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The Nomad Soul
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Omikron: The Nomad Soul thrusts you into a bustling metropolis, in a body that is not your own, on a quest that has not yet been revealed. It is a vast role-playing game with a David Bowie soundtrack, pitting good and evil against one another in a battle for the souls of humankind. You arrive in the city of Omikron, with no idea of your place in this battle. Your job is to research who you are (since your soul has been transported into another body) and why your partner, Den, has died. Through exploring the districts of Omikron for clues--and battling monsters in predictable fight scenes--you discover the truth about Den's death, mysterious serial killings, and demons that haunt Omikron. The game itself is even brought into the plot, suggesting that the way you play will determine not only the fate of your character, but of yourself in the real world (a clichéd device that may have been more effective if the game was in first person). The action scenes are thrilling, but more complicated than necessary. Each type of fighting requires new keystrokes, leaving you to think more than react to your opponent. The first-person shooting scenes are hard to master in using both mouse and keyboard to dodge, crouch, shoot, and run. The hand-to-hand combat is much more exciting, and easier to manoeuvre. The graphics are wonderful, although your interaction with the objects and people are not as sophisticated as might be expected. Unfortunately, Bowie plays a much more minor role than anticipated. The music is played only in a bar concert and is slightly canned, so buying this game strictly for the Bowie effects is not recommended. RPG fans wanting to take a risk may find this combination-format game as intriguing as the mysterious world it's based on. --Madeleine Miller
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3/5 |
the angst ridden soul
(October 30, 2006) |
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I really, really wanted to like the nomad soul. The game comes from david cage, the producer of the much vaunted 'farenheit/indigo prophecy' game for xbox and ps2, and as such, you can see a lot of the twinking ideas that made the latter so enjoyable; sadly though, the nomad soul, is just too broken to ever leave the 'almost enjoyable' camp.
worth a punt to just see what they were aiming for - imagine a sci-fi GTA, with elements of the likes of the Deus Ex games or possibly even shadowrun, and you are almost there. Shame really. |
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The Nomad Soul
(November 23, 2004) |
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One of the best games I've ever played, it has so much to offer in the way of style, imagination and story! You, as the player have been summoned via your system (Dreamcast) by a distressed person that needs your help. He asks that your soul should travel into his body via the system so that you can find out what's going on, he does not have time to fully explain the details.
You are then plunged into this dark Blade Runner'esque world where you slowly pick up the pieces of what you find out to be a massive conspiracy. In this deep game you start of as a policeman investigating the mysterious death of your partner, as a policeman you can solve crimes, interrogate people and end up in shootouts! Shooting sections are in 1st person perspective and fights are in the style of your average beat-em up, this makes the game quite multi faceted and interesting. As mentioned in a previous review this is an adults game as puzzles alone get harder than your average puzzle based game. As well as this you have a very good soundtrack by none other than David Bowie! In the game you can buy what are called 'Transcans' (kind of like multimedia software like a CD/DVD) of different things, some of which are David Bowie songs from 1998's album 'Hours'. Funny enough you can go and see a band called The Dreamers were the singer looks quite familiar :) . Another genre defining Dreamcast classic. For those of you still with a Dreamcast, Buy it! |
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Weird and Wonderful
(July 07, 2000) |
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A deep, sophisticated game, but definately not for children. You can, for instance, shop for sex toys in an adult shop, where the items are visible in glass cases. The gameplay varies between fast paced action and time intensive brain work. Very nice, a game for the thinking individual. A meld of spiritualism, politics, hard sci-fi, street fighting. An entire world, very large, for a single player to learn and explore. This is more like participating in a movie than just playing a game. The graphics are very good, but the dialog can be hard to read sometimes, so get a SCART cable if your TV takes it. The sound track is incredible, with many songs done just for this release by David Bowie and others. They assist the storytelling, and are not just an add-on. Top Stuff. |
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