Scorn

Scorn is a survival horror video game developed by Serbian developer Ebb Software for Microsoft Windows and Xbox Series X/S. The game is inspired by the works of visual artists H. R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński. The game was released on 14 October 2022 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox Series X/S. It also was released for PlayStation 5 on October 3, 2023. It is played from first-person perspective and has a biopunk theme. Gameplay The player controls an entity lost in a nightmarish world filled with grotesque creatures and techno-organic, living structures composed of machines, flesh, and bone. Over the course of the game, the player must explore different interconnected regions, fighting for survival, and gaining vague insights into the nature of the game's world. Gameplay is primarily split between exploration, puzzle-solving, and combat. Puzzles are primarily based in experimentation and learning the nature of the many machines in the environment, such as repairing a complex transit system. For combat, the game presents various biomechanical weapons that all attach to a modular base: to utilize a specific weapon, the player character must remove the current weapon from the base and replace it with another. The game features four weapons: A melee weapon similar to a jack hammer called a TOOL GUN in the Scorn Art book, which can also be used to power machinery at specific points; a pistol-like weapon, which can be used for accurate low-powered shots; a shotgun-like weapon, which has high damage at close range, but a low ammo capacity; and an implosive grenade launcher, mostly used for environmental destruction in the context of puzzles. Ammunition and health is deposited from limited-use storage stations. Health does not replenish on death, but can be replenished with a handheld device that is refilled. Synopsis The story takes place in an unknown realm following a seemingly devastating war. The silent humanoid protagonist first awakens and attempts to cross a wasteland called The Field heading towards the looming citadel called The Crater seen in the distance before falling down a massive crevasse into a factory called the Assembly, a recycling plant that repurposes living things. While traversing the facility, the protagonist gradually acquires the TOOLGUN as well as various weapons and machinery which allows it to manipulate the facility's technology.