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Omori is out and looks destined for mega fandomA cool thing you’d be cool to like before everyone else
A cool thing you’d be cool to like before everyone else
Omoriseems like it’s riffing a bunch of games I’ve never played. It’s a topdown RPG about a group of friends, living in a small town and tumbling into a strange fantasy world that alternates between colourful and creepy. You, a learned reader, might look at it and reference EarthBound orUndertaleor Yume Nikki. I, an idiot who has not played those games, have simply been looking atits ‘overwhelmingly positive’ Steam reviewsand watching Twitch streams while slowly realising that this is something we should all be paying attention to.
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Fromthe streams I’ve watched, the experience of playing it seems to be a traditional mixture of combat, light dialogue choices, and small puzzles. The combat pits you and your pals against a menagerie of nightmare creatures, but while the Steam page is covered in content warnings, I’ve not seen anything gruesome or indulgently dark. It’s serious about its serious themes, and lighthearted in abundance to balance it out.
What’s intriguing to me is the particular details of its world, and the lovely characters within it. It’s the kind of game that seems easy to spoil though, so I’ll spill no more.
Omori is out now (it was released in December 25th - bold) andcosts £15.49/$20/€16.79 via Steam. I would bet all the money in my pocket* on it being a cult smash people are raving about before the end of the year, and hopefully we’ll have a review on the site soon.
