Gnosia: The Single Player Among Us Game I Couldn't Put Down 

honestly? i think the story is the best part of gnosia😭 i love the gameplay but what MAKES the gameplay so interesting to me is the emotional attachment i have to the characters i’m playing against bc of the story

I had a pretty similar experience with Gnosia, one of my new favorite games of all time. It's amazing how you learn people's quirks. If Shigemichi doesn't claim a role, he's almost certainly human, as Gnosia he loves to pretend to be Engineer or Doctor. He's my best friend and I love him.

First thought: Isn't the _social_ aspect the whole fun of those sorts of games? Like, playing with friends you know is wayyyyy more fun than playing with strangers, but at least then you get to know those strangers. Second thought: I like the art, all the characters are hella cute, how could I accuse any of them of murder? Thoughts after watching the video: Ok, I'm sold. Lemme get to know those AI strangers.

Cool character design and aesthetic. Having missed the whole among us train, this looks like a fun experience to check out. Thanks for another awesome review!

This game is quite a bit harder if you're the kind of person that has a hard time picking up on others' behavioral cues. Especially since here, those cues are most of what you have to go on, while Among Us has more hard evidence potential (I say "potential" instead of "based" because sometimes, you really don't have any hard evidence, and some people will ignore hard evidence). I just wish everyone had more line variants. Gets tiring to read the same things over and over.

I found among us to be exceedingly frustrating to play, and that's probably due to the human element. I may give this a try.

I found your channel earlier, and I have to say, your reviews are amazing. I really hope you get more attention for your work.

Speaking of your quarterly wrap-ups, can you please make a playlist with all of them in it? I have used the search function and the best way I got it to work is to search "Q1", "Q2", etc. but it's a pain and I probably missed one or two. I'm using them as a list that my partner can get more familiar with all the different types of games out there and maybe play (hopefully!). Thanks for the video again, it was fun. P.S. - 198X is a weird 1 hour long, 5 genre mashup, mosaic of a game that would work here. Very similar in scope to Sayonara Wild Hearts. Good luck!

This game sounds amazing, thanks for the recommendation!!!

i loved this game! glad to see it getting more attention. great review too :)

Interesting review, I think I'll check it out.

Nine of my friends???

now I have yet another game to check out!

Sounds really cool!

Could you make an episode of you playing this, I would love to see how you fair.

good review. You seemed a little hang up on the playing game for 5h. I understand its your niche and how you like to do these but I don't think most fans have that arbituary limit in mind when playing games so emphasising it 5+ times in 10minute video seems excessive but nevertheless this was informative.

as someone who loves the gnosia story, I completely agree with all of this. I also loved that you pointed out the nonbinary characters, the biggest gnosia lore explanation video uses she/her on setsu (they/them) the whole way through and as a feminine nb person it made the video unbearable. nice little recommendation video, though i would say the game doesnt fully stray away from not pg elements (one of the notes has you discover the other nonbinary crewmember, raqio, is amab by... walking in on them in the shower. yeah its not hard to guess what your player sees)

Needs voice acting

This game could’ve been so much better. The AI does a lot of things illogically and no one but the player is allowed to make inferences and reasonings. All they do is say “I think this person is suspicious” or “I think that person isn’t suspicious.” I would’ve liked to see a “this person is suspicious because..” explanation from the AI once in a while. It would’ve made the gameplay feel less formulaic. The "stats" also detract from the gameplay experience. The whole point of irl werewolf is to test your deduction abilities and deception abilities. When such aspects are locked in this game to "stats", then the whole of the gameplay experience falters. Japan often has a misconception on the "right way" to play werewolf. Any experienced werewolf player would know not to jump to conclusions and refrain from voting day 1--as such directionless judgement calls would benefit the werewolves. Japan doesn't seem to understand this fundamental unspoken rule--made apparent by works such as Jinro Shokei and The Werewolf Game film/manga series. Another thing, the developers (or translators) don’t seem to know what “non-binary” means. In the character info screen, they list “non-binary” characters as having unknown sex-which shouldn’t be the case as sex and gender are completely different. Later on in the game, Setsu shuts down the advances of a lecher by proclaiming they’re “non-binary”, which makes no sense in that context whatsoever. Not only are the developers/translators confusing gender with sex, they’re also confusing gender with sexual preference.

wow, i am very intrigued... disappointed to hear it's grody with women, though. typical

This game is amazing - one of those games you could play annually. Thank you for giving it some of the attention I feel it deserves.