Ebb Software has announced that its upcoming first-person horror game, SCORN, has been delayed until 2019. SCORN has been in development for a few years and the development team decided to delay it – after receiving enough funds – in order to further polish it.
Ebb Software claimed that it managed to sign an excellent deal with the great investment fund and acquire additional funds for the development of Scorn and as such, it is now in an excellent position to create much better quality and fully realize its vision.
“The fund in question is very hands-off regarding creative elements of the game, and that was the primary reason why we decided to go through with the deal. Creative freedom is the most important aspect for us as a studio. From the very beginning of the project we wanted to create a game without too many compromises, and that indeed isn’t an easy task.”
As a result of this new deal, and the team’s new focus on improving the game, Scorn Part 1 of 2: Dasein will not be released this year. And to be honest, this is fine by me. SCORN is the third first-person horror ‘small-budget’ title I’ve been looking forward to and since both Agony and Inner Chains have disappointed me, I really don’t mind Ebb Software taking some extra time so it can polish the game.
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Good for them! I almost forgot about this game… I remember seeing the teaser trailer awhile back, but only just now saw the gameplay trailer and man am I loving the direction this is going in so far. I’m a big fan of Giger & Beksi?ski, and a game world inspired by their artwork like this… the possibilities of what they can do with this game are just intoxicating.
Obviously I wish them all the best… but in all honesty I think even if the game bombs, the visual experience of this game world could potentially end up being worth the price of admission for anyone who is a fan of this type of art.
Considering how absolutely god-awful Agony was, I really am having doubts that this will be a good game. Even if it does have weapons and monster fighting, I just haven’t played a single good indie horror game in a long time. I wish them the best though, and hope my hunch is wrong. This clearly H.R Giger influenced setting should make for something interesting and cool environments, but it’s absolutley in no way, shape, or form a justification forthe game being bad. No matter how cool it may look.
There are lots of games that show great art and are just bleh in the end.
That happens when you have artists trying to be developers. They’re not, and mostly can’t make a good game out of great art.
That’s far too true man. I honestly feel like these games are more of a launching platform for people’s careers in the Video Game industry. They make these overly artistic games, which look absolutely amazing, to only attempt to be hired by a AAA studio.
Obviously that’s people trying to live the dream; but living the dream like you and I pointed out is often at a detrimental effect on the game-play and entertainment value of the game they’re developing. But on that note we’re all going to have to wait for this to see, because maybe this will break through that barrier of “artistic expression” to being fun.
I want that break through to happen, because I’m a big fan of horror games and especially HR Giger influenced ones since he has pretty much the most downright perfect artist for a horror game next to Zdzislaw Beksi?ski. His work is completely and absolutely disturbed nightmares that are slightly above HR’s work due to them being so absolutely far out into the range of Horror.
“and since both Agony and Inner Chains have disappointed me, I really don’t mind Ebb Software taking some extra time so it can polish the game.”
I knew those 2 will disappoint, i put my money on the old version of scorn, they change it, and visage which is a no show lately.
This will just be another bad Kickstarter game just like Agony and Inner Chains. High promises but failed to deliver in the end.
After “Inner Chains” & “Agony” You are crazy to think this is going to be something different. And anyone wanna try something way better and innovative try “In Verbis Virtus”.