Lazarski himself is a B Class citizen meaning that he has greater freedom of mobility that the majority of the population, namely 91.6% being made up of Class C citizens. While out on patrol one night, Lazarski gets a phone call from his estranged son that prompts him to investigate a Class C tenement. Observers are thought police ( 1984 anyone?) who jack into the brains of persons of interest through neural implants to extract information that may not be parted with willingly.

Set in 2084, conveniently 100 years post- 1984, Lazarski is an Observer. In a world that is beset with horrific ideas like nanotech plagues, corporate controlled governments, and thought police, the only thing that could give Observer more cyberpunk cred is the addition of Rutger Hauer, best known for his role as Roy Batty in Blade Runner, as the protagonist and narrator of the story, Detective Dan Lazarski. Observer is a dark cyberpunk horror video game developed by the Bloober Team and published by Aspyr, who teamed up previously to bring forth Layers of Fear, another horror title.

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