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SYSTEM CRITICAL

The space station Observation has broken away from its Earth orbit and is drifting somewhere near Saturn. Its systems are malfunctioning, a fire has broken out, and the on-board artificial intelligence, SAM, is acting strangely. Things are not looking good for Dr Emma Fisher, the reluctant hero of this sci-fi thriller from the studio behind Stories Untold.

But what’s interesting about Observationis that you don’t play as Fisher, but SAM. The station is an extension of you, and its cameras are your eyes and ears. You can, when asked, open doors, cycle airlocks, assess damage, and all manner of functional duties. But something seems to have awoken in you. A flicker of self-awareness, perhaps. And an ominous command from an unknown party has infiltrated your code: BRING HER.

It also reinforces the idea that you’re playing as a machine

The Observation

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