Beholder: Complete Edition (PS4) – Review | SquareXO

Rob Pitt writes: Beholder is clearly inspired by dystopian works such as 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, it places you within a totalitarian state as the appointed landlord for an apartment building. There are a lot of moral choices which appear throughout the game yet every single ‘problem’ can be dealt with in various ways. This means that ultimately the way you deal with issues is more about your personality and mindset rather than the game asking you to do cruel things. One such dilemma, will you buy/steal a gun for a lady whose abusive ex-husband is stalking her so she can kill him yet probably end up in prison for the rest of her life? Or, do you ignore her request and find out that her ex has hunted her down and killed her in cold blood? This game is all about morals, choice and the ‘impression’ of free will – just who can you trust and what would people do for money? So, come with me into the dark, gritty world of Carl Stein as I see if Beholder (be)holds up or not…