Controls are far more responsive now too leading to fluid interaction and seemingly key items are purposely more visible when using Daniel’s vision filters which is always a positive. That’s not to say there aren’t any issues remaining from before but this time around, Bloober Team have fine-tuned what matters most. Stealth segments no longer feel like a chore to get through and gameplay hampering glitches and crashes are almost nonexistent. But thankfully, this time around, Bloober Team have addressed these issues with confident conviction. It was a frustration that almost ended the experience entirely. Numerous times throughout my original playthrough of Observer, I would become a hopeless victim of convoluted stealth segments and infuriating glitches or crashes. Gameplay and performance wise, Observer: System Redux is a different kind of beast to its predecessor. Every new scenario is interesting and visually impressive providing some serious eye candy that would even make David Lynch nod with approval. As a horror gamer, who wouldn’t want to experience that? Bloober Team realizes this and relishes every moment of it. With every use of The Dream Eater, we are thrust headfirst into nightmarish scenarios that exist solely to disorientate and disturb.
Trippy visuals an d psychological puzzles have become a signature of Bloober Team in recent years and Observer: System Redux showcases why.
Truthfully, investigation was Observer’s greatest strength and here it has only been amplified with some great new content too. The new side missions never outstay their welcome and one particular side mission was extremely impressive visually, evoking vibrant cinematic masterpieces like Suspiria. Investigation in Observer: System Redux is never dull and this time around Bloober Team have added several new optional side missions for good measure. Equipped with a device named The Dream Eater, Daniel has the ability to hack into civilian minds in an effort to piece this mystery together providing some deliciously surreal hallucinatory encounters as Daniel begins to lose his grip on reality. Just like the 2017 rendition of Bloober Team’s psychological horror, Observer: System Redux has you assume the role of private detective, Daniel Lazarski (played by the late Rutger Hauer), working for a special police unit in Krakow as he attempts to uncover the murder of his son, Adam, and several other residents of a connected lower-class tenement building.
Four years on and Bloober Team have capitalized on the release of next generation consoles in an attempt to rework Observer and right the (minor) wrongs of its previous edition. Layers Of Fear was an impressive shift into the world of horror gaming but it was undoubtedly 2017’s Observer that laid the foundation for Bloober Team’s unusual psychological horror focus.Īt initial release, Observer was considered Bloober’s Team’s strongest outing, but it wasn’t without its fair share of issues and criticisms with the majority of these being aimed at Observer’s stealth segments and focus on style over substance. This was no simple feat for an indie developer that, before Layers Of Fear, mainly dedicated their focus to action, strategy and puzzle games. After garnering strong positive reception from fans and critics, 2016’s Layers Of Fear confidently placed Bloober Team among the shortlist of upcoming indie developers to keep a close, creepy eye on. Poland’s Bloober Team are making quite a name for themselves among horror gaming obsessives as of late.
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