Observer: System Redux

Nov 18, 2020

Observer: System Redux is a remake that just so happens to also be the first for this new generation of gaming. Blooper Team and Aspyr have decided to remaster the psychological horror of Observer to take advantage of the new technology and power available with the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5. This means that the cyberpunk world now features HDR lighting, support for 4K resolution, Ray Tracing and improved character animations. Observer: System Redux also happens to feature the voice and likeness of the late, great Rutger Hauer.

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Nov 23, 2020

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! 4.8 Hauntingly Immersive The Observer “The Award-winning Dystopian Thriller Goes Next-gen” This game was first released in August 2017 and has now been re-released in November 2020 for Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One with updated graphics and visual effects. In the year is 2084, in Krakow, Poland, where augmentations and body modifications are the normal, the populace has been living in fear of a resurgence of the Nanophage, a highly infectious virus that causes havoc on the augmented systems, causing loss of control of body and mind and ultimately death. The megacorporation Chrion took control of Poland and now provides all policing services, including the Observer unit, which is a special group of augmented officers that can connect to the brain implants of others and interrogate the mind directly. The player character is the road-worn Observer Detective Daniel Lazarski, as the stereotypical older disgruntled and tired ‘cop on the beat’. It wouldn’t be a dystopian world without the denizens of society being clustered together in a heavily secured and monitored rundown apartment housing where drugs and crime are rampant. With what starts from an interrupted phone call with an alarming direct transmission from Lazarski’s son Adam, to a full-blown murder investigation after finding a headless body in Adam’s apartment, this game takes psychological turn after psychological turn as Lazarski travels down the rabbit hole. This game is vivid in imagery and symbolism, which is perhaps why the cyberpunk themed technology furthers the sense of desperation and peril in the environment and NPC’s. Controls and Game play Straight forward WASD controls for navigation and CTRL for crouching.

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Nov 9, 2020

With visuals completely redesigned from the ground up, rebuilt mechanics, and even a dose of extra content, Observer System Redux delivers on the gritty retrofuturistic cyberpunk world of horror. Rebuilt stealth sections fixed the largest complaint, and the hitching in the original release is gone. The original was good, but this is great.

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Nov 17, 2020

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Nov 23, 2020

With the updated graphics, reworked gameplay mechanics, and new content, Observer: System Redux is a treat for those already familiar with it and newcomers alike. If you haven’t already checked it out, then now would be a good time to do so.

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Nov 24, 2020

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Nov 27, 2020

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Nov 26, 2020

Observer: System Redux on Xbox is an example of the ideal remaster. The best bits are amplified; in this case the mangled, filthy cyberpunk visuals and the immersion in a grotesque horror story. Equally, the worst bits are excised, as the terrible stealth sections and the thin exploration are left on the neurosurgeon’s floor. What you’re left with is an emphatic horror title, an easy recommendation to the acquainted and unacquainted, and an experience that will live long in the memory.

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Nov 23, 2020

ve played every one of Bloober Team’s games over the past few years and Observer: System Redux is their best one so far in my opinion. The way they tell their story in this game through the gadgets such as the dream eater is quite different from most other games out there. The world is interesting and horrifying and that is made even more true by the graphical enhancements and gameplay improvements that they’ve made in this version. There isn’t a lot of new content for those who already played the original but anyone who has yet to become an Observer shouldn’t pass up the chance. *Observer: System Redux is available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC.

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Nov 25, 2020

Observer: System Redux combines a psychological thriller narrative with psychedelic visuals, terrifying chase scenes, and next-generation graphics to provide one of the most impressive remaster packages I’ve played in ages.