AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES Gameplay Details Revealed in A-Set Net Idol Video

Spike Chunsoft are taking a different route to promoting their upcoming detective mystery AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES as new gameplay details have been revealed through the internet virtual idol A-Set.

The video itself, which features around three minutes worth of new gameplay footage, can be found below:

The Somnium part of gameplay takes place in the world of dreams. Here you must enter the dreams of a person of interest to find clues for the investigation.

Key Features from the Gameplay:

• Mental Locks – To find clues, you must solve the mental locks blocking the way. Sink deeper into a person’s subconscious to find the truth!
• 6 Minute Time Limit – You only have 6 minutes in Somnium to interact with the environment. You will have a variety of items to investigate, but time is spent whenever an action is performed, so choose wisely.

Story: One rainy night in November, a woman’s body is found at an abandoned theme park,mounted on a merry-go-round horse. She had been stabbed repeatedly, and her left eye was gouged out. Kaname Date of the Metropolitan Police Department arrives on the scene. He recognizes the woman. Suddenly, he hears a noise from inside the merry-go-round. He breaks into the merry-go-round’s central column to find a young girl. And in her hands, a bloody ice-pick.

AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES is expected to be released on the 25th July 2019 for the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Windows PC; with a Limited Edition being released in North America. European release details have yet to be fully confirmed.