AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative Reviews

to be honest, this game is a improvement to the first game (but it doesn't mean aitsf is bad!) in almost every aspect. Sure, there are plot holes and one segment was difficult for no reason, but other than that I recommend it for people who like sci-fi murder mysteries. Also thanks spike chunsoft for Mizuki and Ryuki

Story was objectively worse than the first game but still solid if you're a fan of these kinds of games. If you don't like suspension of disbelief you should probably stay away, you're going to need a lot of it for this game. Even with the story being worse, I found myself enjoying this game way more than the first one, partly because of the extremely improved gameplay sections (seriously, no point of comparison, the gameplay has been improved in every possible aspect) and partly because this game oozes charm and love from the people that made it. 9/10, I would also adopt Mizuki in a heartbeat.

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I've got my nitpicks, but overall, if you liked the first game and want more, but a bit better, you'll probably like this one. If you didn't like the first one, you probably won't like this either (unless your only issue was the ending, which I think is significantly improved)

This game is insane to the point where you just gotta go "what the hell, sure" at a lot of the scenes for both the comedic and mystery aspects of the game. I can see how this is an improvement gameplay wise for the somniums and I really liked how they upgraded the presenting evidence features, although I wouldn't say this is an improvement to the timeline as a continuation of the first game. I feel like you have to see these two games as different universes, something that the game itself tries to tie together in a lot of plot and spoiler convenient ways that really feel ridiculous. I think because the first game had such a strong conclusion is why this game feels like an alternate reality that rejected that timeline and branched off into another. I think as someone who played these games back to back completely blind, coming into this series at the start with no basis for what would happen made the silliness of the first game feel charming but entering this game the silliness is there to try and emulate the first game, something they have diverged from with the makeup of the plot they constructed. I'm sure there's some way to make sense of it all plot wise for the Ai Somnium universe, but I feel like this would have been better suited starting out as an alternate universe from the first game in the beginning. None of this subtracted from my experience though. I kind of didn't like the musical number for this game and have grown more of a fondness for the Invincible Rainbow Arrow dance, but that might also be a product of how I don't think the reused elements or bits from the last game were consistently delivered well for this. All of this can slide because this game has given me Tokiko Shigure whose character design was made for me and me specifically <3 Also giving us Kuruto Ryuki, another boyfailure to add to the list. Speaking of Ryuki, I think the ending of this game didn't resolve Ryuki's arc in a really satisfying matter as the route completely shifted over to Mizuki at that point which is disappointing. Still, as a fan of this franchise this game has given me a lot to contain in my brain for the next couple months of obsession. I feel like I listed a lot more complaints, but trust, this game is great if you're insane.

AI: The Somnium Files was a fantastic experience, but nirvanA Initiative completely surpassed my expectations, refining and expanding on everything that made the first game great and adding to the fact that Spike Chunsoft does amazing work, I was thrilled to see how well this sequel captured the essence of the original while delivering a fresh experience to an already amazing story. the music, story, characters and choices combined together with the pop culture references make this game funny and easily a great choice for those who love Mystery Visual Novels.

An absolute must if you like Uchikoshis earlier work like Nonary Games trilogy. The writing is superb in every single way, maybe even surpassing the original AI Somnium Files game. The only negative thing to say is that the main gameplay mechanic of solving Somniums is still very barebones and can cause frustrations.

you too can have the worst experience in your life if you get this game! BUT don't worry, everything is forgiven thanks to the privilenge of getting to know Rookie Recruit, so really it's a 10/10 still, this game forces you to have the highest grade of suspended disbelief and it's not because of the usual uchikoshi stuff that happens (that's great!), but because it tries and fail to be a sorta-kinda-maybe? sequel to the first without spoiling to new players and therefore retconning a bunch of stuff. also, it tricks you while simultaneously pretending it didn't and makes you feel stupid because you fell for it like .. yeah duh !!!

If you enjoyed the first game, you'll enjoy the sequel. And as of the time writing this, another game is planned to be released soon as well. I'm not spoiling anything, go play it for yourself!

If you liked the characters from the first game, DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME, as it grinds every single one of them into a blender for the incomprehensible purpose of making a "spoiler-free sequel". Somehow it manages to leave a bad taste in the mouth upon only just entering the mouth, and it stays forever.