Oh man. I've always wanted to play Soma because the story was pointed out to me as being excellent, however anything with jumpscares just isn't for me.

Note that there's a safe mode where the monsters can't hurt you. The jumpscares don't go away but they lose all sense of danger. Personally for me it was exactly what I needed to play and finish the game.

An unusual case where the horror game parts actually hurt the experience of the game. Perhaps in another time it would have been an adventure game instead.

A few years after its release Soma got an update that introduced "Safe Mode". It pretty much transforms the game into an adventure with spooky visuals.

Yes, the horror felt a bit forced.

It's like they came from Amnesia, wanted to make something like it, but set in the future, but then their story was better than they hoped.

Thanks, I own the game but haven't played it yet :(.