Chronicon Review (Steam)

Use the magical device known as the Chronicon to travel into the souls and memories of fallen heroes to re-live their grand tales! Epic adventures full of loot and monsters await!

Pros:

• Decent modern pixel art graphics
• 304MB Download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Controller support.
• Remote play together.
• Graphics-fullscreen, aspect ratio (16:9/4:3/16:10/21:9), windowed resolution, fullscreen resolution, alternative frame timing, v-sync, camera smoothing, extra ambient light, bloom and glow effects, heat distortion effects, and water ripple effects.
• Hud-fully customizable as in what numbers pop off, text scale slider, and how the map behaves and shows.
• Colorblind support.
• Loot rarity on a six-tier system from ordinary to truly legendary.
• Can rebind controls for both keyboard and controller.
• Two modes-single player and local multiplayer.
• Four heroes to choose-Warlock, Warden, Berserker, and Templar. Each has unique stats and abilities.
• Hardcore one life setting.
• Can name your character.
• Five difficulties-casual, normal, heroic, epic, and legendary. Adjusts damage/loot/resistances and what of any loot drops upon death.
• Voiced NPC and characters, not fully but enough.
• The minimap can be moved to four different positions around the screen.
• Diablo-like game.
• Dungeon crawler ARPG gameplay.
• Killstreak bonus-kill enough enemies in a short time to get bonus exp, crystals, and more.
• Breakable objects for loot.
• Every part of the Hud and Hud scales can be adjusted individually.
• Earn EXP and earn points to put into the skill trees to unlock better stats, new abilities, and more. Each tree represents a different elemental attack.

• Full inventory system. Items your character class can’t use are clearly marked.
• The game relies heavily on the lighting to set the atmosphere.
• Big boss fights.
• On-screen mission tracker.
• The map fills in as you explore.
• Play how you want.
• Big open levels with many routes and rooms to find and explore.
• Simple enough combat with clear button icons for which attacks and you can easily assign attacks to buttons on the skill tree.
• Satisfies the loot lust.
• Handy compare items button.
• Shops and facilities open in your hub (the Chronicon) as you progress through the story.
• Has a Gauntlet vibe to it.
• Buy and sell loot.
• Sockets and gems can be used on gear to add new effects and buffs.
• Crystal’s-the currency used in-game.
• Can create some very cool and whacky builds thanks to its breadth of gear and how each piece is randomized.
• Absolutely annihilates your time!
• Very fast loading times.
• Aiming projectiles with the control is like a twin-stick shooter.

Cons:

• No actual in-game tutorial just a help section.
• Loot doesn’t drop showing its rarity so you don’t know what you have until you go into the inventory.
• The skill trees are not explained and assigning new attacks doesn’t show already assigned attacks.
• Slow starter.
• Missions drag on a lot with it being a huge battle of attrition.
• Your appearance doesn’t change with equipped gear.
• No online play.