
A whole new breed of survival horror emerges with Cronos: The New Dawn. Survive the brutal wastelands of the future, fight nightmarish merging creatures and jump back in time to harvest souls as you seek to uncover the origins of the apocalypse that wiped out humanity.
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Cronos: The New Dawn is a brutal third-person survival horror where you fight for the future by salvaging the past. Burn monsters before they merge. Extract souls from the living. Adapt or die.

Set in a grim world where Eastern European brutalism meets retro-futurist technology, Cronos: The New Dawn lets you experience a gripping story that straddles the line between past and future.
In the past, you will witness a world in the throes of The Change, a cataclysmic event that forever altered humanity. Meanwhile, in the ravaged wastelands of the future, every moment is a fight for survival against dangerous abominations that will test both your reflexes and your tactical thinking.
You are a Traveler working for the enigmatic Collective, tasked with scouring the wastelands of the future in search of time rifts that will transport you to 1980s-era Poland.

In a desolate world filled with ever-present danger, your survival hinges on your ability to strategize and plan ahead. The enemies you’ll encounter are nightmarish creatures, born from the remnants of humanity – defeating them will require you to make full use of your arsenal.
You can manipulate temporal Anomalies to clear a path through the desolate environment, and will have to scavenge for resources to replenish your limited ammo and supplies. Good preparation is key. Once in battle, split-second decisions can mean the difference between life
and death.
The creatures you kill won’t stay dead for long. Fallen enemies can be absorbed by others — through a grotesque process called Merging — to become faster, tougher, and far deadlier.
The only way to stop them? Burn their bodies. And do it fast.
If you don’t, you’ll face ever-evolving abominations that will push your combat skills to their limits.

Your mission is to locate key people from the past who perished in the ensuing apocalypse. Using your all-powerful Harvester, you can extract their Essences and have them accompany you into the future.
But be wary: these essences have a profound impact on your journey.
The more you carry, the more haunted your suit becomes — increasing your prowess on the battlefield but also bringing with them whispers in your ear and flickers into your vision, edging you ever closer to madness.
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America +3 more
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9/10
Gioco ricco di suspence e storia avvincente
Nice game. Works fine on my PC.
Absolutely love it. I'm not much of a sci-fi person. I am very much a horrorcore OG. This game is a small amount of Control blended perfectly with a moderate amount of Dead Space and Resi 2. 9/10 Bloober does their homework
A great spiritual successor to the Dead Space series, with enought differences to make it truly shine on its own. Time goes kinda ♥♥♥♥♥ wucky, be ready :)
He disfrutado mucho la ambientación scify de este juego. Genera una gran sensación de desconcierto durante la trama, una atmósfera agobiante, misteriosa y que incita a jugarse y entender lo que esconde en cada paso, en cada rincón y en en las notas que vas encontrando durante el juego. Personalmente comencé la historia prestando poca atención y siento que perdí el hilo un poco, por eso recomiendo estar desde el principio atento. Más adelante lo agradecerás. Es una historia interesante, sin ser una genialidad que te cambie la vida, pero muy disfrutable. Sobre todo si te gusta la ciencia ficción... Que hoy día, comienza incluso a ser un futuro no tan lejano... Lo cual intriga, a la vez que aterra... Los controles y el gameplay están pulidos, cumple sin ser una obra maestra. Invita a proseguir, añade elementos durante cada "fase" y genera nuevas maneras de interactuar con el entorno. Con toques de crafteo básico y upgrades del equipamiento en diferentes bases repartidas por cada escenario, donde además, podrás grabar partida. Sin duda si buscas una experiencia que mezcle ciencia ficción y terror, Cronos se podría llegar a codear con los grandes del genero. PD: Ojito con la dificultad. No es un juego para nada fácil. Yo personalmente lo jugué fácil porque soy un ser que nació cansado y con falta de reflejos...
Дропнуто. Можете назвать меня лохом, но начало у игры абсолютно невнятное, а что там дальше и выяснять желания нет. Я люблю игры блуберов (играл не во все, но вот Lyers of Fear и Blair witch очень люблю), но это какой то пукиш, честно. Геймплей просто ужасен во всех аспектах, враги, визуал боёвки, прокачка, этот мусорный лут. Безусловно, если вас цепляет сеттинг и нарратив, то вы затерпите геймплей, но вот меня не цепануло от слова совсем, просто дико скучно и пресно. Поиграйте лучше Darkwood, там постапок Польша на 2 головы круче и геймплей интересный.
I've played through the game once (and instantly started it again) It's so beautiful... the music, the atmosphere, the story, world, and lore... I wish to know more about this reality-
Great game
First of all, NEVER judge a book by its cover. I played the Demo and was not at all impressed. I had decided to Pass on this one, but then it came out on sale and I bit the bullet. The game itself is nothing at all like the Demo and was actually very good. I must give Kudos to the Bloober team for the amazing world that they developed for this game. The 3d apocalyptic world just left me sometimes staring at the screen in awe. Typical Bloober game, just like Silent Hill, the puzzles were tough at times and required deep thought, but that is a good thing. Now for the bad part. I would rather play a game that is ready to play OUT OF THE BOX. This was not. Twice during the game I encountered what very well could have been game breaking bugs had I not intervened. I had to spend 3 or 4 hours searching the internet for a solution to a gate that wouldn't open and eventually ran across two mods (SML and Simple Photomode) that allowed me to sort of NoClip and go past the partially opened gate and continue that quest. Then it happened again in another level where a particular cut scene did not trigger and I once again had to use the same two mods to bypass the door. Luckily neither action affected anything else in the game and I was able to complete it. Hopefully a future patch will fix these glitches. Besides that I STILL RECOMMEND this game, because despite the glitches and the very confusing story line, I still enjoyed the game very much. It provided 36 hours of pure entertainment and I will probably play it again at a future date
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