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CountofBleck Starting to believe in himself from New Wirral (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Starting to believe in himself
#1: Mar 26th 2021 at 10:18:05 AM

Honestly really surprised that this game hasnt had a thread after all this time. Time to give it some justice! After 6 years since its kickstarter, OMO CAT is proud to present: Omori

Omori is a sprite based, turn based RPG that also doubles as a psychological and surreal horror game, switching between quirky and whimsical dreamscape to nightmarish visuals throughout the story. You play as Omori, a depressed young boy who hangs out with his dear friends: Kel, Aubrey, Hero, Basil, and his sister Mari. Soon after your adventure starts however, Basil disappeard, and you emb a rk on a journey to find him and also unravel the mysteries of White Space.

The game has been out for a few months so there are spoilers all over the place, so while it may be hard to do, its highly reccomended to play blind. FAIR WARNING THOUGH: This game has some very dark themes, such as suicide, anxiety, depression, and also contains flashing lights in later sections.

Edited by CountofBleck on Mar 26th 2021 at 1:19:06 PM

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#2: Mar 26th 2021 at 10:46:30 AM

I’m happy this game’s getting a thread. So which do you prefer, the cheerful bits or the more depressing and/or scary bits?

The legend has returned.
dragonfire5000 from Where gods fear to tread Since: Jan, 2001
#3: Mar 26th 2021 at 10:57:15 AM

I got this game a while back on Steam, but I have yet to play it. I definitely need to set some time aside to give it a go.

"I squirm, I struggle, ergo I am. Faced with death, I am finally, truly alive."
Stage7-4 Since: Nov, 2014
#4: Mar 26th 2021 at 11:14:58 AM

This game looks really good but falls into that Bojack Horseman paradox of being too good at capturing the emotion it wants to examine, to the point of triggering my own anxieties.

Which sucks because I really want to play it. The dreamland stuff looks really charming.

CountofBleck Starting to believe in himself from New Wirral (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Starting to believe in himself
#5: Mar 26th 2021 at 11:59:26 AM

[up][up][up] I was thoughly chsrmed by the dreamscape, but the darker bits also filled with a good amount of dread as well. Its a slowbake type of horror, but they also tuck thr most interesting parts behind it, so even if it makes you wince up you dive in anyway because its worth it.

EDIT:Do you guys think the dark mature themes prevent it from reaching as wide an audience as it could? It really is a magnificent game but still seems to be under the radar about 3 months into its lifespan. Like, Undertale had its dark moments for sure but they werent anywhere as In Your Face as this game is.

Edited by CountofBleck on Apr 6th 2021 at 1:06:20 PM

CountofBleck Starting to believe in himself from New Wirral (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Starting to believe in himself
#6: Aug 17th 2021 at 10:13:12 PM

Was going back through watching some other people play through the game, and I was wondering about if there is a way to catch up on all the stuff that predates the Omori game. from what i understand Omori had a comic of sorts? or it was a blog where omori did all sorts of things in his dream world?

Obink from Somewhere at the end of the universe Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
#7: Aug 21st 2021 at 3:23:24 AM

There was a tumblr blog Omoriboy, and some sketch art for Omori's story both feature a character very similar to Omori, and Omori's story has art with character and scenery very similar to the ones that appeared in the game. Omori's story never, as far as I know, got past the concept art stage, I think it was supposed to be a graphic novel before Omocat scrapped it in favor of making Omori.

Omoriboy tumblr blog: http://web.archive.org/web/20190829000738/https://www.omoriboy.com/

Omori's story: https://www.omocat-blog.com/post/57264870461/omoriboy-omoris-story-omoris-sketchbook-omori

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Spidey Obsessively adds images to character pages. from Santa Destroy Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
Obsessively adds images to character pages.
#8: Nov 7th 2021 at 10:58:11 AM

Is it ok if I add individual enemy folders on the Headspace character page?

"Unite GUN/BAZOOKA/LAUNCHER/TANK!"
Spidey Obsessively adds images to character pages. from Santa Destroy Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
Obsessively adds images to character pages.
#9: Nov 7th 2021 at 3:57:50 PM

Since I know I'm not getting a response anytime soon, I'll just take y'all's silence as a "yes"

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CountofBleck Starting to believe in himself from New Wirral (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Starting to believe in himself
#10: Nov 7th 2021 at 9:25:26 PM

I mean, its not super necessary but sure i guess???

Spidey Obsessively adds images to character pages. from Santa Destroy Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
Obsessively adds images to character pages.
#11: Nov 8th 2021 at 1:57:06 AM
CountofBleck Starting to believe in himself from New Wirral (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
indigoJay from The Astral Plane Since: Dec, 2018 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#13: Dec 24th 2021 at 9:07:18 PM

Just started playing this game. The soundtrack is great. The Toby Fox cameo was a fun surprise.

There is no war in Ba Sing Se.
CountofBleck Starting to believe in himself from New Wirral (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Starting to believe in himself
#14: Mar 4th 2022 at 2:42:33 PM

New pre order promo vid

SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#15: Jun 16th 2022 at 6:39:30 AM

Ya know, I've been kinda wondering on meta level why the Basil is necessary to story. Like game doesn't adress why would 12 year old think first idea to protect their friend to be faking a suicide rather than just hiding body or something because its more important to story what happened and consenquences of it than trying to make everything to be perfectly "clean".

I think I figured out narrative for it Game's twist needs you to think Mari's death was suicide before it is revealed to be tragic accident. But if it turned out Sunny pushed her and hanged her body on his own, it would make him "too" guilty in the end. Like ending of game work's because of ambigiouty, you don't know how the friends reacted to truth, but there needs to be plausible possiblity of "maybe it will eventually work out and everyone moves on." or it wouldn't be ambigious. Even with trauma and amnesia if Sunny was responsible for both of it, it'd be hard to believe his life isn't basically over after this.

So my analysis is that Basil exists to literally share burden of guilt with Sunny. Sunny caused the death, Basil faked the death, by there being two people to share the guilt together, its not impossibly hard to believe they could eventually move on after the truth comes out.

CountofBleck Starting to believe in himself from New Wirral (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Starting to believe in himself
#16: Jun 21st 2022 at 7:47:13 PM

The console version has released and has some new content! There is a playable basil in the hikkiomori route, as well as new bosses and music in the Boss Rush mode. The bosses are Bossman Hero if you return to Last Resort, Aubrey, Kel, and Hero as a team in the boss rush, and also Mari waiting at the end

Edited by CountofBleck on Jun 21st 2022 at 1:39:50 PM

TheLivingDrawing Lucas the Dreamer from The Town of Clayton Since: Apr, 2019 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Lucas the Dreamer
#17: Nov 26th 2022 at 3:23:27 PM

I just beat the first major boss, Space Ex-Boyfriend, and now I’m not sure if I should go for the good ending or the ending that gets me the beefy postgame?

Once Upon A Time.
Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#18: Nov 26th 2022 at 6:04:05 PM

I know most people would want you to go for the good ending first, but honestly? Doing the other ending first is more effective.

Edited by Weirdguy149 on Nov 26th 2022 at 9:04:26 AM

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#19: Nov 26th 2022 at 6:05:41 PM

Well you can still get the bad endings on the good ending route. That's what I did.

TheLivingDrawing Lucas the Dreamer from The Town of Clayton Since: Apr, 2019 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Lucas the Dreamer
#20: Nov 26th 2022 at 6:48:15 PM

[up] Yeah but doing the true ending route at all locks you out of the post game.

Once Upon A Time.
TheLivingDrawing Lucas the Dreamer from The Town of Clayton Since: Apr, 2019 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Lucas the Dreamer
#21: Dec 15th 2022 at 3:06:46 AM

Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think Omori made any appearances at the Game Awards for 2021 (the year I think it was qualified for). The fact that it didn’t win Best Soundtrack is nothing short of a crime.

Once Upon A Time.
Stage7-4 Since: Nov, 2014
#22: Dec 15th 2022 at 7:50:10 AM

[up] While the winner (Nier Replicant) deserves praise and awards for it's stunning music, the fact that it's a remake of a 2010 game does feel like cheating.

Although I blame a Christmas 2020 release date. Kind of like the Oscars, it's hard to remember the ones come the next awards show when they release immediately after. That and AAA game bias (okay I get it, God of War is good but can any soundtrack really be better than something that has the Moebius theme!?)

Edited by Stage7-4 on Dec 15th 2022 at 7:54:10 AM

TheLivingDrawing Lucas the Dreamer from The Town of Clayton Since: Apr, 2019 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Lucas the Dreamer
#23: Apr 25th 2023 at 7:47:04 AM

Since the character folder for Omori (the character) is so spoilerific that they’re unmarked (I unmarked them and put a warning since most of the the folder was whited out) should we split the sheet for Omori into a folder for how he is for most of the game and a different one for endgame tropes in the Headspace page with the title “The Ruler of Headspace” or something to the same effect?

Edited by TheLivingDrawing on Apr 25th 2023 at 10:55:12 AM

Once Upon A Time.
CountofBleck Starting to believe in himself from New Wirral (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
TrueShadow1 Since: Dec, 2012
#25: Nov 23rd 2023 at 5:40:02 PM

Huh, interesting. Feeling kinda meh about it, though. I feel a lot of Omori's charms only come out in an interactive video game form.


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