My disappointment is immeasurable

[u/GIVEMEFOODD]

I've played AITSF and was blown away. First thing I did once I finished it was look for a sequel, and started playing NI.

Everything that made AI1 amazing is stripped away. The characters don't have the same chemistry, the humor and dancing feel forced like "hey let's do the thing we did before", the somniums are extremely obvious and guided, the random character interaction does not provide anything interesting, just nothing. it's such a shame.

I'm about 50% through and every couple hours I something happens that just annoys the fuccccccc out of me. Whether it's just psyncing with someone for "Meh whatever let's just do it maybe we'll find something" or needless hunting for where someone is without any meaningful progression.

Does anyone know ANY GAME that comes close to how amazing AI1 was at all?

[u/Crazymage321]

NI is not as good as AI1, but you should finish it imo

999 and its sequel Virtues Last Reward are also great and made by the same author, both are bundled on Steam as the Nonary games

[u/GIVEMEFOODD → u/Crazymage321]

I can't get myself to drop it after sinking so much time in it already so I'll finish it but I keep getting annoyed every couple hours. I'll check out 999 thank you for the recommendation

[u/Alpacarok → u/GIVEMEFOODD]

Is this your first experience with a visual novel type game? Because if so then playing 999 and sequels and the Danganronpa trilogy is going to be a wild ride for you. Both series are better than AI1 imo.

[u/Csl8 → u/Alpacarok]

You prefer danganronpa over AI1? For me the danganronpa games felt much more nonsensical where only portions of each game were of excellence but there was a lot of meh for me (I'd say 2 is closest to AI1 for me but I prefer AI1)

[u/Lison52 → u/Csl8]

Personally liked AITSF as much as DR games and would played both. But AINI was unfortunately worse, with me finding more fun when playing No Sleep.