A game like no other. A game where all the puzzles make sense and the end result is inexplicable on so many levels. A visceral experience. The art direction and attention to detail are top-notch. I love a game which doesn't hold your hand, and this one is up there, as you have to figure out everything on your own. No spoken dialogue, no prompts. I see people who are trashing the combat. Yeah, it's no Call of Duty, sorry guys. Your character is slow to aim and slow to reload. Ammo and health are sparse. Still, the combat is serviceable, in my opinion. After all, it's not the main focus of this game.

Is the game perfect? Probably not. But it is worthwhile? Yes. At the very least, it got me to write a review, something which can't be said for most of the games I play. The pacing suffers a little bit at times, but it is a short game, so it's not a huge issue. There is no map or any mechanism which shows you where to go and what to do. In the age of objective markers, Witcher Senses and Ubisoft towers, this can be considered a bad thing. You may get lost sometimes. You will be unsure how to progress sometimes. If you welcome this kind of challenge, then this game is for you.

On the technical side of things:

• Not too graphically demanding. Any gamer with a decent gaming PC will easily max out the settings without second thoughts. It's probably the only game where I enabled blur on a high-refresh monitor because it was done well and made the game look better when looking around. It added to the atmosphere. I think it could benefit greatly from some ray-tracing for even more dread, but there is no support for it. A lost opportunity, in my opinion. As with many UE games, there is MINOR shader compilation stutter when you enter new areas for the first time. (I put the emphasis on "minor" because I played The Callisto Protocol right before Scorn, lol). An untrained eye might not even notice them in this game.
  
• The sound is very good without resorting to horror genre clichés. There is not a lot of music, but it's quite effective when it's there. The sound effects can be very disturbing at times.
  
• The controls are nothing to write home about, they just do the job. Nothing too fancy. As Comrade Dyatlov would say: Not great, not terrible.
  
• The plot is... gut-wrenching. I won't spoil it further.

tl;dr: I recommend Scorn, if your cup of tea is a unique game with lots of gore and disturbing imagery. It's rather short and slow-paced, but worth your attention. If you're interested, get it on sale.