5 Tricks to Make Your Way Through Cronos More Easily
Amidst the horrors,
Bing-Bang…
Bloober Team has cooked up a proper survival horror for us, so we need to be ready to face it. I've put together a short list of tips & tricks to make your life easier in CRONOS: The New Dawn.
Smart upgrades,
When it comes to upgrades and limited resources, we all get shaky fingers on the controller or mouse: “Do I spend now or wait?” First tip: don't be stingy with weapon upgrades, because you can reset them later (for a modest cost), investing in something else. Beware! This rule doesn't apply to armour. Here, upgrades are permanent.
Control your control
At first, movement can feel sluggish, and when you're counting bullets on one hand, precision matters enormously. If you're playing with a controller, take a look at the settings and adjust sensitivity or aim assist to whatever feels comfortable. On PC, I assume the mouse works wonders for precision.
Explore like a maniac
It seems like basic advice, but in CRONOS it's vital: scour every nook and cranny, manipulate anomalies multiple times, and don't be fooled by the “main path”. The game is merciless with resources, so every bullet counts. However, remember: if you have to beat 5 monsters that consume 15 bullets for 10 bullets, it might not be the deal of a lifetime.
Burn, brother!
Burning corpses is much more important than, say, in Resident Evil. A trivial battle can turn into a nightmare if you don't manage to burn fallen enemies. Those still alive can “merge” with them, becoming much more dangerous. Invest a few points in the torch and get more in your inventory. You'll thank yourself later.
The essence of choices
Throughout the game, you can extract “essence” from certain characters, and each offers you a trait. At first, you don't have much choice, but later you find yourself able to choose between two characters, each offering, say, a trait for a shotgun or a handgun. If you want to play pragmatically, a quick reload and a calculated choice won't hurt. If you want to stay true to your feelings… go with morality and that's that.
There are other little tricks, but I'll leave those for you to discover.
Take care of the cats! They are gentle souls… who scratch.
