Скорошни рецензии на Chroma™

Decided to update this review since the game is no longer in early access.

Rivals of Aether is 2D side scroll fighter game it's very similar to the Smash Bros. games only difference is that in this game you can't grab and shielding is replaced with parrying.


Interesting characters and abilities
You can create custom colors for the characters (something the smash games don't canonically have)
Exclusive tutorials for the characters instead and just simple "how to play tutorial".
Playing with the controller makes improving seemingly easier.
Story mode/campaign is kinda short yet pretty damn amazing.


Random framerate drops on every map.
Still waiting for that 4 player online free for all.

Conclusion: This game is amazing if you're a fan of the Smash Bros. franchise you'll enjoy getting into this game due to it's similarties.

I decided that it's probably about time that i edited my review cause i'd say it's pretty much needed, so yeah here it goes.

Back in early 2016 i stumbled across this game on the "Upcoming" tab on the store page i watched the trailer, read the description and such and i liked at the time i was still pretty new to the Half-Life franchise and i had just finished Half-Life 2 and it's episodes and i still had a craving for more so i pre-ordered this game and patiently waited till its release a month later. Personally i liked the game, i loved the way it looked, its levels, music, etc, others didn't cause it lacked many things which i don't have to list cause we all know what it lacks, yet i still liked it despite that but lookin' back at it today i was being a bit naive. But anyways i've provived enough backstory and i'll cut to the chase while i do love this game and know it has great potential and can be much, much more the path it has taken isn't very bright. Over the course of about 2 years we've been shown future content that will be added into the game such as 3d models/brush works, new maps & updated maps, and even a video showing a future chapter to be added. That's great and all but where is all this stuff? It'll be added in a overhaul update so stay tuned!! The real answer you're lookin' for though is: It's been delayed...delayed over and over again. But it's a small team workin' on the game and they have to deal with irl stuff too can't you be more understanding? Even if that is true...to not add as much as a wrench that was modeled and has existed in the game files for 2 years to replace the crowbar kinda says a bit (and no you can't manually do it yourself because it's missing certain viewmodel & worldmodel files) but either way you shouldn't have to try and do it yourself because there's really no reason that an update as small as replacing the crowbar with wrench shouldn't already be implemented into the game i've gotten a fair point across for the moment i'll get to the pros & cons.

PROS:
-Nice graphics & visuals (i'm not lying when i say the game looks great the shaders especially hell there's even a few 4K textures in the game)
-Great level design (at least to me i suppose)
-Particle fx (Rich did a really nice job with them)
-Combine Soldier skins (if you've ever noticed the soldiers you encounter after the Nova Prospekt levels are part of an "Orbital Sector" branch and i generally love that concept)

CONS:
-Unnecessarily long prologue cutscene (in my old review i said i wasn't that bothered by but nowadays it does)
-No new weapons and or enemies (yep all of the same weapons you used in HL2 and all of the same enemies as well and the game lacks "custom folder" support so you'd have to manually replace every weapon vtf and such if you wanted a different look)
-First person arms (always have been reskinned hev arms, V1 had a camo and "USMC" on the gloves iirc and V2 got rid of all of that and just became black & grey arms)
-Constant delay on updates (needs no explanation we all know)
-Outdated store page (the store page description was last edited on summer sale 2016 and a trailer for the Black Forest update which gives a 2017 release date which didn't happen has yet to be edited up to date)

Conclusion:
Game is pretty much just a paid mappack atm that doesn't offer much of anything new(see above) but if you have the time to kill & the money to spend and you're craving more HL related stuff then i suppose it's not a bad idea to give this game a go.


OLD REVIEW:
Prospekt is a fan-made sequel to Half-Life Opposing Force, you take role as the HECU marine Adrian Shephard who has been awakened from stasis by vortigaunts to go help Gordon Freeman fight off the combine at Nova Prospekt (obviously the 2 don't cross paths just like they didn't in Opposing Force).

PROS:
-Better graphical detail & particle effects (looks amazing at max settings)
-Increased ammo capacity for OSIPR
-Tons of combine killing action
-Combine soldiers new vocoder tone & a few new radio chatter lines.
-Xen

CONS:
-No wrench (will possibly be added in future updates)
-Prologue cutscene is kinda long (though i'm not really bothered by it that much)