Miasma Chronicles Review (PlayStation 5)

For this Miasma Chronicles Review, we play a game that comes from the creators of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, a beautifully crafted tactical adventure you won’t forget. Embark on a quest across a post-apocalyptic wasteland torn apart by a savage force known only as the ‘Miasma’.

Miasma Chronicles Review Pros:

• Decent graphics.
• 10.58GB download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• Graphics mode – performance and quality.
• Four difficulties – narrative, standard, challenging, and alpha editor.
• Two game mode types – light and full tactical options.
• Awesome FMV cutscenes along with narrations and in-game scenes.
• Strategy gameplay.
• Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
• Pulse will show Interactive elements in an area, pickups, and the path to the objective.
• Save and load when you want.
• Find and equip weapon mods to increase their stats or add buffs.
• Beautiful looking world.
• You have full party management.
• The main map fills in as you play.
• Codex – here is where all tutorials, bestiary, locations, and heroes I go are stored.
• Find loot and resources in the world.
• Hotswap between all party members at any time.
•  Turn-based combat.
• Action points dictate what you can and cannot do in battle.
• All shooting and cover have a percentage attached as to how likely you are to hit or miss.
• The cover comes in partial and full cover flavors and is very important in combat.
• A fully 3D world with 360-degree camera control for both combat and the free-roaming game world.
• Flanking is highly encouraging and very satisfying.
• You get a cool zoom-in over the shoulder of the character camera shot when actioning shots.
• Fast forward option on the enemy’s combat turn.
• Slow-mo last kill.
• The movement grid shows only when you are going to move.
• Line of sight to the selected enemy is shown when you move to help with moving.
• The d-pad is used as a shortcut to the map, inventory, codex, and quests.
• Multiple choice encounters.
• Many secrets and hidden areas to find and explore.
• Find Collectibles for bonus exp.
• Your party members will mimic your actions and follow you.
• Earn EXP and level up to get a stats boost and a skill point.
• Spend skill points for your skill deck and you can buy active and passive skills.
• Each party member earns their own skill points and has their own unique skill decks.
• Plastic is the game’s currency.
• Fantastic-looking characters especially the enemies.
• As you can see when you will engage and start combat, you can split the party up and have them go in stealth or optimum places.
• Ambush allows you to set up and execute a sneak attack.
• Stealth can be used to get around and not alert the enemy.
• Environmental elements like exploding barrels can be used.
• Main and optional side quests with full quest management.
• Each party member may have unique ways of interacting with the world from climbing to breaking down walls.
• Very satisfying combat on a higher level than X Com with its unique mechanics like stealth.
• Keypads lock treasure rooms and generally have a very cryptic clue to finding the passcode.

Miasma Chronicles Review Cons:

• Cannot rebind controls.
• No controller settings at all.
• Slight stuttering when the game loads in the scenery which is more evident when going up and down building floors.
• Slow starter.
• No way to zoom the camera in and out which can be annoying when wandering the world.
• The lighting can make seeing the path/route marker not show clearly or at all.
• The tutorial doesn’t cover the basics like running and Stealth.
• When leaving to enter another area unless it’s clearly marked on a sign, you have no idea where you are going unless you add in map surfing.

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Miasma Chronicles:

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Developer: The Bearded Ladies 

Publisher: 505 Games

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