AI: The Somnium Files Standard Edition - Nintendo Switch

If you enjoyed the Zero Escape series (999, Virtues Last Reward, and Zero Time Dilemma), then you should love this game. You play as Date, a police detective trying to solve a string of murders. In order to do that, Date can "psync" with suspects, and explore their dreams to find clues or expose what they may be hiding. There are multiple branching paths, each one helping you learn more about what is really happening in this mysterious case.

Kotaro Uchikoshi has elevated the visual novel genre with his engaging Japanese games. After raising the bar with the Zero Escape series, Uchikoshi pivots to a police procedural with sci-fi elements. What I love about this game is how it branches different story paths depending on the choices you make, all of them very well-written and with characters you'll get to know and love (and hate). Some story lines are better than others, but I suppose that's the point. If you can find it, it's certainly a must buy—and one that will likely go out of print if you don't act fast.

This is my absolute favorite games. It's hilarious, and the storyline is amazing. I was genuinely upset at some parts (you're supposed to be), and other times, I was enjoying the humor. Sometimes it's sexual humor and other times it's random humor-- it's not for everyone, but it matched my humor type perfectly. Some of the puzzles were difficult, but that's what made it fun.

This is an interactive visual novel game. The story is very intriguing with some very bizarre plot twists and pretty memorable characters. The interactions between the main character and his AI partner are particularly entertaining. Although the game does have a serious plot, much of the game consists of humorous dialogue, with a good portion of it being puns and sexual innuendo.

This game took me a while to really get into. The way it revealed the story and the multitude of twists felt kind of off at times. It did pick up speed in time, using the branching paths to shed a lot more light on the entire case that the game follows. Two paths in particular included two of my least favorite characters and by the end of both of them I grew to have a new found appreciation for them. They both resonated with me on a close personal level that relater to my own personal expierences. Of course this being a visual novel, gameplay generally takes a backseat. It's fun to go to each location and search through all of the objects to see what each character will say about them and the characters themselves stand out from each other on their own. The big stand out feature are the psych dream sections where you go inside someone's dream and solve puzzles. This is fun because you also are put on a time limit and the characters have some fun dialouge. It gets disturbing, sad, confusing and overall is a well made game. The big flaws would come from performance, for example, there were parts where it would be trying to load up a little mini screen through the main characters' eye but it would take an awkwardly long time to load. Graphically it loops much smoother undocked. If you can get past these problems you will definitely enjoy it. -Slentay

It is fun game and also from the creators of the zero escape series. i recommend it for those who have played it before. Great combination of mystery and adventure.

A must-play for the fan of AVG. More like a visual novel. So quite a lot of text to read. Someone likes it deadly and someone maybe not.

I haven't finished this game yet, but so far I've been super hooked to the story, characters, and game play. I think that this game's potential was highly underestimated near its launch and that you really should get the game if you're into visual novels with in-depth stories as well as unique settings.