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Do you Push Square?","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pushsquare.com\u002F",71,{"id":327,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":273,"author":328,"original_score":335,"normalized_score":336,"review_url":337,"review_date":314,"summary":338,"created_at":339,"updated_at":339,"author_id":329,"last_edited_at":339,"outlet":340},36242,{"id":329,"bio":26,"name":330,"avg_score":331,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":332,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":333,"claim_token":26,"article_count":334,"claimed_by_user_id":26},3514,"Stephan Adamus",75.96629213483146,"2025-01-15T12:11:25.019442-05:00","2026-06-18T15:57:20.359659-04:00",89,"58",58,"https:\u002F\u002Fcogconnected.com\u002Freview\u002Fai-the-somnium-files-review\u002F","The advertising for AI: The Somnium Files really relies on the pedigree of its creator. Kotaro Uchikoshi brings us his first game following the success of the Zero Escape series of games, which if you’re in any way a fan of visual novels, are must plays. As a fan of the Zero Escape series, I’ve been very excited to see what kind of adventure game Uchikoshi could create. What we got is basically another visual novel\u002Fpoint-and-click adventure. 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His unique style of storytelling, filled with foreshadowing the most obscure of plot twists, makes him one of my absolute favorite directors of the visual novel medium. From The Nonary Games to Punch Line, each of his games have had a lingering effect on me that I can’t stop thinking about. When Spike Chunsoft approached me about covering his latest adventure, I knew that I simply couldn’t turn down a chance for an early look at Uchikoshi’s latest murder mystery. 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