Chrono Sword is a pixel art souls-like action adventure game with time travel. It has incredible pixel art, contextual combat and an epic story as it's features.
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Steam78from 18 reviews
Controls feel terrible and certain keyboard/mouse keys such as movement are unmappable at this stage. Combat feels really clunky. Needs to improve a lot to be deemed worthy throughout the early access. I'll check it again after a year, but at this stage it's a hard pass.
Fun game overall! Here are my suggestions after appx. 4 hours, which took me to the first boss fight (i.e. second encounter with the Giant Spider) and then to the first elite enemy in the archives.
1. Walk speed is too slow. This affects combat mostly as there is a run option when traversing the game world.
2. Larger/heavier weapons like the Claymore...
The game is not without its charms, but it is difficult to recommend. Gluttons for punishment might enjoy it. Presently, I am an hour in and up against the second boss, whom I am confident I can defeat, but trying to muster the will to do so. Debating whether to refund, or keep bashing my head against the wall that is this game.
So, what are the problems?
The...
The game itself looks nice; it is pixel souls-like with not much content or polish. The controls only support keyboard rn, no mouse support: a gamepad is recommended. But it doesn't matter, as the game didn't receive any updates this year despite its roadmap, so it looks abandoned.
Chrono Sword EA 6/10
Ok, I’m gonna recommend this one with some caveats.
1. It’s for soulslike junkies
Or
2. Top-down action junkies
This is certainly not the best souslike game I have played. In fact, it’s near the bottom of the list. I personally liked their original demos much more, but what can we do, we have this now.
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