So here’s the story according to the art book: The big city is named Polis, normal humanoids live there. Due to undesirability of the body, Polis people transfer their brains into a big purple brain hive mind but can still break off and do their own business. They then built robotic shells to do work (in the game the robots are telepathically controlled). They’re really interested in sex and have sexual organs but they’re conceived and birthed from bulbs on a wall called genesis wall. The big wacky gate you go to in the end is apparently psychedelic manifested in corporeal form, meaning you died trying to get a whiff of weed lmfao. The homunculi (babies in jar) are former slaves made by polis people, the purpose they served was to be used as a organic battery for machines in Polis. The Homunculi freed themselves and waged a war against Polis, but then a civil war within their own ravaged them. The little dudes in balls are called moldmen, they’re a second race of slaves made by polis people, the building you visit in the beginning is a factory for growing moldmen We don’t know the origin of the organic flesh infecting the world, but they’re called crater creatures and functions like bacteria, with a epicenter and it spreads throughout the lands. It’s probably a bio weapon created by polis to fight the homunculi or by homunculi to fight each other. As for the story. You first wake up as a Polis man, already infected by the crater creature, you go to the moldmen production plant to power it up in hopes of getting a ride to the tower (probably to cure your infection). But the Moldmen plant's semen storage explodes and downs you, your infection is left uncheck and you mutate into a horrific parasite. Another polis man births from the genesis wall, learns about the world he's in and decides to travel to Polis to join his mates, but gets jumped by the first protagonist parasite. Both dudes actually works together and through hardships makes it to Polis. 2nd Protagonist tries to upload his mind but then wanted to use a shell robot to take his body through the psychedelic gates for the ultimate pleasure, but before he does that, the parasite kills him and fuse with him, becoming part of the crater creature. Greed killed you in the end.

Seriously one of the most badass and otherworldly concept art there exists. The atmosphere is mental

The lore and themes mentioned in the artbook adds so much value to the game - really wished some of them were more fleshed out in the actual gameplay

scorn the hidden gem, with unlimited potential given how much effort the devs put into this world.

I seriously think this game deserves an award on how cool the game is. It was in development for more 7 years!

I really wish the blasted Labyrinth made it in. An enormous maze of cyborg corpses with blue fog and yellow sky would have looked awesome.

interesting to see a female version of the protagonist It's super interesting I read some of it and it helps to better understand how the civilization portrayed in the game lived

With all of this content that's not in the game it seriously makes me believe that there will be dlc. It's just can't be wasted with even descriptions for every location that's not in the game.

The more i look at it, the more I think that the game is just an advertising for this artbook 😂

Having watched a couple of playthroughs on youtube, there is also another artist which the artwork of "Scorn" reminds me of: Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri. Especially the depictions of the tumorous, sometimes bulbeous, sometimes root-and vines-like overgrowing flesh show a certain similarity to Serpieri's world of "Morbus Gravis", to some better known as the "Druuna"-series. Btw, this video here is a preview of an upcoming book which will be available in december, published by Titan Books; should you like to get a good old-fashioned hardcover book.

I've come to conclusion that scorn is extreme biopunk

This game really reminds me of the work of Amanita Design, especially Machinarium. I just really love this type of weird otherworldly game or movie. It is just so cool and mesmerizing

This has got to be one of the coolest, craziest, most twistedly beautiful fictional worlds I’ve ever seen… makes my two favourite worlds (Bloodborne, Mad Max) look tame in comparison…

A lot of Beksinski influence in the concept arts, but in the game it's hardly noticeable.

my eyes hurt from trying to read the text but it was worth it 🤩 thank you for uploading 🙏

Scorn Aka when your Nightmares have even worse Nightmares

Surprised how no one sees or has mentioned the similarities of designs this has to Hans Ruedi and his artwork of aliens and Prometheus

This game and art gave me legit “Prometheus” vibes.. 😅

Having been in deveolpment for that long, I do hipe they have other content prepared for us in the future, this game is truly fascinating and I would love to see other stories, more creatures, and more similar and different settings somewhere else with their own kind of weird and gory processes.... maybe part of the game could be outside the tower where we first start off, idk, all I know is that I loved the game and I'm craving for more content💯

This is so beauty I'm crying! Both an Alien and Giger fan here! I hope there will be more and more game developers around the world who have the same passion and drive that get recognition they deserve.

If you're over 25 and own a computer, this game Is a must-have

The Mold Men resemble the Bloodborne Messengers a great Deal. Both my favorite Skeletal Goblins.

The design is really creepy, distrub but at the same time is really cool for me

we need more of this world. Please release a "directors cut" a second part? Initially the game was planned to be in 2 parts.

An interesting thing I see about the parasite, is that it shares a resemblance to the ascended forms. Since we know the first protagonist is the parasite, what if the parasite is a malformed, incomplete type of ascended creature that turns the second protagonist into it’s shell, merging with it?

Making me fall in love more w the art and creative of the game wow

There's so many things and areas cut from the final game, it sucks so much man

this is not just game, it's an art, I wonder how they imagined all these things

i know people have a lot of mixed feelings about the game but god is it artistically amazing

Sinistro e fascinante ao mesmo tempo.

Im going to buy this book soon, its so close to the art I love and want to make. I love disturbing shit like this.

Man, its sad how the development of the game started just one year later after H.R Giger's death, truly wanted him to get to see it.

Que increíble que se tardó más de una década para traer un poco de Lore y arte del juego pq eso es lo que más me llamo la atención desde que ví la demo ya hace mucho tiempo

Man, I can't get enough of the art for this game. I need MORE, ebb, *MORE!*

These looks really amazing

Planet: i'll give you any material necessary to build your society, stones, metals whatever you want Random Alien - Builds it from flesh

Anyone else had to get over their tripophobia because they also wanted to enjoy this art?

Everything about this game is straight from a layer of hell

I'd bellieve Layer 7 of the Abyss are portal to the scorn universe - Made in Abyss

Not just Giger, but I am getting some Wayne Barlowe vibes from this as well.

I like this horror game very much. I even kept searching for the description of this game. I can't believe there are books for this game. This makes me very excited I want to save it.

Giger + Beksinski = Scorn

Literally masterpiece.

Wow, Tool's videoclips for their next album look amazing

Thanks for sharing this! great inspirartion

Nunca había tenido esta sensación de repulsión y gusto al mismo tiempo jaja 😅 es simplemente arte en su máxima expresión

thank you for sharing this with us!!!

now that I see it, those eerily dystopian-like figure and the themes that accompanies the artbook could be something that can be implemented in the next installment of half-life series. thanks to its grotesque design, it just adds more element that makes half-life to what we know today.

I shouldn't be eating and watch this at the same time but I can't look away the artstlye and game looks great.

THANKS! A lot of cool stuff, I wish I could have worked on this one.

For anyone who loves the style of this game you need to look at the art of H.R. Giger, Zdislaw Beksinski, Chet Zar and Alex Gray among other dark artists of the sublime and surreal.

Hes just standing there MENACINGLY

Getting some real scorn vibes here

3:38 this where fun begins

Imagine that this is what's going on Mars or another planet right now lol...

This game is art. Like metal cover album transformed into video game or zdzislaw and hr giger painting combined.

Amazing!

absolutely amazing has similar illustrations Zdzisław Beksiński

Thank youuuu so much for this!!!

I'm Glad they also found inspiration from Thomas Ligotti.

Thank you. With this video existing there is no need to buy Scorn.

If there was a to be announced Director's Cut of Scorn, I would love to see most of the stuff that was in the concept art be implemented into the game in the future like the appearance of more Moldmen, the ability to switch between a male and female protagonist (I usually call the current protagonist "Scornguy" like how Doomguy got his name from the title Doom), being able to visit The Tower and maybe an alternate ending where you do make it past the portal rather than becoming one with The Parasite and achieving ascension in another way.

for some reason I realy like the little homunculi dudes

Imagine a movie of this!!

bro i read the book exactly like this, with ambient music in the background.

the game's art style is so based on H.R. Giger's work that they even had piece in the art book that can be be mistook as Giger's because of the sexual theme(in which Giger used a lot on his pieces)

this video convinced me to finally buy this book. lol. i havent even played the game yet… lmao

I would bet majority that like this game are in their 30s and 40s like me. Am I right? This is how we used to game, because they weren’t capable of spoon feeding exposition within the game in the 80’s and 90’s, so you had to learn about the story outside of the game, like this art book. Granted, it wouldn’t have hurt the presentation if they left story text from this art book in the game for people to piece together if they wanted, but I respect their constraint, and trusting the player to figure the story out for themselves.

finally!

What I've seen of the gameplay is interesting, with the puzzle challenges, but it's the overall environment that must be praised. However much you know it's a game, I've never seen anything that makes me shudder in genuine horror. Modeling after Giger was the right move, and it was done perfectly. Creepy AF.

HR Giger would be proud of this

увидел свою классную руководительницу и сводного дядю. И, видимо, много фото их села, теперь понятно почему они за стабильность и не имеют ничего против аннексии. Объяснили, спасибо.

so cool so strong so beautiful

So that's how he looked when he combined with the parasite they look kinda cool hope they will be a dlc

This is seriously...id f'ckn want this artbook!!!!

3:32 Those structures seem like the Devil's Machine in Earthbound

This is some dope MTG Phyrexia shit. Loved ir

This game was so incredible. My Immersion level was 100% and that is what I really needed from a game like this.

Now I went to see a comic set in the Scorn universe. It would be even better if the comic had no dialogue boxes and everything that was happening was explained visually just like in the game.

Awesome.

so amazing

I miss when games used to do concept art

dust and flesh thats all ive asked and all i got from this game. god damn what a masterpiece

It 's a great game 👍

there has to be some lore on the garantuan beast

The guns they describe with the gunpowder seem way cooler to me

This game NEED a dlc with 2 endings more

HR Giger would be proud.

Its like the works of the painter Zdzisław Beksiński came to life.

I love this art book more than the actual game tbh.

A world with organic buildings

Dead space but not dead space but dead space

You get a clearer picture of creatures here then in the video game.

This is where coomer will go when they die.

It reminds me of the artwork of the guy who made xenomorphs.

love this art style, i could never create or do something like this. :(

Remember contra game with this boss fight😍😍

0:44 monster with a human head on the right looks like something from the movie The Thing!

thank you so much V _ V

Scorn the S tier Corn