Our David, looking good for his age...

3D adventures these days get a standard booster injection of luscious visuals, thanks to modern graphic accelerator cards. Any new caper that's dreamed up must have an original hook to give it the edge over such a glamorous crowd. Welcome to Omikron: The Nomad Soul.
Andy Smith

Gissa hook then.
Alright. Omikron features the fizzog and talents of the mighty David Bowie.

What, him of the flamboyant dress, androgynous looks and Ziggy Stardust fame back in the '70s?
The very one. He's calmed down a bit now though.

What's his role in this then?
His fizzog's been digitised and placed on a character in the game called Boz. Actually Eidos are very proud of what developers Quantic Dream have done with the faces, claiming the game is the first to feature facial motion capture in realtime.

Nice.
It is. We've seen ole' Dave in the game and the scary thing is, it looks and sounds just like him. He's also written some music especially for the game.

More drum 'n' bass experimentation?
No. David's moved on from that, cough. The music's more appropriate for an urban, futuristic, romp.

Cool. What's the game about then?
It's a huge sprawling adventure game. Set in a crystal-domed city called Utopia, the player's free to wander at will in and out of all the buildings, get in vehicles and pick fights with the other inhabitants. The ultimate aim of the game is to escape the city. The game's completely non-linear though, in that each of the game's puzzles can be solved however the player wants - all the developers have done is make sure there's no chance of the player getting stuck somewhere or in something without the possibility of escape.