Bloober Team certainly cooked last year with Cronos: The New Dawn. The game’s excellent story blended well with the moody atmosphere it created for a version of Poland in which things had gone terribly south for humanity. Stepping into the shoes of The Traveller was a challenge that required steady nerves and a sound tactical mind.
However, the studio might have cooked a little too well, and many players found the game to be too difficult for them to complete, an understandable sentiment given how scarce important resources were, and the relentless manner in which enemies pursued The Traveller. But fret not, a free update for the game has added the Temporal Diver difficulty, which is an easy mode designed to let you experience the story without worrying too much about being torn to shreds by the game’s many enemies.
Alongside the new difficulty mode, the update also renames other difficulties to make them easier to identify and brings a cool new skin for The Traveller to equip. Know that you cannot switch the difficulty on an existing playthrough and must start the game over if you want to tackle it on the Temporal Diver difficulty. It’s well worth the effort as this is a story we’d recommend to anyone without a moment’s hesitation.
It’s time to don your Temporal Shells and brush the dust off your weapons if you own a copy. For those of you who don’t, there’s a generous discount on the game if you’re thinking about seeing what the fuss is all about.
