Cronos: The New Dawn Reviews
While a bit too ambitious, Cronos: The New Dawn is a great new IP from Bloober Team that showcases the team's horror chops in a gory futuristic way.
Cronos: The New Dawn is one of the most refreshing survival horror experiences of recent memory, thanks to its emphasis on player choices and split-second decisions, which shine even further due to its harrowing setting and gripping narrative.
Cronos: The New Dawn is filled to the brim with potential, which ultimately falls short in how it executes all of its concepts. While there is a great story foundation and some interesting mechanics, the lackluster conclusion to the narrative, combined with irritating combat, frequent glitches, poor pacing of traversal, and repetitive gameplay scenarios, makes for a product that fails to capture the quality of other entries in the genre.
Cronos: The New Dawn is a culmination of over a decade of experience from Bloober Team. Through the years, the studio has risen to the challenge, and this trend continues with its newest franchise, which is a mix of some of the biggest survival horror games to exist. The campaign is brutal and challenges you to survive in a bleak, failed world where a virus has wreaked havoc in Eastern Europe, and the sci-fi elements present a fun twist on the formula.
Cronos: The New Dawn is the newest project of Bloober Team and you know how to frustrate well with a moment, but also to inspire you again. This is mainly due to the scarcity of bullets, materials and tools. With every fight you have to make a decision or shoot or flights is the best choice. It is a challenging game where dead enemies can still frustrate you. Cronos: The New Dawn is not reserved for every gamer. So do you like a good challenge and can you make good choices? Then you will enjoy Cronos: The New Dawn.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
Bloober Team continues their mastery of atmosphere with Cronos: The New Dawn. While its story draws you in with fear and brutality, repetitive level design and combat prevent it from maintaining the same quality.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
Cronos: The New Dawn is one of the most complete, creative, and thrilling games of this year, and without a doubt, one of the best horror games of this generation. It hasn’t come just to announce its presence; it’s here to push the genre forward, add new elements to it, and prove that there’s still room for creativity and fresh ideas in survival horror. Cronos plants a new kind of fear in your heart and makes sure you’re glued to your seat.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Cronos: The New Dawn impresses with a brilliant story and a fresh setting, somewhere between retro-futurism, brutalism, and sci-fi horror. The simple and slow combat system is a matter of taste. If you go along with it, you can expect nerve-wracking battles. Monsters that merge with already defeated enemies add an exciting twist to the encounters. The ingenious level design is (a bit too) linear, but it captivates with its almost perfect pacing, in which action, story, and puzzles alternate continuously. The scarce resources create a constant tension, which is underscored by an excellent synth-electro soundtrack. In short, "Cronos: The New Dawn" is one of the best horror games I've ever played.
Review in German | Read full review
With Cronos: The New Dawn, Bloober Team delivers its most accomplished work yet: a gripping survival horror with a masterful artistic vision, shaped by both past experiences and genre classics. Set in 1980s Kraków under Russian occupation, the game shifts into a nightmarish, oppressive reality. Its demanding mechanics and outstanding art direction make it one of the most intense horror experiences in recent years - unmissable.
Review in Italian | Read full review
"True horror in an unforgiving world" Cronos: The New Dawn is Bloober Team's most ambitious project yet, combining classic survival horror with innovative concepts like enemy combinations and time travel. Its dark atmosphere, stunning sound design, and mysterious story make it a standout experience for fans of methodical horror. Despite some sluggish movement and limited interactivity, it promises to be one of the most outstanding horror games of its generation.
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