Ethan_Hunt
Aspiring Novelist
Just got the game & played it for like half an hour. Brilliant setup. The game is a mixture of Bioshock & Condemned: Criminal Origins. The concept is well designed. The graphics are pretty good. Not something which would match Bioshock's setup but still not bad for a rather new developers. The downside is the game's optimisation. It's a resource hogger. I tried with everything on high @1280x1024 & the indoor frames are around 60 at times which drops to 17-18 when the snowy areas appear. The hud is averagely built. But the spook factor is pretty good. Some areas look really stunning.
Melee combat is the only thing I have encountered so far. It's very similar to Condemned: CO minus the kicking part. The only thing I have grabbed onto is a valve from a pipe near by. You'll be in a frozen ship, so the places where you find light source or heat will be the only place where you can revive your health. That keeps you warm at all times. You'll also encounter the bodies of certain dead people on the ship. You'll have the option to "save their souls" by apparently using a feature called "Echo sense". What this does is allow the player to actually travel back in time & gauge at the dead person's story. To save him, you'll have to perform the task provided to you. If you complete it then you save his soul & move on. If not then worry not, Try again.
I get the feeling it's going to be quite addictive after a while. I'm feeling like leaving POP aside & starting this game. POP seems to be getting a bit boring now.
Anyway here's a sneak peak of Cryostasis:
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28159_mktug/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2010-47-30-48.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28160_aci6y/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2010-47-38-29.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28161_zqxi6/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2010-49-07-21.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28162_covfw/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2010-49-56-70.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28163_lgaxb/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2010-50-57-59.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28164_jxf7s/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2010-51-15-42.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28165_5z9jj/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2010-52-01-96.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28166_ot2a8/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2010-59-45-17.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28167_kqp0g/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2010-59-53-26.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28168_k8wjj/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2011-01-02-59.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28169_9xmno/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2011-04-23-93.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28170_sal5h/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2011-04-54-48.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28171_iyksx/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2011-05-20-71.jpg
Melee combat is the only thing I have encountered so far. It's very similar to Condemned: CO minus the kicking part. The only thing I have grabbed onto is a valve from a pipe near by. You'll be in a frozen ship, so the places where you find light source or heat will be the only place where you can revive your health. That keeps you warm at all times. You'll also encounter the bodies of certain dead people on the ship. You'll have the option to "save their souls" by apparently using a feature called "Echo sense". What this does is allow the player to actually travel back in time & gauge at the dead person's story. To save him, you'll have to perform the task provided to you. If you complete it then you save his soul & move on. If not then worry not, Try again.
I get the feeling it's going to be quite addictive after a while. I'm feeling like leaving POP aside & starting this game. POP seems to be getting a bit boring now.
Anyway here's a sneak peak of Cryostasis:
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28159_mktug/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2010-47-30-48.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28160_aci6y/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2010-47-38-29.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28161_zqxi6/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2010-49-07-21.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28162_covfw/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2010-49-56-70.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28163_lgaxb/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2010-50-57-59.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28164_jxf7s/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2010-51-15-42.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28165_5z9jj/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2010-52-01-96.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28166_ot2a8/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2010-59-45-17.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28167_kqp0g/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2010-59-53-26.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28168_k8wjj/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2011-01-02-59.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28169_9xmno/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2011-04-23-93.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28170_sal5h/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2011-04-54-48.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/28171_iyksx/cryostasis%202008-12-21%2011-05-20-71.jpg