Scorn

I really wanted to enjoy this game, it is an artistic masterpiece and the Geiger/Beksinski inspiration is rendered pretty much flawlessly and it is something to behold. Actually playing it though is an onslaught of frustration and tedium. The game is structured in a linear fashion presenting a mix of puzzles and combat to provide meat to the wandering through decaying halls. The puzzles are the better of the two gameplay styles, though they cause problems of their own; each puzzle takes the form of a simple logic test, move the boxes to bring the correct one to a certain point or press the buttons until they all light up are the most common. But while a few have a satisfying context to exist, such as parts of the mechanism are broken meaning youneed to manouver around them, most of them exist on a panel to be interacted with and seem to exist for the sake of being there. In a game where you are intended to immerse yourself in a supposedly once-lived-in world, these puzzles conflict with any sense of logic and fell videogamey. The combat is just terrible. The guns feel OK at best and the melee weapon is just annoying to use. Every so often when killing an enemy in melee your weapon will get stuck in their corpse and you will enter a 10 second where you shake it free, there are only a couple of animations per enemy and you'll see each many times during your playthrough, to add insult to injury the immersion this was supposed to add to is broken if this occurs amidst other foes as they all stop and wait while you shake a corpse about. The three enemies are similarly uninteresting, they all take the form of a shambling fleshy mass that either hits you up close or vomits pain at you. None of them are hard to kite around corners, and that will be your primary means of engagement, though the large melee-only one is capable of comboing you against a wall. Add to this that the asking price is £32 for a five hour game, and you have an utter mess on your hands.

Definitely a game for a niche audience, but it fills that niche well. Creepy and disturbing as all hell. It's not a shooter or a jump scare game. It is almost a playable piece of art. Recommended.

I really want to like this game. The visuals and atmosphere is amazing, they really make you feel like you're in a dying world. There are many scenes that look like something out of a painting. The puzzles while challenging are fair. However its the combat that really ruins this game for me, possible spoilers ahead. The guns look great but do not feel good to use, they really make me want a game as a soldier fighting with these living guns. The reloading and switching guns look amazing, but why are they so weak, its a gun they are meat to kill what kinda of a civilization would make something sobad at that. The poking gun is annoying you need to be on top of enemies so if you miss they are going to spit acid on you. The projectile guns feel like you would be better throwing the bullets at the enemies rather than shooting, they require you to empty half you clip into a single guy. Bullets and heath are extremely rare so any group of enemies will leave you low on either health, ammo or both. I would be ok with this if you could avoid enemies but they spawn surrounding you or in a narrow hallway. This game doesnt have a dodge button only a walk slightly faster sprint. The enemies also look uninspiring and weak like one of the smaller ones look like a plucked chicken. I really think this game would be impoved with either stronger guns, less bullet sponge enemies, or just remove combat all together. The animations, feel, sound, and everything else is so good, but the combat really just ruins it for me.

I really wanted to love the game, but there isn't any good gameplay. The fights are getting on my nerves. The puzzles are annoying. I would rather love this game with a god mode as an option or a truly walk simulator so I can enjoy the atmosphere and move freely inside this alien like world. Please creators, add a walking simulator or a god mode option to the game and give me a part two with more answers/questions to this brilliant universe you created. And by the way, please add an VR-option.