Characters say goofy things and have even goofier designs, musical queues will play for two seconds before something zany happens, and all sorts of offbeat things take place throughout the approximately 25 hours of this RPG. Despite being Kickstarted before Undertale, it does feel like the influence of the indie darling is very much on the sleeve of Omori. While Omori has some incredibly serious themes of grief, loss, and guilt, much of the game is very quirky and wacky. Trust me when I say: this is not a game you will ever forget. And to this day, I think about those events and want to know more. Even while the last act was unfolding, I couldn’t believe what was happening. I definitely cried while playing Persona 4, so maybe then? But the characters and events that transpire during a playthrough of Omori are unlike anything else I’ve experienced. I don’t know the last game that really hit me so emotionally like Omori did. If you find yourself pushing to get through the middle chunk of the game, please continue. Please know this: all of the criticisms I am about to share about this game are almost entirely wiped away by virtue of the perfect finale. But anyone who gets invested in the story? Hoo boy, you are in for a treat. The main draw here is the emotional plot, and anyone who prefers their games to be more, well, gameplay-focused, will come away disappointed. It is both a serious and silly game, and the juxtaposition will not be lost on most players. This is a game that deals with death but also has a character named Hot Diggity Dog. In fact, it may lead you, as it did me, to jump to conclusions that never come to fruition. But it is important to stress the severity of the content warning and that knowing the game deals with suicide and depression doesn’t actually take anything away. Ultimately, Omori is one of those games where the less you know about the plot, the better. Sure, plenty of similarities exist, and I do think that fans of Undertale will enjoy Omori, but man is Omori in its own category here, for better or worse. But that does this game an incredible disservice. While at a glance, it may be easy to write this off as something chasing the popularity of Undertale. Having been Kickstarted in 2014, Omori seems to have gone under many people’s radar, myself included. Content Warning: This game, and thus the review, contains depictions and descriptions of depression, anxiety, and suicide.
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