AI: The Somnium Files is very fun :)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- I spent an unreasonable amount of time talking about one of my favorite games that not many people know about, which is a bizarre point and click adventure mystery game.
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Now this was a wacky wazoo wunderus adventure
@@cbpzombie5462 Yeah
About Mizuki, did you play the second game nirvanna yet. if true, i wont say another word.
"and yes I cried. shut up" is the most relatable statement ever; the mizuki and ota routes really did make me cry so much
Otas mom sominium got me so bad I’ve never cried at a game like that before
I cried like a little baby bitch in these two routed too
Same 🥹 this game gave me the feels
bah. ota sucks, he deserves the pain he gets. his mom is a different story but still
In this game there are 2 endings that are considered "good but not best" endings.
Knowing this game's final ending makes these endings really fucked up
Besides the Ota+Mom and Mizuki+Date feelings, knowing the true or annihilation endings sours them immensely.
Ota ending is supremely fucked up and is seconds away from disaster, especially since Saito is actually in the end scene as Boss hearing Aiba conveying the additional information. At least Ota isn't a dick anymore and can live blissfully unaware when things break bad?
At least in Mizuki ending, Saito is dead, even if So is a TH-camr now who is going to die of cancer and Iris is dead dead. It is marginally better than annihilation since Ota and Boss are still alive, and better than Iris with Saito being out of the picture. At least Mitzuki and Date have a good relationship :)
The mezuki ending is just good with almost no strings attached tho. It leaves some loose ends but is otherwise just the best deal for most of everyone. Can't say the same about the Ota ending though 💀
@@mostafaabdelhamid3494 the endings simply go from horrible to less horrible, from left to right
@@mostafaabdelhamid3494how is that good if iris is dead inside Renju's body and Sajima is now trapped inside Iris's body... That one big loose end lol.
@@RexZShadow it's fine uchikoshi said she becomes prime minister so that means everything will be fiiiiiine. probably
I hope date plays a sizable role in the sequel, he's too iconic to be forgotten about.
He seems to be the new boss of Abis, or something like that
I found it interesting how it still showed Saito's body in the trailer, similar to a huge ZE pothole. Makes me think that in the actual game, Date will be in his proper body.
@@justscrollinginthecomments7930 Yeahh I was confused about that too
@@justscrollinginthecomments7930 well, theres an ending where Date and his adopte mezuki actually finish together... maybe we are in that timeline.
Very very small early game spoilers.
I saw a video with the first hour of the game and he already makes an appearance so even if he's not a a main character, I'd say he'll make enough appearances.
Ah yes, AI The sominium Files.
A personal favorite just for how quirky and honestly fun as hell
When Ace Attorney was first released, there was a 15 year statute of limitations on murder. Since then, that limit has been removed so that there is no limit on murder charges.
Wasn't there a 20+ years old murder in AA6? So clearly the limit has been removed in AA too.
I still can't get over how sick Aiba's design is, especially the hands
I keep having this moment when I look at Aiba where I'm like:
"Thats pretty nice"
"WAIT, HER NERVES ARE LITERALLY EXPOSED, WHAT IS WROMG WITH ME"
cool hands, cool hair, cool skin patterns.
panties.
You know you're whatching a great TH-camr when he makes 3 AI The Somnium Files videos.
Couldn't have said it better myself! 💪
yhbsd
I think he just ran out of ideas
Where are the other 2?
...a moment to appreciate the fact this Kagami detective guy is apparently just playing along to the whole "What's your name again?" thing. Good lord, this game.
In the japanese dub, date doesn't stumble in that exchange. So yeah, you're exactly right
I absolutely love this game. Between this, DR, Zero Escape and Yuna I’m convinced everything Spike Chunsoft touches turns to gold
I had to Google Yuna. Was like, "Wtf is this Yuna
- Spikechun?"
You mean the Yu-No remake I think...(which is inferior to the original imo! - play the English saturn pc fan port for bestest CGs etc).
Spikechunsoft is legitimately up there with Capcom as my favorite games studio. Zanki Zero is a really good game too - plus they tend to only publish great titles, oh snap the fucking SCI;ADV series of course, some of the best VNs around - Chaos;Head, Steins;Gate, and Robotic;Notes
@@moejuggler6033 my b, I meant Yuno, and I’ve never played the original. Just loved the version I played
@@lokephoenix1039 ik the original yu-no is really obtuse, you'll be clicking around and repeating dialog over and over trying to proceed. Wonder if the remake made it more streamlined/guided.
You should DEFINITELY check out “428: Shibuya Scramble” as well!! It’s extremely long, but SO GOOD.
IMO, having no defenses against Saito in the final somnium is way scarier than desperately trying to fight him off; he slowly, but surely, takes over your mind, taunting you all the while, and there's NOTHING you can do about it.
Yeah. Also, spoilers for Nirvana Initiative:
That’s why, while I prefer the second game overall, I prefer the first game’s climax. Sure, the whole giant fight scene with Tearer’s squad is cool, but it really doesn’t have the same effect as Saito taunting you on the Psync machine.
Makes me think you had no defenses because at that point he's already won LONG before you put it all together. Everyone was dead lol.
this game is really a gem. the writting and humor is on point.
It’s because of you, RamZaes, that I got this game on Switch… and it became one of my favorite games on the system. Now I am so excited for its sequel!
nintendo life said that the sequel seems to run better on switch this time, so it start well.
@@charlestrudel8308thank god cuz the first one chugs just bringing up flashbacks! Haha
@@pseudzy if i remember, the first game did chug on all platform in its later flashback isnt it?
i always got a weird bug in the pc version where in every somnium segment, if i stayed still and didnt move for more than a few seconds, the game would glitch and crash. i had to jog back and forth because moving stopped it, it was super weird and i thought it was a gameplay feature at first lol
ah, the PC version. I remember at least at launch how the PC version would commonly crash in Iris' somniums on the right side and the facial animations would occasionally completely break due to a common bug.
Iris plural? Not being a grammar nazi but you only use an apostrophe with no s when the word is a plural.
The PC version was a nightmare. It specifically crashed for me in all of iris’ somniums, Mayumi’s, So Sejima’s Somnium, boss’ Somnium and Hitomi’s Somnium. And of course, anyone that’s played would know just how difficult the last 2 are to get through anyway without constant crashing.
@@Emmiees1710 lol
@@Emmiees1710 that sounds like an extreme case, I never heard of it going that far.
The funny thing is, as much as he maligns the Switch version as "catching on fire" and struggling to run due to the load times over that single mermaid line...overall the Switch version was the one with the least issues. And the load thing was pretty universal across the board anyway, just worse on Switch. Everything else was buggier elsewhere though.
At launch? I got gifted AI on December 2021 and I got all of that. I got some...interesting screenshots from the facial animations. And my pc crashed TWICE on the Iris Route end, INCLUDING WHILE SHE WAS LITERALLY DYING AND SAYING HER FINAL WORDS.
Ai is damn good and I'm super excited for the sequel
Sammeeee bro
I never thought a sequel would happen the first game had such a sense of finality to it, but I'm so happy we in a timeline where the sequel has become a reality.
TIL. thank you.
I will never forget the experiences I have with this game, what a bizarre and fascinating journey
considering date needs his meds to produce empathy chemicals, does that mean that the receptionist ending has date become a serial killer?
but you gotta wonder, is date being constantly horny because he needs human attention in #89's body, or is it actually part of his hard boiled detective ego from before he got mindswapped?
@Stylish DY.D. there’s also a scene shown in this video where he sniffs the slippers in the epilogue and hitomi says “you never change”
I mean, So said that Saito was probably pushed over the edge by killing Manaka and posits that he wouldn't have become a serial killer if he hadn't done so. (Saito said he was planning to kill a human anyway before killing Manaka so it was only a matter of time, though). Saito was also addicted to the way his brain worked and craved the high he got from killing when he had fully functional brains to work with. So my two theories are either that as long as Date doesn't murder people as a carnival worker, he'd be fine and also be super unimpressed with sex or not be able to get off at all, since oxytocin is required for orgasm specifically OR what with his past life as a vigilante, he'd end up killing and getting high off killing criminals like some older, sexier version of Light Yagami who does that instead of boning big booba babe.
Pretty sure its the latter given his condition in the sequel. He's back in his original body that can produce said happy chemicals but he's wearing a "mask" that makes him look like the Date everyone already knows well.
I had to try this game after you made the second video, and it became one of my favorites instantly, thank you so much!
I wasn't ready for a third video with 1+ hours :D
54:26 Funny enough, at the time Ace Attorney initially released at 2001, Japan still have it's 15 year statute of limitation and it's only until 2010 that the country remove the statue of limitation entirely.
10:05 oh yeah mental locks *quits game, loads save*
10:30 I don't think it's random, just hidden. It's very consistent sometimes and it only randomizes when the somnium starts (so, loading a save won't randomize it again) results are different depending on the time left too. The randomization has a bias to ensure you always have time left or you have a certain amount of time left
It was about 2/3 of the video in when I realized I have no clue what the hell is going on, and when the last storyline hit I somehow got even more confused. But thanks to your strange yet charming humor, and obscure references I actually managed to understand the plot (eventually).
RamZeas, you magnificent bastard, you've done it again.
It is kinda funny which of two major branches you see first really affect how people interpret Iris until ending :D
4:20 It was at this moment that I realized I was playing a masterpiece.
I also love the numbers on the timestamp, so fitting.
18:00 that scene legit pissed me off and it will continue to piss me off till the day I die.
It’s definitely the most “for plot connivence” scene in the game
AI: The "Estranged Parents are an acceptable Loss for a good ending" files
To be fair, while Renju had his good points worth mourning, though still deeply flawed, Shoko by comparison was almost unanimously depicted in a negative/horrible light as a person. Very 'oh no...anyway.'
Oh hell yes. I remember being so obsessed with AITSF and I still love it. So much. And getting this notification reactivated all that excitement, so. Thanks :D
i literally just started replaying ai so im refreshed for the sequel and you upload this video!!! started playing ai somnium files because i liked your fire emblem/ zero escape videos and trusted your opinion on games. easily in my top 3 favourite games!! this will be a fun watch.
Finally, I get the treat of watching a brand new RamZaes video right away without fear of spoilers!
I just beat this game a couple weeks ago, loved every bit and I can't stop thinking about it :D
I feel like between Zero Escape and AI someone told Uchikoshi his stories need to make some semblance of sense
I need to thank you for introducing me to this game quite a while ago. It quickly became a favorite, despite so few people to share its enjoyment with! Hoping the follow-up game is just as great!!
I just finished all of the endings last night, after taking a 1.5 year long hiatus from the game when I played it closer to its original release window. Man, watching this story summary and re-experiencing it was so great.
I remember when you made your original videos on and I liked them and said I may get into this game, and then I forgot about it.
Years later my friend who had an Aiba pfp remind of the game and saw it on sale on switch so I picked it up and started playing it and from then on I was hooked.
Honestly I have to thank you for introduced me to this game which is now my favorite games of all times :D.
I'm so glad I watched this, AI is one of my favorite games and I straight up did not know there was as sequel because of bad marketing. Literally pre-ordered because of this video
So is it safe to assume you're looking forward to the sequel? 😃
Sigh, time to eventually play this game a year from now and then 4 years later remember this video exists and watch it
Do it! I recommend lol
Big flex of RamZaes that he js now canon in the game.
Gotta say ram, i loved everything in this video! It was so good to see u talk about a game that u love so much and i loved all the jokes and bits you made throughout.
I'm playing thru the sequel right now and I'm so happy that people are still talking about this game!! It is one of my favourites and I honestly think not enough people know about it. Something about the humour mixed with the mystery just really did it for me. Love the vid!
Massive spoilers
52:40 this is probably the most important bit of information needed to try to make sense of the entire case. For large parts of the game, you see so many characters seemingly act really differently and out of character in different routes, with iris being a dork in one route, but a manipulative killer in the other one. It helps explain why there’s so many different culprits as well, since it was really hard to imagine why so many different people were working together and then killing each other in a weird way.
Legit was one of my favorite moments since it was one of the last pieces of info that made everything finally fall into place. Ooh man, I really love this games story ❤️
What are the odds that I got into the game last week and just after I've finished looking into the whole ARG and sequel trailers that I find you've posted this lmao-
Ooh, what was the ARG?
@@FTZPLTC there should be a post about it on AI subreddit.
This is a fantastic breakdown! I watched this in excitement for Nirvana Iniative - I can't believe we're getting a sequel, and with motion capture!
Thank you for shilling this game to more future fans!
The upcoming sequel is easily my most anticipated game. It's unfortunately delayed two weeks until July 8th 2022 in the UK and Europe (still June 24th 2022 for America though), so I'm going to have to spend the first two weeks after the US release avoiding all spoilers until I can play through it myself.
Same I'm so sad about that delay now I have to avoid the fandom for a bit 😔
@@ThatoneFelicia Reminds me of when Metal Gear Solid 2 came out 3 months later in Europe compared to America, and I had to spend 3 months avoiding my school friend who imported it from America and wouldn't stop talking about it
This game really keeps you invested in story! It would've have been 100/100 if not for overusing porn mag joke in almost every fight scene and Mizuki causing people to go in stormtrooper mode... Anyway still very enjoyable game!
Uchikoshi's games probably make up some the most consistently, and criminally, underated in recent memory. I picked up 999 by pure accident and then got lost down the rabbit hole that is Zero Escape.
15:02
IS THAT GORDON RAMSEY?!?
I always knew that Coke polar bear was suspicious
Well, time to replay AI: The Sominum Files.
YES I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS GAME'S SEQUEL this game is wild haha. an absolute ride. mizuki is the GOAT
it was DEFINITELY an experience to go up to the locked section of the annihilation route as. like. literally my first route. I got to watch everyone die as my FIRST route
i’ve been replaying AITSF to prep myself for when i buy the sequel and i cried at mayumi and date’s somniums on ota and mizuki’s routes too 😭😭 both times i played 😭😭😭😭 i feel so seen. great video!!
Well I haven't seen the whole video, but I am at minute 51 and it's amazing. I love AI the somnium files, so any love this game gets, I will always be on board with.
This video was really engaging throughout! I really appreciate the amount of effort you put into your content
One of the few games where I had doubts I'd like it at first and ended up adoring. It is so charming and absolutely hits my specific sense of humor. Mayumi made me cry
A comment pointed out the third game should be about the soul of a person. Based on this, I think it should be the new story.
The new serial Killers's victims should appear with holes spread all across the body, with whatever is left of it being completely rotten. The method ? Somehow the killer absorbed the majority of the victims'mitochondria from the cells of the bodies. The people on the case are Bibi, Mizuki and Ryuki with their respective partners. But here's yet another strange detail. While a strange woman (Tokito) appears out of nowhere, causing strange phenomenons to happen in order to keep Bibi and Mizuki from getting to the truth (this is a test), Tokito pretty much gives the answers, even if in a cryptic way, to Ryiuki, as he's ready to reach Moksha.
By the way, I think Shoma should return as an assistant to Pewter, having joined ABIS because just like the detectives, he feels something is wrong, because of all the nightmares he's been having. And I think Date's case should be trying to find out if this mysterious woman truly is the missing Tokito.
God damn it; the writing and VA is absolutely stunning. Im spoiling myself dead with this video; but Im gonna buy the game (ON SWITCH 🤣🤣) just to support them. Fuck, dude.
The fact that this doesn’t have more views is criminal. It’s so good
the first time I heard of this game is when a youtuber named Pat Stares At started a full playthrough... after his first episode gave it exposure (I instantly started playing it myself), I think it set off something of a chain reaction until the game became relatively popular.
And, what the youtuber said he didn't know until after a few episodes, was that by coincidence, the sequel Nirvana Initiative was scheduled to be released within a month... so, the random timing of the playthrough nicely primed players for the sequel
btw, I would recommend the game Deadly Premonition to fans of this game
Played it last year and had a blast, I'm really hoping you make a video about the sequel, because I'm sure as hell buying it day one and would not be bothered by spoilers.
1:15:00 Reason why Saito froze there, in theory anyhow.
Aiba: "Self-Destruct Initiated."
Saito: "---Wait, what now?" *BOOM*
Also, @RamZaes, the driver is probably Uchikoshi pulling a Tarantino... meaning, the driver is Uchikoshi's cameo... that would explain why hes the only character without a name.
I don't know the context to this part of the game, but I wanted to point this out, but it could mean nothing.
Boss: "What if the pumpkin's name was Bill?"
Me: "The pumpkin head?....Name is Bill..." Get's it. "OHHHHHHHHHH! Ahhh....I get it!"
I didn't know there was a reference to the horror movie, pumpkin head!
Just going to not say the whole plot of the move or how this happens, but there is a character named Billy in the movie, and yeah he becomes pumpkin head.
Played this game during lockdown when I was able to get the special edition for like $20. Absolutely loved it and flash forward to now awaiting to get the cool special edition with Aiba figure for the sequel.
I did this in the opposite order as ramz and let me tell you, boy does the game seem even more fucked up with the knowledge date may be a serial killer and the gruesome evisceration of a Vtuber, but also made saving them seem more meaningful
by comparison ramz playthrough was a whole lot more comfy until the sucker punches near the end
Funny co I played exact same order in this video. But ya I can imagine.
40:00 damn that's a good line
Thanks to your video i tried the series. Man what a game :D
23:20 - This bit had me literally snot my pop i was drinking into my nose, shot it back out of my mouth and now EVERYTHING burns.
Why is no one talking about the fact that in the final dance number, Hitomi is dancing with BOTH arms when she's supposed to have lost the use of her right arm ?
Damn your videos have improved tremendously. I really enjoyed this video
Man :/ Rest In Peace to Kagamis voice actor, may he forever live in our hearts
Let me guess. Billy Kametz?
@@tensedart3470 Brad Venable
Wait, this quasi-legal government law enforcement unit has a machine that can dive into a person's memories to determine if someone is guilty or not? That would be insanely useful in finding out if a person is actually guilty or not. And they don't use it on literally every suspect? Waste of a brain-scanning machine.
Just beat it today and I can't believe the hint we got with iris. The twists are incredible.
I love 999 more, but AI is such an amazing game that's so fun. I can't wait for the sequel this month.
52:51 such a nice detail
If I had a nickel for every time a channel used the "Grandma with a Gun" stock image (seen in 11:10) in an AI: The Somnium Files video, I'd have at least two nickels.
Hey this video was very funny and informative, my favourite bit was when you said “we don’t negotiate with serial killers” and then hitomi immediately explodes, very good. This is a good recap for the sequel so thank you.
I'm like 95% sure I just witnessed the title of this video change in real time
26:35
I had the exact same Simpsons clip play in my mind's eye when I got to that part of the game as well.
i found this video a week ago and finished the game in 3 days just so i could watch it
I frickin love this game and I admit I have a soft spot for the Mizuki route. yeah Iris dies and not everything is tied together BUT IT WAS SO WHOLESOME AND FULFILLED MY FATHER-DAUGHTER BONDING CRAVINGS
25:26 - ok I have seen the bouba-vs-kiki thing several times, BUT THIS... THIS is the funniest one! It made me startled-laugh, like, a single bark without my conscious brain deciding to laugh, and THAT is a rare kind of laugh!
Just in time for the sequel that releases this June 24th!!!
i honestly think you would love 13 sentinels if you have not already played it, it's a fantastic game with also everything voice acted and with a whole cast of great characters
I dislike 13 Sentinels very much because the twist at the end basically kills all of the mystery and intrigue that was built up to that point.
Ironically enough, you predicted the announcement of Death Stranding 2 (a.k.a. "DS2").
27:26 I love how that group is mentioned in this game as a existing group. That cult will be our antagonist in the next game. I just appreciate them planting the seeds
Saw this video in my feed. Remembered I skipped out on it despite Spike Chunsoft making it, so I bought it. So happy to have a game that engrossed me again to keep playing. Spike Chunsoft just knows how to have damn good mysteries, twists, goofy humor, and still be emotional.
That said, my first route was the annihilation route and seeing everyone drop like flies while thinking it was just a main timeline drove me insane. They really made a Shadow the Hedgehog style game of branching realities and yet fixed the problem by making them all relevant. Chef's kiss.
Side note. It's really interesting attention to detail that you can frequently see Saito's hand fidgeting around when he's possessing certain people. And having Aiba, who is played by the same VA as Kaede in Danganronpa, using the rube Goldberg mechanism to roll a huge ball around and trigger the gun to fire in Saito's Psync is such a nice blink and you'll miss it touch.
Literally just finished the game and now im here wondering if i should wait for its sequel to possibily come to game pass or just watch a gameplay bro lmao
Damn this timeline is almost as complicated as the fate timeline.
3:02 you can say that her _hips don't lie_
Since the game is on sale on ps4 for like 8 bucks I think I’m going to buy it and then later watch this video. I remember watching the two previous videos you did on this but I don’t remember much from them. I haven’t had much experience with these type of games, but I’ve read through the fate vns so I know I’ll most likely enjoy it
How did it go?
@@m.l.7558 it went as well as my reading of Tsukihime so very inconsistent. I played only the very beginning of the game and then I just didn't touch it again but it's been in the back of my head all this time. I've currently gotten a lot more invested in Tsukihime after struggling to keep up with games in general but I'd really like to come back to AI: The Somnium Files at some point
Such an insane game. I hope the sequel is good.
"The point-and-click genre is dying out."
Between this and the Sam & Max remasters, I don't believe this statement. If you haven't played Sam & Max, it is hilarious and the "crazy logic" is logical.
One of my favorite games ever. One of a kind experience. Cool to see you make another video on it
54:30
Ace Attorney didn't lie because it wasn't taking place in Japan
Just finished the sequel today, this was a great throwback.
I'm going to get this on playstation. Don't have a switch or a gaming pc but I'm sold on this game
Man the second game is well more mind-boggling.
You are now on a twofer for getting me into some of my favorite series of games. First Danganronpa and now AI
Watching this again after watching a full playthrough of the sequel makes me realize there are so many more callback than I thought
The Saito plot twist imo is amazing if you think about. He was part of the story and you have no idea untill you actually see all the Scenes and Twists in each story line
I played this last year around november and I totally agree with everything you said about AI and just like you, the story intruiged me so much to the point where I played it almost every night for 3 to 4 hours straight because I was just SO INVESTED IN THE STORY🤯