What Works and What Doesn't | Bloober Team's OBSERVER_
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Side note: the tracks used in this video are from the OBSERVER_ soundtrack, composed by Arkadiusz Reikowski and belong to the respective owner/s.
I. Lockdown
II. End Titles
III. Whatever It Takes
IV. Altered Brain
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Sorry for being late to the party, but if you want polish pronunciation of Arkadiusz Reikowski it's something like this in english:
Arkahdyush Reycovsky
(checked in text-to-speech software and it's close enough ;)
Thank you for this!!
This is an excellent review. I really enjoyed the game, the location and atmosphere was really excellent. However, I totally agree with the negative points you pointed out as well. The parts where you are in another person's mind last way too long. And I don't think the cat and mouse added anything. Being able to die at only a few key points made me more frustrated than anything. I think some of the miss-able side-quests were especially good - it would be worth playing to see them (or maybe just look up a lets play).
I played on XB1 and the framerates and performance were abyssal at times on that platform as well.
Thank you so much! This is probably going to sound weird but I love it when a game is both good and bad; an experience is often so much more interesting that way, whether it tries something new or just marches to the beat of its own drum. I'd much prefer that over an overly polished (but hollow) experience :)
Thank you for watching!
There's no mistaking that this game's setting and aesthetics are heavily inspired by the historic and the very real Kowloong Walled City.
Go look it up if you don't know what it is.
Oh wow (I just looked it up) I had no idea!
Thank you for the heads-up -- what a fascinating place and surely an inspiration, even in part, for 'The Stacks' as you said.
Amazing review. Like professionaly done. Much better than big review channels do. You are really good at pointing out things in a game, that I or everyone else might not see. Haven't played observer, but intend to. Mind bending games or movies is my favourite thing in the world.
Great spotlight on score. I personally predict, that we will see more ambient tracks in games, because games become increasingly detailed, big and fast paced, melodic music will just be distraction from experience. It might be sad, but that possibly can happen in future.
Great review. Can't wait for next one! Playing through Wolfenstein 2 at the moment, so I hope it is about that! :)
Thank you so much for watching, I'm happy you liked it so much!
You're probably right about that (ambience taking centre stage) at least in larger 3D worlds/experiences, which just shows how much the medium is constantly growing and evolving :)
I liked the little offshoots in your writing, such as talking about level theming in music, Informative and entertaining the whole way through. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much, for watching and commenting -- I ad lib a little sometimes haha!
5:31 the music gave me bladerunner chills
and rutger hauer, seems to playing a "deckard-esque" role in this, a role reversal from his role in bladerunner
"...alas i have gotten used to games telling what to when to do..."
hmm think games should acknowledge the era we are in, which is one of abundance of games and shorter attention spans than prior generations and in-context incentivise the player, without being handholdy or worse patronising, to explore the environment. The recent deux-ex series... or even zelda:botw are great examples
thanks for highlighting this game, will be playing this game over the weekend
looking forward to ya next vid!
That's a good point (role-reversal) -- I hadn't really thought about it!
It would be nice to see attitudes of video games past utilised more, though I suppose a large number of games do in the indie and AA space. I often go back and play games on my PlayStation 2 and the difference is so stark, not just in how games have changed but in how you interact with the game; it is quite surprising!
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Great review, always nice to see this game get discovered by more people with reviews like this.
This game certainly deserves to be discovered :)
Thank you for watching!
I was missing videos from you
Observer is certainly very interesting, a head-scratcher, too!
Thank you for watching :)
I would say it's a pity that you make so few videos, but every review you do means a decrease of around sixty euros in my bank account.
Best spokesperson a company can ask for!
Well I WAS going to make reviews more frequently but now I realise I have a moral obligation to stagger them out haha!
Yes, thank God! She just moved. She is ALIVE! ;)
Thanks for the insightful review. Hopefully, all is well, and may you have an outstanding 2018.
p.s. The UA-cam bunch miss you.
Happy new year :)
I am indeed alive and uploading haha!
Thanks for watching!!
Amazing review! I really like how you approached and analyzed a game I had a hard time putting my feelings about it into words. Thank you!
Having recently acquired a PS5, became very interested in Observer System Redux remaster. Specifically the Day One Edition with CD Soundtrack and Art Book collectibles. And recalling you had positive things to say on these elements of the game.
With the vocal work and images of the late great Rutger Hauer. Thank you for this, have this on order from a sale, so will see if I can cope with the abrupt gameplay changing moments.
Hope you’re doing well Noa and thriving, cheers from Chris Cotton.
Great review. This game looks like it was made for me, i'm a huge fan of cyberpunk and i love really atmospheric games.
Thank you! Well, if you do get the chance to play Observer, I hope you enjoy the... mind-melting... descent into technological disease... :)
Excellent video as usual. :)
Thank you!
I agree with you, for me, to make it perfect, i would take off the cyberspace on people minds lenght and add more side quests about people who live on the building. Pietra and the organ havester was intriguing.
Great review! You really should do more videos, if you have the time of course :D
Thank you for watching! If this new upload schedule works out I'll certainly be uploading more frequently :)
ayyy. Always a treat to see a review pop up from you, Mademoiselle.
Always picking great games to shine a light on too, this is why you're one of my my favourite reviewers, enough of the verbal fallatio from me though lol. I keep meaning to check this game out since another reviewer I follow suggested this also. When ever you put up your next video I'll be there like always. Hope you have a great 2018.
Thank you for watching, I'm glad you enjoy the games I pick for review!
I'll have another video out next Thursday but I'll be sharing it on social media just in case anyone misses it. Same to you -- happy 2018 :)
here's to hoping you can get down a more solid upload schedule, since I think that's a big part of why you don't have as many subs as you should have. Random constructive criticism, I apologise lol Hope you get the amount the subs you deserve this year. ^_^
No need to apologise at all :)
Since I do this as a personal enjoyment thing, I have only really been able to do it if and when I can, which hasn't exactly made for a consistent upload schedule, BUT 2018 is already heading in a better direction. Thanks again!
Your content easily outclasses loads of people on here who make a living off of it. so, I think that with a good schedule and a passion for it you could easily jump in to the world of turning your hobby/passion in to a job.
I know it sounds like I'm being a kiss ass but you have a great personality/voice/video style that I know loads of people would connect with and would want to watch your stuff. Anyway, I'll stop pestering you. Have a great evening, Miss. :)
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Excellent review.
Thank you very much for watching!
I really enjoyed this game. The only issue was that I couldn't complete it, since I was getting some crazy dreams afterward. I didn't feel overly-terrified playing it, but my unconscious must have been perturbed enough to give me weird dreams.
I can understand that -- the game has a very unsettling quality, I think!
Observer 2 was teased by Bloober team
Wow... once again, your words were as complex and intricate as the visuals in OBSERVER were, hehehe.
Another thing that struck me was that we were playing a much older character. It doesn't happen that much in video games. Ones I know are Anna (Overwatch) and Old Snake (MGS4, though technically he is still young).
Very. Good. Point. Actually, that was what initially drew me to Remothered, an upcoming horror game; you play as a thirty/forty-something year old woman investigating a disappearance.
I just checked the game's page and the protag looks like Grandma Jodie Foster :O
I think Clarice Starling may have been their main inspiration xD
ragnar lead me here awesome video +1 subscriber :D
I'm a big fan of Ragnar's channel myself!
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Great review. I agree with what you're saying here. A bit on the fence about the length of the mind explorations though, I see what you mean but I'm a sucker for surreal elements in games and those sequences are very good here for the most part. Definitely agree about cat and mouse feeling out of place. I haven't finished Observer yet because I really want to play it with a friend but the first hour or so really impressed me. It has the rare kind of storytelling and stylistic charisma that would be nice to see more of.
Also regarding Haunting Ground - I absolutely adore Daniella. She's one of my favorite... uhhh... creepy broken characters?
Lovely review. This type of game seems to go in favor of the argument that graphics do matter in games. If it wasn't for the level of realism this game can attain, due mostly to the technology behind it, I don't think nearly as much people would enjoy their experience while playing/watching it.
Thank you for watching!
I find the impact of graphics and visuals really interesting; though I don't think poor graphics can ruin a game per say, visual design, style and presentation certainly plays (no pun intended) a large part in how players respond to and interpret the space.
Needs to be VR
Have you tried The Last Guardian VR demo ? It's amazing ! But way too short, like 90% of VR games haha.
You can play it in VR
kami with full motion controls not the crap third party program that sometimes works sometimes doesn't
TheKnight OfCydonia it has native support for vr headsets through steamvr
Well, you've made me want to check it out again. I've never been a fan of 'walking simulators' and when I tried this game the first time I came with a heavy bias towards it, I like combat in my horror, raised too much on Silent Hill I guess lol
But as I'm working on a cyberpunk project atm I will def give it another go after watching your review =)
(fyi, Pam from Cannot be Tamed pointed me in your direction)
Seems like the kind of game that would get you pumped for Cyberpunk 2077.
Its a shame you upload so infrequently because you're such a good reviewer. And i like that you for the most part steer clear of the AAA games. You should consider doing games like The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter, The Witness, A Tale of Two Sons, Firewatch, Inside. Some of these I haven’t even played yet but they’re the type of games I’d like to see you do a video on.
Thank you, I appreciate that -- I actually worked up a schedule over Christmas that I'll be 'trialling' for the next couple of months or so. If it all works out, I will be spending a lot more time on UA-cam, Wordpress and Twitch :)
good vid
And is the repetition of this game actually enjoyable or does it feel like a chore? Do you feel like you gain something more than just "rearranging your thoughts" on it?
Anyway, your videos are always a delight. Quite love the spotlight on projects I might miss because of how "unknown" they are. Best of wishes for this upcoming year, may your video catalog continue to grow.
I didn't think so at all, there is plenty of stuff to find all of which give you a better understanding of the fictional space, contextually speaking. Thank you for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Best reviewer voice! You ever considered doing asmr?? Lol..
Great review as always
Thank you! I don't whisper all that often, I'm more of a 'projector' haha!
Thank you for watching :)
Feeling a bit conflicted with this game. I love atmospheric games with a good story, but when it comes to horror games I'm a gigantic wuss.
If it's any consolation it is less of a traditional jumpy horror game and more like... eerie science fiction, which could be... worse? Hmm.
Oh, well that's fine then. I don't mind getting creeped out by the atmosphere as it often enhances the experience, but I hate jump scares since most of the time they just feel lazy and cheap. Thanks for clarifying.
No sweat! :)