Posted on: August 9, 2023

occeleron

Jeux: 79 Avis: 1

Interesting premise, but needs work

I don't recall Omikron from when it was released. I found it on GoG and gave it a go because the premise seemed cool and the person behind it is responsible for the most excellent Fahrenheit and Heavy Rain. The game begins when an extra-dimensional planet needs a hero from Earth to travel via soul projection to the futuristic dystopian city-state of Omikron. There, in the body of police officer Kay'l 669, the player investigates strange murders. The player has the ability as the Nomad Soul to jump into the body of whomever touches him/her after death. Certain people have compatible souls with the nomad and can be hijacked (souljacked?) at will without having to perish first. Some transfers are required to continue forward. I enjoyed the game for the most part but would hesitate to recommend it to a general audience. The nomad soul ability is cool but I wish that it had been executed better. The world rarely reacts to the player differently based on their current body. For example, I jumped into the body of a female thief who was described as "wanted" - yet I was able to walk through the front door of the police station and search through offices without anyone caring. One particularly bonkers series of events requires players to commit suicide by drinking toxic waste in order to force a touch transfer. The game unfortunately has an overall beta vibe and feels incomplete. The ending just sorta happens after the final boss fight. The player exits into the city and is told that the revolution happened and the good guys won. Time to go home. That's like surviving the WW2 landing at D-Day, fighting a boss in a bunker, then finding out that you missed the rest of the war. Allies win, now go home. Pros: Kudos for trying. City has a varied layout, neat fast travel mechanic. David Bowie made the OST and also voices a NPC. Nostalgic early Direct X look. Mystic/Sci-fi mashup. Cons: Main hook needs work, beta feel, janky combat. No setup for a sequel.

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Posted on: March 15, 2013

level7dreamer

Jeux: 33 Avis: 4

Very Underrated !

I had this on dreamcast and PC. Before DC took a poop, I had the pleasure of playing through the story of this game. I loved near about every aspect of it except for the extremely terrible controls at some parts (Combat and 1st person shooter styles). The combat i remember being very choppy and bland, but it still had you cheering for a win. The FPS style was just ridiculous to control and I played inverted so I remember you could not invert just the vertical, it would invert both so I just did it without inversion. The PC version was much more tolerable, as I could set my own controls. The story was so strange. It was the first game I experienced where they break down the fourth wall and address you. I didn't know how I felt about it, but I felt like since they admitted they were a different world, they were excusing for the lackluster graphics (haha, but they weren't that bad for 99). This game got weirder and weirder as you got deeper and only more interesting. You really started to feel the dark and lone presence around you, knowing that anyone could be against you. You questioned your motives and as you figured out your goals, things became more sincere. One of the greatest features was that there are a few different pathways where you will see different cutscenes and have access to different characters. Every time you died, you would take over a "new body". I would give 5th star, but those god awful controls.

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Posted on: March 18, 2013

Kalyth

Jeux: 223 Avis: 4

A true futuristic experience

I really loved this game back then (I played it on my Dreamcast), but I must confess it was a bit too pretentious. I mean, TODAY they could have a concept as this one sorted out properly, and they could re-create the whole setting while polishing the game mechanics that had (MANY) flaws. It was daring, and it was ahead of its time: due to the technical limitations of late 1999 Quantic Dreams had to come down to terms with their ambitins, with identical and almost empty buildings, similar looking characters and an environment which was way too big to feel alive. They should re-create this game now, and they could really nail it down. As it is, the game was a great experiment, and is much more free than its successors (Fahrenheit and Heavy Rain), but couldn't focus on any particular aspect.

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Posted on: September 17, 2016

Jeux: 0 Avis: 14

Ashes To Ashes

The good: David Bowie. The bad: Everything else.

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Posted on: June 17, 2022

gazrurka

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Jeux: 363 Avis: 2

Don't get fooled by nostalgia reviews.

This game is a three in one: 1) A puzzle adventure. 2) A fighting game. 3) An FPS. All of them are utter crap. 1) has terrible puzzles, tedious progression and a lame story. I kid you not, a demon from hell is breaking the fourth wall and you have to beat the game in order to save your soul or else the Devil will rule the universe for a million years! Wow, that's really mind-blowing. The setting is the most forgettable young adult dystopia I've ever seen and I've seen them all. A big, but empty and samey world to explore. Lots of cringy written lore if you're into that kind of stuff. 2) is random (you do the exact same thing and get very different results) and controls terribly. It is based on stats: if you don't have the stats, the AI will block all of your damage and there's nothing you can do about it. How fun. Did I mention the fact that you lose your stats every time you switch bodies and you have to switch bodies several times during the game? Yeah, I hope you like pointless grinding. 3) again controls like ass. Enemies use projectiles, but you move too slowly to avoid them. Unavoidable damage is the name of the game, even in the AWFUL final fight. That's how the game works when it works. BUT WAIT! THERE'S LESS! Have a look at this (decade old) forum discussion to learn what else is in store for you when you soldier your way through this amateurish bugfest: https://www.gog.com/forum/omikron_the_nomad_soul/bug_in_the_tetra_factory During my joyless time with this spaghettiware I disbelieved myself, so I consulted two separate walkthroughs to see if I'm doing everything right or if maybe I'm missing something. NOPE. The fights are really stat-based, the progression and puzzles really are illogical and the FPS section really has unavoidable damage that you just have to deal with. It is B E Y O N D my comprehension how an adult gamer who knows what good design is can enjoy this. I strongly suspect it's the power of misremembered nostalgia at work.

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