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Description

You are the Nomad Soul, a computer game player sucked into another dimension. At first you take on the role of Kay'l, an Omikron police officer. As Kay'l you must figure out what has happened over the past few days due to memory loss. As the game progresses you will find a plot that twists and turns at every corner. For transportation, you use a "Slider" that you can control manually or set to auto-pilot to take you throughout much of Omikron. When given a choice of what to say to a person, your answers will almost always affect your future in the game and how people act towards you.

Throughout the course of the game you may take on the role of up to 41 different characters through the use of a "Soul Transfer" spell. In most situations, even if you die, you will be "virtually" reincarnated through the next character that touches you. In your travels you must explore the vast city of Omikron. You may visit anywhere in the city that you wish to, even if it isn't important for finishing the game.

An example of this freedom is when in the "red light" district of Omikron, you find a flyer about a "prohibited" concert that you may attend. If you go to the concert, the band will play a full length song for you. Also in this part of Omikron you can attend "peep-shows" and go visit the sex shops. All items are kept inside your SNEAK device on your wrist, 18 items may be carried at once and there is a transfer system set up so items can be stored and retrived at another station.

Also, in Omikron, it is important that with each character you take them through combat training so you are at a higher fighting level. Although most of the game takes place in adventure mode there are two other modes available to use at certain points throughtout the game, shooting and fighting. In the fighting mode, your character knows a variety of moves and will have to fight off his opposition. In the shooting mode, you find yourself in a first-person perspective shooting after thugs mostly, although you will run into some more interesting enemies to shoot later in the game.

As they say in Omikron, "Who will you be after you die?"

Alternate Titles

  • "Nomad Soul" -- German Title

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User Reviews

Better git it in yo' soul! JazzOleg Bronze Star Contributing Member (53181) 4.29 Stars4.29 Stars4.29 Stars4.29 Stars4.29 Stars
Best game I've ever played Kurt Murphy (5) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
A new world to explore! Sam Jeffreys Bronze Star Contributing Member (2214) 4.14 Stars4.14 Stars4.14 Stars4.14 Stars4.14 Stars
Great story supported by fantastic music. Baxter (38) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
Biggest disappointment in my gamer's life MichaelPalin (458) 2.57 Stars2.57 Stars2.57 Stars2.57 Stars2.57 Stars

The Press Says

Just Adventure 2000 A- 91
Game Over Online Nov 22, 1999 88 out of 100 88
IGN Nov 12, 1999 8.5 out of 10 85
JeuxVideoPC.com Sep 18, 2006 17 out of 20 85
PC Gameplay (Benelux) Nov, 1999 81 out of 100 81
Power Unlimited Dec, 1999 8 out of 10 80
Jeuxvideo.com Nov 05, 2000 16 out of 20 80
PC Games (Germany) Nov, 1999 72 out of 100 72
Gamekult Sep 14, 2000 7 out of 10 70
Armchair Empire, The 1999 5 out of 10 50

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Trivia

David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels created the soundtrack for Omikron.

Featuring David Bowie as Boz, the Virtual Being. For the role of Boz, David Bowie contributed his voice and allowed a graphic fantasy rendition to be made of himself for the role. In addition, his wife, supermodel Iman, acts as the model for one of the characters (Iman 631) in the game that players can take control of as part of the "virtual reincarnation" process.


This entry was contributed by Adam Baratz (1364) and Derrick 'Knight' Steele (2190)
 

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