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NEED TO KNOW
WHAT IS IT?
A dream-diving visual novel where you solve a murder mystery in near-future Tokyo
EXPECT TO PAY
£50
DEVELOPER
Spike Chunsoft
PUBLISHER
In-house
REVIEWED ON
Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB RAM, GeForce RTX 2060
MULTIPLAYER
No
LINK
bit.ly/SomNirvana
J in Furue has been murdered. Someone has sliced the CEO in two and left one half at a TV studio, where a quiz show is being recorded. The other half of Jin won’t show up until six years later, having seemingly died just a few hours earlier. That’s the setup for AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative, an out-there anime visual novel, but with a compelling mystery at its core.
You’d be forgiven for thinking otherwise, given how odd this sci-fi adventure can get. Your constant companion – at least for half of the game – is a smutty AI who lives in a fake eyeball where your left eye should be. With her help, you’ll solve the mystery of the
