Scorn

What Scorn sets out to do, it does fantastically. You are dropped in an alien world with nothing but that world to show you what is going on and what to do about it. And yet with such an obscure start it manages to tell a story about the world itself as if you are excavating it, keeping most of it's puzzles embedded within that world building as you struggle to survive a realm that left you and the civilization your character lives in behind long ago. It's alien, horrific, grotesque, and tense as hell. It's not perfect by any means, but if this sounds like your cup of tea, you will love this. However, if you only came here because you saw the rapid kill-shots of the later trailers, I'm afraid you've been deceived. This is not an action game.

Best part is when John Scorn kicks open the vaginal trailer door with dual lightsaber-shooting AK-47's and yells "It's Scornin' time!" But seriously, this is a different kind of game. More of an experience. Every frame of this game is like an H.R.Giger painting, and that's an incredible achievement. Surprisingly, except for a few Engine stutters, it runs like a dream on my aging RX580. You will feel in awe and increasingly disgusted as you progress. There's an interesting choice you can make in Act 1 that I wish happened more throughout the game. Just...another solution for a puzzle. One negative is the "lights" puzzles. They are an order of magnitude higher in difficulty than any other thing. I highly recommend using a walkthrough for just that part, I could discern no easy way to figure them out. Some complain about the combat, and it is indeed pretty clunky/slow, but I feel it's appropriate for the game. I mean, just look down at your body in the game and you can see you are all sorts of (increasingly) f'd up. Could also use a basic photo mode to tweak all the gorgeous screencaps too.

Amazing art style and world building, well worth the wait. Scorn!

I really liked the world and atmosphere of this game. A wierd world to explore. Is this hell, another dimension, another planet, who knows, and who or what are your character? It makes me want more of this. I want to know more about the world and the character. Wich is a good thing. But, at the same time, the game feels a bit lacking when it comes to choices. Overall, buy the game if you want an interesting hellish world to explorer.

This isn't a game; it's art. The H.R.Giger-esque visuals are spot on, as is the audio and music. It's clearly a work of skill (and love). As far as the walking sim parts go, it's brilliant, to the point of wishing it had a VR option. If this was the entire game, it would be perfect. However, after a while, Scorn (unfortunately) starts throwing enemies at you, and the mechanics are not ready for it. At all. - The walking speed is very slow. You are not agile enough for combat. - The game explains nothing. You pick up a tentacle creature, and have to read a walkthrough to find out, it's a health pack that you apply by pressing . Some exposure, or even a short text message, would have gone a long way. - Your only weapon (at first) is a melee combat "gun", with no indication if you are in striking range. - At the same time, the first enemies are able to attack from a distance--and they do a lot of damage. - Little feedback, how much (if any) damage you are doing. - Ergo, you will die, a lot. - No manual saves, and the automatic save points are frustratingly far apart. If you die, be ready to be set back 5-10 minutes. - Walking speed is very slow. While you can press to "run" (which isn't mentioned anywhere), the difference is barely noticeable, and backtracking is a constant, so dying is unnecessarily punishing. Long story short, it's a visually stunning game that is plagued by frustrating combat mechanics.