Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
The story turns on state surveillance and a terror-bombing campaign, and named characters are killed as the plot unfolds.
Intercepted personal chats and messages contain moderate profanity written into the characters' dialogue.
Terror bombings and a climactic shooting are conveyed through news items, crime-scene photos and text the player reads; injuries are not shown in graphic close-up detail.
Bombings and related crimes drive the plot and are shown through evidence and reports; the player surveils suspects rather than committing crimes.
Two characters' private messages reference a romantic relationship; nothing sexual is depicted.
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What it is
A surveillance thriller played entirely through a government spy program's desktop. Cast as an anonymous operator, you monitor citizens after a bombing campaign, reading their emails, chat logs, browsing history, social media and private files to decide which details to flag to a handler as evidence. There is no combat or on-screen action; the content arrives as text, documents, photographs and news reports. The subject matter is heavy — terrorism, a death that results from your reporting, and the ethics of watching people without their knowledge. Intercepted personal messages carry moderate profanity and passing references to characters' romantic lives.
How it's framed
The game presents state surveillance as ethically fraught rather than heroic: the information the player chooses to submit has direct consequences for the people being investigated, including wrongful suspicion and a death, and the narrative foregrounds the tension between security and privacy without resolving it in either direction. The handler's prompts and the escalating stakes invite the player to weigh how much of a stranger's private life justifies flagging.
Details
- Developer
- Osmotic Studios
- Publisher
- Daedalic Entertainment
- Released
- Oct 27, 2016
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