During the Xbox Partner Preview, Team Bloober revealed a brand-new game called Cronos: The New Dawn. While the trailer struck me as a bit odd, it definitely had a creepy, unsettling vibe, which I’m sure was intentional. Cronos: The New Dawn looks like it could be a big hit for Team Bloober.
So, what is this game about? It’s a sci-fi survival horror set in a world devastated by a cataclysmic event known as “The Change,” which has left the planet a barren wasteland. Sounds fun and right up Team Bloober’s alley.
This is where the player comes in. You’ll assume the role of the “Traveler,” who is tasked with finding time rifts that transport you into the past. Your mission? To locate key figures who died during the cataclysm and extract their essences. But here’s where things get creepy: once you find these individuals, you don’t just rescue them. Instead, you extract their essence, bringing them back with you to the bleak, hellish future. The trailer suddenly makes sense, particularly when we see a menacing figure wielding a strange claw-like tool—called the “Harvester”—to extract the life essence from an old woman.
After that eerie scene, we’re...
