Scanner Sombre: Analysis of a Flawed but Underappreciated Game

An analysis and story breakdown of Scanner Sombre, Introversion Software's LiDAR cave exploration game, released in 2017.

Music:

All music was written by Alastair Lindsey.

Intro:
» A Serpent Bites Its Own Tail (in-game)
» Somebody Was Here Before (in-game)
» (background sounds)
Gameplay:
» (background sounds)
Visuals:
» (background sounds)
Sound:
» (background sounds)
Music and Alastair Lindsey:
» Know Our Truth
» RimWorld - Entry Screen
» RimWorld - Tribal Assembly
» RimWorld - Here It Comes
» The Souls of the Many (first half)
Story - Breakdown:
» Halls of the Fallen
» (background sounds)
» The Souls of the Many (second half)
» The Ascent
Story - Ending:
» As Above So Below (in-game ending)
Story - Ending Explanation:
» Don't Fall In (extended)
Post-Mortem:
» Somebody Was Here Before
» Halls of the Fallen
» As Above So Below (slower version)

Other links/references:
» Alastair Lindsey's Scanner Sombre Behind the Scenes (video version)
   • Scanner Sombre OST  

» Post-Launch Scanner Sombre update (and VR mode demo)
   • Scanner Sombre VR mode released (beta)  

» Mr Samuel Streamer
   / @mrsamuelstreamer  

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
04:36 Gameplay
07:04 Visuals
09:41 Sound
12:13 Music and Alastair Lindsey
19:14 Story - Breakdown
48:03 Story - Ending
55:35 Story - Ending Explanation
59:12 Post-Mortem

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