

Right from the moment I first left the starting tent and put on the scanner visor, Scanner Sombre awed me with its utterly unique aesthetic. As you explore deeper though, the protagonist starts to see mysterious echoes of the past as well. But you never see any of it, only multi-coloured signatures painting the surface of the terrain around you – thermal echoes of the present. In it, you play as an explorer journeying deep into the depths of some ancient caverns, with millennia-old ruins suggesting a history of pagan beliefs and human sacrifice. Scanner Sombre is also about seeing in the darkness, but with thermal imaging. In the latter, updated versions of the scanner and its modules will be immediately available.Last year, I reviewed a quirky walking-simulator-cum-platformer called Pulse, which was about a blind girl who sees with sound. After completing the main story, it will be possible to play the game in a new mode. In addition, unknown underground creatures follow on your heels, clearly wanting to kill a stranger roaming their pitch darkness. The character may die without seeing the abyss in front of him in time or by stepping on a dilapidated board in an old suspension bridge. The journey of the protagonist is not a walk, there are many dangers awaiting you during the game. The narration of the game's plot is set by an internal monologue of the main character, whose thoughts are visualized in the form of text on the screen when he passes a certain area of the terrain.

So one of them will allow you to view the already passed route, and the other to recognize what materials this or that surface consists of. And as you explore underground tunnels, you can find additional modules for your equipment. In the process of passing Scanner Sombre, you will only use your scanner. In the process of passing the story, you have to improve your device in order to find secret paths, hidden hiding places and learn about the history of the place in which you got. But, at the same time, its only source of orientation in space will be a special scanner with the LiDAR function. The player will have to feel like a cave explorer. Scanner sombre - try exploring caves without a light source.
