It's been such a busy week for Xbox Game Pass with the arrivals of A Plague Tale: Requiem and Persona 5 Royal (amongst others), that we're almost beginning to forget about Scorn - it only launched this time last week!
Considering it's been seven days now, we're hoping you've had a chance to at least give it a try (if you wanted to), and we're interested to know what you think! In our review here at Pure Xbox, we gave Scorn a "Good" 7/10 score, calling it a "memorably gruesome puzzlebox adventure". Here's a bit more of what we had to say:
"Scorn may make a few missteps here and there, with some short-lived but shoddy combat sequences and puzzles that grow a little repetitive as the game reaches its climax, but none of this really takes away from the artistic achievement at core of this adventure. Ebb Software's debut is one of the most gruesome, thought-provoking and completely alien experiences we've had in a very long time."
The rest of the critics had mixed views on Scorn, with some giving it even better scores than we did here at Pure Xbox, while others went as low as 4/10! It's fair to say, then, that Scorn is a game that divides opinion amongst its playerbase.
So, what about you? How have you been finding Scorn on Xbox Game Pass so far? Did it manage to surpass your expectations, is it pretty much what you'd hoped for, or have you been completely let down by it? What do you think of the puzzles, and have you been using our Scorn Walkthrough Guide to help you along the way?
Tell us what you think of Scorn down in the poll and comments below!
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I'd rate it as a "meh..." if I could
7/10 for me, but between everything else I’ve been playing I don’t give myself a lot of time for it.
Scorn was good but it needed more content.
I wish the rest of the game had more choice in the puzzles, like the very first one.
@Nighto4 spoiler alert!
Solid 7 for me. 17/10 for art direction, 7 for puzzles, 3 for combat.
6/10, the combat was terrible. I found the smaller weaker enemies to be harder to defeat than the largest enemies and even the boss fight.
This game was propped up by its art style and the wtf moments. I have been recommending friends to pass on this one.
@OliverOwen It was in all the official trailers but ok
5/10 for me, just not very good at "game" part of the video game. On to the next one..
I think it’s pretty cool but difficult to figure out what to do without a walkthrough - at least for me.
4/10
All style little in the way of substance and what substance it has is repetitive.
Yeah 4/10 from me as well, it simply isn’t fun.
It's a puzzle game and needed to be rated as a puzzle game.
10 for the Art bc this game just look great.
9 for the Puzzles bc some are easy and some are great.
6/10 I really like the art style and gameplay was ok. I disagree with people saying it's the worst game this year when CrossfireX, Saints Row reboot and Gotham Knights exist.
Just finished it this morning.
4/10
Boring, obtuse, and clunky.
@Solidchief Yeah at least Scorn has an interesting looking setting whereas Crossfire X was a game that seemed like someone that had been repeatedly struck in the head tried to make a CoD game.
It took me one match of Crossfire to delete it whereas with Scorn I got through the first puzzle then decided I never wanted to go back and deleted it. They'll probably tie for worst Game Pass game of the year.
@Serpentes420 CrossfireX multiplayer is terrible and the campaign is ok at best but I wouldn't bother getting it.
Scorn first puzzle took me nearly an hour to complete and can definitely understand why people quit the game on that section. I'm on chapter 3 but is currently put on hold, since I'm playing A Plague Tale Requiem and having much better time with it than Scorn.
If it had manual saves then I'd give it an 8 considering it's length (a good thing!) and availability on gamepass. Definitely not for everyone but as a H.R Giger fan, this has been a long time coming. There could be a perfect Alien game out there someday, Isolation came oh so close but I digress. Scorn gets a generous 7.
I would say 8/10 for me. But Scorn is one of those games that the score number is kind of useless unless you really know the reviewers tastes. The content of the review, how the game is described is what is important. I could easily see this being a 2 for some people
I haven't played yet but it's been downloaded. Honestly, I don't care about the reviews. I'll try it to see if it hooks or bores me. I've enjoyed plenty of games that didn't always get great reviews.
It's good for what it is, it's closer to a point and click puzzle adventure than a shooter.
Awful game. Not much else to add.
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