The Ultimate SOMA Discussion Thread

[Ashtoreth]

Developer: Soma

I red the FAQs and it says that there will be no inventory screen, but items will appear in the player's hand when they could be used. How is that system working exactly?

That's pretty odd because here :

https://youtu.be/FIZXrKl4lXQ (5:16) you can clearly see that it says "to see your inventory"

Thank you for pointing that out. The answer to the inventory question in the SOMA Info Portal FAQs was written based on the April 2014 alpha demo previews. We're going to reword the answer to reflect the new information, and update the Gameplay subsection accordingly.


@Googol: You can see a demonstration of how it works in this preview video: http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/o1jjpe/soma-preview (2:20).

The PC Gamer and Adventure Gamers previews also mention:

The inventory is contextual, so the cutter only appeared in front of me when I returned to the metal door to cut through the blockage.

If you don’t have an immediate need for an object to overcome an obstacle, you can't put it in an inventory, as there isn’t one here.

I guess the inventory screen will serve only to allow the players to visualise the items they have at any given moment. But when it comes to use the items, they will automatically appear on-screen when/where you need to use them.