The story has nothing original or poignant to say and the characters are barely two-dimensional, with the story ending abruptly and unsatisfyingly with what could easily be interpreted as sequel begging. Humanity review – like lemmings to the seaīut none of that means very much when there’s so little to the gameplay or plot. The feeling of being in a real, realistic-looking spacestation is completely convincing and the occasional spacewalks are some of the most awe-inspiring portrayals of outer space we’ve ever seen in a video game. Although the facial animation is fairly low-tech everything else looks fantastic and almost photorealistic. There are two things which make Observation especially disappointing though, the first being the absolutely top notch presentation and atmosphere. In fact, it’s worse because everything takes an eternity to happen, as you slowly pan cameras around and navigate awkward interfaces to achieve tasks that seem to be as purposefully overcomplicated and long-winded as possible. All of which is just as frustrating and unengaging as it sounds. You are able to interact with Emma to some degree, although none of your decisions seem to have any real affect on the story and if you ever fail a mini-game the game just finds some excuse to pretend it doesn’t matter. Observation (PS4) – in space no-one can hear you scream… with boredom
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