First let me just start by saying Cronos is a technically good game; the graphics are good, I never had any crashes, and the voice acting, art style, etc. etc. are all good. The game does indeed provide a tense survival horror experience. However, the way it does so is simply not to my liking; I do not enjoy the slow crawl style of survival horror like Resident Evil. I've always found it incredibly boring and simpy not worth my time. This is why I was so excited for Cronos cause everyone who's anyone kept saying 'its like Dead Space 4'. But that's not the case. This game is frequently billed as the 'spiritual sucessor to Dead Space' and I have to imagine everyone saying that has not actually played either game. It looks very similar to Dead Space, the setting and art style definitely very similar. But that's where the similarites end. Cronos is most similar in gameplay to Resident Evil 4; and personally I never liked that game. I know I'm probably in the minority here, but my opinion is that the old, inventory management focused survival horror style is, boring, tedious, and simply unfun. That is why I liked Dead Space so much; because it was still terrifying but, the game play was FAST, you fought hordes of zombies, you never worried about ammo, but you did always worry about surviving. Dead Space had massive labryinths for maps, and you could explore them however you chose. The combat was fast and frantic. If you are buying Cronos expecting Dead Space; you are going to be very disappointed. If you LOVED Resident Evil 4 though? You'll love this! Its just not what I was looking for, and not what I was told to expect.
