![]() He isn't there long before dead bodies start turning up and he soon realises the task of tracking down his son is going to be far more dangerous than he anticipated.Īs soon as you begin Observer, you'll notice that there has been a lot of work put into designing its environs. Intrigued, our hero traces the signal to a rundown apartment complex known as the Stacks. The story begins with Lazarski taking a routine call in his cop car only to be interrupted by a rogue transmission from his long-estranged son. I honestly can't tell if he's doing a good job of being world-weary or if he's just phoning it in. Lazarski is voiced by Rutger Hauer, further strengthening the Blade Runner link although here, his performance sounds more like some kind of sub-par Duke Nukem impression. The player takes on the role of Daniel Lazarski, an elite neural detective in the employ of Chiron who's able to jack directly into the thoughts of suspects in order to investigate them. World war ensued, ending the empires of the East and West and allowing a mega-corporation known as Chiron to seize power and establish the Fifth Polish Republic (Poland being the home country of the developers, Layers of Fear creators Bloober Team). We're informed in an opening credit crawl that the planet has been ravaged by a digital disease known as the nanophage. Observer takes place in 2084 in a dingy neon world highly reminiscent of Blade Runner's. □ This place could really do with a few extra maintenance droids │ Nothing causes more disappointment than hype so at Video Chums, we avoid hyping games prior to playing them for ourselves. It sounds like an intriguing combination but how well does it all come together? Let's take a look. Observer has an original premise: a first-person cyberpunk detective experience with a side of psychological horror. Observer is also available for Xbox One and Nintendo Switch ![]() ![]() Reviewed by Stephen Palmer playing a PS4 on Aug□
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