Abstract: As you're slinking around air ducts and planning a surprise attack on a helpless scientist, it's difficult not to feel empowered by Carrion 's approach to horror. Here you aren't the one slowly peeking around each corner to make sure you're safe--you're t...
Abstract: As you're slinking around air ducts and planning a surprise attack on a helpless scientist, it's difficult not to feel empowered by Carrion 's approach to horror. Here you aren't the one slowly peeking around each corner to make sure you're safe--you're t...
Abstract: All I was supposed to do was patrol the hallways and report any strange movements. Oh and monitor the containment levels. Those stupid machines, always glitching and Phil told me that it was normal for them to dip into red occasionally. Well are you happy...
Carrion is simply a great time. The metroidvania gameplay loop is addictive, while its sound design and highly detailed pixel-art look makes it a joy to hear and look at. An average story and lack of an in-game map sap some of the enjoyment, but Carrion's...
When there are soldiers to kill and helpless scientists to terrorize, Carrion absolutely lives up to the promise of its monstrous premise. It's unrelenting in its pursuit of delivering that pure power fantasy of being an uncontrollable monstrosity making...
Slinking around as the monster is both effortless and satisfying, making you feel like a calculated killing organism, Wide range of abilities that are cleverly tied to your health state and work in both combat and puzzle-solving, Varied enemies encourage
Combat sometimes requires a degree of accuracy that isn't afforded by the control scheme, Hub world is confusing to traverse without a map, with critical pathways easy to miss, Puzzles require specific abilities to solve, which can force some frustrating
Repetitive environments, Segmented progression system, Simple combat and puzzles
There just isn't a reason to play Carrion. There is little narrative, repetitive combat, limited puzzles, and almost zero horror elements. The atmosphere is okay and it reminds me of Alien but that's about as far as it goes with horror. Just leave this mo...