Fire is an even bigger threat, as your mass is apparently combustible and will continue to burn unless you find some convenient pool of water to douse the flames. Although you're a shapeless mass of goo, bullets can rip you to shreds relatively quickly. One immediate surprise is just how fragile your blob monster can be. In fact, if you look past the role-reversal gimmick, Carrion plays almost like any other side-scrolling action adventure game … just with a lot more blood and pixelated chunks of gore. But once the initial thrill wears off, it quickly becomes apparent that a lot of hard work goes into being a gelatinous harbinger of death.

There's no denying that it's a lot of fun to give in to some darker impulses and leaving a path of slaughter and carnage in your wake. At least that's the premise behind Carrion, the self-described 'reverse horror' game that flips the script by dropping players into the role of the bloodthirsty monster lurking in the shadows, instead of the victims running from it.

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