Developed for Microsoft Windows and Xbox Series X/S by Serbian developer Ebb Software, Scorn is a survival horror video game. It is inspired by the works of visual artists H. R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński. It is played from the first-person perspective and has a biopunk theme.
Let’s check everything about this survival horror video game.
Scorn Gameplay
The main protagonist is a character who is lost in a world that has strange creatures and living structures that have machines, flesh, and bone. The player gets to explore different regions and fight for survival at the same time. Gameplay is always separated between exploration, puzzle solving, and combat. Puzzles are inspired by experimentation and understanding the nature of the machines in the environment like making changes to a complex transit system. The game has a collection of biomechanical weapons that can be updated as per requirement and this can be done at the base. There are four weapons usually which include a melee weapon, looking the same as a jackhammer called Tool Gun in the Scorn Art book. It is a weapon that looks like a pistol and can work in terms of low-powered shots. Ammunition and health is put at the limited-use storage functions and health does not go down at the time of death but can be refilled with a handheld device.
Scorn Release Date
Initially, the game was released on October 14, 2022, for Microsoft Windows and Xbox Series X/S and later it is also set to be released for PlayStation 5 on October 3, 2023.
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Scorn received “mixed or average” reviews. The gamer received decent feedback, with Alessandro Barbosa praising the setting but also criticizing it for the combat, puzzles, and checkpoints. Barbosa said that the game gave the feeling of an infuriating slog. Leana Hafer of IGN said that the game is an exploration of Hell with a lot of combat but she does not mean it in a good way. He also praised the art direction and puzzles at the same time.
Scorn Trailer
The official trailer for Scorn was released a few months ago on YouTube. Check it below: