Amnesia Overview/Review

Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Game Title: Amnesia アムネシア (Amuneshia)
Game Platform: PSP
Game Developer: Otomate (Idea Factory)
Release Date: August 11, 2011
Official Website: Otomate
Walkthrough: Momokan


Opening:

Story:
The Heroine wakes up in a blue-ish world where she meets a Spirit named Orion. He explained that she lost all of her memories because of him and now he won't go away until she regains all of her memories. Orion then let the Heroine decide which world will she go. In each of those worlds, she is somewhat in a relationship (except for one Route since they were not yet a couple). So the Heroine must struggle living normally while regaining her memories and avoids the suspicion of other people.

Characters:
Name: Heroine (主人公 Shujinkō) *Note: Their is no default name so the player can choose any name
Age: 19

A very soft-spoken girl who space out a lot. She doesn't talk much and it shown that she's a shy and a little bit clumsy. She works part-time at cafe called Meido No Hitsuji which means Maid and Butlers where she works with her friends and love interest.

Name: Shin (シン)
Age: 18
CV: Tetsuya Kakihara

He would be the love interest of the Heroine if the player choose "The World of Heart". In this world, he is a childhood friend of the Heroine along with Toma. He seems to call the Heroine a lot an idiot. His a graduating student that studies hard for him to be accepted by the same University as the Heroine. He sometimes say mean things to the Heroine but inside, he loves her very much, so he is considered as a Tsundere.

Name: Ikki (イッキ)
Age: 22
CV: Kishou Taniyama

He would be the love interest of the Heroine if the player choose "The World of Spade". He like to flirt with women and dates different women every 3 months. It seems that every women who looks into his eyes will fall in love with him, he even have a fan club. Although he's a playboy, he is going out with the Heroine seriously. He is good at almost everything and a close friend of Kent.

Name: Kent (ケント Kento)
Age: 25
CV: Akira Ishida

He would be the love interest of the Heroine if the player choose "The World of Clover". He is a serious type of person who relies everything in logic. He doesn't show much emotions but he tends to blush a lot when it comes with the Heroine. He is unsociable and tends to say unnecessary things a lot. He is close friends with Ikki and calls him by his full name "Ikkyu".

Name: Toma (トーマ)
Age: 20
CV: Satoshi Hino

He would be the love interest of the Heroine if the player choose "The World of Diamond". He is a childhood friend of the Heroine along with Shin. He has a elder brother kind of aura to both Shin and the Heroine.  He is very cheerful and usually says something kind to others. He deeply cares for the Heroine that he sometimes go psychopath when it comes to her, he is considered as a yandere.

Name: Ukyo (ウキョウ)
Age: 24
CV: Kouki Miyata

If the players finished all of the routes, he would be the love interest of the Heroine if the player choose "The World of Joker". A photographer who has a split personality and seems to know a lot about the Heroine. He is the most mysterious character and his other persona even tries to kill the Heroine for some reason while his original persona protects her.

Name: Orion (オリオン)
CV: Hiromi Igarashi

A spirit who helps the Heroine tries to regain her memories. Only the Heroine can hear and see him.

Name: Sawa (サワ)
CV: Satomi Moriya

A close friend of the Heroine in every world.

Name: Mine (ミネ)
CV: Kana Akutsu

The Heroine's kohai in their part-time job.

Name: Waka (ワカ)
CV: Takahashi Hidenori

He is the manager of the cafe where the Heroine works. In every world, he has a different personality.

Name: Rika (リカ)
CV: Yoshida Seiko

The president of Ikki's fan club. She can be an antagonist or ally in different worlds.

Sample CG's:


Game Review:
Gameplay: Nothing new in the gameplay, it's just usual choose choices for the heroine but it's not that I hate though xD. It's simple and good for beginners.

Art/Design: Well, I can just say... IT'S EPIC! I really love it! \(^0^)/

BGM/OST: I also love it's ost especially when the story gets more serious or darker and the bgm just makes you more nervous.

Story: I'm a fan of a tragedic endings and this have some of it, their is blood and the sound of a person being... stabbed? Since they are on summer break, it's not a school life setting but it's more like a slice-of-life with some fantasies and I like it! I love the story but I'm not really an Ukyo fan and it says that the true lover of the Heroine is him so it kinda got me down. But oh well~! That's the reason why their are parallel worlds for every otome games xD

Characters: Let's see, they have a tsundere, playboy, megane-guy, yandere and psychopath. They each strongly give a different aura from one another.

Shin is cool and all but his story is more of solving a crime scene than being lovey dovey with the Heroine. So he's kinda playing detective, now that kinda reminds me of Naoto Shirogane from Persona 4... Let's get back with Shin, well, he is hot and considered a bishie but he's still younger by a year from Heroine... BUT! It actually didn't bother me! Maybe because he's a hottie? xD So who cares if he's younger (^o^) Their is a saying "Age doesn't matter" right? *start of spoiler* He's ending was kinda boring, they only held hands and they just solved the case. One of the bad endings got me interested, it was where Toma poisoned the Heroine! It seems that he also fell in love with the Heroine but can't do anything about it because she and Shin are a couple, so he went to the last resort, he killed her! I wasn't actually expecting that... I didn't even expect to be him being the criminal and all. I even suspected Ukyo to be the criminal. Speaking of Ukyo, their is also a scene where Heroine will choose one of them to be her roommate for a night, and if she chooses Ukyo, he will stab her to death O.O *end of spoiler*

Ikki... Oh Ikki, so flirtous and so handsome. *^.^* I just wished that he was more pushy and forward with his feelings. Because despite his flirtatiousness, he is shy and very considerate of the Heroine. In his story, Rika and the rest of Ikki's fanclub will be the main antagonist since they is crazy for Ikki. *start of spoiler* In one of the bad endings, Rika pushed the Heroine off in a cliff resulting her being broken (she lost most of her 5 senses). This made Ikki became yandere in this scene where he said that he will break the ones who broke the Heroine and this just made me happy actually because it shows his possessiveness, love and care for the Heroine. In the good ending, they lived together in Ikki's apartment to save money. I just kinda wish their was a R-18 scene, nyahahaha~! *^.^* *end of spoiler*

Kent is the most mature of them all but it seems that he lacks knowledge in love affairs and he is a-matter-fact guy. Although his tendency being speechless and shy with the Heroine kinda makes him cute (^0^). *start of spoiler* I very much love his good ending, actually he's good ending is my most fave ending of them all! He was going to work abroad but he can't leave Heroine so he took the privilege to make papers (passports, etc.) for her so that they will be together! The place they went is London (I think), and thinking that they will live together is... well... they are now like married right? The CG is even good and it made me squeal! I just feel bad for Ukyo here, it seems that he jumped off a building in the good ending. But in one of the bad endings, he killed Heroine when she was recovering in the hospital, he let her fall off the building. The sound of her falling is so gore O.O *end of spoiler*

Toma... Gosh... He's the reason why I first played this game... He has the brotherly aura and all but be careful since he's a yandere! *start of spoiler* Where should I begin with him? Well, I just love him! I just love his yandereness! Sooooooo new (since most of yandere are girls) and the way he's so possessive for Heroine made me squeal like a fangirl! He even locked her in a cage for her to be safe from the dangers outside. Their was also a scene where he almost want to make Heroine his! Too bad it was stopped... -.- In the good ending, he read the diary of Heroine and learns that she loves him not as a brother but as a lover and they ended up together! Yaaay~! ...... yeah... normal... They just kissed and END! In one of the bad ending, he locked Heroine in the cage for months and he even made her wear a maid outfit and also chains for her movements to be limited. Orion explained that since she didn't fully recovered her memory, it just worsened, so the result is that she will forget everything everyday. So Toma introduces himself everyday and is actually glad that the Heroine's mind will only be filled with Toma... Actually, I liked that bad ending... Soooo... yandere.... yeah I know, I'm kind of a masochist when it comes to virtual boys *end of spoiler*

Ukyo is the mysterious guy who hangs around with Heroine. He also good looking but he's not type. *start of spoiler* It was later revealed that Heroine's true lover is Ukyo. Ukyo is travelling from different world to world to find and save the Heroine from danger, it's either from him or from the world (since the world tries to kill her). He is doing this because in the original world, Heroine died by being devoured with flames in her school and Ukyo can't accept this so he made a wish to god. The problem is, when he finds her in different world, she is either with someone else or one of them will die since it seems impossible for the both of them to exist in one world. Ukyo died many times for her and that caused him to have another personality (since he was tired of the pain). So Ukyo also killed Heroine many times, in the bad endings, it's either Ukyo killed her or the world. In the good ending, they managed to stay alive at the end of the month and that is the condition of Ukyo's wish for them to live together. Orion bids farewell and Ukyo ended up with Heroine. *end of spoiler* 

I also like Orion~!!! He just so adorable!!! Especially when he cries xD *cough*sadistalert*cough*

Final Thoughts: I recommend this for players who cannot read Japanese characters like me but can understand most of the basic words in japanese since the Heroine doesn't talk much. This game is a must play game for all otome gamers out there. It has romance and even suspense. It's also a mystery kind of game. And if you want something cute then the game have Orion! I tell ya, he's just too damn adorable! Even his voice! xD

Detailed Summary:
Yumemirusekai

Partially Translated Dialogues:
Himitsunokoto 

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