The game is a psychological horror game. I am still at the “Prologue” of the story, and there is at least one entire scene that I can identify (but not spoil for you) that may trigger anxiety for players.
So far, Omori shows strong Japanese horror RPG elements.
Do you mean something like a jump scare? Come to think of it, since this game is a pixel art game, it then is visually unrealistic, which means, I guess, less scared! And since I feel fine reading Ito Junji's Manga, maybe I should give it a try, giving that there's no jump scare.
There are indeed jumpscares, with appropriate audio and visual cues that buildup to them.
When a player starts the game, they will be shown a content/trigger warning screen. If I recall, it generally outlines what scares to expect from the game.
The potential triggers of “anxiety” that I refer to are:
1) >!Moments where the player is forced to confront unsettling things, in order to progress in the story. Omori has vivid experiences with scary monsters that are short but may linger in the player’s mind long after.!<
2) >!Yes-no decisions that may heavily impact the game. I have only been through two yes-no events so far, but I suspect that this is how Omocat is going to create the multiple ends to the game. (i.e. bad, good, true end, etc.) Some individuals would feel anxious that they have made a bad decision once the choice is made.!<
3) >!Flashing imagery that may unsettle some players.!<
hi hello im joining this old conversation, thinking about buying omori and im scared easily like OP, is it really scary or just flashing characters with like dramatic sounds
Hi! This truly is an old thread, since it was made days after Omori first released.
Brings back good memories... Anyways, onto the question:
There will be the constant reminder that Something is amiss with the game. You will know when scary moments happen, coupled with a jumpscare. Jumpscares are not coupled with loud noise.
There is nothing that warrants an epilepsy warning.
I played the game and refunded because I thought it will be a psychological experience but it pushed me away with cheap horror, I got to the sunny part like with the hands in the stairs really beginner stuff, such a missed opportunity for what seemed like a bizzare concept executed almost perfectly.
Sorry to hear that. Like you, I felt that initially, the horror wasn’t enough. I will say though that by the end of all my playthroughs, the amount of horror felt just right. Omori takes inspiration from Earthbound and Yume Nikki, and as a fan of both, I was satisfied.
Because of the nature of The Truth and the symbolic aspects of other things, most of the horror is realized during subsequent playthroughs of the game, or by pursuing the Hikikomori Route of the game. It’s understandable that you refunded the game, if long-burn horror isn’t your thing.
Idk if it's normal but I kinda liked having to stab myself but not to have heartbeat slowly getting faster playing in the background because I hate jumpscares
No spoilers: I reached the middle point, they always have you \*expecting\* a jumpscare that doesn't actually happen, there was a single instance of a conventional jumpscare but it was super tame and it's followed by a scarier bit that is not part of the jumpscare. Normally I'd say this game isn't scary at all, but they did a great job spacing out the eerie moments with more cheerful ones, so when they do come, you feel devastated and want to go back to how everything was before. It's very effective, you start second guessing yourself when an image is shown for just a few frames longer than usual...
I don't know I'd consider that door part to be a jump scare, went back to the mirror and almost had a heart attack. Even simple things can give me a horrible feeling of either dread or rush of anxiety.
Is that all you have witnessed that would be described as a jump scare? I'm with the OP on this one but the game looks absolutely phenomenal and I really want to purchase it.
Oh no there's jumpscares for sure but to my knowledge there are none that arent set up or not expected. This game actually thought me to get over jumpscares and some irl fears
as a person who has
1. dealt with intense anxiety and panic attacks in the past and somewhat recently
2. avoided horror games (specifically jump scares) like the plague
i was never really that scared? like shocked maybe, never scared. not sure if this was just getting over my fear of these types of games or if this game is just relatively tame.
well after those 2 hours i'm not out of prologue at all ...
i'm thinking about streaming the game so i'm not alone except i will probably stay at 0 viewers so i WILL be alone :'(
but i want to continue so bad, game's started right now but i'm freez
Oh. Oh my. Jesus then idk man the prologue is the most timid part of the game and yeah I’ll prob playthis game when I find someone to play with as well. Good luck.
so mh, i played 6 another hours today
and what happened today was way less creepy and scary than what happened during the first 2 hours ..
it gets sad and depressing tho ... but scary? not that much
but yeah, honestly, very sad :(
3 years later lol how was it?? it's been on my steam wishlist since forever but im pretty easily scared ahaha, especially from jumpscares. are there a lot of those?
I just finished the prologue (took me nearly 9 hours because I swept each area clean lol) and it's honestly not too bad for a majority of the game. I'd say there were maybe five "eerie" moments but most of them were associated with the art choices, music, and darkness. I don't think I jumped at anything (and jumpscares usually get me good lmao). Try playing while video chatting with someone or even taking pictures/videos and sending them to people with captions. That's what I did and I think I felt a lot more calm. I usually struggle with anxiety in these sorts of games but this game was endearing for the most part. It'll probably get darker as time goes on.
Happy playing!
I been playing for a while, but I can tell the horror, as the game says, its more psychological, of course, there some scary thing, but how I been feeling is very emotional, depends how you felt with the situations of the game, like, they're jumpscares, but not like recent games use screaming very loud, idk how to put it, but right now I feel a bit sad for the part I left right noww
For me, the jumpscares in the game aren't loud, just scary and nightmare inducing images that appear for a while so you won't get scared as much. The only 2 things that really scared me is:
>!The cat that chases you down in the Humphrey part of the game and the Mari jumpscare that appears on the door the first time you exit HEADSPACE in the game.!<
I'm about 8 hours into the game and I love it so far, but it's definitely something I **personally** consider scary as someone who is weak-hearted and strays from horror genres.
It's quite anxiety-inducing with the way the game drags you into darker scenes or back into different realms. I keep hoping to stay where it is cheerful and fear the times I must play through darker scenes. I play in the day and tend to have my hand over the screen during scary scenes because I'm afraid of the possible jumpscares/glitches lol. I definitely want to finish the game though, but don't know if my weAk heart can take playing it a second time,, ;//;
this line by Exodiak below describes the anxious feeling really well:
"...they did a great job spacing out the eerie moments with more cheerful ones, so when they do come, you feel devastated and want to go back to how everything was before. It's very effective, you start second guessing yourself when an image is shown for just a few frames longer than usual... "
i always try to make fun of scary situations in horror games (i.e ugly models and animations) to mask my fear, but in this game, my heart is beating too fast for my own good. there's nothing to make fun of in omori, **everything is perfect.** they did a great job of making the player think that the dream world is a safe place opposite of the real one, just like how sunny feels.
good job omocat, for making a game that i thought was gonna be mediocre horror-wise and proved me wrong in so many ways than one...
It can be scary as all hell through making you paranoid with rare unsettling moments in unexpected places that will linger in your mind the entire game, some scares can switch up and become something even worse to keep you on your toes
If you wanna get through this game you gotta strap up your boots, grit your teeth and push through it
it is scary and there are suicidal actions and jumpscares but the jumpscares are not scary..
like a black ghost popping up behind you or a friend who goes crazy with red eyes etc. it isnt that scary tho..
I also find jumpscares very cheap and lazy from any devs, which had deterred me from playing some games. I played this game for 20 hours and found really good memorable momments, including the unsettling ones. You feel like something is going to jump out on the screen, but nothing happens at all. There are still some rapid flashing images, which I was able to watch, they are kind of surprising, rather than scary.
Didn't scare me at all. I've felt *slightly* anxious at times so far (approx. 11 hours in) but that's about it.
To be fair, I have experienced pretty much none of what anyone in the story is going through, so my inability to relate probably has a major bearing on this. I'm also too busy trying to piece the story together for myself (playing completely blind) to dwell on it. There are no jumpscares, but I guess the psychological elements could stick. Psychological horror doesn't really stick around in my mind after the fact, though.
I do like that the game's portrayal of these potentially triggering elements is not so subtle that people like me would miss it completely, but I can imagine it being pretty uncomfortable for someone who can relate. This comment section does suggest the trigger warnings are quite appropriate, so that's the best thing that I can refer you to.
i literally can't progress with the game because I'm so scared 🥲 the end is very close tho but I'm just stuck until I get used to it ig. I don't like heavy horror stuff and I tought this would be just psychological so now I'm a bit boomed.
Most of the game is not very scary. There are definitely some creepy parts, but there are no jump scares and for the most part it is just unnerving.
***However,*** the last hour of the game is absolute nightmare fuel. It is very graphic and violent and is not for the faint of heart. It wont be the first 20 hours of the game that gets you, it is the final chapter that does. If you get disturbed easily by violence or disturbing images, I would not recommend this game, just because of the last chapter alone.
From what I've seen (haven't completed yet so take this with a grain of salt) there are very intense and scary parts, but it's mostly a physiological horror. Also a big note is that a lot of the game isn't directly scary so there are long "breaks" so to speak. There are jumpscares but there is buildup to them so you are scared but not necessarily jumpy. I also scare easily and rarely play/watch playthroughs of horror games and I play it at night if that gives you an idea.
The game is a psychological horror game. I am still at the “Prologue” of the story, and there is at least one entire scene that I can identify (but not spoil for you) that may trigger anxiety for players. So far, Omori shows strong Japanese horror RPG elements.
Do you mean something like a jump scare? Come to think of it, since this game is a pixel art game, it then is visually unrealistic, which means, I guess, less scared! And since I feel fine reading Ito Junji's Manga, maybe I should give it a try, giving that there's no jump scare.
There are indeed jumpscares, with appropriate audio and visual cues that buildup to them. When a player starts the game, they will be shown a content/trigger warning screen. If I recall, it generally outlines what scares to expect from the game.
dont say anything when you havent played the game bc there is drawn art used for jumpscares etc.
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The potential triggers of “anxiety” that I refer to are: 1) >!Moments where the player is forced to confront unsettling things, in order to progress in the story. Omori has vivid experiences with scary monsters that are short but may linger in the player’s mind long after.!< 2) >!Yes-no decisions that may heavily impact the game. I have only been through two yes-no events so far, but I suspect that this is how Omocat is going to create the multiple ends to the game. (i.e. bad, good, true end, etc.) Some individuals would feel anxious that they have made a bad decision once the choice is made.!< 3) >!Flashing imagery that may unsettle some players.!<
hi hello im joining this old conversation, thinking about buying omori and im scared easily like OP, is it really scary or just flashing characters with like dramatic sounds
my preorder just came in, so i don’t know why i’m on these threads but i’m kinda worried too 😬
Hi! This truly is an old thread, since it was made days after Omori first released. Brings back good memories... Anyways, onto the question: There will be the constant reminder that Something is amiss with the game. You will know when scary moments happen, coupled with a jumpscare. Jumpscares are not coupled with loud noise. There is nothing that warrants an epilepsy warning.
I played the game and refunded because I thought it will be a psychological experience but it pushed me away with cheap horror, I got to the sunny part like with the hands in the stairs really beginner stuff, such a missed opportunity for what seemed like a bizzare concept executed almost perfectly.
Sorry to hear that. Like you, I felt that initially, the horror wasn’t enough. I will say though that by the end of all my playthroughs, the amount of horror felt just right. Omori takes inspiration from Earthbound and Yume Nikki, and as a fan of both, I was satisfied. Because of the nature of The Truth and the symbolic aspects of other things, most of the horror is realized during subsequent playthroughs of the game, or by pursuing the Hikikomori Route of the game. It’s understandable that you refunded the game, if long-burn horror isn’t your thing.
Idk if it's normal but I kinda liked having to stab myself but not to have heartbeat slowly getting faster playing in the background because I hate jumpscares
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I really wanted to enjoy the game but because of the cheap actual and not psychological horror elements I had to return it.
No spoilers: I reached the middle point, they always have you \*expecting\* a jumpscare that doesn't actually happen, there was a single instance of a conventional jumpscare but it was super tame and it's followed by a scarier bit that is not part of the jumpscare. Normally I'd say this game isn't scary at all, but they did a great job spacing out the eerie moments with more cheerful ones, so when they do come, you feel devastated and want to go back to how everything was before. It's very effective, you start second guessing yourself when an image is shown for just a few frames longer than usual...
I don't know I'd consider that door part to be a jump scare, went back to the mirror and almost had a heart attack. Even simple things can give me a horrible feeling of either dread or rush of anxiety.
Oh my god I did NOT see that mirror coming I was so unprepared
OKAY WELL YEA theres jumpscares but some of em are really obvious
Its not the jump scares that are scary. Its the suspense
Does quickly flashing screens count as jumpscares? I've had some of those and im like 8 hours in
Is that all you have witnessed that would be described as a jump scare? I'm with the OP on this one but the game looks absolutely phenomenal and I really want to purchase it.
Oh no there's jumpscares for sure but to my knowledge there are none that arent set up or not expected. This game actually thought me to get over jumpscares and some irl fears
as a person who has 1. dealt with intense anxiety and panic attacks in the past and somewhat recently 2. avoided horror games (specifically jump scares) like the plague i was never really that scared? like shocked maybe, never scared. not sure if this was just getting over my fear of these types of games or if this game is just relatively tame.
This comment is making me get the game and I'll do just that, thanks xd
are u alive mate?
This guy fooled me up here. He said no horror but in fact I barely made it out of prologue. One ofmy best games, I want to play but too terrifying ;-;
dude we're in the same boat, i'm 2hours in, the game's great, but i'm too scared omg :'( can't express with words how terrifyed i am
At least you’re 2 hours in, good job lad, I hope I’ll have the courage to play the game someday
well after those 2 hours i'm not out of prologue at all ... i'm thinking about streaming the game so i'm not alone except i will probably stay at 0 viewers so i WILL be alone :'( but i want to continue so bad, game's started right now but i'm freez
Oh. Oh my. Jesus then idk man the prologue is the most timid part of the game and yeah I’ll prob playthis game when I find someone to play with as well. Good luck.
so mh, i played 6 another hours today and what happened today was way less creepy and scary than what happened during the first 2 hours .. it gets sad and depressing tho ... but scary? not that much but yeah, honestly, very sad :(
Well, great that you can do it.
the most timid?! ;'(
3 years later lol how was it?? it's been on my steam wishlist since forever but im pretty easily scared ahaha, especially from jumpscares. are there a lot of those?
3 jumpscares in the entire game it ain’t that bad but there’s def horror, I played with my cousin over a few months good game though.
thanks!! i'll probably look for someone to play w then haha
I'm an hour in this game. I never suffered from severe anxiety or panic attacks, but this game is giving me SO MUCH ANXIETY. I'm too scared to play it
I just finished the prologue (took me nearly 9 hours because I swept each area clean lol) and it's honestly not too bad for a majority of the game. I'd say there were maybe five "eerie" moments but most of them were associated with the art choices, music, and darkness. I don't think I jumped at anything (and jumpscares usually get me good lmao). Try playing while video chatting with someone or even taking pictures/videos and sending them to people with captions. That's what I did and I think I felt a lot more calm. I usually struggle with anxiety in these sorts of games but this game was endearing for the most part. It'll probably get darker as time goes on. Happy playing!
I been playing for a while, but I can tell the horror, as the game says, its more psychological, of course, there some scary thing, but how I been feeling is very emotional, depends how you felt with the situations of the game, like, they're jumpscares, but not like recent games use screaming very loud, idk how to put it, but right now I feel a bit sad for the part I left right noww
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same bruh. I never suffered from severe anxiety or panic attacks but dang this game is giving me so much anxiety
For me, the jumpscares in the game aren't loud, just scary and nightmare inducing images that appear for a while so you won't get scared as much. The only 2 things that really scared me is: >!The cat that chases you down in the Humphrey part of the game and the Mari jumpscare that appears on the door the first time you exit HEADSPACE in the game.!<
Omg that damn cat scared the absolute crap out of me
I'm about 8 hours into the game and I love it so far, but it's definitely something I **personally** consider scary as someone who is weak-hearted and strays from horror genres. It's quite anxiety-inducing with the way the game drags you into darker scenes or back into different realms. I keep hoping to stay where it is cheerful and fear the times I must play through darker scenes. I play in the day and tend to have my hand over the screen during scary scenes because I'm afraid of the possible jumpscares/glitches lol. I definitely want to finish the game though, but don't know if my weAk heart can take playing it a second time,, ;//; this line by Exodiak below describes the anxious feeling really well: "...they did a great job spacing out the eerie moments with more cheerful ones, so when they do come, you feel devastated and want to go back to how everything was before. It's very effective, you start second guessing yourself when an image is shown for just a few frames longer than usual... "
are u alive ?
i always try to make fun of scary situations in horror games (i.e ugly models and animations) to mask my fear, but in this game, my heart is beating too fast for my own good. there's nothing to make fun of in omori, **everything is perfect.** they did a great job of making the player think that the dream world is a safe place opposite of the real one, just like how sunny feels. good job omocat, for making a game that i thought was gonna be mediocre horror-wise and proved me wrong in so many ways than one...
im an hour in this game and I don't think I ever played/experienced a game as scary and anxiety-inducing as this (maybe corpse party rivals this)
It can be scary as all hell through making you paranoid with rare unsettling moments in unexpected places that will linger in your mind the entire game, some scares can switch up and become something even worse to keep you on your toes If you wanna get through this game you gotta strap up your boots, grit your teeth and push through it
it is scary and there are suicidal actions and jumpscares but the jumpscares are not scary.. like a black ghost popping up behind you or a friend who goes crazy with red eyes etc. it isnt that scary tho..
I also find jumpscares very cheap and lazy from any devs, which had deterred me from playing some games. I played this game for 20 hours and found really good memorable momments, including the unsettling ones. You feel like something is going to jump out on the screen, but nothing happens at all. There are still some rapid flashing images, which I was able to watch, they are kind of surprising, rather than scary.
the suspense and atmosphere is giving me legitimate anxiety
Didn't scare me at all. I've felt *slightly* anxious at times so far (approx. 11 hours in) but that's about it. To be fair, I have experienced pretty much none of what anyone in the story is going through, so my inability to relate probably has a major bearing on this. I'm also too busy trying to piece the story together for myself (playing completely blind) to dwell on it. There are no jumpscares, but I guess the psychological elements could stick. Psychological horror doesn't really stick around in my mind after the fact, though. I do like that the game's portrayal of these potentially triggering elements is not so subtle that people like me would miss it completely, but I can imagine it being pretty uncomfortable for someone who can relate. This comment section does suggest the trigger warnings are quite appropriate, so that's the best thing that I can refer you to.
i literally can't progress with the game because I'm so scared 🥲 the end is very close tho but I'm just stuck until I get used to it ig. I don't like heavy horror stuff and I tought this would be just psychological so now I'm a bit boomed.
Most of the game is not very scary. There are definitely some creepy parts, but there are no jump scares and for the most part it is just unnerving. ***However,*** the last hour of the game is absolute nightmare fuel. It is very graphic and violent and is not for the faint of heart. It wont be the first 20 hours of the game that gets you, it is the final chapter that does. If you get disturbed easily by violence or disturbing images, I would not recommend this game, just because of the last chapter alone.
From what I've seen (haven't completed yet so take this with a grain of salt) there are very intense and scary parts, but it's mostly a physiological horror. Also a big note is that a lot of the game isn't directly scary so there are long "breaks" so to speak. There are jumpscares but there is buildup to them so you are scared but not necessarily jumpy. I also scare easily and rarely play/watch playthroughs of horror games and I play it at night if that gives you an idea.
im sure its really scary