Omno is a game about a little onion-shaped adventurer travelling around an "ancient world of wonders" on an epic quest to discover... something. That something includes frogs, giants, crabs, and plenty of puzzle-platforming. And, rather impressively, it's a one-man project, with German developer Jonas Manke at the helm (and, er, all the other parts of the ship).
Looking at the trailer, we're very much getting Journey-meets-Xenoblade-meets-Sable vibes, which sounds ideal for anyone looking for a chill, cosy, "sit back and relax" kind of game. Plus, the Steam reviews love it:
"Omno is visually stunning with its gorgeous art style, has an inventive approach to introducing game mechanics seamlessly, and has a relaxing soundtrack that accompanies the game-play perfectly."
- DarkChaos
"This game was honestly phenomenal. I'm not a fan of puzzles AT ALL but this game it was simplistic yet beautiful. I truly was mesmerised by this game and how incredible it felt from start to finish.
Not once was it boring. Not once did I feel like it was repetitive or annoying. It just felt like perfection and the music.
OH BOY, THE MUSIC! SOOOOOOOO GOOD!"
-Sloths
Omno will come out on the Nintendo Switch on the 16th December.
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A Monster Hunter with no hunting allow. Sure why not as long as it doesn't put me to sleep I'll check it out.
I’m sure it was a labor of love. Didn’t exactly see the gameplay in that trailer though. Of course gameplay hasn’t sold games in quite some time now lol
I think I remember Markiplier or some other youtuber playing this like 4 years ago.
@Specter_of-the_OLED personally I like all aspects of Monster Hunter except the combat, so sounds good to me.
The game looks pretty, I may check it out.
A third-person, free-roaming fantasy adventure, and the phrase Zelda-like wasn’t used? Is this a first for NL?!?
@Screen jacksepticeye, and it looked pretty promising. I hope the performance is up to snuff.
@onex this is on game pass, and I'm sorry to say it has awful performance hiccups on a series x. I highly doubt it will run acceptably on switch.
Pre-ordered. I have a friend I like to get into gaming but she has such anxiety about combat so a no combat puzzler might be right up her alley.
@shazbot Oof, that's a shame. I'll still hold out hope anyway. Lol
Basically hope it allows you to invert BOTH axis for camera controls and then I'm sold!
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