Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Dec 2, 2021

  Possess a man and Bang his wife ten minutes in to the game 10/10
• gamedeal user

  Dec 5, 2014

  Pros: great 1990s ~~cyber-world~~ aesthetic, great soundtrack, imaginative storyline, david bowie is in it. Cons: hella dated game design. Controls are unplayable in 2014, can be kinda mitigated by Xpadder (check the Community Guides) but even then they handle awkwardly, it shouldn't be such a chore just to walk around effectively. Save system is terrible, but its annoyingness can be fixed by downloading an Omikron save editor. Inventory system feels clunky. Conclusion: when is David Cage going to remake this game with modern controls and a non-masochistic save system?? Thanks.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 1, 2018

  Amazing game, played when I was young. I recommend checking out http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Omikron:_The_Nomad_Soul This website walks you through on how to make the game entirely playable on today's computers. Once you update the graphics & controller DLLs, you're set for an amazing adventure. Graphics are dated, but the gameplay is still fun, with a vast story to explore. Play for Bowie! I hope David Cage returns back to this title, reimagines it on a new engine with technology that suits its atmosphere, as well as Exodus, along with a 3rd entry to complete as a Trilogy. Those who aren't so shallow and pay attention to the story, it definitely deserves an expanded universe. Since David Bowie is no longer with us, I do recommend Daniel Tompkins as a potential modern voice. Nobody can compare to Bowie, hands-down, but modernly speaking, reusing the same tracks would sound outdated.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 18, 2013

  David Bowie meets Blade Runner. One of my favourite Dreamcast games, with an absolutely fantastic soundtrack. I really wish Quantic Dream would make a sequel (instead of churning out QTE-filled 'games'), but that's about as likely as Beyond Good & Evil 2 ever coming out at this point. 4/5. :)
• gamedeal user

  Dec 13, 2016

  This game is terrible, I don't know how this game is getting positive reviews from anybody who has actually played through it. The puzzles make little to no sense, the overall story is convoluted and easily forgotten after random npcs inform the player of nothing. This game tries so hard to make an immersive world full of its own languages, history, lore and other cultural aspects but they all make no sense and don't even sound cool, all the parts of the world have the worst sounding names that try to sound so mystical. Lastly the gameplay this game has is just....my gosh so terrible, it's not optimized for any set of controls and this game literally mixes in Tekken style fighting mechanics (which don't work well at all and the AI is pro level on all difficulties at random fights) and FPS moments that just make the game even worse. People applaud this game for some reason when there is nothing spectacular or even decent about this game.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 17, 2017

  Omikron has a lot going for it: It has David Bowie performing songs and voicing a character, an actual rock theme song, and a few gameplay mechanics that are fairly unique. The main draw of the game is that you get to reincarnate into a new body when you die—most of the time. There is also a Virtua Fighter-like fighting minigame, which I found to be surprisingly fun, along with some interesting hub mechanics. But I can't recommend Omikron. The story, while interesting at the onset, quickly develops into some generic slog to defeat some demons. And the final boss is probably one of the more frustrating boss encounters in recent memory. Not because it's challenging, it's glitchy and it's downright brutal. There is definitely some good to be found in Omikron, but I think that the overall experience had left me wanting to put my time into something else.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 11, 2016

  Fantastic game brings back alot of memories and of course it features a bitpart & soundtrack from a Legend that sadly passed away today who also had some input on the storyline and game's design. RIP David Bowie
• gamedeal user

  Oct 1, 2013

  So thanks to some programmer wiz one can finally play this mystical game. Is it "good"? I dunno. The graphics have that 90`s Quake/UT Engine charm, likewise the music. Gameplaywise it divides into an Adventure/Open World part sprinkled with FPS and Tekken-like (or whatever) fighting style sections. The open world part is interesting, you get to run around varied locales altho its really pretty linear, no sidequests to speak of (you can get keys to houses and theres semihidden fights around the maps, both give stuff but thats about it). The FPS parts are ok, feel abit floaty but eh. Now as for the fighting stuff : Doesnt feel responsive and theres dropped frames or sync errors or whatever you would call that where you get hit but you dont see the opponent actually doing the animation hitting you. Other times you do a move and just "bump" off the other dude without anybody getting hit because hes in the middle of a move himself. Played my share of brawlers/fighting games and im somewhat positive it wasnt on my end but that this gameplay element is just technically crude or put blunty, ass. Its not that long but maybe thats a good thing because it starts really strong with a kinda Bladerunner setting and somewhat easy but varied and fun puzzles whereas towards the end it drags itself along with samey puzzles all centered around translating symbols or interpreting symbols. Id recommend it for the oddball experience it provides, not so much the gameplay. And now i wanna play Anachronox or Outcast for some reason...
• gamedeal user

  Nov 29, 2014

  I've played through it countless times before Steam version, the game is a masterpiece. The good: Story, music, gameplay - you can move almost anywhere in a kind of open world game, shoot, fight mortal kombat style, drive, control a mecha, And you can control multiple characters, choose stats, augment stats, solve a murder mystery, battle demons and listen to an entire album of David Bowie, sometimes even in "live concerts". The bad: Well the camera is quite annoying sometimes, but you can get used to it. Old graphics yes, but they still look amazingly good for a game that appeared in... 1999? Big thumbs up.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 1, 2014

  One of the greatest and most cerebral games ever. Way ahead of it's time. Kindled my imagination when first playing it on DreamCast when I was little and still holds a special grasp in my heart today when I play it on the PC as an adult. Under-appreciated and not very well known, perhaps this gem made by game developer Quantic Dream captures the heart of the strange and misunderstood. One of the first game developers ever to use a motion capture suit. Also has awesome music by David Bowie. I am glad this game was available to download on Steam, what a pleasure.