Chernobylite Reviews
Chernobylite combines a multifaceted narrative with stunning, atmospheric levels that repopulate with fantastic points of interest. Players can sneak or shoot their way around the faithfully recreated Zone and see the modest ripple effects of story choices they can alter following each death.
An ambitious and atmospheric adventure undercut by some simplistic mechanics.
Chernobylite is an interesting game, full of interesting ideas and with a good amount of content to offer; unless you go straight for the ending, it will entertain you for a good twenty hours. It's not perfect: the AI isn't brilliant, the horror atmosphere isn't quite there, and there's some repetetiveness. But if you're looking for something to satiate your hunger for trips in the Exclusion Zone, Chernobylite is a solid choice.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Chernobylite is an interesting and surprising game, thanks to an emotional and deep story, an engaging atmosphere and a good mix of different gameplay styles. Unfortunately, some problems such as repetitiveness, a low challenge level and a series of annoying bugs prevent it from reaching higher heights.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Chernobylite might not be AAA, but it's great bang for the buck. At £29.99 I think it's a steal, but buyer beware! With its numerous performance issues the title isn't for everyone.
Fans of hardcore survival games might find Chernobylite a little too easy-going, while horror aficionados may not be horrified enough. But if you're looking for a more balanced experience with a compelling world and a lot of varied mechanics, Chernobylite is well worth investigating.
Chernobylite does the tension of survival better than most, but the hokey horror element lets it down.
Chernobylite's trifecta of gun combat, survival, and base management serves the game's unique narrative system. With more features comes more shortcomings, but nothing drastic enough to take away from an otherwise compelling experience.
With a combination of multiple features and mechanics from different genres, as well as a setting that's steeped in mystery, Chernobylite attempts to be the jack-of-all-trades. Unfortunately, a mediocre combat system, repetitive mission structure, and dull gameplay loop lead to questionable results.
Chernobylite is a complete game that comes in different aspects of gameplay and still offers good value for money. If the tactical part with management of the base and companions is pleasant, as is the infiltration, the fights are nevertheless somewhat behind, especially because of the very dark graphics making it difficult to locate the enemies. The latter are however well detailed and participate in the successful atmosphere of the app, enhanced by the soundtrack.
Review in French | Read full review
Chernobylite isn’t a perfect game. Aside from the continuity issues and the horror that falls flat, there were a couple of game crashes too. However, the game has plenty more positives, including impressive decision-making, the amount of freedom with base building, and simple but satisfying team management. Chernobylite is well worth dipping into for a few hours as long as you remember the game is not meant to be a AAA experience.
There are rough edges but I expect all of them will be solved via patches. The Farm 51 has created an atmospheric and challenging game that mixes plenty of inspirations in a cool new way. More variety in terms of locations and more options for combat would have made Chernobylite an instant classic.
While stunning visually, with impressive textures and world building, Chernobylite tends to think of itself as a hodgepodge of genres.
Chernobylite receives a good dose of improvements with the Xbox Series X|S version, which eliminates many of its most obvious problems and leaves a final product that is quite good, but far from perfect. Although Chernobylite on Xbox Series X|S is certainly the ultimate way to experience what this game can offer, it's disappointing that the game has optimization issues, which is reflected in its notorious frame rate drops, both on loading screens and in the game as a whole. However, the 60fps, the graphical improvements in terms of the definition of the textures, and also the lighting ones sit well with the game.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Chernobylite is a wonderfully unique game with multiple gameplay elements that make it stand out rather than being dumped as just another post-apocalyptic survival game.
Chernobylite benefited from the long dev cycle and the evident amount of care The Farm 51 has provided for the title. However, the result is simply just a pretty enjoyable and atmospheric title with several lacking aspects such as the AI and enemy variability.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
The game combines perfectly our need for battle, sense of justification and the primitive sense of survival.
Review in Greek | Read full review
It is worth giving Chernobylite a chance. The creators of the Polish studio have created an interesting and unique title that can embarrass many high-budget products with a multitude of mechanics.
Review in Polish | Read full review
A good title that combines several genres in a successful way and presents an interesting story that motivates you to continue advancing.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
I must confess, Chernobylite is one of those games I was unsure about giving a chance. It was one that I’d watched streamers play, ultimately unsure about how I would feel about it myself. Instead, once I dove in, I was compelled to keep going despite the performance hitches. I was interested in seeing just how far the game could go, what experiences it could deliver, and just how much more unique the experience could be.