Cronos: The New Dawn

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Cronos: The New Dawn Review – Great Atmosphere, A Bit Repetitive As a big fan of sci-fi and cosmic horror, I really enjoyed Cronos: The New Dawn. It is a great mix of Lovecraftian atmosphere, Chernobyl-like disasters, and post-apocalyptic settings. Here is a quick breakdown of the pros and cons (in my opinion). THE GOOD: Great Atmosphere: The graphics are beautiful and perfectly show a ruined, creepy world. Balanced Pacing: The combat is satisfying and well-paced. Instead of relying on cheap jump scares, the game uses them sparingly but effectively, forcing you to stay alert and tense while exploring. Simple Weapons: The weapon selection is simple but effective. There is enough variety to fit your playstyle without being overwhelming. Good Length & Exploration: The game doesn't feel rushed. It rewards you for exploring, reading notes, and listening to audio logs. Interesting Story: The story is woven in a way that lets you piece the puzzle together and draw your own conclusions, even though the main plot line does satisfyingly unravel by the end. THE BAD: Confusing Moments: While the story flows well for the most part, it occasionally takes sharp turns that might make you second-guess yourself and wonder if you missed something crucial. Unoriginal Enemies: The game takes heavy inspiration from games like Resident Evil, Dead Space, and Silent Hill. Sometimes it feels like a direct copy. For instance, enemies overgrown with black veins feel a bit too familiar. Gun Reload: I get it, when you get out of bullets you need to reload, but it is very frustrating in a game to have to do this manually. When you run out of bullets, make te reload be automatic when you click to shoot, you still have to reload :P Repetitive Bosses: Some bosses are recycled multiple times with the exact same mechanics. It gets boring after the second or third time. It would be better to have fewer bosses that are completely unique—especially since the game has one amazing boss fight close to the end (no spoilers). Low Replay Value: Having multiple endings is a nice touch on paper. However, in the age of YouTube, I don't see much incentive to replay the entire game just to see a slightly different conclusion, especially when the endings don't diverge that drastically. FINAL VERDICT: Overall, the developers did a fantastic job delivering a deeply atmospheric action-horror experience. Despite a few frustrating moments, I am incredibly glad I saw this journey through to the end. In a way, those frustrating elements are just part of the survival horror charm.

Absolutely unexpected jewel. If you are into S-Fi Horror, you will like this game. The graphics, animations, voice acting, music, sound design, and above all, the story are outstanding. This game is not what you come for, its better. I recommend playing it in DirectX 12 because the lighting completely transforms the atmosphere. Unfortunately, the optimization is poor, so it will demand a powerful PC. DirectX 11 is acceptable, but it changes completely the vibes of the game. That is the only thing they should improve. Masterpiece of a game.

Muy Bueno

Great atmosphere, engaging combat, runs well.

Silent Hill 2 Remake turned me around on Bloober team, and Cronos cemented them as one of my favorite modern horror developers. Cronos doesnt shy away from the obvious Dead Space inspirations, it embraces them, and fuses them together with a neo-apocalyptic time travel story that I found deeply engaging. Not only that, but it's downright scary. Like Dead Space, it uses excellent ambient audio to make every slow crawl down a long hallway tense, corpses litter the areas you walk, and youre always on edge that they won't be lying down when you return. The combat is tight, and punchy, a much heavier emphasis on ammo conservation than it's spiritual predecessor, but with an arsenal of weapons that are as violent as these ones, every shot feels like it counts. I also loved that your time travel powers weren't only narrative, blowing up an explosive barrel, and then pulling one out of a seperate timeline into your reality to do it again, peak gameplay. If the news of no further Dead Space content put you down, then please give Cronos a shot, it scratches the itch, and adds enough new flavor on top to keep it fresh, with a dark, tangled narrative that'll keep you invested in the long run. The Traveler also quickly became my favorite modern survival horror protagonist, she does not ♥♥♥♥ around.

Great horror sci-fi game