Jokes about “quirky Earthbound-inspired RPGs about depression” aside, I really liked OMORI, which features some lovely (and occasionally creepy) art and a story that I found really affecting. The game really clicked for me once I got to Faraway, and continued to shine the most in those sections; the characters go from being cute but shallow to incredibly compelling, it recontextualizes a lot of what comes before in ways large and small, and frankly I found walking around town talking to NPCs and doing their little side quests more fun than the RPG battles in Headspace. (They’re fine and I found the emotion-manipulation mechanics interesting, but I just don’t really play most RPGs for the combat.)
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I haven't played Omori but I've watched others play through the whole thing. It's one of those games where I'm glad to have (vicariously) experienced it, but I would like to never do it again. I mean this in the best way possible.
Basically for anyone who doesn't know: heed the content warnings, they do not exaggerate. Good game though.
Haha, I get what you mean about not wanting to experience it again but I’m the exact opposite way when it comes to this sort of really heavy media; I’ll go through it over and over again and just wallow in all the bad feelings. (Maybe not with OMORI specifically, but that’s more to do with it being a 20-30 hour RPG than anything else.) My favorite movie is It’s Such a Beautiful Day, which I’ve seen at least one person express that same “glad I experienced it but never wanna do it again” sentiment about.
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