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!! ''Chronos'' (and ''Before the Ashes'') contain examples of:
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* DamageSpongeBoss: The Pan Guardian takes a truly ''ridiculous'' number of hits to bring down, with your every blow doing little more than ScratchDamage to it. Its attacks are mostly easy to avoid, so the main threat it poses is [[MarathonBoss wearing you down over the long duration of the fight until you mess up and get hit too many times]].
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* DragonsPreferPrincesses: The Krell Guardian fell in love with the Krell King's youngest and fairest daughter and demanded that she be his bride. The Krell King tried to disguise his other daughters as his favorite and have them marry the Guardian instead; this never worked, the Guardian always saw through the deception and killed the princess. Eventually the King ran out of other daughters and was forced to have his favorite daughter marry the Guardian. Somehow the princess ended up dying as well, so the Guardian and the King are both now in a deep depression, the King especially due to the realization he [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot could have avoided all this]] simply by acquiescing to the Guardian's demand in the first place. [[spoiler: It's possible being linked to a Dreamer caused the Guardian to behave abnormally, as logs from ''Remnant: Before the Ashes'' note that this can possibly happen.]]
* OurDwarvesAreDifferent: The Krell are a short, stout, blue-skinned race that live in a stone fortress carved into the side of a cliff, wear stone armor, seem fond of forges and complex mechanisms, are apparently resistant to fire, and seem to attain adulthood in their early teens.
* OurDwarvesAreDifferent: The Krell are a short, stout, blue-skinned race that live in a stone fortress carved into the side of a cliff, wear stone armor, seem fond of forges and complex mechanisms, are apparently resistant to fire, and seem to attain adulthood in their early teens.
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* HealingCheckpoint: Averted; there are no bonfires or similar in ''Chronos''. The only way to refill your Dragon Hearts (your only healing items) is to die and age up a year.
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* CloseRangeCombatant: Your character has ''absolutely no'' ranged attacks at all, and is completely reliant on close combat.
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* AntiGrinding: Enemies don't respawn unless you die, so there's a limit to how much you can farm them for XP. This is most notable if you're trying to get the achievement for beating the game with a character 21 years old or younger, which means you can't die more than 3 times through the whole game.
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* LifeDrain: The 4th and final Dragon Eye spell you acquire, the Shadow Eye, allows you to absorb health from the damage you inflict on enemies. It's extremely useful, as the only other two methods of healing in the game are Dragon Hearts (which are only refilled when you die) and leveling up (which you have little control over).
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* PowerNullifier: The FinalBoss, the Dragon, will cause your Dragon Hearts to harm you instead of healing you if you try to use them during the fight. The only time you can heal during the fight is when the boss flies away briefly between each phase.
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''Chronos'' is a VR action-adventure SoulsLikeRPG video game by Gunfire Games, a studio which is essentially the shut down Vigil Games (the creators of the ''VideoGame/Darksiders'' series) under a new name.
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''Chronos'' is a VR action-adventure SoulsLikeRPG video game by Gunfire Games, a studio which is essentially the shut down Vigil Games (the creators of the ''VideoGame/Darksiders'' ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' series) under a new name.
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* GenreShift: The original Chronos used fixed camera angles from an omniscient perspective, similar to the early ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' games, in order to reduce the risk of VR sickness from camera motion. The non-VR ''Chronos: Before the Ashes'' re-release uses a more traditional over-the-back third-person camera, since VR sickness isn't an issue.
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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The FinalBoss and BigBad of the game, Clawbone, is a dragon made out of wood.
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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The FinalBoss and BigBad of the game, Clawbone, is a dragon made out of wood.wood.
* UniqueEnemy: There are only two Fleshopedes (snake[=/=]centipede hybrids native to Pan) in the entire game; they're guarding the little cave where the keycard to Ward 16 left behind by Captain Ford's expedition is.
* UniqueEnemy: There are only two Fleshopedes (snake[=/=]centipede hybrids native to Pan) in the entire game; they're guarding the little cave where the keycard to Ward 16 left behind by Captain Ford's expedition is.
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* BotanicalAbomination: The creatures in Ward 17, responsible for the invasion of Earth, are clearly some sort of living wooden roots in humanoid form, as is the Dragon, Clawbone. [[spoiler: They're the Root, and this is an early hint that the Talking Tree is really the BigBad.]]
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* BotanicalAbomination: The creatures in Ward 17, responsible for the invasion of Earth, are clearly some sort of living wooden roots in humanoid form, as is the Dragon, Clawbone. [[spoiler: They're the Root, and this is an early hint that the Talking Tree is really the BigBad.BigBad, as he has a very similar appearance.]]
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''Chronos'' is a VR action-adventure SoulsLikeRPG video game by Gunfire Games.
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For the Most part, ''Chronos'' is your average SoulsLikeRPG, but it has a unique mechanic regarding death and respawning - every death you endure ages you up one year, and slowly changes your stats. The young boy swinging a sword that you start the game was will eventually become a man more dependent upon magic to win his battles.
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For the Most most part, the gameplay in ''Chronos'' is your average SoulsLikeRPG, fairly typical for the genre, but it has a unique mechanic regarding death and respawning - every death you endure ages you up one year, and slowly changes your stats. The young boy swinging a sword that you start the game was as will eventually become a an older man more dependent upon magic to win his battles.
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* AfterTheEnd: The game takes place a few generations after modern civilization was destroyed by invading monsters led by the Dragon. The tribe your character is a part of now seems to live at a Dark Ages level of development.
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* BotanicalAbomination: The creatures in Ward 17, responsible for the invasion of Earth, are clearly some sort of living wooden roots in humanoid form, as is the Dragon, Clawbone. [[spoiler: They're the Root, and this is an early hint that the Talking Tree is really the BigBad.]]
* ButHeSoundsHandsome: The Talking Tree can't resist speaking about the Dragon in these terms. Of course, [[spoiler: the Tree ''is'' the Dragon]].
* ButHeSoundsHandsome: The Talking Tree can't resist speaking about the Dragon in these terms. Of course, [[spoiler: the Tree ''is'' the Dragon]].
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* ElderlyImmortal: If you die often enough to reach age 80, you'll automatically unlock a perk granting you immortality, preventing you from aging any further from subsequent deaths. You're still an octogenarian adventurer, though. This seems to be to prevent you from failing the game due to dying of old age.
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* SprintMeter: Like most Soulslike games, you have a stamina meter that depletes from sprinting or blocking attacks. Unlike most Soulslike, it does ''not'' deplete from attacking or dodging, so you can hit or dodge as much as you want without worrying. This is balanced out by your dodge being slower and granting fewer i-frames than most other Soulslikes, and your attacks likewise being more weighty and easier to interrupt by enemy attacks.
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In September 2020, a remake, ''Chronos: Before The Ashes'' was announced, which will overhaul the grpahics and remvoe the VR requirement. Note that the title [[LateArrivalSpoiler spoils the relation between this game and]] [[StealthSequel Gunfire Game's next project]], ''VideoGame/RemnantFromTheAshes''.
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In September 2020, December 2020 a remake, ''Chronos: Before The Ashes'' was announced, released, which will overhaul overhauled the grpahics graphics and remvoe removed the VR requirement. Note that the title [[LateArrivalSpoiler spoils the relation between this game and]] [[StealthSequel Gunfire Game's next project]], ''VideoGame/RemnantFromTheAshes''.
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* TreacherousQuestGiver: [[spoiler: The talking tree that empowers you near the beginning of your journey and sends you to kill the three Guardians, claiming they are protecting the Dragon, is actually an embodiment of the Root (the force controlling the Dragon) and manipulated you into killing the Guardians that were protecting their worlds from it, then killing the Dragon (its old host body) so it could use you as a newer and strong host.]]
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* TreacherousQuestGiver: [[spoiler: The talking tree that empowers you near the beginning of your journey and sends you to kill the three Guardians, claiming they are protecting the Dragon, is actually an embodiment of the Root (the force controlling the Dragon) and manipulated you into killing the Guardians that were protecting their worlds from it, then killing the Dragon (its old host body) so it could use you as a newer and strong newer, stronger host.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} Death Is Not The End]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} Death Is Not The End]]]]
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* TreacherousQuestGiver: [[spoiler: The talking tree that empowers you near the beginning of your journey and sends you to kill the three Guardians, claiming they are protecting the Dragon, is actually an embodiment of the Root (the force controlling the Dragon) and manipulated you into killing the Guardians that were protecting their worlds from it, then killing the Dragon (its old host body) so it could use you as a newer and strong host.]]
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* ContinuingIsPainful: In a unique way - while you don't lose items when you die, your characters ages up one year, as that is how long it takes for the crystal that lets them into the Labyrinth needs to reopen. This gradually weakens your physical powers while increasing your magical ones, which means that strategies that worked during your first few lives won't be as helpful alter in the game.
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* ContinuingIsPainful: In a unique way - while you don't lose items when you die, your characters ages up one year, as that is how long it takes for the crystal that lets them into the Labyrinth needs to reopen. This gradually weakens your physical powers while increasing your magical ones, which means that strategies that worked during your first few lives won't be as helpful alter later in the game.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In order to progress, the player must kill the boss of each world. [[spoiler:As is revealed in ''VideoGame/RemnantFromTheAshes'', these creatures are actually the guardians of the worlds you visit, and killing them allows the Root to invade]].
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Though the plaeyr defeats Clawbone, they are drugged by Haarsgard and forced to become a new dreamer, leaving them alive but helpless to stop the dragon's allies. This sets the stage for ''VideoGame/RemnantFromTheAshes''.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Though the plaeyr player defeats Clawbone, they are drugged by Haarsgard and forced to become a new dreamer, leaving them alive but helpless to stop the dragon's allies. This sets the stage for ''VideoGame/RemnantFromTheAshes''.''VideoGame/RemnantFromTheAshes'']].
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''Chronos'' is a video game by Gunfire Games.
You are a nameless hero, fighting to save your home from a dragon. To reach it, you must travel across worlds until you find the one it calls home.
For the Most part, ''Chronos'' is your average SoulsLikeRPG, but it has a unique mechanic regarding death and respawning - every death you endure ages you up one year, and slowly changes your stats. The young boy swinging a sword that you start the game was will eventually become a man more dependent upon magic to win his battles.
Additioanlly, the game is an ''UsefulNotes/OculusRift'' exclusive title.
In September 2020, a remake, ''Chronos: Before The Ashes'' was announced, which will overhaul the grpahics and remvoe the VR requirement. Note that the title [[LateArrivalSpoiler spoils the relation between this game and]] [[StealthSequel Gunfire Game's next project]], ''VideoGame/RemnantFromTheAshes''.
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* BigBad: The Wooden Dragon, Clawbone, acts as this, menacing your homeland such that you have to go out and slay it.
* ContinuingIsPainful: In a unique way - while you don't lose items when you die, your characters ages up one year, as that is how long it takes for the crystal that lets them into the Labyrinth needs to reopen. This gradually weakens your physical powers while increasing your magical ones, which means that strategies that worked during your first few lives won't be as helpful alter in the game.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Though the plaeyr defeats Clawbone, they are drugged by Haarsgard and forced to become a new dreamer, leaving them alive but helpless to stop the dragon's allies. This sets the stage for ''VideoGame/RemnantFromTheAshes''.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The FinalBoss and BigBad of the game, Clawbone, is a dragon made out of wood.
You are a nameless hero, fighting to save your home from a dragon. To reach it, you must travel across worlds until you find the one it calls home.
For the Most part, ''Chronos'' is your average SoulsLikeRPG, but it has a unique mechanic regarding death and respawning - every death you endure ages you up one year, and slowly changes your stats. The young boy swinging a sword that you start the game was will eventually become a man more dependent upon magic to win his battles.
Additioanlly, the game is an ''UsefulNotes/OculusRift'' exclusive title.
In September 2020, a remake, ''Chronos: Before The Ashes'' was announced, which will overhaul the grpahics and remvoe the VR requirement. Note that the title [[LateArrivalSpoiler spoils the relation between this game and]] [[StealthSequel Gunfire Game's next project]], ''VideoGame/RemnantFromTheAshes''.
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* BigBad: The Wooden Dragon, Clawbone, acts as this, menacing your homeland such that you have to go out and slay it.
* ContinuingIsPainful: In a unique way - while you don't lose items when you die, your characters ages up one year, as that is how long it takes for the crystal that lets them into the Labyrinth needs to reopen. This gradually weakens your physical powers while increasing your magical ones, which means that strategies that worked during your first few lives won't be as helpful alter in the game.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Though the plaeyr defeats Clawbone, they are drugged by Haarsgard and forced to become a new dreamer, leaving them alive but helpless to stop the dragon's allies. This sets the stage for ''VideoGame/RemnantFromTheAshes''.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The FinalBoss and BigBad of the game, Clawbone, is a dragon made out of wood.
