Observer: System Redux

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  • Summary: The year is 2084. In a dark cyberpunk world shattered by plagues and wars, become a neural police detective and hack into the jagged minds of others. Make use of anything they felt, thought, or remembered to solve the case and catch the elusive killer.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Impulsegamer
    Nov 23, 2020
    96
    Observer: System Redux is a beautiful, scary, immersive experience that will get your heart beating. You wont be quite the same after playing this one!
  2. Gameblog.fr
    Nov 24, 2020
    90
    Observer System Redux is an absolute must-have, whether you played the original game or not. If you're keen on Cyberpunk and horror, you'll find here exactly what you want: a beautiful game, with a stunning universe and fantastic dialogues and storytelling. Improvements are more than welcome and offer a more attractive and intense experience. The best game Bloober Team has delivered. It clearly doesn't deserve to be lost in time like tears in rain.
  3. Areajugones
    Nov 27, 2020
    90
    Observer: System Redux is one of the titles that has surprised us the most so far this year. A remastering of the title that appeared back in 2017 where the psychological thriller reaches its graphic climax proposing and convincing in all aspects.
  4. Hey Poor Player
    Nov 13, 2020
    80
    Observer: System Redux is a very high-quality psychological horror title, and truly one-of-a-kind (not counting the original, of course). While it may not provide players with many of the normal horror tropes and mechanics—choosing instead to almost entirely submerge them in atmosphere alone—it still manages to create a consistently unnerving environment, happily coated in a gorgeous cyberpunk aesthetic. So long as you don’t mind a more hands-off approach to horror, System Redux will absolutely not let you down.
  5. IGN
    Jul 28, 2021
    80
    Observer: System Redux uses familiar sci-fi themes to create a compelling murder mystery in a haunting dystopian future. Though it takes place entirely in a derelict apartment building, the setting never feels restrictive, thanks in part to the clever mind-hacking sequences that let you explore the victims’ memories. It’s genuinely creepy, with the constantly building tension only interrupted by a few frustrating stealth sequences that feel like they came from another game. Even so, Observer: System Redux is a great display of survival horror storytelling.
  6. DualShockers
    Nov 18, 2020
    80
    With all these new additions and improvements, I guess the answer some of you are looking for is whether Observer: System Redux is worth checking out if you’ve already played through the original. Well, there are several answers to that question. If you haven’t played it already, and you really dig horror and sci-fi stories, then you should absolutely play this game. If you played it and enjoyed it the first time, like myself, then yes, you should totally play Observer again. If you are looking for a game to show off your new toy to your friends or specifically want to see what cool new things Bloober Team added to Observer: System Redux, then you can definitely skip this one.
  7. Gamer Escape
    Dec 3, 2020
    70
    The story is engaging and filled with noir goodness, the gameplay added to the feeling I was a memory hacking detective, and the visuals felt straight out of one of my favorite 80s movies. But the absolutely relentless and aggressive lights and patterns that invade the game a few hours in made it a hard game to finish. Because of this I still recommend it, but with a large and bold asterisk.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 3 out of 10
  1. maciekr1991
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    Great game, great graphics, great cyberpunka climat. I have lot of fun playing observer
  2. beni010359
    Jan 28, 2021
    10
    Este juego es muy bueno, a pesar de tener fallos (como puede ser la voz de algunos personajes, descoordinación en el tempo de algunos pocosEste juego es muy bueno, a pesar de tener fallos (como puede ser la voz de algunos personajes, descoordinación en el tempo de algunos pocos diálogos, repetición de actores de voz en npc's, estos pasan desapercibidos en la primera partida y para cuando lo termines, desde mi punto de vista no puede afectar a una valoración considerando sobre todo que el juego es indie) , estos quedan opacados por la ambientación, narrativa y cuidado en detalles que te hace creerte que ese de verdad es un mundo cyberpunk y que a pesar de tener avances tecnológicos tienen problemas sociales parecidos al mundo actual.
    La atmosfera del juego es bellísima, el unreal engine 4 luce genial, los efectos de sonido están bien cuidados, solo tienes que tener las ganas de jugar este tipo de juego, la historia esta separada por partes (los avances de trama se dan cuando Daniel usa el Observer) y es en la parte final donde el juego te va a explicar los puntos donde fue dejando huecos así que tienes que tener paciencia para entenderla porque hay momentos muy wtf, si lo juegas una segunda vez vas a entender mejor el juego y notar que de verdad el juego tiene una historia unida con cuidado, también tiene subtramas repartidas por el edificio, pequeños homenajes a bladerunner o P.T. ,se nota que el juego fue hecho con cariño.
    Recomiendo este juego 100%, sobre todo con cascos y luces apagadas es bestial.    … Expand
  4. Fanchylul
    Nov 20, 2021
    9
    Очень атмосферная игра, которая правильно передает атмосферу киберпанка, при прохождении может показаться пустоватой и затянутой, но еслиОчень атмосферная игра, которая правильно передает атмосферу киберпанка, при прохождении может показаться пустоватой и затянутой, но если нравится неокибернуар и голос рутгера хауера, в ней хочется провести хоть всю жизнь. Красивая графика, привычный геймплей как во всех симуляторах ходьбы типа леерс оф фир, ощущение гнетущего одиночества, психоделические трипы по глубинам разума - короче, отличный способ приятно провести пару вечеров… Expand
  5. SilverOrlov
    Nov 1, 2022
    7
    First of all, I want to say this: in no case do not ignore the warning about possible epilepsy at the very beginning of the game. I know veryFirst of all, I want to say this: in no case do not ignore the warning about possible epilepsy at the very beginning of the game. I know very well that literally everyone (except the really weak ones for this thing) ignore this warning because it's "oh well, it's nothing", but this particular game produces several of these scenes and cases, after which it can make you sick because of the crazy visual kaleidoscope, glare, flickering and other picture-orgies. Don't ignore it!
    ...
    So, I liked the story. It's simple, somewhat predictable, but still interesting and fits to game's plot. Very dense good atmosphere with all those cables, holo-tables and creepy screens. I liked it.
    Not very hard or various puzzles, but they bring their own variety to the endless walking along the dilapidated and dirty corridors of the hotel.
    ...
    The game-play itself is a little boring, but very interesting. In addition to the wildly nauseating flickering in the mentioned above scenes, there was only one more thing that annoyed me in this game: the crooked primitive stealth, but otherwise I liked the game. It's not particularly long, so it doesn't get boring when you start to feel like you're getting tired of its storytelling.    … Expand
  6. GoodMorningAss
    Jan 18, 2021
    7
    Great game, great graphics, great cyberpunka climat. I have lot of fun playing observer
  7. GreatnezzAwaits
    Dec 8, 2020
    2
    Very boring game, i didn't like it much. It has some potential, but overall meh.
  8. Fikk
    Mar 4, 2022
    0
    The game may be good, but Bloober Team's maximally stupid position is not. That's why I give you the lowest score for your decision.

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