameplay and beautiful graphics, the game has a good story I recommend you play
  27. bighair79
    Dec 19, 2020
    1
    Everything bad about video games. I love adventure puzzle games but this is a poorly written "visual novel" loaded with super sexist language and themes. I wish I could get a refund. Terrible game.
  28. Phuz
    Nov 3, 2020
    1
    I played the demo of this and there was absolutely nothing in the demo that made me want to play on. The interaction was a bit annoying. I just wanted to know where the story was going, everything felt disjointed and uninteresting. Didn't like the characters and the bit I played all just felt very forced.

    After playing video story based games like Beyond Two Souls and Late Shift etc.    I played the demo of this and there was absolutely nothing in the demo that made me want to play on. The interaction was a bit annoying. I just wanted to know where the story was going, everything felt disjointed and uninteresting. Didn't like the characters and the bit I played all just felt very forced.

    After playing video story based games like Beyond Two Souls and Late Shift etc. Things like this just feel like bargain bin games. I can play ancient games with 8 bit sound and graphics, I don't care as long as there is substance but this had none.

    I played a little bit of a demo of a low graphics game, it might have been called Coffee Shop and I found that to be way more engaging. Even though it was ancient graphics and had a weird thing of making customer's drinks, it actually pulled me in to its world a bit. A.I Somnium was just strange and did nothing to draw me in to its world like Coffee Shop did and man it is so expensive it just can't be justified.

    If it was cheaper (like 50 quid cheaper) I might up the score to a 2, or 3 but £54, someone is having a laugh. No one in their right mind would pay that for this rubbish.    … Expand
  29. junepei
    Oct 22, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Here's a plain old, honest review. AI:TSF is a good game by all means. It's not trash, and it's not brilliant. The game starts out really interesting but tends to fall flat by not being able to decide whether it's a dark, adult-oriented mystery, or a comedy for high schoolers due to the near constant sexual jokes. The story isn't very emotionally gripping and the characters, for the most part, are annoying as hell, the only one I enjoyed seeing was Mama. Some of the Somniums absolutely suck, with one of them having basically only a SINGLE way to beat it. Getting the true ending is HELL unless you're patient (and it's a letdown anyway), because you need to complete EVERY ROUTE before you can get it which took me roughly 50 hours, and maybe 3 routes at the most were worth it. It IS made by the same guy who made the Zero Escape series, and perhaps if you're not sure if that's for you, give this a shot. 999 alone is already much better, but that's only my opinion. It's still worth a playthrough, just not at full price.… Expand
  30. Overprogi
    Oct 15, 2020
    9
    You can always trust Taekoshi Kotaro-this genius producer can always bring us amazing works, such as this game. The exquisite plot setting and funny language bring a brand new experience.
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#13 Best Switch Game of 2019
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#10 Most Discussed Switch Game of 2019

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Multiplayer.it
    Oct 25, 2021
    83
    AI: The Somnium Files is another brilliant adventure from Kotaro Uchikoshi, that deepens its narrative structure at the price of loosening a bit of its puzzle design. All in all, it's a compelling interactive story that deserves to be played.
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  2. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Apr 30, 2020
    85
    After a comparatively slow couple of hours at the start, AI: The Somnium Files takes off and never slows down. [Issue #44 – January/February 2020, p. 74]
  3. GamingTrend
    Dec 31, 2019
    90
    With an endearing, violent, and engaging story, AI: The Somnium Files is an adventure game that fans of the visual novel genre should not miss. With a novel puzzle-solving mechanic and impressive voice performances, this game is a dream come true.
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