Cronos: The New Dawn

Must play!

Me lo pasé hace unos meses, pero creo que merece la pena dejar esta reseña para quien esté pensando en comprarlo. Una ambientación espectacular, una historia que engancha y una optimización excelente desde el primer minuto. Recomendadísimo.

역작은 아니지만 꽤 재미있게 할 수 있는 게임. 1. 스토리 : 3.5/5 스토리가 난해하기 때문에 스포가 안 되는 선에서 세계관이나 설정을 미리 알아보고 시작하는 것도 나쁘지 않을 것 같습니다. 왜 세상이 개망해버렸는지 과거에 무슨 일이 일어난 건지는 길가다가 줍줍하는 남의 일기를 꾸역꾸역 읽으면서 알아가야함, npc가 하시는 말씀도 오덕이 명작애니 감명깊게 보고 와서 신나서 떠드는 얘기마냥 도통 뭔 소린지 알 수 없으니 주의. 그래도 이해가 된다면 스토리가 궁금해서 계속 플레이하게 됨. 2. 공포 : 2.5/5 눈으로 볼 때 괴물분들의 고어한 디자인이 인상 깊긴 하지만, 귀로 들었을 때 이 게임은 사운드가 기과함이나 소름끼치는 공포감을 주지는 못함. 점프스케어도 별로 없음. 그냥 잔잔한 공포 정도만 느껴지니까 초등학교 4학년만 돼도 걍 할 수 있음. 3. 액션 : 2.5/5 데드스페이스처럼 좀비의 팔 다리 슬라이스가 안 쳐짐. 무기도 쏘는 맛이 그냥 슴슴함. 좀비가 다양하지 않고 각 좀비별 상대법도 새로울 건 없음. 그냥 평범 좀비들은 머리 쏘고, 보스급은 머리에 난 형광색 뾰루지 톡톡 때려서 터트리면 쥬금. 그래도 아는 맛이 맛있긴 함. 4. 게임 최적화 : 2.5/5 그래픽이 뛰어난 게임이 아님에도 조금 끊기고 묵직함. 5. 세계관 컨셉 : 4.8/5 이 게임의 최대 장점. 잘나가다가 아포칼립스로 개망해버린 동구권 신도시의 느낌. 펜데믹으로 광기에 시달리고 고통 받다가 떠난 사람들. 그런 느낌적인 느낌들은 잘 살렸다.

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除了经常闪退心态有点崩，其实还不错啦，也没有想象中那么难调整了数值后子弹冗余非常多，枪击有感不错，怪物受击反馈不足经常不知道打中没有，尤其是蓄力后子弹就射出了，不好瞄准，美术、地图做得也不错，需要提升怪物种类和和不同的武器

Nice game

I jumped into this knowing almost nothing except that it was developed by Bloober Team, which gave me some confidence as I absolutely loved their remake of Silent Hill 2, and also mostly enjoyed The Medium. Well, I can say they've delivered above all my expectations, as I loved Cronos : The New Dawn even more than I did SH2, and also more than RE:Requiem. My biggest fear going in was that outside SH2, Bloober's gameplay had always been quite bare. A fear immediately gone after the first shot with the game's first gun. Charging shots to shoot through multiple enemies feels very satisfying, and even more after upgrades. Add a pretty decent enemy variety with a big dose of body horror and an original "merging" mechanic, a well adjusted challenge level and an old school approach to inventory management and resource scarcity, and you get a survival horror that kept me on the edge of my seat through the 20 hours that my first run took me. The two other huge highlights for me were the sound design and soundtrack, and the art direction. Bloober clearly took notes while working on the otherworld of SH2, digested the influences, mixed it with eastern europe architecture and turned every dial to 11. After fighting through panelkas infested with biomass that would feel at home on the USG Ishimura or in Zdzisław Beksiński's paintings, and torn by anomalies straight from S.T.A.L.K.E.R.S. 2's most dangerous areas, I have to say Cronos hits different. The few complaints I would have are the following : - performance on PC is rough — although I only suffered a few lags and microfreezes in 1440p, thanks to DLSS's upscaling and frame gen, with ray tracing disabled — and the game is probably best played on consoles if your rig is getting a bit old. - it feels too bad that the original voice acting was recorded in English instead of Polish, as this would have brought a higher level of authenticity. This is even a bit surprising considering that all visible texts/signs are written in Polish, but the only other VA option is... Chinese. Go figure. Oh, and before I forget : YOU CAN PET THE CATS. PLURAL ! 10/10, SUCH IS OUR CALLING !

If you enjoy Dead Space and you enjoy Resident Evil, you'll enjoy this game. I am a huge Dead Space fan and this scratches that itch and the mystery and twist this game has is awesome. I hope if they continue on and create something similar or a sequel I hope they add some kind of dismemberment system, just me wishing. Beautiful game graphically as well.