#ariaplays: OFF

[aria0fgold]

I thiiink I processed a bit of my thoughts bout OFF but like, my mind was blown so there isn't much in it. One thing bout it though is that I really love the music in this game, like I be jamming to the battle music it sound so cool and catchy and it's actually stuck in my head. I also love the puzzles in the game, it's not too hard and it's also so nice to do! (I say that but I brute forced at least 2 puzzles. The puzzles right before Zone 1 and Zone 2's bosses... Trial and error even though the key to the puzzle was Right in the area but lazy in I don't wanna go back to look).

Also I love how, even if the game doesn't seem like much, it was hella enjoyable for me, must be cuz of the music. Like, I'd walk around so much finding a bunch of stuff and then battles happen with some banger music and it honestly felt like I just played that game for like a hour even though it was way more than that. Like, I really really enjoyed it.

For the story of the game... I have no idea what story is supposed to be there. But throughout it, whenever the Batter purifies a zone I start doubting if it's the right thing cuz everything looks so... lifeless... Like yeah sure, the spectres are also pretty bad and killing the poor Elsens, also doesn't help how Dedan makes the poor guys so stressed too but I was thinking if there was at least another way than just purifying everything but I'm stuck with the Batter. By the end the Judge saying that I'm the puppeteer but honestly I felt like more of the puppet for some reason.

I'm stuck with the Batter my guy, I won't proceed at all unless I do things that aligns with the Batter's mission. And in either endings, it's all bad in a way that, what's done is done. Choosing the Judge doesn't reverse anything, the world is completely lifeless and "purified," so in the end it's better to just keep being with the Batter and finish what we started. Which is pretty cool cuz I kept wondering Why was the game called OFF and then seeing the Batter ending and I'm like: OOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH (it was the first thing that blew my mind).

Like, I feel like this game's story got A Lot of stuff for me to know (Time to read through what everyone's theories are. I'm not really good with those so I always enjoy reading everyone else's). Like, the thing that I kiiinda get is that there's a lonely child who doesn't like his dad and prefers his mom but the mom doesn't even visit him much. He made 3 friends which he turned into guardians of the zones, and a mom regarded as the Queen. And then there's Batter which I feel like was based off of Boxxer in that comic that the kid was given to by his dad. And like, gestures vaguely, yeah, it's neat :D (my train of thought broke I don't remember what I was going with that).

#ariaplays #ariaplays: OFF #wai do i still use those tags for the final thoughts posts or no????? welp im using em in this post now #like this game is hella good its like reaaaally good but i cant say How good cuz im speechless #like i actually really like how the characters know theres a player #but at the same time it feels like that part is crucial in knowing the full story #also zacharie constantly breaking the fourth wall. like thanks dude. glad to be reminded that im playing a video game #but also thats crazy to be reminded im playing a video game through a video game character #also so funny how i went to the wiki and saw mention of a character called Sugar but i never got to meet her #which im kinda glad cuz ion wanna make zacharie sad cuz the batter killed her. im no completionist thank goodness #also like thats another thing. the batter decides when and where i can flee from a fight. which is fair. a common mechanic but #really makes it seem like hes more in control of everything than i am despite literally controlling his body #oh and the designs in this game are sooo horrifying yet soo cool #the most distressed ive been is during the bird boss fight cuz can you PLEASE let go of valerie's body alrdy hes dead #yet hes still hanging onto the birds head please shake his body off and let him rest #seeing and hearing the judge meowing loudly in the rooftop after that boss fight for his brother like maaaaannnn... pain... #anyway id like to say that i literally get attached to anything easily and i very much so like the add-on alpha. its my buddy now. #its been with me since the start of the journey. my favourite add-on...

[aria0fgold]

I just finished playing OFF and I can't help but feel like that anon betrayed me but at the same time I can't deny that yeah... there are cats and rainbows...

#ariaplays #ariaplays: OFF #i got sucked into the game its like really good esp at getting me locked into it like i was hella focused with it #i got both endings and im honestly still mindblown and im like: wh... whooaaa... wha..... whhhaaaatttt????? #im still processing things and im like wowww

[aria0fgold]

Now see here... Controlling a character aware of my existence is so funny cuz I save SO MUCH especially in a game with combat cuz I rarely flee from battles (on the level grind with every encounter). I can just imagine the Batter sighing at me, "Bunny. I have a sacred mission, please stop going back to the floating yellow box."

#ariaplays #ariaplays: OFF #im so sorry batter i have a mission too and thats being several levels higher than the enemies #all the while being scared to have you and alpha's hp too low so i always gotta go back to recover hp and cp and then save #its in my nature to just grind so many levels in a game with combat #also batter can you help me im kinda lost on what to do. i cant find the leader. we'll be wandering around for awhile here

[aria0fgold]

I spent 10 minutes figuring out what to enter as my name and now I'm finally playing and it's trippy in a way that's so cool and also yes The Judge, I like cats but mygod you are kinda scary.

#ariaplays #ariaplays: OFF #i dont rlly enter my name in games. so i always gotta think of other names that fit the game itself #i know in OFF there's someone called Batter. so i thought: oh okay guess i gotta go by a name that sounds like a title then #so anyway i just settled with bunny #wanted to go for hare but like hmmmmmmmm i like bunny better

[aria0fgold]

Now that my brain is currently awake enough to process isat stuff from yesterday, I just realized that the way Siffrin reacted to being stuck in a timeloop is the most worrying thing cuz he really just accepted it so quickly with the realization that now, no matter what happens, their friends won't die permanently. And like, that's sweet but also very worrying.

#ariaplays: isat #off to play isat first thing in the morning #isat spoilers #<- i should put that tag too actually. there we go. #also like siffrin's self-esteem is built like a fragile glass. one wrong move and itll crack. just the fact that he's glad to have #been the only one crushed by the boulder at the beginning is like man... and also the many times he blamed themself a lot

[aria0fgold]

For one thing, it's good that I finally have a repellent to the Sadnesses so I can explore peacefully, but then the way to get that was... shocking.

#ariaplays: isat #isat spoilers #the moment i saw STUPID i was like: ohhhh siffrin is Big Mad rn. i know that letting them attack first is def not good #but hey maybe itll turn out good for siffrin to let off sooome steam yeah??? (well... kinda... not rlly though but... kinda)

[aria0fgold]

Yaknow what, I'm just gonna treat Yume Nikki as a type of game I can only play for a short time everyday to enjoy everything in it.

#ariaplays #ariaplays: Yume Nikki #so i attempted to play it again #and it really is a terrible match for me #like i can see its a great game! really love the visuals and the sounds of it #but im just the type of person that needs instructions and objectives and a map and i just need a bit of handholding #being dropped into a game with a tutorial at the beginning and no other info threw me off so bad #i love wandering around in a game rlly but mygods... the area loops? it looks so big? where am i? what do i have to do? #wheres the door to a different area? wheres the thingy for the effects? what are the effects for? what do they do? #what am i supposed to do? wHY IS THE MAP SO BIG? WHY DONT I(big emphasis) HAVE A MAP? why cant i sprint? #let me sprint pls let me cover more ground in this confusing world i dont know what tO DO #needless to say i pulled up a guide for it cuz im just soo... confused... and strangely overwhelmed by how big the areas are #tho i didnt get to use it this time which is pretty neat cuz i get to explore on my own! #i got 3 new effects (snow woman. faceless ghost. flute) and like. im satisfied with that progress for the day time to go #tho i will need to use that guide when navigating the other doors esp the ones with a lot of eyestraining visuals. #as nice as it is to travel those places on my own. my eyes will suffer instead

[aria0fgold]

I feel like I'm reaching... But! BUT! What if... Mayumi is the killer? I think it aint her too cuz Ota is her son but I'm still thinking bout that moment where Date told her bout the rainy weather and she was unsure with her answer, and that thing bout her store having a lot customers too when the area close by is restricted. I'm waiting on getting more suspects in the list but Mayumi acted strange at the beginning.

Am also wondering why did the killer livestreamed Iris' murder but not Shoko and Renju's? What's different? The way she was killed is strange too, on the two previous murders, they were killed elsewhere and moved but Iris was killed on the spot without being moved at all. It's like a copycat of a copycat.

#aria rants #ariaplays: aitsf #ota had a knife wound too #and she always have a knife with her #i feel like shes involved with otas death at least if not the rest of em #like! maybe she wasnt meant to kill ota and was only after iris #but accidentally stabbed him in the struggle #also where is her husband hes always off smwhr #theres also that dream from the very beginning of the game #like WHO was that man and whyd he stabbed hitomi #hes sus too and i have yet seen anything else bout him

[aria0fgold]

I wanna punt a brat to the sun.

#aria rants #ariaplays: aitsf #i dislike ota a lot #A LOT ALOT I DO NOT LIKE THAT GUY #creepy dude and how dare you #HOW DARE YOU TASE DATE #YOU GOT AIBA SHUT OFF TOO FROM THAT HOW D A R E YOU #DO NOT EVEN SMILE LIKE THAT YOU LIL S H I T

[aria0fgold]

THIS WAS A MISTAKE! WE HAD AN AGREEMENT HOUSE! WE HAD AN AGREEMENT! turnitoff turnnotoof turnfnitof tjrnfi totunrf itor turn it fff turnf it offf turnit off turn it off pls turnitoff let me turn it off MUTE IT

#ariaplays: anatomy #ohstars ohgod ohstars plspksplsplspls YEA YOU BET YOUR ASS I AINT COMING BACK YOURE SCARING ME #i turned on the tv cuz i was like: wonder what this will show. cuz the last time i opened it #it showed the blue screen and i can still turn it off again so i was like: neat #but NOW!!! NOW!! IT SHOWS RED AND IT WONT LET ME TURN IT OFF AND THE SOUND IS SO CREEPY #i muted the pc... im too scared to move away. why did I TURN THIS THING ON

[aria0fgold]

Revisiting Ib (not its remake though) now! And my god... the fonts... the fonts are a nightmare to read...

#ariaplays #ariaplays: ib #after ib id be revisiting OMORI last #and theeeennn... id be going back to replay end roll and OFF #end roll cuz i wanna get raymond in my team and OFF for the secret ending ehe #but for now ill be suffering with ib and its... strange hard to read fonts... #i watched a bit of the remake's playthrough a few days ago and i can alrdy tell the differences from the very beginning #the fonts mainly #why are the fonts like this

[aria0fgold]

Ugh, the angle is difficult to see but I don't think there's a bullet wound on his temple...? But it might've been on the other side of his head. BOOOOSSS CMON NOW!!! BOSSS!!!! I! I'LL BELIEVE IN HER UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE! THERE'S STILL ONE MORE MYSTERY AFTER ALL!

What was Hitomi doing with Sejima...? I'm going to suspect her for a bit, she's definitely not involved with whatever happened to Iris that's for sure but I need the copycat killer and Hitomi talking to Sejima was suspicious.

Let's see... There's Boss, Pewter... Hitomi... Kumakuras... Def not the Kumakuras... I'm convinced that it couldn't be Pewter but there's still a possibility in a way. It could be that he had a plan which required Renju so he was being cooperative while using their relationship as a reason to act on it.

Boss... had an obvious evidence with a video showing how she shot Sejima in the very first branch I was on... But! I'm inhaling copium so I'd like to believe that it's the game misleading me until I unlock the part directly after that moment. I believe in you, Boss!!!

Buuuut... If... IF! It is her then well... It kinda makes sense...??? I think, actually... I can't link her to any of it. It might be my bias... But I can't find a link, other than her being a part of ABIS and knowing about the Wadjet system but I can't link her to any of the murders.

#aria rants #ariaplays: aitsf #let's see uhhh... during shoko's murder... #merry-go-round... phone... icepick... date assigned to a case he wasnt normally assigned to... #boss keeping the original cyclops killer case... discrepancy between the report of it and 89's story... #89's story is backed by hitomi's so i can guarantee that he didnt lie during then #boss taking date off the case in mizuki route... altho its cuz of higher ups pressure and corruption... #renju's murder... sunpoke... hook... cloth... oil drum... #shoko was brought via a car... renju was stuff in an oil drum... #why did sejima livestreamed iris' murder? #in that branch where boss shot sejima... iris died... did she do that for revenge? #in the other branches... boss didnt do anything that drastic it was only in the one where iris is dead #why would she avenge iris tho??? #all in all iris seems to be at the center of everything happening rn #honestly... when i said she was gonna be a key part of the case i didnt mean THIS #SHES LITERALLY AT THE CENTER OF WTV IS HAPPENIN

[aria0fgold]

Wait I just remembered my broken theories from before I fell asleep. I was thinking about the possible motive of the murders but it went around places. Like, why was #89's story different from what Pewter said? Why was the memories in Iris' memory is also different from the story? (In the branch I went with at least). Shoko who was the first victim had a connection with Sejima, Renju has a connection with the Kumakuras and might even be connected to Sejima as well.

That last part I saw with Boss shooting Sejima makes it seem like she's targetting him specifically. So who killed Iris and Ota in that other branch? Sejima seems to have killed Iris in the current branch I'm in but why?

If Boss is the copycat, it somehow makes sense if I'm going by the small and possibly insignificant but I'm making it significant clue Iris said about Shoko's death. Boss and Pewter are the only introduced characters that knows of the ABIS and the Wadjet system. A system for the aiball to 'think.' And the fact that Date was assigned to a case he wasn't normally assigned to, it's like... a message for him specifically, for him to think.

And that part with the original cyclops killer report. It's odd, too odd. #89 talks like a lone wolf assassin, all the murders he's dealt with are covered up like accidents or suicides but the cyclopes murders are far from it. So what happened??? It's like he deliberately took the blame for it. Also the way Boss seems to be on Rohan's side LIKE--

#aria rants #ariaplays: aitsf #i may not be able to play in moderation #CUZ I WANNA KNOW SO MUCH LIKE THE PUZZLE IS SLOWLY PIECING TOGETHER #im sorry boss theres only so much copium i can inhale #and rn it aint lookin good for you #i have a feeling that in the prev branch sejima was also the one that killed iris #thats why there was a polar bear costume #and why ota got killed too cuz he was in the way #or ota mightve taken the mask off and saw the killer

[aria0fgold]

Hi, I'm Aria! Am now 24 years old >:3

'tis me ^ (old art but it's all I got. resized to tiny. as I am.)

'tis me too ^ (new art yay! resized as tiny once again.)

Any pronouns okay! I don't mind really! I use she/her for myself :3

Am writer!!! Aria0fGold in ao3 too, and a beginner artist! I have many interests :D But I'm currently hyperfixated on two, OMORI and Mahoutsukai no Yakusoku (Mahoyaku/mhyk for short). You're gonna see me talk a lot bout em.

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List of My OMORI AUs ehe

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Other interests are:

Detective Conan (Conan my disastrous son...)

Project Sekai (Emu is a sweetheart of a daughter and Akito is a rebellious son whose white knight card never came home)

AI: The Somnium Files (Mizuki and Iris are my daughters now and I will follow Boss to the ends of the world)

Pokemon (My childhood, only played up to B/W2 though and pmd sky? + the time one. It's been years since then)

TWEWY (Neku was a jerk but he was my jerk of a son and you're doing good sweetie)

Honkai Impact 3rd (Rarely play it now but Seele and Veliona are my daughters, Elysia and Eden are my queens)

Genshin Impact (Barely play it now too but Qiqi, Noelle, and Yoimiya are my daughters. And I hate Childe[lovingly])

Honkai Star Rail (Active in it, Asia server ehe. Seele all grown up now, proud of her. I hate Luocha and Kafka[lovingly])

And many more!!! Those are the ones I can list off the top of my head but there's lots more, like other anime, games, manga, manwha, manhua, songs (Mili)!

I love OCs too! I love anyone's OCs! I have a lot of OCs but you'll sometimes see me talking about mainly 5 (Alec, Ray, Water, Sephirah, Mel) + 1, the plus one is my OMORI OC that I've been neglecting for a while, sorry bout that Patch, dear.

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A list of my tags! I need this myself too:

aria rants - for when I talk about nearly anything

aria rbs - for reblogs (aria srb for self reblog)

ariart - for my art! :3

arianswer - for when I answer asks!

ariau - for my AUs! It's mainly OMORI AUs though!

ariawrites - for the very rare writing I put out

ariafic - for posting links of fics that I've written :D

ariaplays: [name of game here] - for when I live blog some of my reactions for a game I'm playing, used it for aistf! (ariaplays: aistf, the tag for it basically)

There's more, I'm sure there's more, but I can't remember them... But those are the main ones I use anyway so that's fine!

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Some more stuff about me:

Can be very talkative, I like rambling in the tags a lot, I put many additional thoughts there ehe.

I adore Omori (character) a lot, he is the bestest ever. And I adore Cain Knightley very much, and Owen, and I am a caiowe/owecai shipper (they make me insane)

There's multiple ships that I like in OMORI. I like photobomb, as well as sunflower, and kel/basil (I failed you both I'm sorry I don't know your shipname), suntan, sunny/aubrey (I failed em too, I'm sorry my brain aint braining well with remembering shipnames). Even the polycule ships are nice too. And heromari, of course :D

Feel free to send me asks! or dms! or tag me! I don't mind really, I like interacting with people. But at the same time I can be an awkward bunny that also doesn't know how to interact with people... unless you're a mutual, you'll be seeing me a lot then >:3

It's a surprise really how I managed to have mutuals, I love yall <3

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Aaannndd that's a wrap! Might edit this in the future to add more or something but I'm satisfied with this for now! Thank you for reading and have a nice day ehe! :3

#aria rants #introduction #this was harder than i thought #but it was fun nonetheless ehe! #aria intro #yea most of my tags consist of my name cuz why not #new pinned