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Finished Omori. An absolutely sensational experience that takes advantage of some of the most clever application of symbolism, audio design, art style to create a mesmerizing experience that culminates in one of the most emotional and one of my favorite endings in a game.
A lot of people have probably only heard of this game through it being brought up in namesake for being similar to titles like Undertale, Earthbound, and Yume Nikki, and understandably so. Omori exceeds its “competition” by showing just how much more this style of game has to-
-offer. A big complaint that I’ve always held about games like Earthbound is that it’s zaniness is just kinda all over the place and it often feels like it’s zany just for the sake of being zany (which some would argue is the point but I’ve never been big on it) Omori’s-
-zaniness is very well-meant. Everything that happens in the dream world represents something. There’s a clear reason why everything is happening and putting the pieces of the puzzle together and looking back at the completed puzzle is an amazing feeling.
Omori is a very personal story and the message that it conveys at the end and how it relates to everything the game has been building up to actually made me cry which doesn’t happen too terribly often. A shining testament to how well-executed it is
