I found it difficult to adjust, as turning and aiming started to feel sluggish, and even the menus felt slower. The lighting effects in particular are incredibly atmospheric exploring underground bunkers gave me the same feeling as when I first played Condemned: Criminal Origins back near the launch of the Xbox 360 that same feeling of dread and claustrophobia, twitching every time a shadow moves or you bump into something.Ĭhernobylite’s 4K mode does as it says on the tin and, as usual, changing to this setting straight from Performance mode makes the drop in framerate very noticeable. It’s nice to see a game handling performance mode at 2K rather than 1080p, and it really does look wonderful. So, what’s new for Xbox Series X|S owners? Pretty much what you would expect – the game now has the option of playing in Resolution mode, which brings you 4K at 30fps with Ray Tracing, or Performance mode, which runs at 2K and a silky smooth 60fps. For a more in-depth look at the game and its mechanics I highly recommend our review of the original release of the game from October. The man seriously needs a rest.Ĭhernobylite is tons of fun (in a depressing sort of way) to play, missions can be fairly short, but scavenging for supplies to take back home can extend play time, and there are tons of choices to make, some will affect the story, such as deciding which characters to side with and which missions to undertake, while others are more subtle, like the fact that killing enemies and enduring stressful situations will harm Igor’s psyche, meaning choices need to be made as to whether to engage in combat to try and get more precious loot, or sneak by through the radioactive murk and preserve your sanity. Igor needs to accomplish his goals whilst also avoiding the mysterious Black Stalker, a whole host of bad guys and monsters, keeping his sanity in check and collecting supplies and to craft resources and build up a base to keep his allies happy and healthy. Igor has a great deal on his plate, as he’s trying to find out what happened to his fiancé Tatyana, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago, whilst also seeking Chernobylite, a rare power source created during the meltdown. The game puts you in the shoes of Igor Khymynyuk, a physicist who worked at the power plant before the meltdown. and the Metro series, but without stealing any of its ideas directly from them. This game pissed me off so much I had to put it down, and I almost never do that.Enter Chernobylite, a sci-fi, horror, sort of survival game that seems to take a good deal of influence from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The cherry on top is the game crashing about half the time I try to load a save. It makes monster heavy stages nearly unplayable. And your melee is worthless, so its not like you can just melee to take them down. This would be ok if it was just military you were fighting, you can kind of keep them at shooting distance, but there's monsters that get up in your grill! Its so awkward and clunky to ADS when you're trying to hit something so close up. More often than not, you're going to ADS to make your shots count. Like I get that its a limited resource type of game, so you have to conserve your ammo. I also really hate how you can't hipfire. Sometimes you don't even have enough time to complete your main objectives, let alone any side objectives. Early on, you are nowhere near equipped enough to stand up to him, so you just have to bail, possibly abandoning your mission. Like you're supposed to scavenge and explore levels to gather resources, take your time to move around enemies or take them out silently, explore side missions in the level, but you don't have any time to do it because that Black Stalker asshole comes out if you're in the level too long. The story is interesting, the base upgrade dynamic is fun, and the whole team leadership aspect isn't something you see all the time.īut everything is just so clunky and overly constrained. Its so frustrating, because this could have been a good game. Has anyone here tried out Chernobylite? I wonder if anyone has had the same experience as me, but this game has boiled my blood in ways I havent experienced since I played Gears online.
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