Ian here—

Upon first playing it several years back, it struck me that OMORI, while having rather spectacular high points, it didn’t quite cohere and stick the landing as much as Rakuen, with which it shares many similarities (and which I dearly love). It took me awhile, but with this eleventh video in my Shape Up! series, I break down why. (And define an entire genre along the way, with plenty of graphs.)

Script below the jump.

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