AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative
Newly-appointed Special Agent Mizuki and her AI partner Aiba are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: The Somnium Files.
AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative is an adventure developed by Spike Chunsoft, released 23 June 2022 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative is
AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative is an adventure game developed by Spike Chunsoft and released in 2022. It was published by Numskull Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Six years ago, the right half of a corpse was discovered under mysterious circumstances. The left half was never found…until six years later, when it was discovered completely fresh with no signs of decay, as though the victim was alive until just recently. Now, newly-appointed Special Agent Mizuki and her AI partner Aiba are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, mystery and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 49 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 52 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.40 GHz or better, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA@ GeForce@ GTX 460 or better. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 20GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative launched on 23 June 2022, within three weeks of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Neon White and The Quarry. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 9 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Neon White, The Quarry.
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