An ode to the cyberpunk David Bowie of Omikron: The Nomad Soul
is now a celebration of hacker games and everything ‘cyber’.
was one of the first games I remember properly playing. This means it s inevitably one I remember fondly; it is the reason I hold out hope, every time, that Quantic Dream s next game won t be a well realised but absolutely complete disaster. Incidentally, you can get it in the current Steam sale for like a quid. I replayed it to get screenshots for this piece, and of course realised that actually it might be a complete disaster as well.
The controls are an abomination, combined with a Cagian, I-am-an-auteur style camera that snaps to a new angle every time you enter a room, usually in a top corner (the better to evoke constant CCTV monitoring by a dystopian deep state). There s a scene where you can have sex with a lady whilst in the body of her husband, and she doesn t know you re not him. Come on, mate. That’s not on. But there s one thing of undeniable quality that Omikron does have, and that is .