<s>
Scorn	B-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
biopunk	O
survival	O
horror	O
adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Serbian	O
developer	O
Ebb	O
Software	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
14	O
October	O
2022	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reactivating	O
the	O
elevator	O
apparently	O
kills	O
the	O
Queen	O
but	O
allows	O
the	O
protagonist	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
monorail	B-Language
to	O
reach	O
a	O
temple	O
called	O
Polis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Just	O
before	O
it	O
is	O
removed	O
,	O
the	O
parasite	O
disembowels	O
the	O
protagonist	O
,	O
who	O
staggers	O
to	O
another	O
medical	O
device	O
that	O
connects	O
it	O
to	O
an	O
apparent	O
hive	B-General_Concept
mind	I-General_Concept
within	O
the	O
temple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scorn	B-Application
's	O
world	O
aesthetic	O
was	O
also	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
work	O
of	O
Zdzisław	O
Beksiński	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
in-universe	O
alien	O
planet	O
,	O
the	O
engineers	O
,	O
Homunculi	O
,	O
waged	O
war	O
against	O
the	O
two	O
own	O
split	O
factions	O
;	O
one	O
faction	O
built	O
cyborgs	B-Application
from	O
bodies	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
other	O
made	O
militarized	O
robotic	B-Algorithm
exosuits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2015	O
,	O
Scorn	B-Application
received	O
private	O
funding	O
from	O
an	O
investor	O
and	O
full	O
production	O
started	O
in	O
February	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
7	O
May	O
2020	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
published	O
on	O
PC	O
and	O
have	O
timed	O
console	O
exclusivity	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
,	O
running	O
in	O
4K	B-Architecture
and	O
60fps	O
,	O
and	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
previous	O
generation	O
of	O
consoles	O
as	O
the	O
developer	O
team	O
did	O
not	O
want	O
to	O
spend	O
development	O
time	O
on	O
what	O
would	O
be	O
a	O
sub-par	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scorn	B-Application
was	O
also	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
and	O
GOG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scorn	B-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	O
aggregator	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
praised	O
for	O
its	O
puzzles	O
and	O
art	O
direction	O
,	O
Scorn	B-Application
faced	O
frequent	O
criticisms	O
for	O
its	O
combat	O
,	O
which	O
many	O
reviewers	O
felt	O
was	O
tedious	O
and	O
unnecessary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
so	O
strange	O
and	O
wonderful	O
,	O
and	O
seemed	O
to	O
hint	O
at	O
some	O
greater	O
mystery	O
at	O
the	O
heart	O
of	O
Scorn	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alessandro	O
Barbosa	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
praised	O
Scorn	B-Application
for	O
its	O
interesting	O
setting	O
and	O
aesthetic	O
,	O
but	O
heavily	O
critiqued	O
it	O
for	O
its	O
"	O
frustrating	O
combat	O
,	O
unbalanced	O
puzzles	O
,	O
and	O
unforgiving	O
checkpoints	O
"	O
,	O
feeling	O
they	O
made	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
an	O
infuriating	O
slog	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hafer	O
concluded	O
Scorn	B-Application
would	O
have	O
been	O
a	O
better	O
experience	O
had	O
most	O
if	O
not	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
combat	O
been	O
removed	O
,	O
feeling	O
it	O
"[worked]	O
against	O
the	O
exploration	O
and	O
puzzle-solving	O
aspects	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goroff	O
commended	O
the	O
exploration	O
and	O
puzzle	O
aspects	O
working	O
together	O
with	O
the	O
overall	O
horror	O
tone	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
everything	O
in	O
Scorn	B-Application
seems	O
built	O
around	O
the	O
simple	O
desire	O
of	O
making	O
players	O
feel	O
like	O
they	O
’re	O
somewhere	O
new	O
"	O
and	O
considered	O
it	O
to	O
have	O
captured	O
the	O
"	O
horrified	O
and	O
disturbed	O
,	O
exhilarated	O
and	O
intrigued	O
"	O
experience	O
of	O
a	O
nightmare	O
.	O
</s>
