Written by Cherilyn 2022 Cohort
In this blog, I will recommend an exciting game called ‘Orwell: keeping an eye on you.’ I just learned about this game last week, and I found it beneficial for an English learner like me and some of you who want to improve your English.
‘Orwell: keeping an eye on you’ is a simulation video game about the investigation by a German developer named ‘Osmotic Studios.’ The player takes an investigator role outside of the country called the Nation. They must find who was behind the bomb detonating in a public park and prevent further incidents during the investigation. They can access Orwell, a new governmental security program containing data on every suspicious person in the Nation. As it has all personal information such as private bank accounts, phone calls, desktops, social media, and blogs, a player must collect and decide which piece of suspect data should be sent to the advisor and which should be rejected.
This game can be used as an instructional medium for the English lesson as the game is text-based. Also, it has several types of data and pieces of evidence that player has to use for their reading and listening skills. For instance, a player can make a scan reading faster as they practice a lot on the text part, and they might improve their listening skill because they have to listen to the phone call and catch the main idea of each conversation.
Moreover, to play this game, a player must pay tons of attention and effort as they have to analyze the information and send the evidence to the advisor to prevent future incidents. However, if a player sends the wrong data to the advisor, they will receive different consequences and ending parts depending on the data they sent.
Last but not least, for the game’s art style, I love the futuristic tone of the game. As you can see, all images and videos are polygonal styles, even the character’s faces. Overall, I was impressed with the art direction of the game.
If you want to try it, you can find it on Steam or follow the link below.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/491950/Orwell_Keeping_an_Eye_On_You/