Omori Critique: A Narrative Marvel
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ค. 2024
- Man, what is there to say. This title is easily one of the best story-rich games I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. To me, Omori is less a game and more of a story. If you don't mind old-school JRPG combat, then there is nothing about this game that you will not enjoy. Heck, even if you don't like the combat, this title is worth playing for the narrative alone. While it came out in the last days of 2020, I would say Omori is easily one of the best games of 2021, hands down.
0:00 Introduction
5:16 Endless Prologue
22:30 The VASTness of Space
32:35 Insert Cheeky Comment About Combat Here
35:41 Darkness Seeping Through
38:58 The First Day
56:09 Pacing Problems
59:21 Spiders and Libraries
1:03:01 The Lackluster Day Two
1:09:14 Headspace Finale
1:16:08 White Space Inverse
1:22:07 Day Three More Like Best Day
1:36:24 The Truth
1:45:10 Basil Best Boy
1:51:16 Memory Lane
1:57:24 Omori
2:02:45 The End
2:06:15 Final Comments - เกม
I actually found that Aubrey pushing Basil into the lake/pond as a way to show how easily mistakes and moments of anger can lead to deadly consequences like Sunny and Basil drowning. I think it drew a parallel between between what happened with Sunny and Mari.
I agree! It also might set up that after the ‘good’ ending, Aubrey will hopefully be able to forgive Sunny seeing as she almost caused the death of a friend and will be able to understand how sunny must’ve felt as a result.
Yeah definitely. The only thing that separated her from becoming "Sunny female ver." was Hero. Anger can cause confusion and push you to doing things you'll normally never even think of doing. Just like how sunny acted in him fighting Mari and Basil, being backed into a corner will activate your fight or flight.
Hopefully, Aubrey will notice this. Though with how perceptive she is of Sunny (as shown in the swing cutscene in one day left), she'll most likely forgive him
I agree, I almost wish this happened in Headspace instead because this is how I imagine Omori would think their exchange would go. Sunny confronts Mari, asking why she's pushing him so hard. Sunny, in a rage, throws his violin and screams "GET AWAY FROM ME!" and pushes Mari down the stairs. Sunny instantly realises this was a huge mistake and comes back down from rage. Sunny would explain to his friends that it was all an accident, and his friends would yell at them saying things as "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!! YOU KILLED HER!"
I A-M T-H-E S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G B-E-E-E-E-E-E
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Scenario:
Sunny has just told the truth to his friends. He bursts into sobs and starts to back away, but his legs refuse to budge. Aubrey is the first to realize what's happening; she rushes forth to stop him from falling. Realizing that he really does see her pain, she begins to cry while holding him close.
Ya know I never thought of Omori as evil. He's the main antagonist, yes, but there's a difference between antagonistic and evil. Sunny specifically created Omori and the headspace as a means of coping. It's only natural for Omori to keep the truth from Sunny bc that was literally what he was created to do.
Hmmmm but he did stop sunny from going outside to his friends for 4years
@@blizzard1198 Sunny could’ve gone outside whenever he felt like it. It just took an extra push to seriously contemplate it, and then to actually do something outside.
Omori IS evil. Sure, he might have started as a coping mechanism along Headspace and he might look like he wants to protect Sunny from anything that might hurt him but he will go as far as completely disassociate and end Sunny's life just so he can keep his escapism forever.
You give him an inch and Omori takes a mile. He is a tumor in Sunny's subconscious that has grown out of control and needs to be removed.
@@monkey_blu you are your own worst enemy
@@monkey_blu
As a Star Wars fan, I have to compare your claim to the idea that Darth Vader is evil. Yes, Vader did some awful things, and yes, some of those things were arguably unforgivable. But to an extent, he was just following the only path he could see. He was manipulated his whole life to become the fearsome antagonist we all know, and any choices he made himself were ultimately part of that manipulation. At least until his son freed him.
Omori's "evil" appearance is not due to his nature alone. He was born to protect Sunny, but the latter willingly gave him more power than necessary for that purpose. Sunny made a godlike character in his dream world to repress the truth of Mari's death, and Omori went along with the plan because he had no other way to be. Only when Sunny decides to face the truth does Omori become hostile toward him. It's a desperate reaction on Omori's part: "If I can't protect you, I'll just have to kill you instead."
One thing I just realized in regards the Hero is that he was reeeeeally lucky that Kel was his brother. Sunny became a Hikikomori after Mari's death but Hero did mostly the same thing for the year until Kel reached out too him. If Kel was just another friend to Hero or anyone else was Hero's sibling in that situation there no telling what would have happened to him.
day two was... actually development for the story. not just drama. the incident caused Aubrey to feel guilty and question her choices, and it pushed Basil even further into despair and madness
Not to mention the obvious parallels with Mari's death
Slight spoilers
I noticed that in Sunny’s memory house after the Basil fight, all of the things he has dialog for are in first person. Through the whole game, it is always “you”. “It’s a long way down. Do *you* want to jump?” “*You* and your friends feel like new!” etc. this is how Sunny interacts with everything, in a sort of detached way. But in the memory house, he talks about things in first person. Since this memory house seems to be from before Mari died, this might be somehow showing that after her death, Sunny started to disassociate in some way. I just really love seeing Sunny talk about all the things in his house with so much familiarity, unlike what he usually does.
That's so plausible. I think the dialogues in second person also brought out his generally passive nature in life
I didn't think it was a dream yet and figured he's finally opening up to the player. Instead of 'an old computer' its now 'dad's old computer' and things like that. The fridge now has leftovers - I suspect there always was food once i saw that and that sunny must of been like me as a kid: to see leftovers, it's something gross I don't like or don't have a craving for, and then lament there's no food. The fridge might as well be empty.
RE: the pacing of Headspace
I think it was intentionally made that way to highlight its purpose as a pointless distraction conjured up by Omori to keep everyone focused _away_ from their goal of finding Basil.
ye but it doesnt make it.. fun, as to say. It serves it purpose well, but the problem is that it's purpose is to be unfun
I also thought about this but you could entirely remove humphrey and give the same thing anyways. Also, if you want to be immersed in that way you can explore all of the optional stuff in headspace since there’s a ton of content to enjoy
@@benismann ehh it was fun for me.
@@benismann I disagree. I believe the purpose of Headspace was to specifically be a happy place where the truth doesn't exist, an escape from reality.
@@benismann true, but then there's the issue if a videogame needs to always be fun instead of making you feel specific emotions
“Even just walking around in an area and talking to NPCs will more often than not get a light chuckle out of you”
*I fucking love air conditioning*
"""""light""""" chuckle
Has there been like.... one person to ever even get that dialogue??? People on r/Omori have been trying for years now and I haven't seen anyone get it cuz it's like a 1 in 100,000 chance but yk
@@Coalgate_frshI think it’s 1/13 because your WTF value needs to be at least 13 which is the max (if you don’t know what WTF value is then you should search it up it’s actually kind of interesting)
@@MagicianStevey I do know what wtf value is, and the highest I got ever was like 7. I see that virtually nobody has gotten that dialogue, though.. it's weird..
@@Coalgate_frshI got the dialogue on my first playthrough. It really caught me off guard
Watched this for 2 hours before i realized it has 700 views. Incredible analysis, audio recording, editing, balancing, and just work in general.
I appreciate the praise. Ironically my biggest gripe with this video is the editing. It could have been improved to give some scenes more emotional depth. I don't think it's bad. I just think that it could be better
I played Omori not knowing it was a psychological horror and that first play through was the greatest experience I’ve ever had with any piece of media. (a friend gifted it to me and I didn’t bother reading the description for whatever reason)
W friend cant lie, i gifted OMORI to one of my friends too lmao
Holy crap, a friend who actually plays a game they're recommended? You're a blessing
I got into it similarly, having been recommended it by a friend of mine. I don't remember when I picked it up, but I played it in March 2021 because I thought it looked cute and I love a good JRPG. I remember on the day I beat the game, I ended up playing it from when I woke up, to around 4:30 in the afternoon. I was so glued to the game that I waited until like 3:30 PM to take a shower, telling myself that I'd do it after finishing the game.
There will never be another OMORI.
I had this experience! Friend recommended it to me haha.
i’m in a serious omori analysis vid phase, I have 60+ hours in the game currently but really wanna unpack everything omocat has to offer. i’m enjoying this video very much! I hope it becomes more discovered with time :)
well here's hoping the switch port will help with that
Interesting. Im going through the exact same thing.
At the rant at around 1:40:00 when Engel was insulting Sunny I realized something, I felt like those words were directed at me as I expect other people to have felt the same way. Omori truly is one of my favorite games ever due to the story telling and it still proves 2 years later I care about sunny and the gang. Great job on the video, you did awesome.
I remember when I finished the game I could not sleep. I remember finishing it at 8 PM, then sitting at the title screen for a solid 10 minutes. I ate dinner and then tried going to sleep. by 11:00 I gave up, went into my living room, and blasted the final duet until the next morning arrived. Such an incredible game, I wish I could play it again or at least something similar
Sounds kind of like how I experienced it. Some games just manage to have an impact which is completely special and once-in-a-lifetime.
I agree that Day 2 is probably the weakest real world section, but I don't think you're doing the part where Sunny overcomes his fear of water justice. While the fight itself isn't that remarkable, I think it's my favorite part of the day (aside from the part at the graveyard), since it's the first time that I think Sunny's grief for Mari is ever conveyed in the game. The way you try in vain to chase her and reunite with her even despite your fears reminds me of Chapter 6 from Mother 3, if you've ever played that. The score really helps too
I was genuinely suspicious of Mari when she didn’t come along with you to Basils house yet you meet her down the path going towards his house. Yea, I know it’s the save point and such but still
I think that Omori really means something special to me because I moved away from a decently large friend group back in 2018. I've always had trouble with making friends and I haven't really made any real success in my new home yet. I can still keep in touch with my friends through Discord, but I feel like an outside observer. So seeing Sunny interacting with Kel like that for the first time in 4 years really hits hard for me.
Edit: I would also like to say that I can really relate to Hero's inability to say no to people. I don't like disappointing people or literally causing anyone to have any sort of negative reaction because of me. So if someone asks me to do something, the option of no causes me stress.
Ah jes... Omori is one of the few Games, that put me in an emotional state for more than just a few hours. It gave me the feeling of Sunny himself, as if they where my own, as I have to feel the way he does. As I am part of the world and lost so many well know friends. The Game really did his best in sucking you up. And even if the main theme is about sunny forgives himself I also think that a huge part of the narrative is the bond of the friendship group that grew much more stronger in the last three days than it was ever before, though I am sad that Sunny has to leave his friends, because he is moving out, that's the thing that helped him the most. And though I belive that they forgave all of them, it still would had been nice if all five of them stood at the grave in the picture of the true End, to show this. I just hope, even if it may take some months, that they will find a way to spent time together again. That they manage to make old and new memories together again. I hope it in the deepest of my heart and so long, at least that the other four in Faraway Town can finally be there for each other. They all need this, after four years of what happend
little thing I wanted to talk about: you find some stuff filler in the waking world wich I understand (pretty lackluster yes) but you also called it pointless once wich I can agree with on out side BUT
I think it helps with the point that Sunny is finally expieriancing these things irl again, helping him getting out of his mental loop
I genuinely do not understand how your analysis doesn’t have more views. I’ve been binging Omori content after finishing the game, and your video essay has been BY FAR the most entertaining and thorough. Keep up the fantastic work. Thank you so much for your time & effort!
Thank you so much! I just had to pour the emotions it made me feel into something. I'm very glad you enjoyed the video.
Just found this video but it’s really well done.
Also I think the reasons why the truth hits so hard is because you get to learn so much about Sunny (hell, you’re literally exploring his mind.) you get so connected to him.
This game is so great, it’s definitely my second favorite game of all time. And if my first favorite was so much of a masterpiece Omori would easily take that spot lol!
Nice video, this really is a super dense game.
One thing I'd like to point out is that Aubrey pushing Basil into the lake is also foreshadowing for the ultimate mystery, but yeah I agree day 2 is easily the weakest part of the story. Moreso the Headspace part than the real world part, but still.
Damn this video is really great. You were able to capture and explain the feelings and tones of the game so well I actually cried (again) from watching this video. Really great critique of the game, this channel is underrated!
Your communication of how Omori berates Sunny at 1:58:55 is truly breathtaking, I don't think I've seen anything like it in any retrospective/critique I've seen. It made me feel stressed and attacked as if I was Sunny and you were directly talking to me (which is a good thing lol). You are a very under-exposed channel, and it made me sad to see that you have stopped posting, hope you are doing well :)
Would never have heard of this if I hadn't had your video pop up on notifications. Killin it with the content!
This having
i can't put into words how much this game, and this video, mean to me. you're really underrated!
its been over a year since i've played this game yet i still come back to watch the analysis videos, mostly because of how much impact the game had on me. god, i dont think i will EVER fully get over the game, its such an emotional experience that one can not simply forget about. i love how much emotion you put into the video - the way you talk about everything happening in the game, the characters, the meaning, the experiences, truly captures how i felt while playing and how i feel about the game now - i simply can not think about it without getting emotional. it was reaaaally enjoyable to listen to, keep up the good work
SPOILER WARNING!!!
I had just realized something near the start of the game. When Sunny is going down the stairs and is confronted by Something, this fear is not only him being scared of the height of the stairs, but what he had did to Mari. Something also pushing him down the stairs to attack him is referencing how he had pushed Mari down the stairs and killed her, which is also why Something's face is at the end of the stairwell. He has trauma with the end of the stairs specifically because that's when Sunny realized Mari was actually dead.
This can go another way, The staircase creates an illusion. It can be seen as sunny facing upstairs at Something or downstairs at Something.
cant believe this video only has 4 thousand views!! this is quality content, keep it up bro
absolutely amazing video!! i find that i'm constantly looking for good omori analysis videos, and when i find one that's over an hour long i get so incredibly excited. i always love to find another person who has played the game and truly appreciated it for everything it is. i really do love the way you talked about all the different pieces of the game, most notably the final picnic with mari and the omori boss fight. i will admit that i did cry when you were going over the final picnic with mari, and the way you broke down the basis and the raw feeling behind the omori boss battle was just incredible. there was clearly so much care and work put into this video, you deserve so many more views!
i was half asleep during the omori vs sunny part and it scared the shit out of me, absolutely amazing voicing you've earned a sub and like :))
I'm no voice actor but I tried my best to make the viewer feel the emotions of that moment as well as I could.
Amazing job on the analysis and the way to pour it all into a video format that kept being interesting for 2 entire hours! There's a plethora of details inside that game that went over my head, which just goes to show you spent way more time on the topic then a regular player would.
While I enjoyed most of the video, I guess it'd be fair to point out the things that bothered me, just in case I wasn't alone on this. The parts where you were berating Sunny were pretty passionate, and I'm not sure your mic quality could catch up with the intensity of your emotion. I'm not a professional when it comes to sound, and this is a mere thought I had from watching the video just once, but it stood out for some reason or another. Then again, I wouldn't immediately count this as a negative, since it adds authenticity to the whole deal. And I must recognize most of the criticism Sunny buries himself under can be taken personally, so in those berating parts your use of the word "you" in an agressive tone felt like a personal attack... hence why I think it was a really nice touch that in the final fight, when we're reaching the harsher and darkest point of that attack, with things as bad as suicide talk, the change from "you" to "he/him" was appreciated.
I must admit re-visiting the story of this game with the full knowledge of the entire plot made it special in a complete different way, and you clearly remember your own thoughts from when you experienced this game for the first time, with full naivety and ignorance of the depressing topics that were laying underneath. It's interesting, albeit very sad and hard to replay. I did shed a tear or two on the duration of the video, so if your goal was to make us experience once more the sadness we originally felt while playing Omori, I'd say "congratulations".
Thanks for the video! Really looking forward to what you come up with next. Your channel makes me wish I had a group of close friends I could always count on, just so I could recommend them this critique.
I wanted to start by thanking you for the detailed comment! It means more to me than I can express merely through text how much I appreciated your ending remark. So thanks again! It didn't cross my mind that anyone might be offended by the use of you, so I apologize for any suffering that may have caused. I'll keep that in mind for any future videos. The main goal, much like all of my content, is to give the viewer a stronger perspective of the game. I want to put into words why they may have liked the game or even challenge some of their preconceived notions of the title. I will admit, a major side goal of mine was to try and express all the emotions Omori made me feel. I believe an effective critique wouldn't be complete without it. So it makes me very happy to hear I was able to express that because I wasn't sure I managed to accomplish that. In regards to your last comment, I'm just a guy making stupidly long videos that no one in their right mind would finish, but your comment caused me a great amount of joy. In a way, I'd like to think that makes us friends. I hope I can continue to create content that you enjoy.
i'm binging a lot of Omori content, really loving it
Why does this only have 63k views? You did such an amazing job with this. You have a calming voice, explain it well, and edit everything so good.
Extremely well spoken! I hope you get more recognition as I can draw alot of similarities to some of my favorite video game essay youtubers
4:32 I’ve been thinking about the story for 11 months after the credits rolled
Edit: I’ve been thinking about the story for 22 months after the credits rolled
Same
I couldn't buy the game so I just watched a gameplay but its the same. When I reached the end, I couldn't believe that was the end, I thought that there must be more than the ending, but it really was the ending. I thought I was gonna see Sunny's friends' reaction to what he's gonna say, but I just saw the credits after that. I even searched it if that really was it, but it really was the end. Now I have been thinking about the story for at least a day now, I just can't get it off my mind. Omori truly is one of the best games out there
I was a little worried when I saw you had less than 1k subs, often videos by people with such a small audience can be bad and it's a long video... but it was pretty good, you probably deserve more like 10k~ at least.
By the way, fun fact about the Truth sequence. I actually guessed this twist during the first fear boss, I picked up on the symbolism and was like "Oh I see what's goin on here you can't fool me game! I played Silent Hill 2!", and while I was right... that whole thing felt like it was the game rubbing it in my face, showing me just how right I was. Figuring out the twist didn't make the twist any less effective or painful. A part of it really is the details, the context surrounding it. Unlike James even, he didn't kill her because she was suffering from a horrible disease, treating him horribly because of it, and because it was destroying his life... he did it cuz he was mad cuz playing the violin was too hard and he was tired of it. Sure, it was because it was so stressful and it really was too much for him, but at the end of the day while we can understand his actions, it makes sense for Sunny of all people to see what he did as just what you said; he killed her cuz it got in the way of his stupid cartoons. I'd hate myself and repress all that too. I really do think that aspect of it is a big thing too, since there's little in the game where Sunny tries to justify what happened. I think the story in the library about the building of the treehouse, where he just wanted to be "moral support" but ends up helping anyway exemplifies this. He doesn't do it cuz he's pressured, but because, as he says, he knows he really should. The treehouse is for everyone. Sunny is the kind of guy who has those feelings of just wanting to relax and not put a lot of effort into things, but can feel really bad about it and in the end ends up doing what he knows he should anyway. It's this nature that led to both hating himself for what happened, as well as finding the strength to tell his friends what he did at the end. He doesn't WANT to do it, but he knows he has to.
Also, I think it ending without knowing whether or not they forgive him is more than just it not being what the story is about. I mean, Sunny doesn't know that either, but he's still gotta do it. If the game told you, it would take away the fear of that uncertainty that Sunny is feeling. You have to carry on without knowing happened, like Sunny has to go forward with it without knowing what will happen.
what an amazing video! omori essays are the best!!
i'm a bit late to the video but i love how you captured every single emotion the game gave to the player, how you talked about sunny's guilt with so much emotions in your voice during the truth and the omori fight sequences ! you really honnored this so well written game with this video, thanks for your hard work :D
I've watched a lot of these analysis videos, but this one is by far the best
I actually cried watching this, amazing video
This video is honestly the best analysis of Omori I've seen. I appreciate how you criticized the combat elements and long headspace sections while making it clear that those weren't the focus of the game and are overshadowed by the narrative. Fantastic work!
So glad I found your video! Your analysis was very insightful and the summary of events really helped me re-experience the emotions and feelings I had when playing the game. Omori is truly exceptional and the last part of the truth sequence towards the ending is one of the best piece of storytelling in all of media for me. Thanks for such a well made video and hope you continue the great work!
i just finished omori yesterday and am now watching as many videos as i can about it. it's a game that's going to stick me with me for a looong time. this video was great :)
Your best video yet my friend!
No disrespect to your opinion but I loved the emotion aspect of combat in the game. How the emotions could honestly determine if the fight was gonna be extremely easy or hard as hell. Gave me Undertale vibes.
Agreed. It was *simple*, but it played well with the other mechanisms (follow-ups, double edged sword for both players & enemies, etc.) that some of the emergent mechanics there made it feel really effective.
this is so high quality for such a small channel! props my guy
this commentary really captured the emotions the game made me feel and I got many new perspectives on the game im glad I watched this
I cannot thank you enough for this video. I love this game and I love learning more about it! I’ve played through the game 3-4 maybe even 5 times and I’m still learning more about it! Thank you for going in depth about it, it even made homework less boring because I could listen to it in the background!
video made me cry, good job 👍
I never cried as much in front of a video than this one, the way you depict his own thoughts and I just broke down on my bed I-
You helped me appreciate certain elements of the game more! Thank you!
Also, woah, how do you have so few subscribers. This is the only video I’ve seen but your thoughts are well put together and I appreciate what you have to say.
This is a criminally underviewed channel/video. I cannot believe how few views this has. I finished this game about two weeks ago and have been trying to collect my thoughts around it since, trying to articulate how I feel about it so I can tell people to go and experience this game (you don't simply play Omori after all, you experience it). You nailed it.
The sheer dynamic feelings you have while playing this game is nothing short of a marvel. Headbopping to the music, to "GOD I HATE THAT SWEETHEART," to being creeped the hell out by everything inside Humphrey, feeling nostalgic while Sunny and his friends finally come back together, being unsettled by Something, and bawling when you visit Mari's grave with Hero, to wanting to belt him across the face when he puts on Mr. Jawsome's tie. Most JRPGs have been condensed to "He evil, you good, go kill!" with some shallow emotional beats because a party member you just met dies or something, but this runs the entire range and does it all remarkably. And you also presented all this remarkably.
How does this channel not have tens of thousands subscribers?
Incredible video. It's really surprising that it only has 7k views. You've a ton of work into this.
Honestly, Sunny is a character that I relate to a lot, not that I've been through stuff even half as messed up as he has, but I feel really identified with his defense mechanisms. How he puts himself in this imaginary ideal world where everything stops if he (well, not he actually but Omori) doesn't feel right. Even though some sections become a bit tedious, I really like the feeling of looming darkness that hides behind every "nice" dream before you enter blackspace.
I would've liked it more if the corruption of headspace was something more than a bunch of monsters on certain locations in the hikkikomori route. But I still loved every single second of both routes of this game.
Hey, I want to say I really appreciated the fact that you valued my time when making this. You made a video that was over 2h in length but you didn't waste, like some other creators, time just retelling bit by bit what happens in Headspace or even Faraway, and you skipped small/inconsequential story beats that didn't need to be mentioned- and then on top of that I really respect the fact that you actually critiqued and interpreted things. Thank you for that and I wish more creators made videos like you did here.
Okay, this is one of the best videos I've seen.
OMORI is easily one of my favourite piece of fiction
This was a rollercoaster to watch, and first off: Yes, you did manage to capture more than a smidge of the emotion OMORI made me feel. This was brilliant. Secondly, your criticisms are valid. However, my cripplingly sentimental self objects to all of them as they say something is wrong with my baby (I wonder why I love OMORI so much, surely it's not my crippling sentimentality combined with seeing so much of myself in the story). That is completely the rose tinted glasses talking, so for anyone else, what you said was flawed is true.
10/10 video, would recommend (and will).
this was an amazing video :)) you deserve so many more views
I consider this video to be my greatest work. I poured my heart and soul into it. Thank you so much for the kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@@Engel_Regime it really shows :) keep up the great work!!
What a great analysis!
This video was amazing really. I've been following you for awhile and I love that you keep knocking them out of the park. A small thing, on the omuri boss fight section, your yelling narration took a bit away from the message but otherwise, perfect vid.
Sorry I didn't respond sooner. I was a little preoccupied this week. It means a lot that you enjoy my content! I don't have a lot of fans, so I value you that more than you know, especially because I haven't been uploading consistently. I'm attempting to rectify that and at least upload once a month. So I just wanted to say thank you so much for your support! The angry delivery was supposed to add to the message. I was attempting to bring to life Sunny's darkest thoughts and inner demons. Perhaps I didn't achieve that as well as I had hoped. Thanks for the feedback. I'll keep it in mind for future content.
Great video, Keep it up
underatted video for sure! :)
how is this still so small? this is perfect!
“Not much happens in day 2 except for Basil almost dying”
What?
Amazing man
i think its important to point out that basil didnt just witness sunny push mari and then hang her, he was the one that suggested the plan to cover it up (you can see this in the game files for the captions next to the photos in the black album). his crumbling state isn't only due to witnessing the horror and staying silent, it's guilt that he partook in it.
This was honestly one of the best Omori videos I have ever listened to. You really did a great job highlighting the emotion of the game, to the point that towards the end I truly was at the edge of my seat!
I would like to point out a few things though
MARI's Eye was actually shown to open after she was hanged by BASIL, which could be a hallucination or related to the muscle tissue of MARI's eyelids, but there is also a chance that BASIL killed MARI in the end
I'm glad someone was even halfway able to put into words how much I want to gush over the Omori fight at the end. By definition it is a final boss, but calling it that feels like a disservice to the brilliant way it culminates Sunny struggling to finally overcome his demons.
What starts are a valiant final showdown to put an end to everything is slowly realised by the player to even after all this progress made by Sunny, to be gruelling and impossible. You want so badly to win and for Sunny to finally be at peace but no matter how many times you strike him down, Omori will not succumb, the trait of Omori that once aided you in your adventures through headspace now preventing you from moving on. The guilt and pain that Omori represents was given too much power and now, even using everything you have, Sunny can't overcome it.
The intensely emotional violin that plays perfectly encapsulates the feeling of the fight, it's both encouraging like the music itself is spurring Sunny on, as well as sounding haunting like there's little hope, both at the same time. The fact that it's a violin, Sunny's instrument that caused all the torment is so thematically fitting. Mari pushed him too hard to the point where practicing physically hurt Sunny, leading to him destroying the violin and causing all the torment over the past four years. The violin is both reminiscent of Mari, the voice always guiding and supporting him, his friends who gifted it to Sunny and mean the world to him, as well as the physical and immense mental pain that playing and then destroying the instrument caused.
Each line uttered by Omori, Sunny's darkest thoughts that have plagued him for years, is an emotional hammer blow. Of course they're largely irrational and self-hateful, but that's what immense guilt does to someone. In my opinion the hardest hitting ones were the sequence of "Mari loved you and you killed her" through to "You loved her and you killed her" because they're all objectively true statements that anyone in Sunny's situation would be haunted by every day. Accident or not, you destroyed everything surrounding Mari and left scars on your friends that will never fade. The battle shows us the thoughts that Sunny is bombarded with every waking hour, and add to not only a very emotionally intense fight, but flesh out more of how his day to day life is affected, as if the terrifying hallucinations and such weren't bad enough.
I really like this game. Like many I have some issues with it that for me personally stop me from ranking it among my favourites of all time, but the Omori fight is absolutely perfect and is such a beautifully strong climax to cap off a brilliantly told story.
oh my god this video must have taken ages to make, i respect the dedication
I believe it only took a little over a month. I was really invested in this project and cranked it out quickly.
Would love to watch this video but I haven't played the game yet. Will come back to it soon
Hey man, I can't blame you. I recommend doing just that in the vid. I hope you enjoy it!
actually incredible
Wow this is incredibly underrated.
I know I am late, but this video covers like 90% of my thoughts on the game. I especially agree on the filler part of the game, maybe they could have made it 4 days for better pacing. I am planning on playing the hikikomri route later since I have to mentally prepare to replay day 3 of headspace which was too long imo
What an amazing video
i have nothing else to say
interesting video, i actually had every problem that you had with the game, you write kind of like i do. hope you continue making videos!
1:02:50 I dunno, while it’s optional, the area that opens up to the left after you’ve read every vignette pushed me further into the mystery. IIRC it holds the piano with it’s etching. It honestly felt more White Space-inducing than the vision of Basil.
I think you should do a commentary on the game SOMA. I think you'd really like it! Also NGL the next 200 views are gonna be me falling asleep to this essay at night 😂
I've been meaning to check out SOMA. Heard it's solid. I've heard plenty of people say they use video essays to help them fall asleep. I'm glad this video can help!
Hand in the bucket if you never tried to kill Mewo and just took the L straight off ✋
Damn lovely video
I think the reason why headspace seems to be without plot is because it gives into the idea that headspace feels more fake and flat after experiencing the real world. Which the idea of being stuck in headspace four years (or even more) in a loop sound more horrific.
I understand the argument that headspace is meant to be this magical fantasy that helps Sunny escape from reality. Those sections of the game fulfill that purpose wonderfully. However, I have to ask, is it enjoyable for the player? I found that while the latter headspace sections are not poorly written, they really drag. I wanted to discover the underlying secrets of the game, and the lack of any new clues from day two only heightened this. It would be a different story if headspace linked back to some of the developments in the real world or if Sunny's real world experiences altered headspace, but they don't. At least not in a significant way.
@@Engel_Regime Ya honestly it would be a lot better if the influence of the real world leaked into headspace to give both playthroughs (real world playthrough and the hikikomori route) a bigger difference. However it is slightly unfair in my opinion given that the a big choice of the game is to choose which world feels more real to the player. Though it's true the headspace seems to be a drag when not interested in it and probably should have left a lot of things (mostly puzzles or pathways) cut off as extra but unnecessary. It's my view though and I totally get yours. I'm just sharing my views and thanks for sharing your views as well. Though I almost agree with everything you say in the video so our views are probably not too different lol.
@@phantoms_eye Nothing wrong with disagreeing with me. Your opinion is a perfectly valid take. Thanks for the discussion! I enjoyed it.
i wish i could re-experience this game
I remember "finding the truth" for the first time.
Everything in my body felt heavy, the weight of the information felt like I was going to be crushed. "No fucking way" I kept thinking.
Omori is a truly special game. It perfectly balances phycological horror, a thrilling narrative, and typical RPG maker type gameplay that hides the true theme. Playing this game has actually left a impact on me no game has before. The story, is simply put, one of the greatest stories I have ever played in the past decade and has many powerful messages that can only be expressed through the interactive nature of video games. The writing for each character is absolutely phenomenal. After completing the game, Omori has left me in total awe and gave me hope for the future of video games. Omori will always hold a place in my mind, and my heart. Don't know how Fallout 4 got a GOTY award but this didn't.
Wait till he finds out bout the kel nuke strategy
Wow, 2 hours? Better be a good one.
It's funny how in several of your tirades from Sunny's perspective towards the end, you completely ignored Kel.
Poor guy.
1:52:33 Wow, I didn't know that, that's such a cool detail.
Interesting that you think the Hangman Game wasn’t rewarding. Personally, it intrigued and excited me as a simple task on the side. And it felt easier to keep track of since you can check it anytime you wanted.
Admittedly, the cracks did get me more interested even though I barely interacted with them so I didn’t know they could contain horror elements until after my first run.
That’s just my opinion on it though since I do really enjoy simple word puzzle games.
Honestly the amount of times looking through the album for me, even that last time with one photo, was okay to me, cause i understand it. It is kinda the way of the group to remind themselves what was, and after such a long time, and with aubrey in the group now, they want it to set in. For me i do it a lot with my old stuff, breezing through them and reminding myself of things i have done, but i dunno about others, haha
There’s an extra scene at the end with basil and sunny’s somethings leaving. This scene was what meant the most to me as no matter how the others reacted, sunny had managed to save basil as well as himself, and no matter what the others said or did, sunny had basil. I just wish sunny didn’t have to leave at the end. I know it’s childish but I cannot bear the idea of everyone being close again just for sunny to leave
Engel dropped so much foreshadowing in the way he worded sentences.
Good video.
LOL I never used the happy or angry strategy and I never realized how effective it is. I would make Aubrey mad with Kel to increase her attack and the effectiveness of headbutt and then I’ll make Omori sad and start spamming stab or just start stabbing straight away for smaller fights while guarding or healing using Hero.
Engel said in the black space section that sunny hates basil. I don't think sunny hates basil per se, but rather the trauma basil represents, having played a role in Mari's death. Basil represents sunny not being able to make peace with his actions, while doubling as the reason sunny can't be honest about Mari's death, and that is what Sunny resents.
I actually really like the keys, I was very intrigued like "why hangman?" ....and ohhh boii
I think he always felt a li'l distant from everyone, even prior to the stair incident.
Because we read many texts in the lost library that he hated doing things that require too much effort. That's probably more out of his lack of confidence. It would make sense of him to snap out on mari. It's usually the most passive people who lash out a little too far.
On top of that, younger siblings who are super close to their elder ones struggle with autonomy a lot, since their messes are taken care of usually.
As gritty and traumatic as it was, Sunny will learn to be an active force in his life after defeating omori
I think it is worth recognizing that Mari has a bad knee. Although it isn't mentioned which side is weaker, its possible that this also contributed to the accident. Most of it is still probably Sunny's push, but its upsetting to think that maybe if she didn't mess it up that one time in softball, she might still be here.
I have a lot of (positive) thoughts about this video but I tried to put them into words a few times by now and all I got is chaotic words.
So: This is a really great video and some moments had me lower the volume because it felt a little too real.
Thank you so much! I tried very hard to encapsulate the feelings the game invoked from me. It's one of the things that makes Omori so special.
Honestly i kinda like the references to sunny's toys and books because i find it really funny and logical, lets remember that sunny is a kid and kids fantasize about everything they see in their daily life, and that everyones dreams are inspired by real life memories, so it makes sense that his dreams are just child like real concepts. I mean the food piramid book being literaly an egypt map made of food with piramids and all, its hilarious. I feels it just a little fact to remind us that after all, sunny its just a kid