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An [[Adventure Game|Adventure]] [[Video Game]] created by French studio [[Quantic Dream]]. Yes, that's the one behind ''[[Fahrenheit (2005 video game)]]'' and ''[[Heavy Rain]]'', and is a game often forgotten to be mentioned in previews, reviews and discussions about Heavy Rain and Quantic Dream's work
The plot concerns [[No Fourth Wall|you]], or more specifically, your soul. You buy a video game that allows your soul to enter another world; the titular city of Omikron.
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** [[Ancient Tomb]]
* [[City of Canals]]: Lahoreh, one of the districts of Omikron.
* [[Cool Sword]]: Barkaya'l, {{spoiler|which is empowered by the souls of all the ancient sorcerers of Omikron (minus one), and as such is the only weapon powerful enough to kill the [[Big Bad]]
* [[Cyberpunk]]: Omikron.
* [[David Bowie]]: Provides the soundtrack, alongside regular Bowie collaborator Reeves Gabrels; several of the songs would appear on his album ''hours...''. He also plays TWO characters, who both have his polygonal likeness.
* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: {{spoiler|Sayl. He's played up in promotional material as the main character, with the intro showing him involved in sequences that come long after his death
* [[Dialogue Tree]]
* [[Domed Hometown]]: Omikron, to protect it from an ice age that has engulfed the planet.
* [[Dug Too Deep]]: {{spoiler|
* [[Dystopia]]: Omikron.
* [[First-Person Shooter]]: Some segments of the game are played as an FPS.
* [[Government Conspiracy]]: {{spoiler|Omikron and every organization within it (apart from the terrorist group) are controlled by malevolent demons; the king of whom wants to torture your soul for eternity in order to fuel his attempt at mulitverse-conquest. The trusts, Ix and [[Evil Chancellor|Legatee Reshev]] are all their puppets
* [[Irrelevant Importance]]
* [[Justified Save Point]]: Magic rings with the ability to preserve your soul.
** [[Save Game Limits]]:
* [[Last Fertile Region]]: Jahangir Park.
* [[Mega Corp]]: The government-linked trusts, Khonsu and Tetra.
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* [[RPG Elements]]: The game includes fighting, [[First-Person Shooter]] and [[Adventure]] segments, with skill at all these segments being determined by the stats of the body you are currently inhabiting.
* [[Save Both Worlds]]: Both Omikron and ''the real world''!
* [[Soul Jar]]: The player's soul may inhabit the body of several characters. Also, {{spoiler|Barkaya'l
* [[Take Up My Sword]]: How you obtain the [[Cool Sword]].
* [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]]: The Book of Nout.
* [[Urban Segregation]]:
* [[Wide Open Sandbox]]: An early 3D example, you can explore the city of Omikron freely between (and often also during) missions: buy some stuff, read books, listen to music...
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