Chernobylite xbox review6/10/2023 If you can accept the pretty obvious weaknesses of Chernobylite you will be able to have a lot of fun. The melee battles are hopelessly clumsy and the missions lack variety but despite all this I have to recommend this to anyone who likes Fallout 4, Stalker or Metro 2033. It is scary, raw, dark, brutal and frantic at the same time as I experience it as claustrophobic, mercilessly difficult, unnecessarily complicated and monotonous. But it's a bit fragmented, to say the least. The maps are smaller than they initially appear, which means you spend a lot of time exploring the same places. Chernobylite is a horror sci-fi experience that weaves in a non-linear story alongside survival mechanics. The environments are relatively well made, too.Ĭhernobylite is not bad. There's greatness in Chernobylite, but finding it requires some patience. There is a lack of fingertip-feel and detail regarding certain aspects such as recoil physics or animations, absolutely, but it also makes the game mechanics appear "raw", which fits the art direction and concept really well. The actual shooting or sneaking, for that matter, is also quite good. In fact, The Farm 51 has managed to build the same kind of sense of fateful loneliness and darkness that Stalker offered, and there are moments of horror that really scared the shit out of me during my hours with the game. That being said, there is an atmosphere in this game that I love. But no, it does not succeed with that part of the game, unfortunately. Like Metro 2033, tonally and thematically. Chernobylite is supposed to be an icy cold, exciting thriller drenched in darkness and uncertainty. The characters feel a bit like stereotypes and sometimes even caricatures, when the story tries to be surreal, or philosophical, it is noticeable that The Farm 51 does not possess dramaturgical knowledge enough to helm those moments and I quickly get bored of what is told here. And in the end, get answers to questions about the disappearance that has eluded poor old Igor for many years. It's about exploring, collecting clues, surviving. You shoulder the role of Igor, a nuclear physicist formerly employed at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant who now, 30 years after the incident that devastated the entire area and is known as the single largest nuclear disaster of all time, returns to try to find out what happened to his wife who disappeared without a trace in connection with the disaster.Ĭhernobylite is called a "sci-fi role-playing game" by the developers themselves but is probably more of a survival simulator with strong Metro / Stalker vibes and a number of more or less well-implemented role-playing elements in it, if you ask me.
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