lightning16
Bob-omb
I just finished AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative just now and I liked it, though not as much as the first game.
I think the game lost me a bit after the big twist. I actually quite liked the twist itself with the timeline, but my issue was with what happened afterwards. Most of the final scenes just fell a bit flat for me, and pretty much everything that happened at the stadium at the very end was pretty silly I thought. I know silliness is on brand for the series in certain respects, but it just didn't really work for me much here. Pretty much everything after finding out Tearer was already dead I thought was pretty anticlimactic.
I think I'm also in the minority who prefer the first game's somniums. They worked for me pretty well and I actually enjoyed trying to figure out how to get good times lol. They just felt pretty obvious and linear this time.
I did ultimately enjoy the story, I just don't think it stuck the landing. The stuff with Amame/Tearer was okay, but I just really think the stadium climax was extremely weak. The secret ending was cool, at least.
I guess if I felt the first game was a 9/10 (my favorite game I've played so far this year), this one is a bit closer to like a 7.5/10 or something for me. A good game I enjoyed but not great. Definitely dropped a bit for me at the end.
I think I'm also in the minority who prefer the first game's somniums. They worked for me pretty well and I actually enjoyed trying to figure out how to get good times lol. They just felt pretty obvious and linear this time.
I did ultimately enjoy the story, I just don't think it stuck the landing. The stuff with Amame/Tearer was okay, but I just really think the stadium climax was extremely weak. The secret ending was cool, at least.
I guess if I felt the first game was a 9/10 (my favorite game I've played so far this year), this one is a bit closer to like a 7.5/10 or something for me. A good game I enjoyed but not great. Definitely dropped a bit for me at the end.