The last third or so of Omori is the best final act of any game I've ever played I think.īut Omori does honestly suffer more as a game, the pacing of the dream world is honestly really tedious, especially on repeat playthroughs. I think they're both fantastic games for their own reasons, but Undertale is much more impressive as a whole to me, how much of a complex spiderweb of a game it is, while Omori tells a very dark and mature story almost completely to perfection. The other is a decision based JRPG/shmup mash up that focuses on a deeper meta narrative and replayability rather than the very long and (mostly) focused runtime of Omori.
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One is a psychological horror JRPG that plays both elements rather straight.
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I'd agree that OMORI is definitely more of an attempt to be a Mother Sequel of sorts, while Undertale has obvious inspirations, but does its own damn thing. TBH, feels like comparing apples to oranges. They have very different goals, and while I found Omori to be the thematically richer work, I think that Undertale provided the runway for it to succeed. Omori is a true-blue followup to many of Mother 2's strikingly dark imagery and ideas that didn't make it into Mother 3's more focused tone. Undertale is a minigame-focused whizbang experience with thin RPG mechanics to prop up the cool metanarrative elements.
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In contrast, Omori has big peaks and valleys in its pacing that's turned a few of my friends off of the game when they tried it.ĭespite what the "haha indie earthbound inspired JRPG" meme implies, these games' similarities are pretty superficial beyond their obvious point of inspiration (and sharing one music track). They have a serious knack for great music, fun fight gimmicks, and a snappy pace where nothing wears out its welcome. Omori edges it out for me since I've never seen a game go all-in on such raw subject matter (at least without spilling over into melodrama), the last third of the game catapulted it into something greater than the sum of its parts.įor most people though, Undertale and Deltarune are the more complete packages.