Observer (2017)

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Linux · Mac · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

3.34 from 337 ratings

2322 members have it in their collection · 36 playing now · 1376 backlogged · 270 wish listed

How long? Main story 7h · with extras 10h · 100% 15h (from 20 logged playthroughs)

Observer is a first person perspective horror game that focuses on a dark, atmospheric environment and deep story telling.
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Release dates

  • Aug 15, 2017 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Oct 24, 2017 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Linux, Mac
  • Feb 07, 2019 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch

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Rating distribution

5 stars
39
4 stars
113
3 stars
119
2 stars
55
1 star
11
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Sir_Laguna

Status Sir_Laguna Aug 12, 2021

As I told you before, I liked Observer System Redux but didn't loved it.

I went back to the game to finish the side quests and then started to love it a little.

Then the last quest glitched out and become impossible to complete unless I restarted the game. I no longer love Observer.

I still kinda like it tho.

Sir_Laguna

Status Sir_Laguna Aug 8, 2021

I want to share a few captures of this game I just finished. I didn't loved the game, but totally loved the creepy cyberpunk vibes.

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MyChaos

Status MyChaos Jan 14, 2020

A game that takes place in the cyberpunk universe where the player is a police in which receives a call and from then the things start to become weird. A Psychological Horror that leaves the player wondering several times what is around every corner, what shadow is that in the corner of the eye, where in the end the player …

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A game that takes place in the cyberpunk universe where the player is a police in which receives a call and from then the things start to become weird. A Psychological Horror that leaves the player wondering several times what is around every corner, what shadow is that in the corner of the eye, where in the end the player need to make a decision.

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SuperFieroStatus

Status SuperFieroStatus Jun 13, 2019

Observer really gets in its own way. I really wanted to give this a higher score for being just so weird but its laborious sequences and performance issues keep me from feeling a real love for it. I applaud them for making something so bizarre but it really needed some more pruning and tweaking. Also Rutger Hauer can only work …

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Observer really gets in its own way. I really wanted to give this a higher score for being just so weird but its laborious sequences and performance issues keep me from feeling a real love for it. I applaud them for making something so bizarre but it really needed some more pruning and tweaking. Also Rutger Hauer can only work with so much. The script seemed extremely amateurish at points, and his character wasn't really well defined, bouncing from concerned to snarky to bored.

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ATadMad

Status ATadMad Oct 20, 2018

So been playing this for a few hours and ran into a groundbreaking bug where I just kept falling through the floor and lost 15 minutes off my game time, and honestly too annoyed to keep playing right now lol. Not really impressed so far. Tedious, epilepsy inducing and the voice acting is pretty bad. Not sure if I'll actually …

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So been playing this for a few hours and ran into a groundbreaking bug where I just kept falling through the floor and lost 15 minutes off my game time, and honestly too annoyed to keep playing right now lol. Not really impressed so far. Tedious, epilepsy inducing and the voice acting is pretty bad. Not sure if I'll actually finish it.

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VN1X

Status VN1X Jul 22, 2018

The exact same problems I had with Layers of Fear rear their ugly heads here as well; it's just a constant stream of jumpscares wrapped in a cacophony of violent noise and visual diarrhoea. It's the Michael Bay equivalent of a horror game where you just hold forward while stuff jumps at you at every turn (for no reason). There's …

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The exact same problems I had with Layers of Fear rear their ugly heads here as well; it's just a constant stream of jumpscares wrapped in a cacophony of violent noise and visual diarrhoea. It's the Michael Bay equivalent of a horror game where you just hold forward while stuff jumps at you at every turn (for no reason). There's zero nuance or tension, just the game constantly shouting at the player that THIS IS IN FACT A HORROR GAME ARE YOU SCARED YET CMON ISNT THIS SCARY OH LOOK AT HOW TERRIFYING THIS IS. So you're basically just stuck in a walking simulator where the little control you do have (the act of walking, looking, interacting) is taken away from you every time anything happens. You have no agency whatsoever and it's all tedious as hell; having to wait before the game is done with all of its scripted setpieces before you can finally continue again... It completely zaps away any sense of atmosphere as there aren't any consequences to what you're doing and you know exactly what's waiting for you around every corner as well. The bad maze-like level design isn't helping either especially as it's marred by poor sign posting and buggy interactivity to boot. It's a confusing and exhausting experience. Compare this, or their previous title Layers of Fear, to something like Silent Hill 2 or Resident Evil (or newer titles even like Alien Isolation or SOMA) and it's quite apparent how subpar these titles are in almost every way.

It's a shame as Observer started off really promising with its terrific presentation and horror elements reminding me of the Sanity effects from Eternal Darkness but unfortunately its quickly devolved into a messy and uninteresting slog of a game.

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Sadaharu_TR

Status Sadaharu_TR Sep 5, 2017

I dont understand how people gave this game 3.15.

Dont play it or don't rate it, if you dont understand !