Omensight Review

Posted: 6 months ago.

Overview

Omensight is a brawling adventure game where you play the role of Harbinger, a mythical warrior who only appears in times of crisis. As night falls, you witness this destruction of the world at the hands of a dark God but can relive this final day to investigate the characters who caused the apocalypse.

The focus is on the dungeon exploration and fighting action, but the game is equally about solving a murder mystery. As well as mastering the fighting mechanics you must decide whether to fight with them or against them as this will change the cause of history and result in a new narrative that might save the world.

This ability to manipulate time lets you see events unfold from different perspectives, and understand characters in these contexts. As you progress you learn more information about each one that will aid you in solving the riddle of the game and make the right choices about who to support and who to dispatch.

Details

Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB TEEN

Release Date: 15/05/2018

Platforms: Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC and PlayStation 4.

Genres: Action, Fighting, Narrative and Strategy.

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Commitment

Players: This is a single player game.

Costs

Does not offer in-game purchases, 'loot boxes' or 'battle/season passes'.

You can both games from this developer, Omensight and Stories: The Path of Destinies, in a pack. The Definitive Edition of the game, available more recently, doesn't offer any substantial difference to the non-Definitive Edition.

Age Ratings

Rated PEGI 12 for infrequent mild violence towards fantasy characters and use of mild language. Mild violence involves a scene in which a fantasy character is stabbed in the back with a sword and another in which a fantasy character is picked up by their throat during a flashback. Mild language includes the words; ‘*!@?*’, ‘bloody hell’, ‘*!@?*’, ‘*!@?*’ and its derivatives and ‘whoreson’.

This game has been rated ESRB TEEN.

Accessibility

Accessibility for this game is as follows:

System Settings

Nintendo Switch has some built-in features, including a lockable zoom, that can be used on all games. Windows has extensive accessibility features. Some, like colour correction, work with games. Lots of accessibility software can be used with PC games, from voice recognition to input device emulators. PlayStation 4 has a range of accessibility settings. Some are system only, some work in games (invert colours and button mapping)... read more about system accessibility settings.

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