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At first I thought I would find the game boring, and I worried that there would be little variation. I was surprised to find that the majority of the game is played within a large apartment complex. For anyone into puzzles and exploration, they will get a lot of enjoyment from Observer. This won’t be to everyone’s taste, unfortunately, which is a shame as there really is a decent story going on behind all the special effects. This is not Cyberpunk 2077, and the pace can be very slow and thought provoking. The game is a narrative-driven adventure, meaning you will not be going in all guns blazing, which some may be disappointed with. As immersive as the game is, it’s also eerie at times, and it will definitely keep you on your toes.

The immersion of the game world shines through the neon lights in city and the people you interact with, it all really looks great. With the addition of ray-tracing, 4K textures, HDR lighting, improved character models and animations – they now make Observer stand out compared to some other games of this genre. From the get-go, Observer now looks fantastic compared to the original. Everything runs very smoothly too, which certainly helps with gameplay and immersion, which the original lacked a great deal. This has now changed, and as the Redux version has been re-written and developed with the new generation of consoles in mind, there is now more of a mixture of gameplay, making everything more atmospheric than the original. The original game had a number of stealth sections, which many complained about as they weren’t done that well, and you gained very little from exploring the world.

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Instead, I want to concentrate more on the enhancements with the Redux version for Xbox Series X. I’m not going to go into the story too much as, one, I don’t want to drop any spoilers, and two, as this game has been out for almost four years, most gamers will know what it’s about. The main character, Daniel Lazarski (Rutger Hauer), is a detective who loses himself within the minds of others as the Observer.

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Observer: System Redux is a game full of immersion, from the (now) spectacular lighting effects, ray tracing and amazing sound, you really feel that you are playing within a living cyberpunk city of the future.

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