Scorn

No, just no. This game is pretty much garbage. I usually finish a game before I review it, but Scorn is a masterclass in awful. The setting is boring. It's basically someone's love letter to H.R. Geiger that asked themselves, "How can I make a game that looks like Prometheus but still not get sued?" The combat...oh my, the combat. It is some of the jankiest mess that I have played in a long time. I do not normally feel this much hate for a game since most of them at least do SOME things right, but Scorn is just simply not fun at any point in the game. It's a 1/5 for me.

I love the art style and the unique, dreadful atmosphere it’s easily one of the most distinctive puzzle/walking simulator games out there. However, the performance is miserable. The constant stuttering was so bad it forced me to put the game down before finishing it. Great vision, terrible optimization.

[h1] TLDR: Pretty to look at, not much fun to play. Buy it on sale if you love the art style [/h1] I finished Scorn and I still have no idea what happened. And I mean everything. The art is incredible. It's clear the devs love H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński, and the world looks like their paintings came to life. But it feels like the game was built to show off that art, and the story was an afterthought. Instead of telling a story, it stays ambiguous and lets you feel like there's some deep hidden meaning. When nothing is explained, nothing can be wrong, and that's a cheap way to look deep. A vague story can work if the gameplay carries it. Dark Souls is ambiguous too, but the combat and exploration are so fun that you don't mind. Scorn doesn't have that. The gameplay is clunky and slow, and the puzzles don't explain themselves, so it feels like something you put up with just to see the next area.

Scorn is a good game. People who drag it through the dirt most likely expected an experience that this game is not trying to provide. What you will get is a few hours to be disturbed and puzzled. The game doesn't answer questions and that's alright. You're gonna feel lost and that's part of it. The game is neither long nor is it hard, but it is very beautiful. If you buy it, don't buy it for combat or lore. Buy it fr the scenery and atmosphere. And buy it in a sale

Scorn is a haunting and beautiful exploration of a complex world rich in metaphor and nuance. The story is told completely without dialogue yet none of the substance is lost. A hard game, but an amazing game. 10/10

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