Kotaro Uchikoshi, creator of the wonderful visual novel mystery series Zero Escape (and the director of two entries: 999 and Zero Dilemma), has revealed first proper details of his latest venture – murder yarn AI: The Somnium Files.
Uchikoshi first spoke about his Zero Escape follow-up in March last year, when AI: The Somnium Files was teased with a bit of gruesome eye art, and merely known by its codename Project: PSYNC. Now, however, speaking at Spike Chunsoft’s Anime Expo 2018 panel, the designer has shared more – including the evocative announcement trailer below.
AI: The Somnium Files unfolds in a technologically-advanced modern-day Tokyo, and begins with the discovery of a body that’s had its left eye gouged out. Enter Kaname Date, a detective with a cybernetic eye, on the trail of a serial killer.
Source: Eurogamer Zero Escape director reveals new murder mystery adventure AI: The Somnium Files