Does that stand to reason? By tying the concept of the game of Omikron strongly to reality and defining the player’s character in terms of their actual life, we clearly connected the parallel universe to our own. The game strives to be relevant in the real world by being part of the game. On another, it explores themes of camouflaged totalitarianism and desperate revolution. Well, on one level, it’s your basic good ’n’ evil story. Quantic Dream's own motion capture studio integrated 220 minutes of dialogue and real time motion capture into the game, advanced technology for the time of Omikrons release.
The government is run by a supercomputer called Ix. Common to all Omikronians, however, is a government which utterly controls aspects of life which we take for granted are intensely personal and private, such as who we marry, where we travel, and whether we have children. Because it is forbidden for the inhabitants to leave their respective sectors, each area has developed uniquely, which is reflected by the diverging lifestyles and architecture. The city is split into different sectors: Anekbah, Qalisar, Jaunpur, Jahangir and Lahoreh. The city of Omikron exists beneath an enormous crystal dome, which was constructed to protect against the ice age that Phaenon entered into after its sun's extinction.
After doing so, players continue with the investigation of serial killings that Kay'l and his partner Den were originally working on, attempting to pick up where Kay'l was apparently stopped from investigating. At the start of the game, players are asked by an Omikronian police officer named Kay'l 669 to leave their dimension and enter Omikron within his body (thereby breaking the fourth wall). Omikron: The Nomad Soul is set in a futuristic city known as Omikron, which is a densely populated metropolis on the world of Phaënon, the second planet of the star Rad'an.
The Nomad Soul (known as Omikron: The Nomad Soul in the United States) is an adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Eidos Interactive for Microsoft Windows and Dreamcast.