Observer

Observer is a cyberpunk psychological horror game from Polish development company Bloober Team, the same team that brought you Layers of Fear.The game is set in the year 2084 and follows the story of Daniel Lazarski, played by the actor Rutger Hauer (...

A hallmark of excellence. There may be flaws, but they are negligible and won't cause massive damage. How we score:  The Destructoid Reviews...

Drawing on decades of cyberpunk tropes, Observer is one part quiet detective story and one part psychedelic trip through the subconscious, with often-incredible results.

Despite the fact that there are some technical and acting issues, Observer absolutely excels. Not only is it a great genre entry, but a fine example of interactive entertainment as a whole. The world that Bloober Team has created is one that is wide open for more exploration.

The Bleakest Future Yet Dystopian futures really do make great set pieces. George Orwell’s 1984, Blade Runner, Deus Ex, Ghost in the Shell, Robocop, and Judge Dredd are just a few that jump to mind. Some are great for their in-depth analysis of the...

Observer is a cyberpunk game set in the year 2084, where you play the role of Detective Daniel Lazarski (voiced by Blade Runner's Rutger Hauer) who has the ability to hack into people's minds and know their thoughts and feelings. The game is set in...

It's just as well, then, that you've always got that apartment block to return to, with its bodiless voices and creeping decrepitude, its cavernous, neon-slicked skyline and spectral ebb and flow of projections. As a vehicle for terror, Observer isn't quite up there with the best the genre has to offer, but as an excavation of an environment that is writhing with the internet's effluence, a space that manages to feel at once suffocating and vast, ornate and putrid, it has few equals.

observer_ takes the beats from Bloober Team's own Layers of Fear, adds a layer of cyberpunk, and somehow comes out the other end both unnerving, and more than the sum of its parts. There are a few small technical hiccups present, and some infrequent...