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I stumbled upon the game on Steam by chance, bought it immediately, and haven't regretted it. It builds well on puzzles and mechanics, though it has a minor issue where you can easily get lost and not know where to go. Good game.

Amazing reverse horror game. You play as the monster, breaching containment. The pixel graphics remind me of an old side scroller, and the gameplay is smooth. Really fun and reminds me of The Thing horror film.

Looks great, really fun to play, genuinely great take on the reverse horror concept that I've only seen a few games try and among them I think this one does it best

Every aspect of game, from the gameplay, to the story, to the charming pixel style, work together to create an amazing experience throughout the entire game. Though it is a short game (only a couple hours to complete), I would definitely recommend it, especially if you enjoy challenging puzzle games.

Carrion is a great Metroidvania, with an unconventional protagonist and unique mechanics. The pixel art graphics are really cool, especially those of the protagonist. It follows the basic open-world formula, with back-and-forth progression based on new abilities acquired. The combat in Carrion is strategic: although you control a bizarre and large creature, it’s quite vulnerable to enemies, and often you need to rely on stealth and other "means" (which I won't mention here to avoid spoiling the experience). The story isn’t anything groundbreaking in the sci-fi universe, but it’s interesting and revealed gradually through playable "flashbacks." There are some abilities the monster gains that are quite different from what you typically see in other games of the genre, making the experience more fun. The soundtrack has a mysterious tone, fitting well with the adventure’s atmosphere. All in all, Carrion is an intriguing game with a short duration (but sufficient), bringing new elements to the table, and I’d definitely recommend it to fans of the genre.

Pretty cool and interesting game, but I wish they put a bit more thought into the level design. There were tons of moments for me getting soft locked where I needed to reload to my last autosave in order to properly progress. Then later on as you advance you start coming across levels you've did before, and if you mess up on something, say you accidentally triggered a laser you need to turn on in another room it can take forever to find how you turn it back on so you can sneak past to the now open door. The fighting/killing in this game was pretty clunky too, I wish they took a bit more time into polishing that. And I dont get why you cant eat soldiers when you can eat the other humans. You really think a massive flesh eating monster cares about one piece of armor?Overall the game in general just felt pretty repetitive too. Overtime you unlock more monster abilities but its all pretty same gameplay, with minor differences to how you progress past the map as your abilities are more for unlocking new map areas. The game is pretty simple, and I get there is a theme to the game but this made the map look pretty repetitive. I also really disliked the interludes where you become a human again and have flashback scenes.

This is a game so satisfying to play, be really strong but still get way stronger over time with the new ability is one of the best things. I love the adventure in this game so much, the facts that we can go into the form of an human is really interesting and the movement are incredible. The art style is great for an horror game and really original in the design of the monster.

Such a great designed game, nowdays its hard to come by. Believe it or not this game is a puzzle game. Fighting is %5 of the game rest is traversing and solving puzzles. Environmental story telling is also great in this game, which is always welcome. Only bad thing i can tell about this game is, first there aint no map so you gotta google the locations if you want to fully complete and second sadly game is too short i completed %100 in 3.5 hours. Things i mentioned, are they super bad ? No the game is immersive because there is no map and its short so it doesn't overstay its welcome. You can finish this game in 2 hours if you won't go for completion and it will be a fun 2 hour.

It was good. This entire concept and movement is SUPER fun to play, but it could use a bit more. I feel like this game idea could and should get a second look, because if the movement was given more combat, and platforming it could be even better. My only real gripe is sometimes it can be difficult to continue through areas, because I'm unsure what to do.

Amazing game. I like horror games and this is a really unique take as you are the monster. Very fun mechanics and post game, trying to get the rest of the “capsules” was one of my favorite parts

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Купил и прошел carrion. Очень редко покупаю игры, но на эту был сладенький скидон и я не удержался. Технически это метроидвания, но крайне не классическая, скорее просто 2d платформер очень оригинальный. Это самая крутая реализация бабайки из фильма Нечто Джона Карпентера (ахуенный фильм – классика, если кто не видел, то срочно бегите это имба на все времена), где ты сам играешь за эту бабайку и жрешь людишек, почти все полюшки из фильма Карпентера присутствуют. Анимация очень крутая, внешний вид бабайки нереально доставляет. графоуни однако пиксельный. Геймплей простенький – лазаешь по научной базе и хаваешь людишек, по сути весь геймплей, можно швырять всякие объекты, также есть головоломки. Геймплей достаточно однообразный, однако игра не успевает тебе надоесть, и за это моё уважение. Для фанатов фильма Нечто – маст плей, однако и без этого игра достойная – 7/10 вполне.

A fantastic puzzle game, almost masquerading as an action game to a degree. There is no map, which as a gore-based metroidvania has pissed many gamers off, but I think it works in terms of instilling a more alien-based POV. The story is very disappointing; a piss weak ending (no spoilers), and big plotholes in the narrative. But what the game does well, it does pretty fantastic, allowing you to warp and split your alien body into segments, and actually feel as vulnerable as the victims you are consuming, as the game advances. The way the creatures mutates when entering water is so graceful and great contrast to land based movement.

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Carrion's a game that thrusts you into a position that few games allow. Taking the form of the monster, the game allows you to be as methodical, ruthless, or violent as you want to be. As someone who enjoys the general throttling of other human beings, Carrion gives you a set of tools and human canvases to carve your own gory masterpiece. The beautiful pixel graphics, along with the brilliant design of the amorphous blob you control, really serve to immerse you into the world and the lore tidbits that you are sparingly thrown only make the situation more gripping. Although the story isn't hugely deep or emotionally heartfelt, it does help define the setting and helps in getting you more involved from a different (?) perspective. Aside from the violence, the other main part of the game is solving puzzles with your set of abilities that change depending on what form your character takes. These were pretty alright, classics of the metroidvania genre, but they definitely aren't the draw for the game. The map isn't very easy to remember either as some other point out, but generally if you slither and swing for long enough, you'll find your way back to where you need to go and maybe find a group of humans that somehow escaped your noticed before. Overall, this game is a great fun time. The novelty of charging into a room to rip the inhabitants to shreds, or crawling through vents to snatch gun men from above one by one brings me back to playing every few months. I feel like there is more potential in this reverse horror world, perhaps with a richer story, or abilities that offer even more options in combat or traversal. Regardless, this is an experience I totally recommend.

A bit to mazey for my taste, also the gameplay felt repetitive and controls were a bit clunky. Excellent taste and aesthetics, though.

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What a cool concept for a game. Some games might make something like this a mini game or a part of a bigger story, but they really go all in on this concept here. I loved watching my creature grow as I terrorized the scientist and soldiers in the facility. Very satisfying and fun game.

Malum ekonomik durum bu halde. Etsizlikten kolunu kemiren bir arkadaşım tarafından bu oyun önerildi. Dedi ki ben bu Türkiye'de anca bu şekilde et yiyebiliyorum , senin durumda çok farklı değil sende al dedi. Durum bu şekilde. Aldık oyunu olduk hentailerden çıkma bir tentacle canavarı insanları yiyoruz işte. Böyle 6 7 mekaniği olan tatlı bir oyun. Hem de çerezlik. Böyle 1 günde 1 molayla birlikte iki part şeklinde bitirilebilecek bir oyun. Oynaması da kolay. Oyun alışılmışın dışında bir tarz ve çok iyi olmuş. Herkese öneriyorum. 🅑🅡🅞🅝🅩

It's a maze without a map. What else do you need to know ? Not even a seamless maze. Lots and lots of tiny bits and bits with constant transitions. Cool concept is severely damaged.

6/10

Fun take on a metroidvania where youre the alien monster. Not much gameplay variety, but short enough not to outstay its welcome and fun enough while it lasts. Could do more to sell the predator fantasy.

A short fun burst, one of those games you play through in one sitting. Combat, puzzles and the metroidvania elements are all well executed.

Very quickly this game just becomes, solve simple puzzles, blood and guts and wandering around aimlessly.

I have to text something without another option if I want to rate the game: 75/100 is fair for me. Enough? Haha.

La sorpresa del año. Horror y disfrute a partes iguales......................

Ever since childhood, I have been afraid of my grandmother's jar of "kombucha" ... and not in vain, as it turned out. ... This is a great game experiment on what it's like to be a monster escaping from a secret lab. I noticed two minuses for myself: (1) Very short! Here they could turn to their fullest, deepen the development of the monster, show some plot, interesting, opportunities, but the game ends very quickly, unfortunately. (2) In the battle with drones, it is very inconvenient to catch nimble carcasses with a gamepad. Other than that - WANT MORE!

No es mal juego pero no sobresale en absoluto de la media, si puedes jugarlo por un buen precio no creo que te arrepientas

Игра представляет собой аркаду в стиле реверс-хоррор. В хорроре МЫ прячемся и боимся монстров, а здесь все боятся НАС! Мы - непонятная, аморфная инопланетная тварь, которая вырвалась из лаборатории и хочет на свободу! Бегаем, поедаем людишек, наращиваем массу, мутируем, создаем гнезда-сохранения по всему комплексу. Время от времени нужно решать логические задачки в стиле "как же достать тот рычаг и открыть ту дверь". Про геймплей: Динамичный, сочный геймплей с отрыванием голов и прочих выступающих частей тела. До смерти напуганные работники компании, которая так неосторожно пленила вас - неизвестный организм - бегают по комнатам с пистолетом в трясущихся руках и визжат от ужаса, когда видят, как очередного напарника разорвало на части прямо у них над головой). Позже офисных работников сменят охранники с огнеметами, боевые роботы и автоматические турели, но это не убавляет веселья, и дает какой-то челлендж. Ведь мы не стоим на месте, а тоже эволюционируем, и через несколько уровней мы сможем становиться невидимыми, стрелять шипами во все стороны, а потом и вовсе с помощью тонкого щупальца брать под контроль охранников. Ммм.. А если рядом окажется пустой шагающий робот с пулеметами.. Собственно, наша задача - не уничтожение противников, а открытие различных заслонов на пути к свободе. Нужно нажимать разные рычаги, протискиваться в узкие проходы, обманывать лазерные датчики и т.д. В игре присутствуют элементы метроидвании - в некоторых местах вы не можете пройти дальше, пока не обретете нужную способность. Особенно это относится к секретным апгрейдам. Про сюжет: его нет. Вы - аморфная тварь, которая ищет путь к свободе, а жалкие людишки с помощью всяких хитростей пытаются ей помешать. Про музыку: Она есть. Не завораживает , но и не напрягает. Охранники орут почему-то женскими голосами) Но это мелочи. Не звуки слушать мы сюда пришли. У нашей твари и ушей-то нет. Зато много щупалец, глаз и зубастых ртов, *злобный смех*. Про графику: все видно на скриншотах) Да, она пиксельная, но расчлененка сделана хорошо и физика достаточно реалистична. Все разлетается, отталкивается от стен и падает на пол, заливая все красной жидкостью вполне красиво. Учитывая,что геймплей, как уже было сказано, весьма динамичен, нам особо некогда любоваться пиксельными красотами. Про продолжительность: игра не очень долгая, на пару-тройку вечеров. Ну можно, конечно, упороться и пройти ее за день, но получите ли вы от этого удовольствие? После финала можно загрузить чекпойнт и спокойно побегать по комплексу в поисках недостающих спрятанных банок (всего их 9 , по одной в каждой зоне). Итог: неплохая пиксельная аркада без сюжета с оригинальным, но немного монотонным геймплеем.

Игра быстрая, конечная и дает возможность поубивать этих жалких людишек. Игра на один вечер.

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A very fun game. It takes a while to get used to the controls. Different art with well-made ambient sounds! It took me about 4h-5h to finish. I recommend everyone to try it!

This developer always makes games with simple graphics and high violence. the creature in this game resembles a mixture of SYMBIONTE and THE THING

Nettes. Spiel es hat echt viel Spaß gemacht. Mehr davon ! Nicht zu lang, nicht zu kurz. Genau richtig.

wonderful game. and though it's simple yet it's so much fun. Highly recommended for horror lovers

Alguna vez te preguntaste como seria ser una criatura al estilo de “the thing” pues estas de suerte debido a que esa es justamente la premisa de carrion, encarnas a una criatura que esta atrapada en un laboratorio secreto y debes abrirte paso a travez de las instalaciones para buscar la libertad, siendo necesario matar a las personas que traten de detenerte. Carrion es un juego metroidvania con un hermoso aspecto de pixel art, con pintas de terror, aunque no muchas, tiene animaciones muy bonitas y los controles de la criatura se sienten muy pulidas y fluidas, tanto jugando con control como jugando con mouse y teclado, aunque la precisión que permite el ratón es mucho mejor que la del mando a mi parecer. Como buen metroidvania empezaras con pocas habilidades y con un personaje muy débil que a lo largo de su búsqueda de libertad ira consiguiendo mas y mas poder, ya sea aumentado su tamaño o desarrollando unas habilidades muy particulares, como puede ser un brazo especial para activar interruptores a distancia o capacidades mas “entretenidas” como el controlar humanos y usarlos como tus marionetas. A nivel de historia no se habla mucho de la misma hay una seria de misiones al estilo de flashback en las que encarnas a un humano y te hablan superficialmente el cómo se descubrió la criatura y como termino apresada, más allá de esto debes especular un poco. El único punto negativo es que, a mi parecer, en algunas instancias no se sabia completamente que era lo que tenias que hacer con algunos puzles muy frustrantes, sin embargo en general el titulo es muy exequible y fácil de entender. Sin duda Carrion es un increíble titulo que recomiendo probar, no hay muchos títulos con esta premisa y la ejecuta completamente espectacular dándote una sensación de poder que no e visto en muchos juegos.

Despite what you may have been led to believe, Carrion is not a Metroidvania but a 2D adventure game where you traverse through a maze of different facilities as a monstrous human-devouring symbiote. Although the game features unique gameplay and is buttery smooth to play, its greatest weakness is its lack of a map, which is ironically the quintessential feature of a Metroidvania. It is easy to get lost and waste time backtracking through areas to try to find where to go next. This can wear your patience thin as it is unrealistic to memorize the map to know where to head back to and travel next. This can force you to spoil yourself with walkthroughs in order to figure out the path onwards. The game itself is not particularly difficult and is forgiving with its abundant save rooms. The game has plenty of potential, which was unfortunately misused. There isn't much of a story to keep you interested either, making it hard to play for longer sessions. Overall, Carrion is an interesting experience, but not one to go through twice. It is also rather short. GREATEST TIME OF THE YEAR DLC I'm not really sure what to rate this DLC, as it was completely optional and had no story to it. It's meant to be played after the main game, and I did not really need to try all that hard in order to beat it in about 20 minutes. I suppose it's worth playing if you enjoy the original game, want more to play, and can get this DLC for free, but otherwise, I wouldn't recommend bothering with it. 6.5/10

Sometimes it feels like a Metroidvania but Nah it is a linear adventure puzzle game. Did ı say puzzle? Nah. If you have a specific skill you can move on. But if you haven't sorry pal.

In Carrion you’ll assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origin. Players will stalk and consume those that have imprisoned it to spread fear and panic t

It's a cool game. Worth trying. I mostly enjoyed exterminating everyone on the base. Pros.: - You play as a monster. Usually, you exterminate them. Finally, you have a chance to exterminate humans. - Quite interesting mechanic of moving and killing. Yet, very simple. - Improvements to the monster. Cons.: - Short. - The moment in the story about humans and the recovery of the monster could be more emphasized with better precision. I expected more from that part. It was also extremely easy to play.

Short game that is super fun to play. Not much to say. A map would have been good.

Es divertido. Los unicos puntos negativos que tiene es que dura muy poco, se vuelve un poco repetitivo (pese a durar poco) y los controles se sienten raros. si necesitas divertirte un rato (y no tienes mucho tiempo para jugar) este juego bastara.

Very good atmosphere, physics, music and sounds. The only downside is that the last 10 minutes of gameplay are a real maze

Too many mazes looking almost exactly the same! Cool idea on the other hand.

ХОРОШАЯ ИНДИ ИГРА НА "РАЗОК". Прошёл игру в один заход часа за четыре, получив приятные эмоции. Вопреки классическому хоррор сценарию, разработчики CARRION дают ИГРОКУ роль "нечто"-подобного существа, готового рвать и метать всё вокруг, получилось, довольно оригинально и забавно =). Сюжет так же присутствует, но к сожалению его куда меньше чем ожидалось и хотелось бы, что для меня, один из главных минусов. Помимо этого в игре присутствуют и другие недостатки, например в игре очень неудобно ориентироваться в пространстве, а так же к концу игры, когда прокачка существа подходит к концу, становится чуток скучновато, но да ладно, пустяки, это не помешало мне получить приятные эмоции от данной игры. Итог - 6 тентаклей из 10

Great atmosphere, great fun! Great atmosphere, great fun! Great atmosphere, great fun!

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Disappointing. I like pixel-art, but this art-design is not for me. The gameplay wasn't either. I was bored.

I wouldn't describe it as a 'reverse horror', rather as a short and fun gore metroidvania. But I do understand where the complaints are coming from - even I had to google how to get to the ending, but, thankfully, I had enough luck to go through this game with almost no 'no idea where to go' issues. I would give it a higher score, but lack of proper guidance can be a serious issue. Still, it doesn't have to be and I'd say give it a try - it's on gamepass and maybe you'll have as great a time as I had. + moving with the monster is soooo smooth and fun + fights and puzzles properly escalating in difficulty + 4 hours is a perfect length for this kind of game + fitting pixel art - easy to get lost, with no in-game way to find out where to go - human memory puzzles seemed a bit unnecessary

Reverse Horror in charmanter Pixeloptik angelehnt an das Metroidvania-Genre. Lohnt sich!