An extremely underrated game in my opinion, lots of respect to ebb software. Scorn is a total breath of fresh air for video games. Strangely reminded me of Babbdi.
While I did feel underwhelmed at how vague the ending was, I also think that them leaving it totally open allows the player to view it from whatever perspective they want. To me its exciting when games push the boundary between interactive art and videogames, and I think scorn did this well for the most part.
Related to this is the combat, because I think a lot of people found it incongruous; and while I thought the same at first, I appreciate it a lot more after finishing. Alien flesh guns shouldn’t feel anything like an fps, and honestly I had fun with it. I think they definitely could have given it a clearer ending to appeal to a wider audience, or they could even expand on the meaning with a sequel, but I think it stands fine as it is being an exploration focused visual experience.

Reviewed on Apr 20, 2024


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