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[DJT123]

It looks freakin cool. Refreshing visuals/artistic style. Also running smooth as hell on whatever they were playing it with (XsX?)

 

[GymWolf]

He wasn't reloading the gun, he was switching out the gun module components. Unless there's some specific part you'd like to indicate.

EDIT: Never mind I saw what part you were talking about. Though, I don't see the issue really. In fact I think you mentioned this way back, and I didn't see the issue then, either.

Are people expecting a shoot-shoot, bang-bang FPS style of game? It really makes me wonder how some gamers today would've responded to something like System Shock if it came out in 2020 and the game defaulted to the Puzzles and Adventure parts being the dominant parts of the gameplay?

Maybe the average span of patience for a slower-paced experience with the typical gamer is dead now. Sad, because it was those kind of shifts (whether genuine or assumed) that caused survival horror to shift to a much more action-heavy design with games like RE4 leading the pack in that regard. There's a reason Capcom took so long to port the Gamecube RERemake and RE0 to PS4, XBO and PC....

I've always seen this game as more adventure-like with some puzzle elements and a big survival-horror feel, and intentionally light on action or shooting. So maybe saying parts of it are "Myst-like" is more in line with what they are intending? That explains things like the reload time; you wouldn't just fire off all your bullets in classic RE games and hope to reload swiftly on the spot while monsters were still around. Slow reloading works as a game mechanic in some style of survival-horror games because it forces you to be strategic with your confrontations. I don't know why this is being glossed over or not considered in this game's case

Well to be honest, when they showed the gameplay for stuff like desu ex or dishonored(other first person titles who are not bang bang) people was far more interested in them.

The gameplay of skorn show very little about the game except for the art style and the fact that you use alien dicks guns to kill worm dicks creatures.

We didn't see any groundbreaking or even new gameplay mechanics, we don't know the story, we don't know almost anything about the title and this gameplay is not the clarifying moment that devs maybe hoped for.

 

[mcz117chief]

Look I love the bio-mechanical style of H.R.Giger just as much as anybody else but when there is nothing expect this one style it just becomes mundane. If you don't cotrast it with anything else it will just be boring. The best way to emphasize crazy visuals is by putting them next to normal ones or at least have different types of crazy to switch between. Imagine if you were playing with normal guns in a run down apartment building with monsters running around but the cellar looked like the game does now, then you would reach a subway station and everything would look, more or less, normal, then you would enter another building or area and it would gradually start morphing into Giger's bio-mechanical nightmare, that would have been far more interesting and fun.

 

[MastaKiiLA]

I really want to know how man of those "looks average/like shit" guys acutally watched this on a decent 4k tv instead of some 300 bucks trash tv or 60 bucks 1080 monitor. Also this is compressed Youtube material.

I watched on my 4k TV, as I do all next-gen content. Its the lighting. This lacks the atmosphere to make that art style really hit. That's what the in-engine trailer had, and it's largely down to lighting. There's definitely room for improvement.

 

[Gojko_of_Rivia]

reeks of agony

 

[Barakov]

looks boring

Looks fucking awesome. Its like you are literally placed inside an H.R Giger painting. Holy shit.

 

[oldergamer]

You started it.

lots of threads u can be in. Just saw the mods commented.

 

[DonJorginho]

Looks really interesting, bit worried about what the gameplay loop and story is but the art style and atmosphere really intrigue me, looks good graphically too.

Happy to be a fan of all consoles, it is a good time to be into gaming imo.

 

[Whitecrow]

I watched on my 4k TV, as I do all next-gen content. Its the lighting. This lacks the atmosphere to make that art style really hit. That's what the in-engine trailer had, and it's largely down to lighting. There's definitely room for improvement.

I actually agree with this.

It looks good, but a better lighting could add so much more.

 

[Handy Fake]

Look I love the bio-mechanical style of H.R.Giger just as much as anybody else but when there is nothing expect this one style it just becomes mundane. If you don't cotrast it with anything else it will just be boring. The best way to emphasize crazy visuals is by putting them next to normal ones or at least have different types of crazy to switch between. Imagine if you were playing with normal guns in a run down apartment building with monsters running around but the cellar looked like the game does now, then you would reach a subway station and everything would look, more or less, normal, then you would enter another building or area and it would gradually start morphing into Giger's bio-mechanical nightmare, that would have been far more interesting and fun.

I was thinking this when I was rewatching the trailer. Totally agree. It's why "Aliens" works so well.

 

[Hendrick's]

xsux ? What are you, 6 years old? Stop drive by trolling.

6 is generous

 

[havok75]

Very creepy and atmospheric. With one of the most unique weapons I think I've ever seen in a game. I like it, and will probably pick it up for P.C.

 

[borborygmus]

This game looks like a colonoscopy. I don't get it.

 

[ne1butu]

I love the alien boneship style and the graphics look good. Gameplay seems very slow pace and dry

 

[Hendrick's]

This game looks like a colonoscopy. I don't get it.

It sounds like you do get it. It's supposed to make you uncomfortable.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Hopefully this is ready first quarter of 2021.

 

[Mato]

I'm intrigued. When is is coming out on PC?

 

[borborygmus]

It sounds like you do get it. It's supposed to make you uncomfortable.

There has to be more to it than just that. It's slow and sparse. I don't understand what the "game" part is supposed to be.

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

Looks like a walking simulator. Should attract lots of PS fans

Don’t be picking on Death Stranding now lol. Actually, I think Scorn would attract a lot of Xbox fans as well since it’s in first person and has a gun in it.

 

[Handy Fake]

There has to be more to it than just that. It's slow and sparse. I don't understand what the "game" part is supposed to be.

SPARSE.

That's the word I was looking for earlier.

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

Aesthetically, it looks interesting and pretty good. Gameplay-wise, it seems like the anti-Doom Eternal. Gameplay will probably be decent, but it looks kind of empty I guess?

 

[Clear]

It sounds like you do get it. It's supposed to make you uncomfortable.

Makes me kinda uncomfortable that Giger's art-style is getting so thoroughly ripped-off and everyone is acting like its artistic genius.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

Doesn't look interesting. XBX has its Godfall.

 

[Rubik8]

This looks dreadfully dull.

 

[Lupin3]

 

[Hendrick's]

There has to be more to it than just that. It's slow and sparse. I don't understand what the "game" part is supposed to be.

It reminds me of an old school PC game, where half the fun was figuring out what you were supposed to be doing. Still need to see more, but it has my attention.

 

[Albion]

Here's a good, recent interview with the game's director if you want to learn more about their philosophy

Scorn Interview – Storytelling, Inspirations, Structure, and More

gamingbolt.com

He says they have chosen to hide all hints of story until you get to play the game yourself.

 

[Hendrick's]

Makes me kinda uncomfortable that Giger's art-style is getting so thoroughly ripped-off and everyone is acting like its artistic genius.

Well at least they are up front about it. Don't see an issue with it.

 

[Duchess]

Anyone else got thinking about Darkseed after seeing this..?

For anyone unfamiliar with the title:

Dark Seed (video game) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Google images:

darkseed - Google Search

 

[Handy Fake]

Anyone else got thinking about Darkseed after seeing this..?

For anyone unfamiliar with the title:

Dark Seed (video game) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Google images:

darkseed - Google Search

Mentioned it when it was first shown, aye. But Giger is Giger, hehe.

 

[Farawayfromhell]

Disturbing...

 

[hououinkyouma00]

looks boring and aimless
and that giger art, i dont get why anyone wants to play through a full game with it?
maybe im old now, but i find the organic holes and noises, unpalatable.

Speak for yourself. I’d love to play through that world.
Giger and Beksinski are both top notch.

 

[iJudged]

looks amazing, gameplay is a diff story, though.

 

[Clear]

Well at least they are up front about it. Don't see an issue with it.

They could hardly fail to be upfront when their entire game is based on another artist's signature style!

Not saying its unforgivable or anything, just that by itself I don't find it particularly impressive to simply wholesale copy an existing thing - no matter how well its implemented. I mean, how is it different from Genshin Impact ripping off BOTW's look? Is that supposed to be a good thing too?

 

[Mister Wolf]

That interview posted on here straight up says its a survival horror game.

 

[Aguero9320]

This is absolutely not for me, but it looks (disgustingly) beautiful, definitely like wandering around inside a painting I would never put anywhere near my wall. Glad games like this exist for the twisted people who love them lol.

 

[Xdrive05]

Penises and buttholes everywhere.

Looks okay, but not that technically impressive to me. Hate to say cross gen looking, but that's how it seems to me - say, compared to Doom Eternal, which has similar aesthetic in places and much, much more happening on screen. There's more geometry here, which is cool, but not enough more to feel like something strikingly impressive. I think it looks really good for what it is, though.

 

[Life]

wrong thread.

 

[Hendrick's]

They could hardly fail to be upfront when their entire game is based on another artist's signature style!

Not saying its unforgivable or anything, just that by itself I don't find it particularly impressive to simply wholesale copy an existing thing - no matter how well its implemented. I mean, how is it different from Genshin Impact ripping off BOTW's look? Is that supposed to be a good thing too?

Not really the same. In your example they are both games and in this case it is just a game using an artists style. Are you also mad that Monument Valley used and MC Escher style art?

Or any of these games?
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qbxm9d/the-most-beautiful-video-games-inspired-by-famous-artists-211

 

[Hustler]

Microsoft hasnt hyped this game at all. Please take you blinders off. Its an indie title that they showed briefly once. Just because the developer decided to make it exclusive, doesnt mean that MS is responsible for the gameplay or anything in the game.

What're you talking about? This was shown at their first event and talked about multiple times as an exclusive to look out for. I've also seen people who are buying Xbox Series X, stating this is on the top of their lists to buy without seeing actual gameplay. It's not on the same level as No Man's sky given Microsoft hasn't been hyping this up for multiple E3s, but it was just an example that the actual gameplay (so far) isn't living up to the trailers that led up to this reveal.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Or any of these games?

Very interesting list. I love stuff like this, seeing where devs takes inspiration from, especially when it comes from painters. There is so much you can play with in terms of creativity and artstyle when you borrow elements from prolific painters, as we can see right here in the Scorn video.

 

[oldergamer]

What're you talking about? This was shown at their first event and talked about multiple times as an exclusive to look out for. I've also seen people who are buying Xbox Series X, stating this is on the top of their lists to buy without seeing actual gameplay. It's not on the same level as No Man's sky given Microsoft hasn't been hyping this up for multiple E3s, but it was just an example that the actual gameplay (so far) isn't living up to the trailers that led up to this reveal.

Yes it was shown at an indie event. Where have you seen ms mention or hype this game since then? Im sure they talked about it when asked but there is no perceived hype.

Also the fact some people are interested in it has nothing to do with your imaginary portrayal of ms hype. Your comment seems totally misplaced .

 

[StarskySilverz]

Just started playing Death Stranding last week. I can't play it for longer than 20 minutes at a time. Every boring delivery I make leads to a boring, jargon-filled monologue that ultimately means nothing. I skip almost everything because I know, whether I listen to their pointless speech or not, it's the same. I keep playing it every few days for 20 minutes at a time - because hey it's a Kojima game. Give it a chance. Surely this is gonna get better at some point?

alright.
What does this have to do with Scorn?
Have you read the thread title?

 

[CrustyBritches]

Gameplay has been shown for this for a long time. Here's some 2017 footage...


It's a weird game. It's a lot of things, but action shooter is not one of them. It's coming to Game Pass, so nobody has to be concerned about it.

 

[ColonialRaptor]

I feel like it looks pretty stale. And I feel like there is just one small thing they could have done slightly differently and it would change everything.

Imagine if where ever you looked the flesh in the walls was pulsing, breathing, flexing back and forth, sweating visually and bleeding. All it needs is to make that crazy flesh shit feel constantly alive and this shit becomes 100x more immersive and scary imo, now it just feels like a static world with a few creep arse enemies.

 

[Life]

alright.
What does this have to do with Scorn?
Have you read the thread title?

Shit - musta had two tabs open.

 

[Clear]

Not really the same. In your example they are both games and in this case it is just a game using an artists style. Are you also mad that Monument Valley used and MC Escher style art?

Or any of these games?
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qbxm9d/the-most-beautiful-video-games-inspired-by-famous-artists-211

I'm not mad about anything, just it takes more than copying a style to impress me.

Escher's a bad comparison though; what he's famous for was the employment of mathematic principles to draw physical impossible structures in a visually plausible manner. Its a technical, as opposed to a personal approach and considering he was a contemporary of all the other big names of the surrealistic art movement born in the 19th century.

Giger's work on the other hand was intensely personal, and what we consider specifically Giger-esque largely is the product of a single published volume of work, 1977's Necronimicon. He didn't just work in that style, later volumes like NY City retain airbrush as a medium but utilize stencil technique for a more mechanical feel, later on he abandoned airbrush altogether and worked in oils and gouaches.

The point is that what's being copied is his biomechanoid designs from the 70's and early 80's that were used commercially as album covers and production designs for movies like Alien and Species. Older games like Darkseed and its sequel actually licensed his work directly, whereas all the Alien inspired stuff (both official and unofficial) was referential to those properties.

It seems to me that had Giger not died in 2014 he'd be able to sue the shit out of these guys for basically counterfeiting his style. Hell if some asshole who did a subway map can bend Naughty Dog over, then this has to be an easy (and lucrative) fuckin day in court should litigation be sought.

 

[sandkiller]

The only thing i don't like is that some of the monsters look like peanuts and thus not very scary

 

[Hustler]

Yes it was shown at an indie event. Where have you seen ms mention or hype this game since then? Im sure they talked about it when asked but there is no perceived hype.

Also the fact some people are interested in it has nothing to do with your imaginary portrayal of ms hype. Your comment seems totally misplaced .

maybe to you there’s no perceived hype. Not sure why you’re making such a big stink about my comment. It boils down to this game looks like a potential let down and a miss based on the gameplay shown. The environment and aesthetic of the game looked really interesting at first.

 

[BabyYoda]

Definitely my cup of tea, reminds me of the first Prey actually and of course Alien etc. I agree with some people here, I like the slower pace and overall weirdness. I hope puzzles are not easy and not too hard, but just right! I also hope it has an interesting narrative. I think they need to speed up the reload animations though, after the first time they could get annoying, as beautifully animated as they are.