Scanner Sombre

Don't play this game for its story/game mechanics, play it as a beautiful exploration toy and you'll have a good time! It's just a walking simulator with a dark atmosphere, yes. The whole thing took me about 3 hours to complete and I went slowly. The story is promising in the beginning, but doesn't expand on the interesting bits. The rest of the story feels a bit like a forced conclusion, it's not too bad, but it's really just there to mark the ending. What makes this game great is that exploring feels more interesting than in a normal game where you see what's there versus here where you discover the area around you by scanning. Scanning looks cool and is quite fun in itself. Looking back at the whole long winding cave you've scanned is really neat! Some people mentioned they didn't like to hold LMB all the time: You can just press MMB once and your scanner keeps scanning till you press MMB again. Compared to Dear Esther: DE is a more coherent game, the single parts make more sense together than in Scanner and it worked better as a whole. On the other hand, exploration in Scanner is way more satisfying.

This game left a very good impression on me. The gameplay is simple but incredibly atmospheric, combining great (and very unique) visuals with splendid sound design and music. While the game is quite short, it isn't too expensive (in my opinion), and had it gone on for much longer it might have gotten dull. I'd say it's about the perfect length. As always, some will argue the story and ending didn't impress them, but I liked it enough to re-watch it on YouTube every once in a while. To conclude, I'd definitely recommend you check this out. There really isn't any game like it, and it's a good experience for the price.

good game. interesting little game to while away the afternoon. The sole mechanic is subtly addictive, since it is the sole means of seeing the world. Story didn't do it for me, was a little lean, and what was there felt unfocused and somewhat cliched. but the feel of it, the ambience and innate mystery of being stuck in a cave had me wanting to explore and keep playing. I recommend it.

Great game to relax with after work

I loved that! And I want more! It may look like cavern edition of walking simulator, but it's something much more. I loved the atmosphere, outstanding immersion, interesting levels causing claustrophobia and agoraphobia attacks, nice story and mistery you're revealing. The whole idea is simple - you're underground, you see nothing but 3D space models created by your laser gadget. The results of such game design are great! After watching the trailer I wanted to play and I'm not disappointed.