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Cronos: The New Dawn |OT| Survive The Future. Salvage The Past.
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Luipadre
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This is why survival horror is a dead genre. Kinda sad, because i really like it.
Danjin44
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It's not dead, we are getting new Silent Hill and new RE….we have good amount of survival horror.
People just need to understand just like horror movies, horror games are not meant to have mass appeal, not everybody likes to getting scared.
Chuck Berry
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Grildon Tundy
Member
It's going to be 4001 players when I get off work in an hour.
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Luipadre
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I just hope it will be a financial success for them on the long run
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
I think it will as long as they don't expect COD or Nintendo level sales.
This game is new IP and top of it survival horror….it just will not gonna have mass appeal but that doesn't mean survival horror is dead genre…..that's like saying SRPGs are dead genre because don't sale high numbers.
Edit: Also don't forget in NA the physical copy doesn't come until Sep 19th.
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Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
It just had to launch in October as a Halloween game. I do not understand why not? October is ninja gaiden and it will dominate lol.
Unfortunately survival horror fans are used to getting a good game and then studios go under.
Such is our calling.
Shubh_C63
Member
Maybe they made it in a tight budget and all previous ones had less than 2K players peak.
Silksong really hurt this game
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Badlucktroll
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i do see why konami picked bloober team for silent hill……they can make this shit
Grildon Tundy
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The Warden has some of the best cat-defining writing I've heard in any medium.
Killer8
Member
Estimated budget of the game was $27 million and Bloober confirmed the actual figure was well below that. It's not failing.
Grildon Tundy
Member
I hit a major bug after the choice at the end of the Steelworks. The Traveler says she's going back to the Terminal. The first two times, the level loaded in for a split second, and then disappeared, leaving only a blank expanse. Taking a few steps, I fell through the level and died.
The nearest autosave was unfortunately right BEFORE the end Steelworks boss fight. On the third attempt, I dropped all graphics settings to LOW and let the Steelworks end choice play out instead of picking the option I wanted. The bug didn't happen, but I'm kind of miffed because now I didn't get to make the choice to get the passive ability I wanted.
The nearest autosave was unfortunately right BEFORE the end Steelworks boss fight. On the third attempt, I dropped all graphics settings to LOW and let the Steelworks end choice play out instead of picking the option I wanted. The bug didn't happen, but I'm kind of miffed because now I didn't get to make the choice to get the passive ability I wanted.
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xrnzaaas
Member
Very strange bug, I didn't have any game breaking issues during my playthrough. Don't think you can do anything about it, because you can't force the game to autosave.
Maybe try to wait a bit after the next attempt, so that the game will have more time to load the map and the textures.
Grildon Tundy
Member
Thanks. The game autosaved right after the time I didn't get the bug, and my nearest manual save was 30 minutes further back. If you recall that part of the game, there's a long stretch without a save room.
It stinks, but I'm moving on!
Danjin44
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Usually these type of games get their success through word of mouth more than big budget marketing.
Nocty
Currently Steaming
indeed, I think this will have a long tail once people get paid again and finish hollow knight etc
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
It's a wild year.
It actually does have silent hill f to worry about more than anything imo. If someone is looking to pick up one scare game this Halloween and SHf is the better game than it'll be only the hardcore genre heads to pick this up.
Just fought another boss. Came out with literally 1 bullet to my name. Cheeks tight the whole time.
GudOlRub
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Killed the first boss and finished the first dive, I don't want to sound elitist but as I suspected the reviewers who shat on the combat are just scrubs who can't git gud.
As long as you manage your resources well, choose what to craft carefully and use only well aimed, charged shots it's quite simple and rewarding.
My bet is that in their panic they did not charge their shots, blasted away all their ammunition and then got angry because the game doesn't provide the player all the resources in the world.
Poor Bloober got fucked hard by those few very low reviews that bring the overall score down a lot...
But they're not in the clear as well, the frame graph is a mess, the stutters with Hardware RT ON are ridiculous, after Silent Hill 2 they should've learned...
As long as you manage your resources well, choose what to craft carefully and use only well aimed, charged shots it's quite simple and rewarding.
My bet is that in their panic they did not charge their shots, blasted away all their ammunition and then got angry because the game doesn't provide the player all the resources in the world.
Poor Bloober got fucked hard by those few very low reviews that bring the overall score down a lot...
But they're not in the clear as well, the frame graph is a mess, the stutters with Hardware RT ON are ridiculous, after Silent Hill 2 they should've learned...
Danjin44
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It doesn't matter the score, original Evil Within has 75 metic score but that didn't stop me from loving the game.
Nocty
Currently Steaming
100%
You could tell that salty bitch that gave it a harsh review because the combat was too hard was just getting his cheeks clapped over and over for trying to play the game like resident evil 4 or something. You have to be resourceful and methodical, every bullet counts as you can find yourself going for long periods of time with no ammo.
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Ass of Can Whooping
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Finished the 2nd dive and onto the next area. SH2 not withstanding this Is bloopers best work by far. Such a huge improvement. Shame midsong is getting all the attention over this and Hell is Us
It's really not THAT hard. But I get it. Asking for a just a tad bit of critical thinking in a shooter is a bit much to ask.
It's really not THAT hard. But I get it. Asking for a just a tad bit of critical thinking in a shooter is a bit much to ask.
Judge Magister
Gold Member
Just passing to say i'm officially in, not messed around with anything yet, i'm charging my controller then play some. I'm already hyped by the initial vibe and soundtrack.
semiconscious
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& if silent hill f has difficulty settings, that'll be a lock...
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TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
It's irrelevant anyway, now if under performs on console..... that's a problem.
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
Just completed it.
Holy shit do we need a spoiler free discussion thread.
Master fucking piece. 9.5/10. Best horror game I've played other than evil within 1.
Bloobers magnum opus.
All it really needed was more enemy variety overall, but the bosses were so damn good.
Holy shit do we need a spoiler free discussion thread.
Master fucking piece. 9.5/10. Best horror game I've played other than evil within 1.
Bloobers magnum opus.
All it really needed was more enemy variety overall, but the bosses were so damn good.
PontificationEngine
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I wanted to get this but the performance i heard was awful. Is it really that bad on PC?
Mister Wolf
Member
How are you guys liking the story?
Alex11
Member
Only 2 hrs in, but great game so far.
Positives:
- Amazing atmosphere and art style.
- Really like the retro synth music.
Not negatives, but more like nitpicks:
- Hope the level design gets more intricate, so far it's pretty basic.
- Auto flashlight.
- Movement a bit too tanky, I get why, but still.
So far it reminds of Dead Space the most, just with a different coat of paint and a bit of Returnal.
Positives:
- Amazing atmosphere and art style.
- Really like the retro synth music.
Not negatives, but more like nitpicks:
- Hope the level design gets more intricate, so far it's pretty basic.
- Auto flashlight.
- Movement a bit too tanky, I get why, but still.
So far it reminds of Dead Space the most, just with a different coat of paint and a bit of Returnal.
Bojji
Gold Member
Look up video from Alex on DF
Performance is ok, only some traversal stutters here and there.
Holy shit, I played few hours of this game and it's great. Amazing atmosphere and music. Combat is high tension and it's much easier to die than in most games but this is not souls level of difficulty for sure. My new monochromatic color theme for afterburner fits it well, lol.
Love it.
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Just dropping in to note a few mods/tweaks that can significantly improve the experience
- No Intro: Just your usual intro-skipping mod. Speeds up game booting.
- Mouse sensitivity fix: The game has horrific mouse controls. This makes it feel like a traditional third-person action game.
- Ultra Plus: The Ultra+ series of mods are the only ones for UE games that aren't just generic copy/pasted INI files full of placebo and bullshit. They actually make under-the-hood changes while providing options above-and-beyond what's available in the game. They added ray reconstruction, added toggles for vignette/DOF/film grain, and made it easy to change the FOV.
- Black floor fix: Yet again, RenoDX proves to be an essential tool for many HDR games on PC. While U+ has their own fix, the authors recommend using this mod instead as it provides better results.
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Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
The payout is incredible lol.
Rocinante618
Member
Those with 8GB VRAM, kinda avoid this as UE5 stutters considerably. While it plays alright (1080P, 60FPS) on medium with DLSS Q, the experience is a bit jank because of the random stutters. I recommend getting this if you have at least 12GB VRAM imo, action-horror needs smooth and stable framerates.
Self_Destructive
Member
God this game is fucking great! Bloober is definitely getting better and better with each release.
Bojji
Gold Member
DF says that lowering textures to low is the key for 8GB GPUs. Textures are still the same, just memory pool they use it lower.
I don't know how that woks in the long run, for me (with max out texture pool) game starts to reserve ~13GB (and use over 10GB) after more than 1h of play.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Got the bolt cutters and about to go to the elevator. Man, the game sure takes some very obvious inspirations but at the same time it feels unique. It has this very rough, crude bare metal feel, aesthetic and design when it comes to sci-fi elements. It reminds me of Half-Life 2 and Combine tech, meaning that it's not overly designed and too complex in terms of various machinery, terminals and stuff, rather simple enough, almost unpolished, like everything was just made at the steel factory, assembled and shipped as is. Dead Space has something similar, but tech there is more complex and overall aesthetics are way more advanced, plus weapons and such are engineering tools, but in Cronois it's some kind of shifting tech that almost has a 3D printed feel to it like in Callisto, except you don't have to switch parts on one frame to make anything. More urban environments (at least at the beginning, who knows what's else the game has) instead of space stations and space ships, help ground the whole experience. I hope they'll explain this anomaly manipulation thing you get to create bridges etc. cuz so far it feels out of place, unlike stasis and kinetic module from Dead Space which make sence.
Combat is brutal, as well as resource management. I died a few times when you fall to the pit with lots of explosives later on and even with an upgraded shotgun it's anything but easy. Like, some may say that Dead Space also had enemies that could mutate into various things by using corpses, well yes, but here it's completely different, way more frequent and much more dangerous to encourage you think strategically, when to burn corpses etc. and no, stomping them won't help at all unlike in Dead Space. It's basically a much more aggressive and dangerous combination of RE and Dead Space when it comes to corpses, enemies and again, unlike in Dead Space when there's only one mutation, here it's multiple mutations each of which is way stronger than the other and you really don't want for it happen ever cuz otherwise you're fucked. So no, it's not a copy & pace of Dead Space and RE and Bloober actually did something unique here and made it their own and this is the way it must be done, while not being afraid to borrow ideas from other games.
Anyway, really great proper first impressions so far, will play more later
Combat is brutal, as well as resource management. I died a few times when you fall to the pit with lots of explosives later on and even with an upgraded shotgun it's anything but easy. Like, some may say that Dead Space also had enemies that could mutate into various things by using corpses, well yes, but here it's completely different, way more frequent and much more dangerous to encourage you think strategically, when to burn corpses etc. and no, stomping them won't help at all unlike in Dead Space. It's basically a much more aggressive and dangerous combination of RE and Dead Space when it comes to corpses, enemies and again, unlike in Dead Space when there's only one mutation, here it's multiple mutations each of which is way stronger than the other and you really don't want for it happen ever cuz otherwise you're fucked. So no, it's not a copy & pace of Dead Space and RE and Bloober actually did something unique here and made it their own and this is the way it must be done, while not being afraid to borrow ideas from other games.
Anyway, really great proper first impressions so far, will play more later
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ThisIsMyDog
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Luipadre
Member
DLSS4 is just insane. DLAA not even worth it at 1440p because quality still looks insanely crisp and detailed and even the balanced mode looks crisp
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Gonzito
Gold Member
I am working today and then I have three days off finally. I want to focus in this game and Hell is Us. Cant wait
freemandos
Member
Just for big companies, like lots of other genres. A whole different world for small ones and indies.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Holy shit, what a game, WHAT A GAME!
I bet Konami saw early build of Cronos before they handed the SH2R to Bloober, cuz I sure as fuck would in a heartbeat without even thinking once after what I just saw and experienced. Absolutely in-fuckin'-credible original idea, the world, storytelling, lore, atmosphere, mood, attention to detail and pitch perfect excecution all around. I just love the way they're telling the story in Cronos through greatly directed cut-scenes with superb camera work, great voice acting of everyone involved and amazing way to set up and kickstart everything at the beginning. Like, time travel stories are already done to death but just like Remedy with Quantum Break and Housmarque with it's time loop in Returnal, Bloober found a way to make it unique and interesting right from the start, but when you get to certain point in the game when they start showing you things, then you slowly try to piece everything together and... then it hits you like a train.
First Clair Obscure this year from a completely unknown studio and now Cronos. WTF, Bloober? Holy shit. Like, I knew this game will be something special first time I've seen it, but holy fuck what an amazing surprise which turns out to be even better than I was expecting after SH2R. THIS! This is what Callisto should've been like in terms of realization and execution, Glen, why the fuck have you not made it so and ruined another original IP, idea and universe like that? Dang. Ugh, well, at least Bloober didn't so GIANT kudos to them! Watch and learn, I guess.
I bet Konami saw early build of Cronos before they handed the SH2R to Bloober, cuz I sure as fuck would in a heartbeat without even thinking once after what I just saw and experienced. Absolutely in-fuckin'-credible original idea, the world, storytelling, lore, atmosphere, mood, attention to detail and pitch perfect excecution all around. I just love the way they're telling the story in Cronos through greatly directed cut-scenes with superb camera work, great voice acting of everyone involved and amazing way to set up and kickstart everything at the beginning. Like, time travel stories are already done to death but just like Remedy with Quantum Break and Housmarque with it's time loop in Returnal, Bloober found a way to make it unique and interesting right from the start, but when you get to certain point in the game when they start showing you things, then you slowly try to piece everything together and... then it hits you like a train.
First Clair Obscure this year from a completely unknown studio and now Cronos. WTF, Bloober? Holy shit. Like, I knew this game will be something special first time I've seen it, but holy fuck what an amazing surprise which turns out to be even better than I was expecting after SH2R. THIS! This is what Callisto should've been like in terms of realization and execution, Glen, why the fuck have you not made it so and ruined another original IP, idea and universe like that? Dang. Ugh, well, at least Bloober didn't so GIANT kudos to them! Watch and learn, I guess.
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