
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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At first, it feels like dead space. But, then it develops into its very own experience. One of the most incredible games that I've played in several years. The depth of the narrative, the atmospheric tension, jump scares, and just terrifying ordeal that you go through. It all makes for a wonderful experience. I hope to see more games from this studio in the future.
I have acquired an Arbalest MT-1020 for the Extraction of My Targets, as is the will of the Collective. Four Orphans rupture the perimeter of my Outpost. "By The Vocation!" I equip my Arbalest and jam more random chemicals into my Temporal Suit. Blow a Time Rift-sized hole in the first one, it's gibbed on the spot. Draw my Sword Mk-1615 on the second Orphan-but miss entirely as my Phylactery has decided now is the best time for a jumpscare and nail the area's cat. Have to resort to punching the conveniently-placed incendiary barrels at the top of the Gravity-Boot Platform, filled with infinite fuel. "Such is our Calling." The explosion shreds two Orphans in the blast, and the sound and extra shrapnel sets off my Essences. Quick-Craft Torch fuel and charge the last merging Orphan. It turns to ash waiting for the Warden to arrive because being burned alive is impossible to regenerate from. "Such is our Calling..."
Una joyita de survival/horror, la verdad que Blobber Team sabe generar una buena atmosfera de terror en sus juegos al igual que en el remake del Silent Hill 2. Este juego es una mezcla muy buena de Resident Evil, Dead Space y Silent Hill. La ambientación en la Polonia de los años 80 está brutal, el mundo "postapocalíptico" junto con la música me daban vibes del Upside Down de Stranger Things pero bien hecho :D La jugabilidad es prácticamente la misma del remake del Silent Hill, la exploración, obtención de recursos, armas y mejoras se siente bastante bien. La historia y personajes son interesantes si vas leyendo las notas y grabaciones a medida de que avanzas junto a algún que otro susto de por medio. De lo que más destacaría del juego en mi opinión es el apartado artístico en el diseño del mundo y la historia. Si cabe alguna duda en si jugarlo o no... los coleccionables son gatos, juégalo.
You a fan of Dead Space? horror? scary slimey meat men? Then this is for you. Cronos the new dawn has to be one of my new favorite games. The combat and enemies are unforgiving but manageable, the story is great, the world building is fantastic, and the overall atmosphere was intense. The gameplay consists of shooting meat monsters and then scrambling to find the next bullet to survive the next room. The only issue I had was that the inventory was smaller then my body count and finding more bullets was harder then getting a match on hinge to talk to me for more than 5 messages. I'd give this game a solid 9.5/10 and say it's worth around 30-40 dollars (more if it was longer). The real horror was becoming the crazy cat lady.
If you enjoy the Resident Evil Franchise, you'll love this. Very much inspired by RE. But it has quite a touch of originality. Certainly something I'll play through again, really interesting story and progress system feels proper, upgrades on weapons are also cool and noticeable. Graphics are epic, encountered maybe 1 bug where one of the bosses got stuck. Bosses aren't really too hard to kill, but its interesting/fun enough. Also now and again had a nice jumpscare. Story: 8/10 Graphics: 8/10 Performance: 10/10 Originality: 8/10 Overall: 8.5/10 DLC also in the works. will put it down for abit and come back to finish newgame+, try to platinum it and then play the DLC.
Besides small occurrences of oddities in the environment of the reality or time rift of which I am in. There is no negative abnormalities among the interactable equipment that hinder Paving The Path. The audio recordings of my predecessors, and the information acquired by harvesting the essences of our targets give me great hope in the Ascendance Protocols. My equipment are sufficient for the tasks ahead, the relics given to me by my predecessors, ample for the harsh journey. What little resources are left suffice in my needs. My work is grueling yet rewarding set by The Collective. Such is our calling. - Traveler ND-3576
fun enough game on its own but i cannot recommend this port as it runs abysmally. even with dlss on and with lower settings it will constantly dip up and down from 40 to 55 fps, with the input delay from dlss this makes it unplayable. i have never played a game with dlss with unplayble performance before, which is almost impressive.
Dark and Dead Space had sex. Have fun 8/10
great game <3 nothing bad to say
good gameplay and environment
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