Cronos: The New Dawn

su bloober team neden bu kadar agır oyunlar yapıyor amk sistemim yetmiyo

Отличный атмосферный хоррор.

Nota: 8/10. Cronos é um excelente jogo que, infelizmente, ainda passa despercebido por muita gente. O título mostra a competência da Bloober Team em construir cenários repletos de tensão e atmosfera, gerando medo para além dos 'jumpscares' baratos, que, embora presentes, não são o principal recurso de tensão do jogo. Visualmente, Cronos não impressiona tanto, sendo que a Bloober fez um trabalho tecnicamente superior no remake de Silent Hill 2, por exemplo. No entanto, o que falta em impacto gráfico é compensado por uma ambientação extremamente original: uma Polônia dos anos 1980. A arquitetura brutalista, apesar de monocromática, dá espaço para uma identidade marcante ao cenário, diferenciando o jogo de praticamente qualquer outro título de terror. A fusão entre essa estética e os elementos *orgânicos* que invadem o ambiente reforça temas como individualidade e coletividade, presentes de forma constante ao longo da narrativa. A história também merece destaque, principalmente os dois primeiros terços do jogo são excelentes na construção de mundo por meio de detalhes ambientais: textos, pinturas, panfletos e outros elementos ajudam a retratar como era a vida antes, durante e depois do evento conhecido como "A Mudança", um misterioso fenômeno de mutação que transforma humanos em criaturas grotescas. É nesse contexto que controlamos a "Viajante", encarregada de coletar as essências de indivíduos considerados importantes por uma organização tão enigmática quanto o próprio apocalipse: o Coletivo. Ao longo da jornada, a protagonista transita entre passado e futuro (ou presente?), conectando acontecimentos e descobrindo verdades não apenas sobre o mundo, mas também sobre si mesma. No último terço, a narrativa muda de foco e passa a explorar um conflito mais pessoal. Essa nova direção continua interessante, mas qualquer comentário mais detalhado entraria no terreno dos spoilers. A trilha sonora e a sonoplastia são outro grande acerto; ambas enriquecem significativamente a atmosfera e conseguem transformar cenários visualmente simples em ambientes opressivos e memoráveis. A jogabilidade também funciona muito bem: o combate é consistente, e a mecânica dos inimigos que se fundem entre si adiciona dinamismo a cada confronto. O principal problema, aqui, está na pouca variedade de inimigos e armamentos. Ainda assim, essa limitação dificilmente compromete a experiência, especialmente considerando a duração do jogo. No meu caso, a campanha levou cerca de 14 horas, alternando momentos de exploração completa com trechos focados apenas na progressão da história. No geral, Cronos é mais um ótimo trabalho da Bloober Team, consolidando o estúdio como um dos nomes mais competentes do terror de sobrevivência atual. Talvez não alcance a excelência dos grandes clássicos do gênero, mas entrega uma experiência marcante graças à sua ambientação única, excelente construção de mundo, originalidade e atmosfera impecável.

очень атмосферная и запутанная. Я подобное люблю. Местами душная ,видимо поляки задумывали определенные решения по ходу прохождения и если откланяешься то начинается попа боль

Lots of strengths, some weaknesses. Excellent atmosphere and soundtrack to the game, hands down. The enemies(orphans), while having great designs, stay mostly the same throughout the game. You get some curveballs here and there, as well as some more advanced versions of said enemies, but you're mostly fighting the same thing throughout. I really like the concept of having to keep an eye on orphans you've previously killed because you'll leave one behind and next thing you know, you've come back and now it's being used by another orphan to mutate even further. The story, while not bad, is probably one of the weaker aspects because it becomes a bit too convoluted with the time-traveling and lackluster in the areas we're more curious about, like what exactly the Vocation was/is or how the Change originally occurred(though there are some interesting theories). The phylactery is another interesting game mechanic, with each essence you choose to keep or delete having an effect on your buffs(and psyche). Overall, I highly recommend it if you want an atmospheric survival-horror with excellent graphics.

9/10

Overall a solid game. You can really feel the Dead Space, Silent Hill, and Resident Evil influences in the tension, weaponry, and enemies. I consider Dead Space 1 and 2 to be the pinnacle of the futuristic survival horror genre and would rate those games around a 9.5 out of 10. This game I would give about an 8 out of 10. Combat - Fairly monotonous, where you shoot the head of the space zombie and they die after enough damage. Compare that with a game like Dead Space where you could slow enemies down with stasis, remove their limbs, use telekinesis to fire them as projectiles, etc. Nothing groundbreaking about the combat or the weapons. It's also a bit of a drag to feel like you need to charge up a shot for almost every weapon. Inventory - Horrible, terrible, no good, very bad decision to limit inventory to such a small number of slots. They can be upgraded over time, but even then you won't want to have more than 2 maybe 3 weapons on you at a time because you can't even hold the ammo for those weapons, plus the key items you find. If you run out of space, it feels bad but you end up having to delete certain things that you picked up along the way. My advice: Don't make the inventory a mechanic in the game. Managing inventory isn't something that anyone is excited to do, it's just annoying. Weapons - There's a good few weapons and they are all viable, other than the weapons that tend to burn through ammo like the dagger. Ammo is scarce at higher difficulties but is quite manageable, no real complaints since it is a survival horror. I would prefer that weapons aren't about charging up your shot, it slows down gameplay and just feels clunky, especially when you halfway charge, then release it to stop shooting, but shoot a regular shot instead, can't tell you how many times I've done that. Difficulty - I've beaten the game on Easy, Normal, and Hard with all achievements. And when I played hard, I had to check a few times to make sure I didn't accidentally lower the difficulty in some way because I could not tell the difference between normal and hard. Enemies seemed to have the same or just slightly more health, and I couldn't tell if I took more damage or not, though I assume I did. I completed hard with no deaths without specifically trying to do so. Character - The character you are playing as is difficult to discern emotions from, and never shows fear over the terrifying creatures attacking left and right. It makes it so that it feels like you're just controlling an emotionless robot that isn't fighting for their life like you would see in any other horror genre. Overall - Enjoyed the first playthrough, had fun in the second, and tolerated the third. Doesn't have much replayability (unless you are going for all achievements, in which case you need to replay it at least 3 times) as you don't unlock things like the foam finger from Dead Space or Infinite ammo in RE games. I doubt I'll pick it up again but I'm sure I'll enjoy the DLC once it releases.

What's not to like? It's as if RE and Dead Space had a baby. Hard AF though. This game defo puts the survival in horror survival.