Omikron: The Nomad Soul

The futuristic city of Omikron on the planet Phaenon is sprawling beneath a huge crystal dome. It was erected to protect the city against the ice age which descended upon the planet after its sun ceased to exist. In the beginning of the game the player is contacted by an Omikronian police officer named Kay'l 669, who begs him to leave his dimension, possess Kay'l's body, and enter Omikron to investigate a series of strange murders. The player then takes the role of Kay'l, but his investigation is foiled by a sinister force that the police is unable - and perhaps unwilling - to stop. As the plot unfolds, the player realizes that in order to solve the mystery his soul must establish contact with many inhabitants of Omikron, and ultimately save it from extinction.

Omikron: The Nomad Soul is primarily a free-roaming third-person 3D adventure game. Much of the player's activity in the game consists of exploring the large city, which is separated into five districts. The player is generally free to roam the city regardless of the plot development. Certain buildings can be entered and explored. Automatic taxi-like vehicles called "sliders" can be hailed to shorten walking distances and deliver the protagonist straight to the goal. In order to advance the story, information must be gathered by communicating with characters and solving puzzles of various kinds, inventory- as well as logic-based. The emphasis of the gameplay, however, is on exploration and interaction rather than on puzzle-solving.

Throughout the course of the game the player may take on the role of up to 41 different characters through the use of the soul transfer ability. In many situations a soul transfer is required to solve a puzzle and advance the plot, e.g. accessing a restricted area with a specific character who is able to enter it without arousing suspicion.

Beside the adventure mode, the game also contains first-person shooter and fighting gameplay. These two modes are restricted to specific areas, and are for the most part triggered by plot advancement. Once a FPS sequence has been initiated, the player must complete it in order to be able to return to the main adventure mode. Weapons and items for this mode can be found throughout the stages themselves, as well as bought in shops during exploration.

The fighting sequences are also usually dictated by the plot. They take place on side-scrolling screens and consist of traditional exchanges of punches and kicks, with the goal of depleting the opponent's health bar. Each character has different initial fighting statistics. These can be increased by taking the characters to a training facility and practicing to increase his parameters and subsequent combat performance.

Added March 8, 2020
Published By Acer TWP Corp
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Your soul must possess Kay'l's body, as Kay'l himself explains to you (Windows) from mobygames.com
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Those three rings in the corner of the kitchen are the infamous save point (Windows) from mobygames.com
Your "sneak" device, which is used as statistics and options screen, and also as inventory (Windows) from mobygames.com
Need a ride? Call a slider! A fast food restaurant is just across... (Windows) from mobygames.com
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Using first-person view to scan the interior of the bar (Windows) from mobygames.com
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Cool rain effects!.. (Windows) from mobygames.com
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This is a room with a special device which will allow you to train your character in combat (Windows) from mobygames.com
Fighting sequence. Your HP is always to the left, the opponent's to the right (Windows) from mobygames.com
Oh, what a mess... (Windows) from mobygames.com
Your possessed characters have apartments; those apartments have... facilities! Lots of attention to detail, indeed (Windows) from mobygames.com
There are quite a few stores on Omikron. Here, you notice a differently-looking NPC standing there... this usually means you can possess her (Windows) from mobygames.com
A rare frontal shot of your controlled character: during a dialogue in a drugstore (Windows) from mobygames.com
The game gains more and more "tribal" undertones as it advances... Here, you control a bulky "native" who joins an underground society (Windows) from mobygames.com
Praying in a colorful temple - first-person perspective for a better view (Windows) from mobygames.com
Just a regular day on Omikron with a comparatively regularly-looking body - the city is open to you!.. (Windows) from mobygames.com
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Jaunpur, the first district in the game that does not have the cyberpunk-look of the first two districts (Windows) from mobygames.com
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Dakobah - one of the Awakened (Windows) from mobygames.com
This district has a quieter, slightly Middle Eastern feel. Traffic is still busy, though, as you can see. Commercials abound (Windows) from mobygames.com
Just got a new shiny body... Standing alone on the peer, looking at the skies, where large vehicles fly by... what a life, what a life! (Windows) from mobygames.com
Night life on Omikron! Explore, enjoy, see what you can do around here... (Windows) from mobygames.com
Boz - the leader of the Awakened - his face was based in David Bowie's face (Windows) from mobygames.com
You can watch an erotic dance for money in a certain place. Are you sure it was worth it?.. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Nothing spells "adventure" like weird ancient rooms and a dead body behind me!.. (Windows) from mobygames.com
All right, fight in men's shower room! Steroid abuse, latent homosexuality, or both? You decide!.. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Those dialogue choices attempt to recreate humorous mechanics from adventure games. They do not quite succeed... (Windows) from mobygames.com
Captured this new colorful controlled character as she turns around in a strange tribal-looking shop... which is actually in the middle of the city! (Windows) from mobygames.com
Swimming near a mountain range - the edge of one of the more pleasant, almost rural districts (Windows) from mobygames.com
Shooting sequence while controlling a Mecaguard (Windows) from mobygames.com
There is plenty of information to be found in this game. Here, your new character visits a library and browses through the catalog of their history books (Windows) from mobygames.com
New cute body and a puzzle involving strange symbols! This vacation couldn't have been better (Windows) from mobygames.com
Joyfully jumping through the countryside! Finally! We've been stuck in them urban environments for too long!.. (Windows) from mobygames.com
You've discovered an underground city!.. (Windows) from mobygames.com
I don't know about you, but this cold weather always makes me horny... We are nearing the final segments of the game (Windows) from mobygames.com
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Year of Release:
1999

Platform(s):

Genre(s):
Exploration Hybrid Investigative Traditional

Graphic Style:
3D

Camera View:
Third-Person

Control Type:
Direct Control

Setting/Theme:
Mystery Sci-Fi

Gameplay:
Action Shooter

Other Tags:
Crime Speech

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