AI: The Somnium Files Reviews

Great characters & story and the ending wraps things up nicely. Highly recommended.

This basically plays like a visual novel, but it is more embellished. The story it tells is full of strange things to try and solve, and it all comes together nicely in the end. The characters, voice acting, music, and art direction are all fantastic. It takes place in Tokyo so it has a very Japanese feel to it. It is extremely well written, just try not to die from the cringe.

I like the story, and the visuals/art. The animations are not top tier or anything, but I really like the sci-fi themed visuals. The clicking/interacting to get dialogue can be kinda tedious, though. But on the other hand, it helps me pay attention to the story, and gives a feeling of engagement with the story. Because of the multiple "paths" you can choose in the story, I do sometimes feel a bit bored when information gets repeated. Ofcourse, the game devs made sure that your choice of path won't make you miss out on certain crucial lore/information. But still, some things were starting to get predictable, because it was already revealed in a different story path I took earlier. The characters are great! They all have a unique personality, characteristics, motives, hobbies, etc. They felt important to me, emotionally. I was really able to feel empathy for the different characters, which I don't have with many other games. It's, like I said, a sign of good character writing! There's a lot of "adult" jokes, but if you are like me and have an immature sense of humor, you won't really mind it. Overall, the game is not perfect, but good enough to deserve a "recommended rating". Not extremely exciting, but definitely not boring.

I just officially finished this game and man, I went into it with high expectations as I'd been told it was a really good game. I was not disappointed, I still have to go back and get all the achievements! This games story was amazing and so detailed I couldn't predict what was gonna happen next! If you like a story with branching story choices that change the outcome of your game then this game is a great experience. Its honestly up there with one of my favourite games now tbh. Please do yourself a favour and play this for yourself!

It has a great story, mostly like a 3D Visual Novel with a few gameplay elements.

This Visual Novel really made an impact on me. The story is surprising, with several twists that kept me glued to the screen. The graphics, while not the main attraction, are quite nice and complement the experience well. However, one point to highlight is that some routes can leave the story feeling a bit stagnant. If you decide to play all the routes at once, this can become a bit frustrating, as some parts are repetitive. On the bright side, though, don’t worry: the ending is very well crafted and leaves no loose ends. 4/5

the plot of this game is good, however: the flow of dialogue is awful most of the characters are annoying af and completely immature options in puzzles are confusing, they seem to make sense until they dont

Just bad honestly. The main core of the game-play, The "Somniums" are awful, literally my least favourite thing about the game, and since they make up most of the game-play AI Somnium offers you, therefore gameplay is BAD. The story was meh, brilliant at times, poor most often, core explanation about certain plot points was flimsy at best. Kaname Date is really the only character I liked along with Mizuki (who had amazing voice acting btw), but even his character is marred down with the weird sexual tone that persists throughout the game, and honestly it creates such a dissonance for me, it's just so out of place. Like in one section you progress by throwing an adult magazine... the tonal shifts in the game are so... bizarre. Overall 3/10. get it on sale if you must, and if you're a fan of the Zero Escape series, I recommend you don't get it at all.

(I played it in JP dub) This game was amazing! The story was great, I enjoyed the sexual humor, and the characters were awesome, especially Date, he's so based lol It's a visual novel but more like watching an anime. Lots of thrilling moments and unexpected twists that got me aching for more! It has a great balance of humor and serious moments. Mizuki is best waifu! I highly recommend it!

good enough, but i really really wish they tone down the comedic aspect in the serious scene. goddamn that really sour the overall experience.