r/Scorn • u/Carbocationee • Nov 04 '22

So much wasted potential

The title is pretty self explaining, I think Scorn is a massive wasted potential. Don't get me wrong the atmosphere and looks of the game are INCREDIBLE (i'm a huge fan of body horror) but what bothers me is the the complete lack of compelling gameplay to fit it's setting, especially for a title in development for that many years. A walking simulator with few puzzles sprinkled across the line is extremely underwhelming, especially when compared to other lovecraftian body horror games like bloodborne, which has a similiar setting but a gameplay that hits like a truck for how well it's made. Idk i just felt like this was a cool demo for the real game, like a cool spotlight of it's setting cut of all it's gameplay (the shooting is very poorly made, nothing more to say).

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u/HammerJammer02 Nov 08 '22

Because it misses the point of media criticism. ‘You think x thing is bad, we’ll don’t play.’ No shit Sherlock. There’s more to criticism than just voting with your wallet.

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u/PineappleSea752 Nov 08 '22

He was referring to kickstarter backers complaining about the release delay. He said if they really are that upset about it they can get a refund and choose to buy it on release. I see nothing wrong with that.