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To me it still felt like watching a let's play where I had to do all the work, and I'd rather see the movie, so it's only a 6. So if you like this kind of "game" this is borderline a must-buy even with some nitpicks about the controls it would be easily a 9. While the actual cinematic you are "playing" shames the likes of David Cage by being engaging, better paced and way better narrated, it's still that. Dialogue choices, while seemingly plenty, don't really change anything, and there is no replayability. The plot doesn't gain anything by being permanently on pause while you stumble through it's dark, glitching setpieces looking for the next scene to play. It would however do much better as an actual film or animation that let's those qualities shine. It's claustrophic, hostile and outright depressing (and I recommend it for that) and has excellent voice-acting and sound design on top of that. Observer's cyberpunk is not stylish and cool, it's poverty is crushing and ugly, and it's technology has become a prison for it's citizens. Having played this after Cyberpunk I'd even go as far as saying that they understood way better what a dystopia looks like, and made it lot more inhospitable, messy and dark. However, as far as video-recorder-mechanics go, "Observer" has quite a few, just like it has some very pretty aesthetics and sound. There is only ever one solution to every problem, and it therefore rewards patience and nothing else.
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It might be opening a door, or scanning a book that is inside a drawer, you might have to walk a few steps or just turn around, but I never really felt like I'm investigating or figuring something out.
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There are no real puzzles to solve except for figuring out where the next PLAY button is. It's an interactive 9/10 cinematic with all the interactivity of a video recorder.