Initially I started this game with intrigue, my mind racing to wonder what in the hell could possibly happen at any corner. As time went on I found my self annoyed, not with the game as a whole, but by the constant urge for the game's dialogue to bust out perverted jokes written by an 8th grader trying too hard to sound cool. For a game so immaculate in its tense atmosphere with the perfect amount of lightheartedness sprinkled throughout to keep you hopeful, having these C tier jokes pop up really was the only thing dampening my spirit every so often. Yet Ai brushes past it as I did and in doing so showcases an amazing sci fi story with lighting fast pacing and charm. It's rare for me to feel like a game has nailed the moment to moment event pacing but it helps because the gameplay interactivity is rather low and really follows the more stricter answer nature of point and click adventure games which by itself really isn't a problem. I had initially kept voices on but as time went on, I was feeling a slight disconnect with how those earlier mentioned perverted jokes popped up and how they were delivered via audio so I had the idea to just turn off voices all together. It immediately clicked to me how much more charm I felt reading the voices to myself while the OST was able to play uninterrupted and by extension became something I actually listened to, instead of it fading into the back of my mind like most OSTs do.

From start to finish, looking past the small amount of hiccups in tension, Ai has a consistent tale it wants to tell and doesn't muck it up with over explanations and keeps you hooked from start to end. It's mostly a novel so there's little to no interruptions and everyone has an amazingly well fleshed out moments that all come together to feel like a real adventure into solving a grizzly murder. Our heroes shined just as they should.