Review (2025 September)

OMORI is a RPG developed and released by indie studio OMOCAT towards the end of 2020. My university mate (as the only INFJ I have met in real life) recommended OMORI to me in a very straightforward way – sending OMORI to me as a gift on Steam! That was exactly the time I finally said goodbye to Shadowverse and was looking for some substitutes to waste my time. OMORI looked like a nice game and I was not reluctant to RPGs back then, so I started my OMORI journey, getting ready to complete all 84 achievements on Steam in a legit way.

• Story: The story of OMORI is actually simple, you can summarise everything in just one sentence. However, OMORI is delivered in a deep and complex way. By switching between the worlds, back and forth, you can always find and feel something new if you keep digging.

As an emotionless person (or a self-proclaimed INTJ-A), there are hardly any stories or characters that are able to make me moved emotionally. Thus, OMORI is such an example that has touched my deep heart and Mari, one of the main heroines, has brought me some complex feelings that take me quite a while to digest.

In the end of the story, Sunny (as a typical INTP) has accepted Omori, as the dark side of Sunny himself. He opens the door and gets ready for a new chapter – just like how I left Shadowverse and walked towards a new period.

• Art: A typical RPG made by RPG Maker, but OMORI has its unique art style. I bet a decent part of players get attracted by OMORI because of that. And all of a sudden, the cute and dreamlike vibe changes into a psychological horror one. As expected or not?

• Music: An indie RPG with 100+ original soundtracks, some hidden gems.

• Difficulty: Traditional RPG interface with a simplified battle system. Although there are a few tough fights in OMORI, where you do need to spend time on the team builds or strategies, overall very managable. Obviously, the developers want the players to focus more on the story and vibe of OMORI, instead of the traditional RPG fights.

However, for those want to see all the endings, get all the collections and complete all the achievements, OMORI can be pretty evil. I started OMORI soon after its release – something I hardly did or do with any games, since I received OMORI as a gift, the guy wanted me to record my playings and I did have some spare time back then. There were not many useful guides, but some silly glitches or bugs instead. That said, the 84 Steam achievements of OMORI did bring me some challenges that month in 2021 January. Oh, was I talking about Perfect Heart as an example? Could be, but those fun "trinkets" like minigames or quizzes were more demonic to me ;). Anyway, all done in a legit way.

Overall, OMORI did bring me some challenges – 84 achievements and some emotional feelings. But I enjoyed that great journey, all thanks to my university mate ;3.