Cronos: The New Dawn

This game is pretty good (on sale). The atmosphere is perfect, there is almost no time where I wasn't immersed. The only time would be when the protagonist speaks, but I assume the way she talks is intentionnal.

Runs terrible for me with unpredictable stuttering on Medium graphics at 1920x1080. I set the framerate cap at 60fps, but stuttering still happens. The VSYNC option is this game is weird? It's not "ON/OFF", but you have to set an interval. I also noticed that changing anything related to framerate (VSYNC or cap) made the gameplay run even worse until I restarted; the menus were clearly still 60fps. The other disappointment is that my character has a voice. You play as a woman and she sounds a little as though she is impersonating Robocop. Just not what I expected, I thought I'd be a voice-less armor that just shoots monsters, but if I have to play as a voiced protagonist I'd have liked her to sound more normal. But just to be clear, this isn't a dealbreaker, the technical issues are the reason I am not recommending this game. I apologize for requesting the refund, but this was the most expensive game I purchased during this Summer Sale and it's the only one that doesn't work properly, so I just feel really bad about it.

Very fun and scary game!!! Finding the cats in this game made it better. 11/10!!!

游戏背景，美术，恐怖感拉满。迫使我放生鼠标好几次QAQ，不过优化确实拉跨，掉帧严重。如果忽略优化问题感觉能到8/10这样。

8.5 out of 10 A fantastic horror game held back by a few frustrating design choices. Overall I had a great time with this game, That said I do believe this game could of EASILY have been a 10/10. To keep my complaints short and to the point, The lack of a map. I found the lack of map more frustrating than I found it to make the game more "Difficult". The lack of save points or suspend save was frustrating especially when I would be lost some where in the map and needed to stop playing but could NOT save. (not everyone can leave their pcs or console's running.) Another Annoyance was the Translation in the game. ESPECIALLY the hospital area. I found myself having to get within inches of a sign for it to translate eventually... The Boss fights I found to be a mixed bag. Several of them had mechanics that weren't communicated well. Forcing me to look up guides just to understand how I COULD actually beat them. Challenging bosses are GREAT but the solution should come from the game itself, not google. The gore at times was a bit over done and I do understand that was part of the process of this "virus" and I understand that was what the game was going for aesthetic wise but the sheer amount of blood, flesh, veins, vessels etc on the walls, floors and ceilings was definitely a bit too much overall to my liking. The voice acting and Motion capture acting. WHAT WAS THAT AT TIMES?! It went from pretty solid to OG RE1 Levels of bad acting and performances...left me a bit stunned and confused at times to how a new Triple A game could have this kind of BAD quality acting and performance. If they had put just a bit more effort into their overall performances I feel that would've made this game EASILY 10X BETTER! Last criticism/ SPOILER ALERT DO NOT READ PAST THIS POINT IF YOU DONT WANT SPOILERS! But Weronikas overall demise and ending. I hate that despite playing both outcomes theres not a SINGLE good ending for her. and made all the effort and some what emotional attachment i had to these characters feel like it was in vain with no pay off... So despite ALL of those criticisms. I had a LOT of fun. and I did find the story VERY intriguing and leaving me wanting to know more about what happens next. if they would fix all of those issues, then the next game would easily be something more special!

[b]Tl;dr:[/b] Confusing story but pretty good survival horror. [b]Pros:[/b] + Great atmosphere + Good weapon variety, charged shots felt good + Soundtrack and ambient sounds were awesome + Voice acting was decent + Body horror was pretty good [b]Cons:[/b] - Bolt cutter gimmick was unnecessary and tedious - Lame protagonist. probably due to involvement from woke consultant company Hit Detection - There was no reason to upgrade flamer fuel - Felt like there should have been a defensive move/item or at least a quick turn around - Needed a mod to improve performance (ultimate engine tweaks on nexus) - Confusing story [b]Closing Thoughts:[/b] I waited for this to go on a good sale (got it for $25 on instant gaming) because I didn't care for their SH2 remake but this looked interesting. I never played Dead Space so I can't compare. Enjoyed it overall and might check out the upcoming DLC. On the bolt cutter mechanic: it serves no purpose because every door with a chain is not far from a stash. So you come across the door, run to stash and get bolt cutters, run back to door and unlock it, run back to stash and put away bolt cutters. Same with the flamer fuel, you get them free at save rooms. Also, if you decide to use the Elster mod to swap out the protagonist model, be aware that it crashes the game toward the end and you'll have to switch out. Otherwise worked great for the rest.

Cronos: The New Dawn foi uma experiência bem positiva pra mim. É aquele tipo de jogo que te prende e te mantém interessado o tempo todo. A ambientação é bem feita e ajuda bastante a entrar no clima do jogo, deixando tudo mais imersivo durante a gameplay. A jogabilidade é direta e funciona bem, sem inventar moda, o que pra mim foi um ponto positivo. Gostei da forma como o jogo vai evoluindo conforme você avança, sem ficar cansativo ou confuso. Ele mantém um ritmo bom e dá vontade de continuar jogando pra ver o que vem depois. No geral, é um jogo que entrega uma experiência consistente e agradável. Não tenta ser algo exagerado, só faz bem o que se propõe, e isso já foi suficiente pra me divertir bastante.