OMORI

Play it. Don't look up anything about it so you don't get spoiled. I can truthfully I have never played a game with a story this captivating ever. If you are on the fence, go for it, you won't be disappointed.

This game broke me so bad 5 years ago it took me this long to come back and replay the alternate route and get the last achievements. Beautiful game, incredible story and music.

Omori has a 10/10 story, 10/10 art, 10/10 music, but then stapled to it is a 6/10 jrpg that loves wasting your time. It theoretically has an interesting combat system but the main route of the game is so easy that you hardly need to engage with the mechanics at all beyond attack and heal. I got through the entire game with one strategy that worked for every single enemy with the exception of the castle boss. When the fodder enemies pose no threat to you and require no thinking, the only thing they accomplish is to pad play time in an already strangely paced game. How well you can tolerate the gameplay flaws is going to determine how much you like Omori because everything else is top notch. I don't think I've ever seen a game with an art style like this and the music compliments the heavy scenes and boss fights incredibly well. Omori's story should be the reason you'd play this game. If it resonates with you, then this will be the most emotionally effective video game that you'll ever play. The last three hours of this game are genuine perfection. Despite the stale gameplay, this is probably the best, most well thought out thing to come out of the quirky earthbound inspired game deluge.