Hello Neighbor vs. OMORI: How One Failed and Another Succeeded

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  • Опубликовано: 23 июн 2023
  • AYO THE PIZZA HERE
    Hello Neighbor by Dynamic Pixels and OMORI by Omocat are two horror games with very similar lore. Two siblings loved each other, until the brother pushed the sister to her death in a tragic accident. If OMORI made me care about Sunny and his story, why couldn’t Hello Neighbor make me care about Mr. Peterson and Nicky? Why was Something so effective in symbolizing fear, and the Thing wasn’t? These are questions I answer in this video essay.
    yes I wrote this description to have as many keywords as possible leave me alone
    #omori #helloneighbor #gaming #analysis
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  • @helloneighborfan9283
    @helloneighborfan9283 Год назад +3553

    you dare say something blasphemous against the work of hello neighbor the greatest game of all time you disgust me as your words hurt my very soul i expect repent for every word said in this video please reframe from dare saying the blessed hello neighbor franchise is bad and may lord hello neighbor forgive you for thy sin

    • @Falmeriono
      @Falmeriono Год назад +203

      Satire or not?

    • @helloneighborfan9283
      @helloneighborfan9283 Год назад +729

      @@Falmeriono boy what do thy think?

    • @weirdcakes304
      @weirdcakes304 Год назад +715

      dude is either really dedicated to the joke and made an entire account for it OR has bad taste
      either way I’m impressed

    • @rare_edamimi_fangirl
      @rare_edamimi_fangirl Год назад +232

      thank you hello neighbor fan 9283

    • @rexaclyde2235
      @rexaclyde2235 Год назад +27

      @@Falmerionoobviously

  • @corvent62
    @corvent62 Год назад +1965

    The problem with hellow neighbor is once they got a taste of game theory they startred to try to design the entire game around being theory bait instead of making a good plot

    • @Amenord2015
      @Amenord2015 Год назад +120

      Yeah. Interesting, why they won't put the name of the sequel "hello again, neighbor"? And... Who even asked for sequel?

    • @Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan
      @Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan Год назад +12

      ​@@Amenord2015the people who wanted to make money

    • @Amenord2015
      @Amenord2015 Год назад +19

      @@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan People? You mean creators of hello neighbor?

    • @calvin659
      @calvin659 Год назад +7

      @@Amenord2015 Yes, they are people who made money from creating the game/sequel.

    • @LordDaret
      @LordDaret Год назад +39

      In the early alpha stages of the game, many game theorists where trying to exploit the game with parkour and explore the hidden parts of the map. The devs mistook this boundary pushing as “desired game mechanics” and put parkour into their game. This wound up breaking the original core attraction to the game; The neighbor’s AI.

  • @NoooiZ
    @NoooiZ Год назад +1554

    Praising OMORI and dunking on Hello Neighbor in the same video, I had no idea I wanted this

  • @ChrisD23
    @ChrisD23 Год назад +135

    Here's what I think:
    In the case of Hello Neighbour, the story was made for the game.
    But in the case of Omori, the game was made to tell the story.

    • @FrootDeMoN
      @FrootDeMoN Год назад +6

      Well said my friend

    • @greenhydra10
      @greenhydra10 Год назад +22

      That's exactly what happened. Omori started as a webcomic called Omoriboy. When Omocat wanted to progress the then almost non-existent story of the comic, she decided the only way it would work would be as a game.

    • @FrootDeMoN
      @FrootDeMoN Год назад +2

      @@greenhydra10 mhm

  • @snowy.skulll
    @snowy.skulll Год назад +172

    fun fact, omocat started development on omori in 2014 (you can see even then in the teasers she had the full story we see today realized), and decided not to play or watch any games within that time to not taint her original vision of omori, which ended up being in 2020, hella dedicated
    so she’s not inspired, just a neat coincidence

    • @ramhthewatermelon
      @ramhthewatermelon Год назад

      Omori having been developed since 2014 is true but what is your source for the fact she didn't play any game? I never heard of that before and it honestly doesn't seem very believable

    • @snowy.skulll
      @snowy.skulll Год назад +16

      @@ramhthewatermelon
      thought i heard her say it herself but i’ll see if i can find the source, i’ll be back with it in a min my guy

    • @snowy.skulll
      @snowy.skulll Год назад +5

      @@ramhthewatermelon but i do recall her talking on twitch about a lot of the games she finally ended up playing after finishing development on omori

    • @ramhthewatermelon
      @ramhthewatermelon Год назад +1

      @@snowy.skulll I watched her streams too but all I recall is her just saying which games she plays, not necessarily that she played them once Omori was released 🤔

    • @snowy.skulll
      @snowy.skulll Год назад +1

      @@ramhthewatermelon ruclips.net/video/4EKsfRXFgUM/видео.html here it is

  • @halcyon.x
    @halcyon.x Год назад +182

    When I was younger, I always thought hello neighbor was just one of those games the “cool gamer kids” played to show they were brave. (Kind of like how everyone was playing Granny because it was “ooh!! spooky!!”) I never thought that much of it and honestly even wondered why people even liked it. During quarantine, I discovered OMORI. This was the first ever “story” game I’ve ever played. Omori impacted me so much and virtually shaped my life. I never knew hello neighbor even had a story not to mention one so similar to Omori, guess I was right for ignoring HN and jumping on Omori instead

    • @SpinningOmoriPlushie
      @SpinningOmoriPlushie Год назад +10

      If you're looking for other story games similar to omori that left a huge impact on other people I really recommend Undertale 👍

    • @isaacologyYT
      @isaacologyYT Год назад +2

      the last of us 1 and 2 has a rlly good story too! though it's gameplay isnt nearly as similar as omori or undertale lmao

  • @pentasis
    @pentasis Год назад +75

    Lucky timing, I literally just finished OMORI a few days ago. I used to play Hello Neighbour when I was younger and it looks so much more goofy to me now than it did before.

    • @lucinda_null
      @lucinda_null  Год назад +10

      Same! After I downloaded Hello Neighbor I took a five-year break and only got reminded of it when the second game came out

  • @kevo_bo_bevo
    @kevo_bo_bevo Год назад +98

    omori truly holds a special place in my heart, great video essay

    • @lucinda_null
      @lucinda_null  Год назад +7

      Thanks Kevo! It holds a special place in my heart, too!

    • @Leo.827
      @Leo.827 Год назад +4

      Who is this kevin weirdo i bet hes like a discord mod or something

  • @xDandyx0
    @xDandyx0 Год назад +64

    oh and omori had *mewo*
    which is very important

  • @IAmCertainlyHuman
    @IAmCertainlyHuman Год назад +44

    When I was younger I didn’t even know hello neighbor was even supposed to be about trauma and overcoming fears I barely even understood the shadow figure thing and just thought it was another character to add to the “horror” of the game😟

    • @KyrusR
      @KyrusR Год назад +1

      I have done a _lot_ of research into this sort of stuff and still didn't understand what the "story" was about until this video lmao

  • @bumbabees
    @bumbabees 5 месяцев назад +29

    on the whole "shielding yourself from your childhood trauma" thing, i never really liked the trope of portraying trauma as like this Big Bad monster you gotta defeat and then its over and you never have to deal with it again, because thats not how trauma works. thats why i liked omoris good ending so much. because it acknowledges that. it never acts like sunnys just Untraumatized now, its more like "life isnt going to stop throwing hurdles at you just because you decided to recover. its going to suck, youre going to regress, and youre never gonna stop struggling. but that doesnt mean things cant get better. you can be happy in spite of it."
    sunny is always going to be traumatized. hes not done dealing with it. he is taking the FIRST STEP towards recovery. its not hopeless or unrealistic, its bittersweet. and as someone thats gone through similar things to sunny, it meant a lot to me. changed my wordview a bit. hello neighbor _couldve_ done that, but they arent asking people to pay 30 dollars for a good story.

    • @Kisini03
      @Kisini03 4 месяца назад +2

      I agree with you, OMORI actually understands what trauma is and can deal with heavy topics. I have my own little Omori bastard in my mind, it's a different case with Omori, but I've learnt many ways to deal with him

  • @chaosbeam4654
    @chaosbeam4654 Год назад +67

    Omori had actual love and passion, Hello Neighbor didn’t.

    • @kribyV_
      @kribyV_ Год назад

      fax, have this sticker

    • @Calamity25
      @Calamity25 Год назад +6

      It did at first, but the rising popularity got to the devs heads and they stopped caring lol

  • @FrootDeMoN
    @FrootDeMoN Год назад +61

    The problem was that hello neighbor never actually committed to anything and constantly changed its mind on what it wanted to be. While omori, clearly knows what kind of game it wanted to be and what kind of story it was trying to tell.

  • @danielgiovanniello7217
    @danielgiovanniello7217 Год назад +48

    Hanging with the Boys never hit me until you mentioned it. My favorite piece of subtle foreshadowing has to be from the Underground Maze in Orange Oasis. At the end of the maze, you find a poster with a jumprope lying under it that says "You did it! :)". It hit me on a second playthrough.

  • @KarlAndArma4ever
    @KarlAndArma4ever Год назад +83

    The "plot" of Hello Neighbor was definitely tacked on for MatPat to make theory videos about. The creator even outright asked him to "review" the game, iirc. It would've worked a LOT better if it had just stuck to being gameplay-focused and puzzle solving with an AI enemy that learns your tricks along the way.
    That said, it is interesting how these two games have basically the exact same plot, but one of them made it work whereas the other failed.

    • @moonlightsunshine7111
      @moonlightsunshine7111 Год назад +3

      HN pursued the clout while omori just wants to finish the product, also kid audiences are usually a corrupting influence in any indie title

    • @nicolacancedda2362
      @nicolacancedda2362 4 месяца назад

      They don't have the same plot

  • @mmpMultiversalMagicPolice
    @mmpMultiversalMagicPolice Год назад +46

    Me after playing omori: this games was scary and sad and happy at the same time WTF?!

  • @xyxyies
    @xyxyies Год назад +67

    i know this is stupid to say in a comment section on a hello neighbor vs omori video but i really agree with your points on how omori can change your outlooks on life, this goddamn rpg game saved me from killing myself over guilt and loss, holy crap, it also taught me to control my actions and impulse, its a really deep and good game also I FUCKING LOVE AIR CONDITIONING!!!!

    • @kandgray
      @kandgray Год назад +7

      I'm glad you're better now. Omori has helped me through some dark times as well. I love air-conditioning too ;)

    • @Pika782
      @Pika782 Год назад +3

      if it wasnt for omori, I wouldnt have realized that i needed to combat my social anxiety and i made 2 friends i wanted to make and the main reason i made friends with one of them was because we both liked omori :)

  • @LuckBasic
    @LuckBasic Год назад +33

    Well, One's a suicidal child, and one's a adult who doesn't want you in his basement. I don't think this needs explaining.

  • @TrueAgentZan
    @TrueAgentZan Год назад +56

    omori: depressing, made people cry, open ended
    hello neighbor: lets make a game with no plotpoints being made well and put all our effort into the intro and making people pay money

  • @Dexuz
    @Dexuz 8 месяцев назад +38

    Hello Neighbor had a story?
    Lmao, I remember watching those gameplays and only thinking: "Haha funny game of goofy neighbor".
    (Also the Hello Neighbor neighbor holding the shovel is an Omari AU reference hehe funny sister shovel dig dig)

  • @baalgodofrain
    @baalgodofrain Год назад +51

    Damn, all the Hello Neighbour kids are going pissed about this (And yes, they are kids, no one in their teens let alone adulthood would like this game)

    • @Tincannedcoffee
      @Tincannedcoffee Год назад +1

      Lol real

    • @ErrorEditzIraq
      @ErrorEditzIraq Год назад

      The story of hello neighbor carries lol
      And yet omori still better at that terms

    • @Josuh
      @Josuh Год назад

      Not even the FNF kids would like this and that's saying A LOT

    • @ITR
      @ITR Год назад

      I think they've grown up by now

    • @nicolacancedda2362
      @nicolacancedda2362 4 месяца назад

      Then i am an exception

  • @sakiamira
    @sakiamira Год назад +46

    As an OMORI fan who remembered when Hello Neighbor first got played by the big ogs like CoryKenshin, the story of Hello Neighbor had so much potential, and yet the devs SCREWED IT in hopes of MatPat making a video on their game for more attention. I’ve learned about OMORI being about a story Omocat was passionate about that she and her team faced years of hardship, being called scammers and even controversy during the shaky production of the game. Omocat was even told in art school how video games would never become true art and wanted to take on this unwritten challenge and showcase her art in her video game.
    I played OMORI when I thought everyone was against me and even when I saw let’s plays to assess if I can handle the triggers, I still managed to cry when I got to the true ending.
    Hello Neighbors story was all over the place. It just felt like everything was made excruciating difficult just to elicit reactions from let’s players and I only stuck to watching the game because that gameplay was not for me.
    The two games show that EXECUTION OF A CONCEPT MATTERS when you want to make a piece of media matter. They have the same concept of TRAUMA but how each dev went about to telling a tale of trauma in their games differed a whole lot.

  • @Laylapooh7
    @Laylapooh7 Год назад +32

    I forgot hello neighbor even had a story 💀

  • @lazylizard8123
    @lazylizard8123 Год назад +42

    Never thought id see omori being compared to hello neighbor

    • @User.name2
      @User.name2 Год назад +4

      Me either 💀

    • @CrackmiserGaming
      @CrackmiserGaming Год назад

      both trash games

    • @Salibascored
      @Salibascored Год назад

      @@CrackmiserGamingDeltarune Is horrible, simple plot. And no character development. Omori has the best Story and AU potential in gaming history. Cry

    • @nguyenhoang6702
      @nguyenhoang6702 Год назад +11

      @@Salibascored You didn't have to shit on another game to praise for OMORI...Both are absolutely fabulous to different people. For me they're equally great.

    • @OctoAmbush-nc4xt
      @OctoAmbush-nc4xt Год назад +2

      Ratatouille VS Shark Tale

  • @TadpoleMalk
    @TadpoleMalk Год назад +38

    I also really enjoyed Hello Neighbor when I was younger, but really only because my favorite youtubers played it. Omori is something I got into a year ago and have played through it at least 5 times. I used to be a very terrible person in my opinion only like 2 years ago I'd say. To me, Omori helped me learn that a bad action doesn't make you a bad person, but also helped me develop my very underdeveloped sense of sympathy, empathy, remorse, etc. Overall, Omori great, Hello Neighbor ok, and (insert Mari being pushed down the stairs joke).

  • @GansKowalski
    @GansKowalski 4 месяца назад +15

    Woah, I kinda forgot that Hello Neighbor even existed

    • @lucinda_null
      @lucinda_null  4 месяца назад +6

      It’s basically a fever dream in my mind

  • @etheliaowo7533
    @etheliaowo7533 Год назад +66

    I didn’t even know hello neighbor had a story

    • @ErrorEditzIraq
      @ErrorEditzIraq Год назад +3

      I liked hello neighbor story but it didn't got better in hello neighbor 2, it's just a ending as I far know, and they also added supernatural stuff

  • @Duskxdawnx
    @Duskxdawnx 2 месяца назад +11

    Omori trailer was made in 2014, and Omori was planned in 2011, So Omocat couldn't have based it off of something in 2017, lol.

  • @glitch-xega
    @glitch-xega 5 месяцев назад +18

    I've seen a lot of game comparisons for Omori. Like OFF or Earthbound. And even Boisvert's Analog Horror.
    Never would I think of Hello Neighbor ever, but it makes sense. But in reality one is a modern classic video game. the other is Hello Neighbor, a game with *one* really good scene. and the rest is Hello Neighbor.

    • @nicolacancedda2362
      @nicolacancedda2362 4 месяца назад +1

      In my opinion hello neighbor is good

    • @glitch-xega
      @glitch-xega 4 месяца назад +4

      @@nicolacancedda2362 That's perfectly fine, you can enjoy any game you want even if others don't

    • @nicolacancedda2362
      @nicolacancedda2362 4 месяца назад +3

      @@glitch-xega exactly. thanks for not being toxic about my opinion

  • @glasshorse6893
    @glasshorse6893 Год назад +38

    hello neighbor was *meant* to be about nicky's trauma, at least in the release. he was more than likely abuysed as a kid with the fear sections being representative of those moments. at least thats my guess cause the game didnt even make that clear

  • @nezka8650
    @nezka8650 Год назад +29

    Omori was the reason I regained my emotions back. I used to have a blank face.( Mostly because it was a depressing time of mine ) but after watching it, just like you, I had a new look at life

    • @Josuh
      @Josuh Год назад +1

      I still have yet to play omori

    • @theeskrungly
      @theeskrungly Год назад +7

      @@Josuh Has yet to play the game yet has harassed people in the comment section who said they didn't like it.

  • @mikedoesthings2134
    @mikedoesthings2134 Год назад +16

    beginning of the video
    “whaaat? these games are nothing alike”
    end
    “holy shit”

  • @Cozm1k
    @Cozm1k Год назад +30

    I really wish they would just redo the whole franchise again but with actual care put into it. It’s not like they can’t make it good, they were so close with HN2. If they would just give their games an ACTUAL STORY we could probably get somewhere.

  • @ima-human9593
    @ima-human9593 Год назад +41

    You could say, Hello neighbor had a downfall…. Kind of like Mari after being pushed down the stairs.

    • @user-qy1zk9hc9x
      @user-qy1zk9hc9x Год назад

      NOOOOOOO 😭

    • @HeyYouFromThatGame
      @HeyYouFromThatGame Год назад

      Idk if I should laugh or cry or both.

    • @KreticQue
      @KreticQue Год назад

      👉 🚪

    • @cutetwirll
      @cutetwirll Год назад

      FOUL

    • @ima-human9593
      @ima-human9593 Год назад +6

      I will take my leave
      🏃🏻‍♀️ 🧍🏻
      🟫
      🟫🟫
      🟫🟫🟫
      🟫🟫🟫🟫
      🎻 🟫🟫🟫🟫🟫

  • @MacAlmighty
    @MacAlmighty Год назад +38

    If the neighbor is just called neighbor, then the protagonist should be called “hello” haha

  • @TheFuntimeCrew
    @TheFuntimeCrew 5 месяцев назад +18

    I clicked because I was offended. How does Omori have the same story as hello neighbor!? OMORI IS AMAZING!! H O W!?!?!?

  • @sasuxsakuxfan
    @sasuxsakuxfan Год назад +37

    Wow I didn't realize how similar these games were. I wouldn't say Omocat tried to make Hello Neighbor better though. OMORI was kickstarted back in 2014 while Hello Neighbor was released in 2017.

  • @pedroesteveztroitino2119
    @pedroesteveztroitino2119 Год назад +24

    I did a challenge on my first playthrough of omori that consisted in not getting scared or sad during the game, i almost lost that challenge at the final duet cutscene. After that i am devastately crying after duet plays. Omocat, you reduced me into tears

  • @cookiebro1772
    @cookiebro1772 Год назад +31

    the thing about hello neighbor is that its not about Aaron or in vice versa Mya's death, its ALL about Thedore aka the neighbor, and the concept of Mya being pushed to her death was just used as a way to push the plot forward and not really focused on. in the new HNVR game they really go into how what happened effected Aaron, and what he does to redeem himself after what he did. it also goes deeper into how Aaron kind of hates himself after what he did to Mya. I feel like they couldn't see past the money and theory bait in the 1st HN. but with the newer games they explore the story more. in HN2 they go mainly into Theadore and Aarons relationship and how Mya's death broke it, but there relationship gets fixed by the end of the game (even if HN2's gameplay is worse than the first games) HNVR has a good story, as it goes into how Mya's death effected Aaron on a deeper level (and the gameplay isn't a nightmare)

    • @lucinda_null
      @lucinda_null  Год назад +4

      I haven’t gotten a chance to play the second Hello Neighbor game yet, but a deeper explanation of the story sounds really interesting. In hindsight I may have been a little biased, haha. May I ask what HNVR is?

    • @cookiebro1772
      @cookiebro1772 Год назад +2

      @@lucinda_null HNVR (aka hello neighbor search and rescue) follows Nicky's friend's as they try to break into the neighbors house to save him after he was kidnapped in act 1. I'm not sure if you want to know the full story, so I wont go into spoiler territory

  • @osarou
    @osarou Год назад +26

    I never realised that the neighbours name was mr Peterson until this video 💀

  • @jakepeng9962
    @jakepeng9962 Год назад +22

    Omori is amazing. It is so long and makes you feel like friends with it, but not with all the fun parts,with all experiances, trauma, emotions and more.
    Also i think the dream about the supermaret in hello neighbour represents fear of crowds and overwhelming situations.

  • @wtfamidoingwithmylife1245
    @wtfamidoingwithmylife1245 Год назад +34

    I personally really liked the story of Omori. I think the ending was very well executed. Though the pacing was annoying I think it's fair to assume it enhanced many qualities of the game. I think the simpler artstyle also helped. The characters were also pretty charming and had fleshed out roles and personalities.
    I haven't played nor seen much of Hello Neighbor, so I can't comment much on it. Though, I think it's fair to assume both of these games have something that makes them special.

  • @Blokythebunny05
    @Blokythebunny05 Год назад +30

    [1:13] The game has a good story going at first, then. FGTEEV played the game, which made Tinybuild and DynamicPixels realize that kids, are willing to spend more money on this game than adults. Which made it go the typical horror game route with murder and kids. (WHAT IS IT WITH INDIE HORROR GAMES AND DEAD PEOPLE?!)

    • @nassirshahshah7216
      @nassirshahshah7216 Год назад

      More importantabtly why are thry obsessed with ki- wait prolly shouldn't say that

    • @sophxxe
      @sophxxe Год назад

      @@nassirshahshah7216 😧😧😧

  • @Youareaidiot
    @Youareaidiot Год назад +57

    i aint never thought i'd see hello heighbor and OMORI being compared💀

  • @omori.ball.
    @omori.ball. Год назад +29

    fun fact : there was an OMORI demo in 2014.

    • @twistedmyth5860
      @twistedmyth5860 Год назад +10

      Another Fun Fact: There are Earlier builds of Hello Neighbor that were better than the finished game.

  • @tailzgimer1726
    @tailzgimer1726 Год назад +31

    Ahh yes my favourite moment when
    Kel had to break into sunnys house to find out whats in the basement
    That was my favourite part in omori

    • @imjustgr8
      @imjustgr8 Год назад +6

      kel when he finds the broken violin they spent their hard-earned cash on, covered in mari's hair and blood

    • @CheddarCheeseRebirthed
      @CheddarCheeseRebirthed Год назад +4

      ​@@imjustgr8 "sunny whatt hapend?"
      *"she died..."*
      "lmao ok"

    • @despacitospider9682
      @despacitospider9682 Год назад

      I love this comment and it's replies

    • @greenhydra10
      @greenhydra10 Год назад

      That doesn't sound that out of character for him.
      After all, every Kel meme is canon.

  • @dcornect53
    @dcornect53 11 месяцев назад +25

    Omori started development in late 2011 actually... the long (extremely long) development was because it had too much depth, too much meaning, too much story to include. The exact opposite of hello neighbor which just kind of tossed in some theory bait into a game who's appeal was the glitches of the beta and unknown potential mysterious story.

  • @dark_phantom_385
    @dark_phantom_385 Год назад +16

    These are 2 games I never thought would be in the same video

  • @Anxiety.H.J
    @Anxiety.H.J Год назад +22

    that thumbnail hurt SO bad

  • @ITR
    @ITR Год назад +22

    I came into this thinking it would be an unfair comparison since the games are nothing alike, but that was actually a pretty interesting watch. Good job ^^

  • @creeperjo7
    @creeperjo7 Год назад +43

    Probably because Omori didn’t have a thousand betas and alphas released before the finished product

    • @Summerzbtw
      @Summerzbtw Год назад +12

      omori ofc had betas and alphas but the difference is, how the omori team never decided to release the early builds but dynamic pixels not only released them but put lots and lots of cryptic easter eggs in each build to make intrigue for the next build

    • @creeperjo7
      @creeperjo7 Год назад

      @@Summerzbtw ik I said they didn’t release em

  • @CuboTheBot
    @CuboTheBot Год назад +24

    The whole video is canon because theres Kel

    • @BasilTeaLeaves
      @BasilTeaLeaves Год назад

      🤯🤯🤯🤯

    • @SymphonyStarxX
      @SymphonyStarxX Год назад

      BIG MANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

  • @gcawesome2482
    @gcawesome2482 Год назад +11

    I literally never realised the similarities between these two games

  • @noah-ux2cz
    @noah-ux2cz Год назад +22

    I haven’t really gone through many of the issues and struggles that many people who played OMORI have that OMORI brought so much insight on, but the game still got me feeling empty yet hopeful.

  • @ciangriffin9630
    @ciangriffin9630 10 месяцев назад +19

    Omori is the only game that has made me cry. It is such an amazing masterpiece. I don't think I'll ever experience a game like that.

  • @Almondthey
    @Almondthey Год назад +24

    As someone who was hello neighbours biggest fan I have to agree with you when younger found this game I didn’t even understand the meaning of. I actually wish that the game was made better it would of been so cool.

  • @brosilverlee3433
    @brosilverlee3433 11 месяцев назад +24

    I just realised how similiar they are now.
    Brother killed sister
    sister died from falling somewhere
    Overcoming your traumas through a series of minigames/events
    A shadowy figure representing guilt.
    One called something, one called thing.

    • @Strawberkz
      @Strawberkz 10 месяцев назад +1

      I blame basil

  • @felixyaroch
    @felixyaroch Год назад +20

    0:53
    Everything’s cool when you’re hanging with Kel… but not if you’re hanging with Basil 😅

  • @AverageSynth
    @AverageSynth Год назад +32

    the lore reason for nicky (hello neighbor's protagonist) being afraid of supermarkets is because the book explains his grandmother abandoned him in a supermarket as a toddler to "teach him a lesson"

  • @manolgeorgiev9664
    @manolgeorgiev9664 Год назад +29

    Don't mind me, I'm just here to reccommend a game that touched *my* heart. A Space for the Unbound. It came out about the same time as Omori, but I've seen people talking about Omori and no one talking about A Space for the Unbound. Criminally underrated!

    • @citiaii
      @citiaii Год назад +2

      i would even say it’s better fleshed out honestly!

    • @shreya5554
      @shreya5554 Год назад +1

      Thanks to you I got into the game! Love your recommendation dude

  • @JamboreeBlackberry
    @JamboreeBlackberry Год назад +28

    OH MY GOD I NEVER NOTICED THE SIMILARITIES

  • @_qwerty_3545
    @_qwerty_3545 Год назад +38

    0:52 oh
    OOOOOOOH

    • @LordOfPowercreep
      @LordOfPowercreep Год назад +1

      guy: wanna hang out?
      guy but friend: ya
      guy and guy but friend:

  • @capansonyaiii
    @capansonyaiii Год назад +20

    Wow I completely forgot about Hello Neighbour, I thought it died years ago and was never resurrected.

  • @snnuy.pre.trauma
    @snnuy.pre.trauma Год назад +18

    4:19 ngl I would make those noises if I saw that

  • @Cloudy_Jay8
    @Cloudy_Jay8 Год назад +30

    It's BAY-SIL! *my telekinesis throws everything across the room*

  • @kittyven
    @kittyven 3 месяца назад +6

    Omori is amazing it's an experience everyone should have while hello neighbor is an experience i wouldn't wish on my worst enemy

  • @Sunnysideanyway
    @Sunnysideanyway Год назад +19

    I would have never guessed that these games were alike in any way.

  • @dumblittleidiot1301
    @dumblittleidiot1301 9 месяцев назад +18

    it's funny to even see sunny and mr. peterson in the same image

  • @Quazex
    @Quazex Год назад +24

    Hello neighbor has a story??? I thought it was just matpat bait

  • @Genericcatlover
    @Genericcatlover Год назад +12

    its scary how well omori music fits hello neighbor

  • @Nintendogs08
    @Nintendogs08 Год назад +12

    I didn't realise they're similarities until I watched this lmao

    • @Cat_cute000
      @Cat_cute000 Год назад +1

      I didn’t even know hello neighbours lore 💀💀

  • @qyasar8046
    @qyasar8046 Год назад +21

    thats the true way hello neighbor failed as a game, it got obsessed with the free clout theory bait got it and opted for confusion hidden meanings and story rather han a coherent one that any natural player could decipher most of without having to spend hours watching videos. even fnaf was falling for matpat when it delayed the release of security breach 3 times because matpat got the theory right and wanted to change the story out to have a more confusing plot, the difference is fnaf recognised its mistake and HN is falling ever so deeper to the desperation of contacting matpat and begging for a theory

  • @Yanagi_chann
    @Yanagi_chann Год назад +29

    omori and hello neighbor are both my favorite games at the moment so idk which to side on.

    • @Pika782
      @Pika782 Год назад +10

      choose omor for life

    • @despacitospider9682
      @despacitospider9682 Год назад +8

      don't choose a side
      embrace both

    • @Pika782
      @Pika782 Год назад +1

      @@despacitospider9682 fair

  • @jarnold
    @jarnold Год назад +26

    normalize not making up messages for games to prove a point when the creator has already confirmed the message of the game, all it does is distract from the actual point trying to be proven

    • @soulbound2
      @soulbound2 Год назад

      huh?

    • @-Lieutenant
      @-Lieutenant Год назад +1

      my honest reaction to that information:
      😐

    • @jarnold
      @jarnold Год назад

      @@-Lieutenant wow such a thoughtful response, thank you lieutenant7935

    • @-Lieutenant
      @-Lieutenant Год назад +1

      @@jarnold no problem, that’ll be $99.99

    • @Somerandomguy2763
      @Somerandomguy2763 Год назад

      I don't think the creators of both games has confirmed the message of the game.

  • @GleebieDeebie
    @GleebieDeebie Год назад +17

    I do feel like Hello Neighbours art style really doesnt help it a whole deal, even taking away how godamm charming Omori's art style is and Hello Neighbours flawed animations, the over presentation of the game, although carrying its own scuffed charm, overall looks a lot less refined and quite low quality,
    (Also great job for a first video essay, came off really professional and you did a pretty cool job 👍)

  • @matowekleshmitz2921
    @matowekleshmitz2921 Год назад +16

    I saw hello neighbor and omori on the same screen and had an existential crisis.

  • @maplefoxxo
    @maplefoxxo Год назад +10

    I forgor hello neighbor had plot and i had no idea of the similarities????? Omg

  • @Erisakumakyu
    @Erisakumakyu Год назад +29

    Hello neighbors pacing was horrible, honestly. It was first a silly horror game that gave itself a story, and that's where it went downhill. While omoris gameplay somewhat plays along with the story, hello neighbors doesn't. Its gameplay felt clunky over time and made almost 0 sense to catch up with and repeatedly tried getting matpats attention was another of its downfalls. While Omoris story took years to finish and that's why it's so amazing, it was worked on little by little and actually felt heartwarming and sad with the added music in the background. Hello neighbors story was rushed/felt rushed and out of place and easily boring
    Loved the video btw! Keep up the good work ‼️

  • @despacitospider9682
    @despacitospider9682 Год назад +15

    7:57 man im dead... 💀
    ...just like mari 😭

  • @sharrel704
    @sharrel704 Год назад +18

    I TOLD MY FRIENDS HOW SIMILAR THE STORIES WERE. I KNEW IT. THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO LMFAO

  • @sellerdore
    @sellerdore 11 месяцев назад +17

    OMORI was thought of back in the 2000's as a comic book, and took a long time to develop the actual game.

  • @Cool_ICE69
    @Cool_ICE69 Год назад +28

    its funny how completely and utterly different the two games are

  • @JLpiparote2
    @JLpiparote2 7 месяцев назад +11

    7:51 i was NOT expecting that

  • @gunn6524
    @gunn6524 Год назад +20

    ok but the glitches make hello neighbor funny as shit so comedy goes to hello neighbor but omori negs everything else

    • @lucinda_null
      @lucinda_null  Год назад +5

      Agreed

    • @veqxh
      @veqxh Год назад +2

      Omori humor is so broken

    • @BasilTeaLeaves
      @BasilTeaLeaves Год назад +1

      ​@veqxh the fandoms humor is broken, but I love it

    • @nguyenhoang6702
      @nguyenhoang6702 Год назад

      @@veqxh Even its community's humour is broken.

  • @kofabillion
    @kofabillion Год назад +17

    Honestly, I gotta say I watched an entire gameplay video of omori (26 hours) between multiple days because of this video lol. Thanks for making me an omori fan lol!

  • @EvieTheNut
    @EvieTheNut Год назад +10

    4:10 This is sm I LOVE about LN, great story telling, but not a word spoken.

  • @Bisquit_
    @Bisquit_ Год назад +20

    When the moon hits the sky like a big pizza pie that's...

  • @francyisanid1ot106
    @francyisanid1ot106 Год назад +30

    Seeing the Hello Neighbor kids in the comments saying that you're opinion is wrong is halariously funny to me

    • @nicolacancedda2362
      @nicolacancedda2362 4 месяца назад +1

      Where are hello neighbor kids? Just pure curiosity i see like mostly omori fans comments

    • @francyisanid1ot106
      @francyisanid1ot106 4 месяца назад +1

      @@nicolacancedda2362 going deeper you can see Hello Neighbor fans complaing

    • @nicolacancedda2362
      @nicolacancedda2362 4 месяца назад +1

      @@francyisanid1ot106 omori haters≠ hello neighbor fans.i honestly didn't see much comments of people insulting omori while they say hello neighbor is good

    • @francyisanid1ot106
      @francyisanid1ot106 4 месяца назад +1

      @@nicolacancedda2362 i dunno i saw few comments with people saying that Omori sucks and Hello Neighbor is good maybe they deleted their comments or i don't know

  • @Zilancer
    @Zilancer Год назад +10

    The part where she states that a literal branch coral has more personality that HN's characters got the rolling 😭
    Anyway, great video! Keep it up :)

  • @jara2297
    @jara2297 Год назад +13

    Omori really is the best game I ever played. The grip it has on me damn

  • @blockytheblock1
    @blockytheblock1 Год назад +17

    i feel like if i hadnt been slightly obsessed with hn as a child, i would absolutely hate it. Hell, logically I DO absolutely hate it. However, despite having actually nothing good about it, it will hold a place in my heart that omori may not be able to, although i havent played omori and who knows, I'll probably love it
    ok bye im gonna go play omori now

    • @despacitospider9682
      @despacitospider9682 Год назад

      This comment has the perfect execution.
      It doesn't shame one *over* the other, but still gives reasons for one side that are actually justifiable.
      great role model. here's a star --> 🌟

    • @blockytheblock1
      @blockytheblock1 Год назад

      @@despacitospider9682 thank you :D I will cherish this star

  • @twitchyfizzy
    @twitchyfizzy Год назад +19

    I never once thought i would see a video comparing OMORI and Hello Neighbor together

  • @T0B3573R
    @T0B3573R Год назад +38

    Something I don’t like about Hello Neighbors appeal was how ugly the characters look, and I’m not a person who thinks that a ugly art style can’t be well done, because Little Nightmares specifically makes characters and the world creepy by deforming and manipulating the designs of humans to become these horrifying abominations that chase our cute characters, and it’s our cute characters that turn out to be the thing that disturbs us the most, especially at the end of the games when it reveals the truth about Six, Mono, The runaway kid, and The girl in the yellow raincoats stories and how they end up. And it doesn’t feel like the characters in Hello Neighbor were made to look unappealing for the sake of theme, or to match the art style, but more like they didn’t know how to make child characters so they just got the adult characters heads and attached them to their characters bodies. It looks disgusting, and not in a way that helps the story or the design of the game.

    • @L-W-ko1hn
      @L-W-ko1hn Год назад +1

      same

    • @L-W-ko1hn
      @L-W-ko1hn Год назад +8

      little nightmares was purposfully disgusting hello neigbour is unintentionally ugly

    • @T0B3573R
      @T0B3573R Год назад +6

      @@L-W-ko1hn THANK YOU. They do it to disturb the audience, and when there is a cute character we either watch them die/have a fate worse than death, or see them become the villain and it’s so extra disturbing. But it’s good, it makes Bandai Namco aware of what they are doing, they don’t want us to feel safe with our protagonists.

    • @greenhydra10
      @greenhydra10 Год назад +2

      I will never get over the Thin Man's walking cycle. So jerky, yet so normal compared to everything else.

  • @BASILFOREVES
    @BASILFOREVES 8 месяцев назад +12

    2:57 i love the way u say basil 😍😍😍
    Edit: 4:07 OMG U PUT LITTLE NIGHTMARES IN IM OBSESSED WITH THAT GAME 😍😍😍😍

  • @blackshadow7214
    @blackshadow7214 Год назад +14

    Hello Neighbor is the definition of 'missed potential'.

  • @heliodorable4612
    @heliodorable4612 Год назад +12

    this is a really good first video essay, i know both hello neighbor and omori but didn't realize how similar the stories and themes are until you pointed it out!

  • @PhilieZ_YT
    @PhilieZ_YT 10 месяцев назад +16

    After playing both games I can really say that Hello Neighbor doesn't compare to the narative of OMORI.Hello Neighbor seems like it was made most part only for fame and money and it really looks rushed.OMORI was in development for 6 years (from 2014 I believe and it released at the end of 2020).

  • @lemonsg.2801
    @lemonsg.2801 Год назад +10

    Love it that both games have a boss you fight in an infinite, white space

  • @sleepier9433
    @sleepier9433 Год назад +17

    The main difference is hello neighbor sold its soul and personality for money and marketability

  • @aquaabouttogetfunky
    @aquaabouttogetfunky Год назад +11

    Never in my life would I see a video breaking down plot similarities of Hello Neighbor and OMORI. Nice.