Omori

Having played through OMORI, I’m confident say that it’s an experience I won’t forget. This is a game I wholeheartedly recommend for those that appreciate a good story. With a strong emphasis on catharsis, it has a lot up its sleeves. The cutesy and colorful presentation hides a grim reality and it hits hard. Highly recommended, OMORI is a gem of a game that definitely deserves recognition.

While I have been lucky enough to not lose a loved one to tragedy, Omori still managed to make me feel the despair of losing someone cherished, and the powerless feeling of being able to do nothing to bring them back was replicated perfectly. The game tackles the idea of acceptance and escapism beautifully, and when the credits rolled, I did not move for a while. It is one of those persistent games that follows players even after putting the controller down. I think about it more than I expected to; it creeps in at night before I sleep, and whenever I come across a screenshot or hear the name, something in me just recalls the weight of it immediately. People process loss in completely different ways and at completely different speeds, and Omori never pretends otherwise. What makes it so remarkable is that it does not ask players to have lived through something specific to feel it. It just asks for attention. And with attention, Omori will find something in players to pull on regardless of what their lives look like.

Nostalgic, lovingly crafted, moving, and surprising, Omori is a remarkable achievement. Earthbound and Undertale are easy comparisons, but Omori stands out as it's own, highly personal piece of storytelling.

Don’t let its presentation fool you, Omori is an adventure into some dark themes of loss, growing up, and fear of change. These are easily relatable elements uniquely projected to players through its expert story presentation and character writing. You feel yourself immersed in this world and with these people to the point where you want so bad to see their adventure through until the end. Luckily for us, this is one experience that you can’t easily grow out of.

Omori is certainly not for everyone. Someone who values gameplay much higher than storytelling will come away feeling bored and frustrated with the overall experience. However, those who value a game's plot and the emotions that games can elicit will never be able to shake Omori from their headspace. It is a flawed game in many aspects, but I can't help thinking about it throughout my daily life (especially while opening up the spice cabinet), even having finished the game over a month ago. While the entire middle of the game can be frustrating due to its poor design, the third act is well worth everything that comes before it. In the end, everything else faded away, and it all felt worth it.

Omori's ending is brutal, but its characters and humour put some heart behind the horror.

Owing to its unconventional release date, Omori hasn’t really been on the mainstream radar, but I came away impressed. It takes a story that might have come off as trite or even insensitive in the wrong hands and imbues it with a memorable darkness, aided by a tight combat system and some outstanding artwork. If you’re in a bad place - and lord knows many of us are - Omori might not be the game for you right now, as it goes in some intense places. But neither should you let this dark tale of a childhood lost slip away. Bleak as it might be, it may be one of the year’s most memorable RPGs.

cara Omori não é um jogo é uma obra de arte a forma com que ele mexe com você é incrível e até desconfortável hahah, o jogo te da um soco no coração corta ele e ainda vê se você ainda tá chorando hahaha enfim JOGUEM OMORI

Omori has a great story. It's sad, emotional, and so memorable. All the relationships between the friends are so beautiful and touching. Unfortunately, the story is only good part of Omori. Its gameplay is much too boring and a time waste. The battles are repetitive and don't feature anything special. There are too many sections and equipment that are completely useless. Most of the quests are just random filler material that are not rewarding. Honestly, 70% of the Headspace section of the game is just filler material. I was expecting something closer to Undertale. The story was good, but the gameplay and battles were bad.

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the story and characters are great! sadly the actual gameplay is some of the worst I have ever seen making playing the game extremely boring, and I don't think the pain of going through the horrid gameplay is worth the story. looking up the story or watching someone else play is significantly more enjoyable

Omori is a boring slob ****. It has a few moments of highlight, but they don't justify a 15 hour of a dragging uninspired combat and highly derivative gameworld design. They say that there's some deep emotional plot in the game, but there really isn't. The characters insist that their struggles are important, and their pain is real, but the game never gave me a reason to believe them. Omori isn't a bad game, but it isn't a good one either. By a long stretch.