Bloober Group isn’t any stranger to visually-stunning, intriguing horror video games. However should you wished one thing with extra motion, nothing the studio has made earlier than – save for perhaps the current Silent Hill 2 Remake – has fairly delivered in that space.
That is a part of what makes Cronos: The New Dawn a really particular title, particularly for these of us who need to get right into a Bloober Group recreation however don’t get pleasure from operating and hiding from scary issues as a lot as we do taking them on in fight.
Cronos has been on the radar of action-horror followers all over the place virtually because it was unveiled. A lot of that has to do with its distinctive tackle fight, which initially appeared like one thing out of Dead Space, however was later revealed to be much more attention-grabbing.
The core mechanic in fight is the flexibility for enemies to merge with one another, successfully evolving in real-time. This not solely has the potential to show up the issue of an encounter proper as you’re in the midst of it, it additionally means you’re going to must be much more aware of the place you tackle every struggle.
As seen within the newest gameplay deep dive, useless our bodies may be absorbed by enemies you’re presently making an attempt to struggle, which provides to their well being, and even unlocks new assaults. You’re seemingly required to lure enemies away from useless our bodies they will probably use towards you.
It’s fairly an uncommon – however very tactical – strategy to fight in a survival horror recreation. Talking of which, Bloober Group defined that Cronos does function some parts of useful resource shortage, so that you received’t be operating round gung ho.
Earlier this yr, we spoke to the game’s directors about a range of topics, together with why the workforce determined to take its subsequent undertaking in additional action-y route, and the way it desires to mix the horror parts of its previous video games with that extra interactive strategy.
Cronos: The New Daybreak nonetheless doesn’t have a launch date, however it is going to be launched sooner or later this fall on PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection X/S.