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Enter the Chronosphere is a bullet hell shmup that actually gives you time to thinkOff the clock
Off the clock
Image credit:Effort Star
Image credit:Effort Star
One of the PR bulletpoints calls on you to “choose between stabilizing your wounds, or reality itself.” You’ll also get to “plunder paradoxes” and kill people with wasps. Quite the spread! Let’s have a look at the trailer.
Enter the Chronosphere - Pre-Alpha Gameplay Trailer - 2023-05Watch on YouTube
Enter the Chronosphere - Pre-Alpha Gameplay Trailer - 2023-05
Enter the Chronosphere has a stop-start “turn-based action game” (my phrase) style where enemies and projectiles move when you do. The more familiar, recent comparison is probablySuperhot, but I’m also reminded of ancient tile-based dungeon crawlers like Azure Dreams. Care of this hybrid approach, you can play it like a bullet hell shooter that actually favours tactical improvisation over reflexes and pattern memorisation - weaving through bullets, lining up ranged attacks of your own to anticipate enemy movements, that sort of thing.
There are hundreds of weapons, items and abilities, from spears to radguns. The art direction is a warmMoebiusconfection with rich shadows and splashy comicbook SFX, and the soundtrack is a charming burble of yelps and popguns. Yeah, I quite like this one. Here’sthe Steam page with more- fingers crossed for a release date soon-ish.
Update - eagle-eyed RPS commenter LacSlyer points out that there’san older browser-based version of Enter the Chronosphere on Itch.io. Have at it!
