Cronos: The New Daybreak appears prefer it’s made for these of us who liked Bloober Workforce video games however by no means performed them

Bloober Workforce is not any stranger to visually-stunning, intriguing horror video games. However when you wished one thing with extra motion, nothing the studio has made earlier than – save for perhaps the current Silent Hill 2 Remake – has fairly delivered in that space.

That is a part of what makes Cronos: The New Daybreak a really particular title, particularly for these of us who need to get right into a Bloober Workforce recreation however don’t get pleasure from operating and hiding from scary issues as a lot as we do taking them on in fight.

Cronos has been on the radar of action-horror followers all over the place virtually because it was unveiled. A lot of that has to do with its distinctive tackle fight, which initially regarded like one thing out of Lifeless Areahowever was later revealed to be much more fascinating.

The core mechanic in fight is the power for enemies to merge with one another, successfully evolving in real-time. This not solely has the potential to show up the issue of an encounter proper as you’re in the course of it, it additionally means you’re going to need to be much more aware of the place you tackle every battle.

As seen within the newest gameplay deep dive, lifeless our bodies may be absorbed by enemies you’re presently attempting to battle, which provides to their well being, and even unlocks new assaults. You’re seemingly required to lure enemies away from lifeless our bodies they will doubtlessly use towards you.

It’s fairly an uncommon – however very tactical – strategy to fight in a survival horror recreation. Talking of which, Bloober Workforce defined that Cronos does characteristic some components of useful resource shortage, so that you gained’t be operating round gung ho.

Earlier this yr, we spoke to the sport’s administrators a couple of vary of matterstogether with why the workforce determined to take its subsequent venture in additional action-y route, and the way it desires to mix the horror components of its previous video games with that extra interactive strategy.

Cronos: The New Daybreak nonetheless doesn’t have a launch date, however it is going to be launched in some unspecified time in the future this fall on PC, PS5, and Xbox Sequence X/S.