Chernobylite Reviews
Chernobylite is a solid package for any player looking for an original survival FPS with a lot of heart in it. The story is sufficient, but the game will really satisfy players who are looking for a difficult experience without holding their hand too much. For players looking for much more than just the gameplay, however, they may be left wanting.
Chernobylite's next-gen upgrade makes it the best version of the game on consoles, even if it still suffers from a vein of inconsistency.
It’s not without its problems, then, but Chernobylite offers an intoxicating blend of horror, survival, base-building and FPS action. Repetition could be an issue for some, and shying away from playing with the poorly-acted English dialogue is highly recommended. Once you’ve settled in to your quest to find out what happened to your long-lost love, however, it’s hard to not feel the urge to do one more mission before turning it off, ever in the hope of finding valuable resources or a crumb of information.
Chernobylite's divergent paths bolster its replayability but its inconsistencies in other areas drag down the experience.
If you're expecting S.T.A.L.K.E.R. you'll be disappointed, but if you're jonesing for some forbidden zone action then Chernobylite is worth your time.
Chernobylite is nearly impossible to put in a specific genre and it feels generally unpolished, but the sheer amount of fun and excitement that it provides makes the game more than worth playing.
I’m sure anyone who loves a good survival or post-apocalyptic game will enjoy this one. Yet, I can’t help but wonder how much better the game would be had Farm51 chose to focus on what made it unique instead of adding in a bunch of other elements that were underdeveloped.
Chernobylite combines some cool ideas and implements them in a way that complements the story it wants to tell. Several issues stand in its way, with potential save corruption acting as the biggest road block. Once that issue gets patched out, the core experience will offer up something unique, even if many of its gameplay elements lack depth.
Chernobylite certainly has ambitions beyond being a rote shooter and although not everything meshes and the gears of its systems sometimes grind, the setting feels authentically haunted and foreboding. There’s a lot going on in Chernobylite, and sometimes the melancholic love story at the center gets buried under unnecessary game play complications, tepid combat or shifts of tone. In other words, it’s all still a bit messy but interesting and worth playing for shooter, RPG or horror fans, especially those fascinated by this particular moment in modern history.
Chernobylite is not gonna make up for the lack of the new S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game in your life, but even so it's a good enough title to dive into before the release of the next GSC Game World project.
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Chernobylite looks a lot fresher on the PlayStation 5. The developer had done a splendid job in identifying the main issues from the previous-gen console and fixed them, as well as enhanced the game’s current features and overall produced a more playable and enjoyable title.
Chernobylite is not perfect, its story may not be to the taste of many people and be somewhat chaotic, and its gameplay depends largely on whether you enjoy exploring its maps repeatedly, surviving and obtaining resources. If that is the case, there is no doubt that this title offers an original gameplay cycle, with the possibility of hooking you for hours on end. Yes, the numerous crashes that we have suffered are more worrying, and which unfortunately we have had to take into account when putting a score.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Chernobylite mixes up different genres and tells a compelling spy-story tied to the infamous Chernobyl disaster. However, It needs a post-launch balancement and less repetitive missions.
Review in Italian | 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.
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
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
The game combines perfectly our need for battle, sense of justification and the primitive sense of survival.
Review in Greek | Read full review
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
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 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.
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