Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
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I just finished Alien: Isolation and I was suffering from a typical withdrawal syndrome you face every time you complete a great game: you want more of that. I stumbled upon Observation almost accidentally: noticed a banner on the store front page. The way it's built resembles the visual style I was looking for, so I clicked. Trailer talks about some accident on a space station, where a woman has to fight for her life. Sounds familiar? Aesthetics, voice, text fonts, music - everything is so warm and familiar after the Alien game, so I had no other choice, but to buy Observation. After finishing the story I read that some developers worked on Alien: Isolation and you can clearly see where they took inspiration. In a good way. This is not a cheap copy without xenomorphs, but a solid work in a similar genre. Be ready, because your character is not an astronaut. You're an wizzard on-board
6/6 I've played this game a year ago on a friend's console (hence the ~0 hrs played at the time of posting this review) and I'm super happy to be finally able to support the devs by buying it on my platform of choice! As a sucker for sci-fi and psychological horror/thriller Observation blew me away, it's a little gem that ticks every box in my books and I can't recommend it enough if you like the genre. The people at No Code studios have absolutely nailed the art direction: insane atmosphere (and no, I'm not making that pun), sound design, environmental graphics, detail and lighting, a claustrophobic level design that's simply perfect for the setting, great voice acting and dialogue that never feels like over-the-top Hollywood style stuff, and generally a great take on the artificial life theme with subtleties and mysteries, lots of questions and the right amount of answers. All especia
You control the space station’s AI system known as S.A.M, (System Administration & Maintenance) as you try and figure out exactly what happened after a strange event has your crew scattered and leaving your system massively corrupted. You will be assisted by Dr Emma Fisher, who helps you get to grips with how you can interact with the ship’s systems aboard the space station, Observation. Within the first half an hour or so, some of the mystery starts to unfold, whilst also creating more intrigue. To recover S.A.M’s memory you must collect data which is either taped on walls as documents or on files located within laptops. Finding every bit a data will give the player a deeper understanding of the Space Stations crew, even giving SAM schematics to unlock new areas previously inaccessible. The majority of the game and its story is told from the perspective of the space stations cameras,
Another game that makes me wish Steam had a "well.....it depends" button. Overall, its a unique and memorable experience, but brings alot of the same problems that weighed down Stories Untold, their last game. No Code at this point obviously specializes in immersive, highly interactive puzzle games that have you interfacing with complex, beautifully realized UIs and machinery with very little hand-holding, relying on player intuition to both complete said puzzles and advance the story through contextual interactions with characters and the environment. At Observation's best, those mechanics all come together to deliver some truly involved-feeling experiences and plot progression. However, at it's worst, just like in Stories Untold, those mechanics can be WAY too vague and can absolutely ruin the pacing of the story as you desperately bump around looking for an item to interact with until
Just beat this game is one sitting. If you guys/gals like suspenseful story telling, this game is for you. I've ran into a few bugs in the game that halted my progress. The fix is to quit out of the game and go back in. I had to do this at least three times. The game play was excellent and the story wanted to grip me in more. I recommend this if you like Alien:Isolation, but just without any monsters or aliens. If you ever seen the movie Gravity, it's like that but with a twist. I recommend getting this on sale and not full price. 9/10
Recommended, but 2 things to keep in mind: 1) Use a controller / game-pad to avoid motion sickness, the cameras would not move as fast as mouse and you will get motion sick if you are weak at that. 2) If you are playing on Windows 11, and the game is crashing the moment you start it, open local files, find your .exe game file, and set the compatibility mode in properties, in my case I have set it to Windows 8.
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