Observer 2017

Is it still worth playing?

Daniel Lazarski, a detective of the Observers police unit voiced by Rutger Hauer, can hack people's minds to interrogate them, in this 2017 psychological horror game from Bloober Team. It is set in 2084 in Krakow, mostly inside one apartment complex called The Stacks, which is locked down over a plague outbreak. Daniel looks for his estranged son and investigates a series of murders there. He uses a device to hack victims' brain implants and augmented vision with Electromagnetic Vision, which scans for electronic devices, and Bio Vision, which scans for biological evidence. Blade Runner was one of the main influences on its world. The campaign lasts around five hours. A cyberpunk detective story inside one building still keeps the world small and tense.