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Chronos: Before the Ashes<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0investigates time and the effect that its passing has on a character<\/a>. The player begins the game as a young hero who must venture into a mysterious labyrinth in an attempt to save his homeland from evil. However, the labyrinth\u2019s entrance opens just once a year, meaning that with every failure, the hero is cast out and must wait a full year to return. Players will watch as their nimble hero ages and must learn to rely less on physical prowess to survive the dungeon.<\/p>\n

Gunfire Games<\/a>\u2019 prequel to the 2019\u2019s Souls<\/em>-like action RPG Remnant: From the Ashes, Chronos: Before the Ashes<\/em> is a reworked version of a VR game released over four years ago. The VR elements have been stripped away, but the question remains: Have the developers successfully morphed\u00a0it into a cohesive experience that stands on its own?<\/p>\n

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On Metacritic, the game so far has an average critic score of 68. On OpenCritic, its rating is Fair. Meanwhile, on Steam\u00a0Chronos: Before the Ashes\u00a0<\/em>is sitting at a Mixed rating. Here is what some reviewers had to say about the game.<\/p>\n

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TheGamer<\/a> (Jamie Latour)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s a pretty standard Soulslike that lacks any defining characteristics without the hook of virtual reality, although its use of puzzles to progress through its bizarre worlds does give it a unique feel\u2026 The plot is pretty thin, but fans of Remnant: From The Ashes will see plenty of references to that game’s story\u2026 Combat is almost exactly what you would expect from a Souls title\u2026 Using your character’s age to determine their upgrades is a neat concept, although I didn’t really get to make much use of it. Chronos: Before The Ashes isn’t a particularly long game\u2026 The switch from being a VR game to a regular third-person game may have been responsible for some of the bad camera angles I encountered\u2026 One thing that made Chronos stand out for me was its use of puzzles\u2026 Chronos: Before The [Ashes] is a decent game, but feels rather unremarkable.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Score: 3\/5<\/p>\n

PlayStation Lifestyle<\/a> (Blake Grundman)<\/p>\n

\u201cCan this dated title seamlessly transition from VR to the TV screen\u2026? Eventually, enemies evolve to become more like the actual main character both in terms of agility and attack speed… [T]his is where the action started to coalesce into something far more challenging and fun\u2026 The last key element of Chronos\u2019 re-release is its puzzles\u2026 Once again, this isn\u2019t necessarily anything to write home about, but it\u2019s at least worth applauding the effort\u2026 Now that the VR aspect of the design has been stripped away, it reveals a mediocre action game with moderate RPG elements. Granted, this isn\u2019t to say that the game is bad. It\u2019s just dwarfed by the competition\u2026 It\u2019s stripped-down design, while somewhat rewarding, does tend to leave a bit to be desired in the depth department.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Score: 5.5\/10<\/p>\n

Way Too Many Games<\/a> (Leo Faria)<\/p>\n

\u201cChronos: Before the Ashes feels like the love child between Dark Souls\u2018 combat and The Legend of Zelda\u2018s puzzle solving and dungeon exploration\u2026 The combat part is not very exciting\u2026 [T]his is actually one of the slowest and clunkiest Souls-esque games I have ever played… Once you learn how exploitable Chronos: Before the Ashes\u2018 combat is, you won\u2019t have a lot of trouble dealing with enemies\u2026 Chronos: Before the Ashes doesn\u2019t feature impressive visuals, sound and controls, but there is one thing that makes up for all of its issues: its Zelda-esque elements. Even though its combat mechanics aren\u2019t interesting, its puzzles certainly are\u2026 [E]ven though its combat was lame and its visuals underwhelming, it featured enough interesting puzzles and well-designed dungeons to make me want to play it to the very end.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Score: 7\/10<\/p>\n

GamingBolt<\/a> (John Cantees)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile its DNA of being a smaller VR title does ultimately inhibit Chronos from feeling like the true all-encompassing companion Remnant really deserves, it does more than enough with Remnant\u2019s ideas \u2013 and a few of its own \u2013 to stand on its own as a fun, well-paced Souls-like adventure\u2026 Chronos is competing in a much bigger pond now than it was on VR, and its lack of variety in certain areas is illuminated by that. The RPG mechanics, while simple, are woven into the combat well enough to feel organic and necessary\u2026 [Y]ou will quickly notice that the enemy types for each of its main areas are largely reused from Remnant… This leads to some stretches of multiple battles starting to drag\u2026 [M]ost of Chronos\u2019 familiar areas are also irrefutably beautiful… Chronos: Before the Ashes does a commendable job with what it is, and Gunfire Games has a lot to be proud of here. It\u2019s a shame that so much of it is either reused from Remnant or held back by its VR roots\u2026<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Score: 7\/10<\/p>\n