#time puzzles are anathema to me though so if I experience the sequel I'll have to find a video with the right audio and no commentary

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#dot post #ignore morg #finished game 1 of AI: the Somnium Files this morning #sadly I don't think anything will ever live up to 999 but AIS had some good moments #time puzzles are anathema to me though so if I experience the sequel I'll have to find a video with the right audio and no commentary #I totally called the twist as soon as the egg yolk metaphor came onscreen. though I was in fact pleased to be correct #Also caught the musical reference to a song from Ace Attorney in Iris's instrumental theme #about 47s into it a few notes of the ''lively people'' theme from the original ace attorney play #I will say I didn't like most of the cast. Mizuki is probably my favorite character #followed by boss. I don't know how I feel about Date because it almost feels like his personality changes after hitting a certain point #and up until that point he reminded me of my actual dad (a positive comparison) #the gameplay was by far the weakest element (which was disappointing) #story was okay but didn't tie into the mechanics the way ZE did and that weakened it for me #that and some of dumbass moves Date pulls (you can't fucking wait for CSI to arrive dude?) #I like Uchikoshi's writing but the elements of this game simply did not mesh together in the way ZE did #it definitely felt closer in over all quality to ZTD than to VLR or 999 unfortunately #can't tell how much of that is the translator but some of the problem is in the pacing and that definitely isn't the translation's doing. #it DID tie up its loose ends though so that is a good thing AIS and ZTD have over 999 and VLR