Omikron: The Nomad Soul
Responding to the desperate pleas of a mysterious character from another dimension, your soul must enter the dark and futuristic city of Omikron. This is but the beginning of an epic adventure through an…
Omikron: The Nomad Soul is an adventure developed by Quantic Dream, released 31 October 1999 on Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Omikron: The Nomad Soul is
Omikron: The Nomad Soul is an adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and released in 1999. It was published by Eidos Interactive. It is available on Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
“Well, on one level, it’s your basic good ’n’ evil story. On another, it explores themes of camouflaged totalitarianism and desperate revolution. The game strives to be relevant in the real world by being part of the game. Does that stand to reason? By tying the concept of the game of Omikron strongly to reality and defining the player’s character in terms of their actual life, we clearly connected the parallel universe to our own. In effect, the player’s own life becomes our setting. Quantic believes it may be the world’s first Buddhist game--Buddhist with guns, I call it.” – Eidos Senior Designer Philip Campbell Soon after the player begins the investigation in Anekbah sector, he uncovers…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Omikron: The Nomad Soul holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 2 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz Processor, 512 MB RAM and 3D graphics card with 1 GB of RAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
Omikron: The Nomad Soul launched on 31 October 1999, within three weeks of Pokémon Gold Version, Pokémon Silver Version, The Longest Journey and Rayman 2: The Great Escape. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Pokémon Gold Version, Pokémon Silver Version, The Longest Journey, Rayman 2: The Great Escape.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Omikron: The Nomad Soul yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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