Necrophosis

The impression I get is that the developer played Scorn, hated it, and said "I bet I can do better" and got to work on this. The results are impressive visually, but unfortunately, I don't think the storytelling rose to the challenge. It starts with an alien reciting the entirety of the poem Ozymandias and goes downhill from there, spouting Lovecraft lines and references to other works as it goes. Apparently the goal is to save the Elder Gods from eternal despair in a dead world that can't die, or something...? One could definitely argue that it's a more coherent plot than Scorn's alien silence, but does it make the player as curious and invested in figuring out what's going on? For me, it didn't. As for the actual gameplay... well, it's more of an experience than a game. "Walk, look at scenery, find roadblock, look for glowy object, insert object in clearly-marked container, walk to next roadblock". That's fine if you enjoy the experience, but as you can probably tell by now (haha), this wasn't my cup of tea. I lasted about an hour before I got bored with carrying body parts around and watched a YouTube recap instead.

I feel like I learned something slightly new by playing this game. Gaming in certain dimensions acts as a conduit for conscious expansion for me, and this game was a very interesting experience and perspective on Consciousness.

x-- 8 / 10 --x 100x better than Agony and Scorn. It's unbearbly grotesque, surreal, and hauntingly beautiful.

Absolutely beautiful game. No jumpscares is a big plus for me. Puzzles could be a bit harder though, but I still 100% recommend this masterpiece!

Game's pretty neat and certainly looks nice but the pacing is just really odd. You'll often be made to put like 4 identical objects in 4 identical holes and every time you put an object in there's a 10 second long painfully slow animation that locks you in place. Most other animations are also just painfully long and some puzzles just go on forever. Additionally, in almost every area one or two random creatures will show up, monologue about something, locking you in a cutscene where you can't move or look around, and then disappear only to never appear again. I feel like if you could look around the environment during these it would help so much with pacing, and for it to be more clear on who exactly each person is. Overall it's alright. Most of the enemy and area designs are really cool, and the puzzles are mostly nice (aside from a few exceptions). The issues with pacing means that I doubt most people have the patience to enjoy this game, though, so for that reason I don't recommend it.

7/10 A visual marvel of a game. Though far from a perfect one. For the visuals there were some incredibly breathtaking scenes to walk through. Truly have no idea how someone could come up with this style let alone put it in a video game. Very interesting areas and things to look at or interact with. The story I initially thought was weak, however by the end I felt satisfied with how it played out. The audio and music hit the mark every time and made for an eerie atmosphere, which is where this game excels. On the other hand we have a very basic game at its core. You could argue it is a walking simulator mixed with puzzles. But, the puzzles are so simple I don't know if you could classify them as puzzles. Also the chest burster in Beyond the Gate was the worst. I didn't mind all the gore, but sometimes it felt like it was trying too hard. The red underground chapter crashed the game a few times and the creatures honestly just felt annoying rather than spooky. The pacing does also feel off quite often, especially hitting us with multiple "puzzles" right before the ending. Also the pacing of the speaking was rather slow and you can't skip anything nor often can move. When replaying …