Posted on: June 6, 2020

keviny01

Игр: 395 Отзывов: 23

An adventure game for technophiles

Like No Code's previous game, Stories Untold, this game has you fiddle with many technical gadgets and machinery that look authentic and seem inspired by real-life technology. If you don't have your inner technophile, the milieu of this game will probably turn you off. Those who've played Stories Untold know part of the drill: you face a bunch of mini-game-like challenges wrapped in a fairly engrossing narrative involving the wonder, apprehension, and bewilderment in a scientific setting. This game also allows free first-person movement in a 3D environment, as well as certain amount of pixel-hunting and logic puzzle-solving (hence, I would categorize this as an adventure game). The game succeeds in immersing you and surrounding you with nothing but technology. You couldn't get any more immersed because you actually play the main AI on board a space station! You often see unique points of view of what is inside of you as you are crunching numbers. You also get to space-walk by remote controlling a mobile device. And fans of the classic 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey can pick up several references of it (visually and thematically) with ease.

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Posted on: June 12, 2021

mikullas

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Игр: 114 Отзывов: 3

Good story, bad bugs, strange controls

I just "finished" the game and need to write down my frustration. This is basically movie story with puzzle mini games and a lot of confusive navigation and controls (on PC), which could be finished just in 3-6 hours according to more lucky gamers than me. Originally I was looking forward to play Observation and its story revealed to be really interesting, but my experience was ruined mostly due to bugs of my installation. Most of the time I felt frustrated, because i didn't undestand where to go or why the controls are so complicated and different in each mini game. Only very later I realized there is supposed to be some navigation hint during moving with sphere, but my game just didn't provided this function to me unlike for others. Additionally, I was stuck about 40 minutes in one part until I checked the internet discussion and find out there is bug which prevent me to continue on mission. I needed to quite the the game and start that particular part about 3 times until one character finally appears to me so I could go on. However, the saddest thing for me is that I was unable to finish it, because the final puzzle game on station had glitched controls. I spent on this game twice much time than many others and still forced to watch the final of the game on youtube, which is the most miserable thing any game ever gave me :(

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Posted on: October 3, 2020

WarlockOne

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Игр: 556 Отзывов: 26

A worthwhile story experience

It has been suggested that playing "Observation" is not unlike taking the role of "HAL", the rogue AI from the renowned novel/movie "2001". That is not an inaccurate comparison, although "SAM", the AI you embody, is... arguably?... More benign? Much like No Code's prior entry, "Stories Untold", a tremendous amount of "Observation"'s strength comes down to atmosphere. The game does an excellent job of making you feel the claustrophobia and disorientation of its space station environment, and mostly, that's a good thing. It feels like it could be a real place, inhabited by a real international crew. For fans of "Stories", I would make a case that "Observation" also has the stronger story of the two (I had some issues with "Stories" denouement), but perhaps balanced by the greater variety of environment and play in "Stories". You do the same tasks frequently in "Observation", and while it mostly hits the sweet spot of "I'm getting good at this" rather than "I'm getting bored with this", I suspect results may vary. Without intending to damn with faint praise, I will say that it's as well "Observation" isn't a lengthier game than it is. You can do a lot of wandering trying to find the next story point (I hit a FAQ at a couple of points, mostly related to things not being where expected on the outside of the station), and some spots feel not unlike trying to find the "hot spot" in an old-school adventure game, only in a three-dimensional zero-gravity environment, sometimes while using the interface of cameras with extremely slow panning to find those hot spots. This is sounding more negative than I probably intend. The bottom line is that I came away from "Observation" satisfied with the time I spent on it. It tells a fascinating story, leaving a few things to the player's interpretation without being needlessly opaque. It's surprising how attached you become to SAM and Fisher. It's creepy without being overly jump-scary or violent. I thoroughly approve.

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Posted on: March 30, 2021

ongeee

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Игр: 294 Отзывов: 4

It is movie with puzzles, not much game

You have no agency and you can not change a thing. All you can do is follow instructions and roll movie on. There is exactly one way how story can progress. All you can do differently is to find some pieces of information (that will not tell you anything important or revelatory, to be honest). What I like is zero gravity and space station interior that looks like...well... space station interior. Also, idea that you play as AI that controls the station is great, but it ends up with finding systems in rooms via camera to interact with them and solving puzzles. Also, this is not sci-fi, it is just horror in space. Lot of mystery, zero science, just some technobabble here and there. Characters acts like total nuts, just to be more mysterious or scary. I have finished it in single afternoon and because there is no replayability involved, I feel bit of disappointment. Yet, it was fine to play this... once. If you are big Interstellar fan, you may like it much more than I do.

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Posted on: July 5, 2021

Vox_Populi_

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Игр: 85 Отзывов: 4

Необычный геймлей

Интересный геймплей который редко где встретишь, стоит того что бы попробовать.

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