Observation

[h2]A Sphere Odyssey[/h2] Yeah look, not bad for what it was. + Cool conceit operating the entire game from the perspective of the on-board computer AI. + Graphics great, voice acting good enough, little bits of lore sprinkled throughout to find through hacking etc. Cool. - Story was a bit on the nose with some obvious twists + However, I found its last act tied things up quite nicely. Overall, B-. Not behd!

ive never been more confused in my life, play it if you like hexagons

Can't say I enjoyed Observation. The premise is interesting, but wasted, in my view. Too quickly does it devolve into simple and repetative button-clicking where you just have to do everything three times in a row. There is practically nothing you could call a puzzle, so the game essentially becomes an interactive film or a sub-type of a walking simulator, one where you are particularly slow and clumsy. I suppose my main complaint is I got too bored too soon, and that's saying a lot about a 6 hours long game. I feel like so much more could have been done with the premise mechanically. And I can't say the plot is that exciting or deep, a rehash of some classic checkboxes. I will single out the direction, though, as in the cinematography — a couple of cutscenes had perfect shots, and you have to respect the director who's not afraid to keep one shot as long as it takes to really hit you. But that is in no way enough to recommend this game. Oh, and even then, the camera kept clipping through the scenery in the FINAL cutscene, come on! I very much feel that this could be a better film or a short story.

Good horror without jump scares still exists. It's indeed a (solid) 9/10 :) Actually works fine on Steam Deck too now! I tweaked the graphics settings a tiny bit, not sure that was necessary though.

Cool (but kinda confusing) sci-fi suspenseful story about space anomalies. You take control of a spaceship's AI and try to help the human survivor to navigate her way through the ship and discover the truth. The gameplay itself can be a bit confusing and even boring at times, but you're here for the story! Which is also confusing! The story feels great, the mysteries and reveals are awesome, but it's still not that easy to piece together. But yeah, it looks great, and sounds great! I recommend it if you don't mind being confused for most of the time, and just want to enjoy the suspenseful spaceship environments and go through another fairly good story by the creators of [url=store.steampowered.com/app/558420/Stories_Untold/]Stories Untold[/url].

good to play if you have a guide to refer to but is not designed to be easily navigable

this is THE hidden gem among hidden gems. never heard anyone talk about this game, there's barely anything about it on social media, and yet it's the best sci-fi experienced i could've hoped for. i've seen other reviewers say that the controls are hard to adjust to and yeah, kinda true, but consider that you literally play as technology. i think the way controls are made is perfect for immersion into a machine-like mindset. great depiction of aliens and non-linear time. this isn't a 10/10, it's a 1000/10. i could not recommend this game more. i will be replaying it, and i will be replaying it several times.

Disjointed, poorly developed plot and characters. Absolutely not what I expected when I bought the game