Scorn Is Out!

[Thought Art]

@Leo Gura In someways Scorn reminds me of a puzzle Bioshock 1. Mostly because of the body transforming and the kyosks 

I agree on dead space to some degree. I was surprised at how fun I found it when a teen. It had a cool And creative UI, sound design and balanced horror with fun and playability.

Edited October 17, 2022 by Thought Art

[The Mystical Man]

Scorn has a lot of potential. It could've been a much more profound experience.

[Leo Gura]

3 minutes ago, The Mystical Man said:

Scorn has a lot of potential. It could've been a much more profound experience.

That's true, but it was also an indie title so there's only so much they can accomolish.

[Vibes]

1 hour ago, Leo Gura said:

That's true, but it was also an indie title so there's only so much they can accomolish.

Have you ever heard of Remnant: From the Ashes?

It's similar to Dark Souls but with guns. This game reminds me of the old school xbox 360 games, just pure fun and no bullshit like 99% of the modern games.

Please, take a look I'm sure you'll like it.

[Leo Gura]

36 minutes ago, Vibes said:

Have you ever heard of Remnant: From the Ashes?

No

[Space]

On 17/10/2022 at 6:51 AM, Leo Gura said:

Anyone play Scorn yet?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/698670/Scorn/

I don't like puzzle games but the art in this game is just too good to ignore.

I'm playing Factorio atm. Good fun but can get a little repetitive.

[Leo Gura]

5 hours ago, Space said:

I'm playing Factorio atm. Good fun but can get a little repetitive.

Tried it, shut it off after 10 mins. Way too tedius.

Edited October 18, 2022 by Leo Gura

[Vido]

20 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Tried it, shut it off after 10 mins. Way too tedius.

RIP

[Yog]

22 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

That's true, but it was also an indie title so there's only so much they can accomolish.

Yea, I would like to see something like it in Subnautica play style.

But that game was in early access for 7 years Imagine the effort there too.

Btw you might like Breathage then. It's basically Subnautica set in soviet space. Give it or take.
 

 

[Leo Gura]

@Yog That does look cool.

[Richard Purdy]

I love video games. Art is art.

[Extreme Z7]

A negative review of Scorn because why not lol?
https://www.thejimquisition.com/post/scorn-worthy-of-its-title-review
 

Personally, I think this review may not give the artistic direction enough credit. I haven't played the game yet, I don't know whether or not the environment design is worth it enough for me to forgive it's bad game design. But at the very least, I can say that something like this is a very reasonable critique:

"Speaking of checkpoints, they’re rationed like chocolate during World War II. Since much of the game involves watching tedious animations while puzzles bring lumbering machinery to life, the ability to manually save, or at least access to liberal checkpointing, would be a blessing. Instead, Scorn expects you to replay huge chunks of it should you die, which includes solving multiple puzzles you’ve already solved.

This is an absolute fucking sin - there’s nothing challening or interesting about completing puzzles you’ve already completed. Having to sit through them and their laborious animations again is actually worse than the notorious respawn animation in Too Human, and when Too Human can act as a more positive frame of reference, you have truly fucked up."

For those who don't know, the respawn animation to the infamously bad "Too Human" from 2009 involved an unskippable scene of a valkyrie coming down from the heavens to slowly carry your body back up to heaven every single time you died.

I'm likely still going to play Scorn at some point though. I'm willing to forgive bad game design and boring puzzles a lot of the time if the aesthetic experience is interesting enough to me. Heck, if I wait long enough they might even just patch it at some point to have a better checkpoint system. Admittedly a terrible expectation we should have from released games but there's enough love and care put into the artistry of this game that I'm willing to play it even if it doesn't get patched.

Edited October 18, 2022 by Extreme Z7

[Leo Gura]

I played for 2-3 hours before I died the first time.

Edited October 18, 2022 by Leo Gura

[Extreme Z7]

@Leo Gura  Yeah, sometimes game reviewers just have really weird experiences with games sometimes. They (as in this particular reviewer who is NB so I should use 'they/them' pronouns, I guess) make some very good critiques but they're overly harsh towards the overall game to the point of ridiculousness.

I mean a 2/10? Even if I experienced the problems they described, I still probably wouldn't rate it that low.

Here's a recent response on the comment section on their review:
"I beat the game first and read this review second. The detail in the environment was so allutring, that I didn't notice any of the problems mentioned in your critique. I was immediately engrossed by the art and didn't even think about running until like 50% thru the game. I walked thru the entire first level like twice trying to solve that stupid sliding puzzle, and immediately forgot how frustrating it was when I completed it (won't spoil anything here). Same story with the final encounter. I had to replay that part at least 6 times before coming out alive. This game stands on the merit of its own art alone. Its could be a fucking walking simulator and I would be happy."

 

 

[Leo Gura]

This is just a very niche game that is not meant for most players.

Mainstream gamers are very spoiled. This is not a game for them.

Edited October 19, 2022 by Leo Gura

[Vibes]

I'm liking it a lot. It's very immersive.

And also, there's something satisfying in sticking your fingers and arms in wet alien holes 

Edited October 19, 2022 by Vibes

[Thought Art]

@Vibes ?

[Leo Gura]

Scorn porn is born.

Edited October 19, 2022 by Leo Gura

[TheNovice]

VR mod is releasing soon.

It won't be as good as an actual VR game, but it's still awesome.

[The Mystical Man]

11 hours ago, Vibes said:

there's something satisfying in sticking your fingers and arms in wet alien holes