Bloober Team’s Cronos The New Dawn is a fresh start for classic survival horror

I personally maintain that Resident Evil, going all the way back to 1996, has always been more of an action game than a horror game. Nevertheless, it’s undeniable that RE4 marked a shift not just in Capcom’s own flagship series, but the greater gaming world. The Leon-led 2005 shooter served as the high watermark for over-the-shoulder, third-person ‘action horror,’ and the following five years were marked by successive variations on the theme: Gears of War, Dead Space, The Last of Us, The Evil Within. But then the wind started to change back. Since around 2017, classic survival horror has started to once again take root. Continue reading Bloober Team’s Cronos The New Dawn is a fresh start for classic survival horror MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best horror games, Best survival games, Best upcoming PC games

Apr 17, 2025 - 17:51

Bloober Team’s Cronos The New Dawn is a fresh start for classic survival horror

I personally maintain that Resident Evil, going all the way back to 1996, has always been more of an action game than a horror game. Nevertheless, it’s undeniable that RE4 marked a shift not just in Capcom’s own flagship series, but the greater gaming world. The Leon-led 2005 shooter served as the high watermark for over-the-shoulder, third-person ‘action horror,’ and the following five years were marked by successive variations on the theme: Gears of War, Dead Space, The Last of Us, The Evil Within. But then the wind started to change back. Since around 2017, classic survival horror has started to once again take root.

Continue reading Bloober Team’s Cronos The New Dawn is a fresh start for classic survival horror

MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best horror games, Best survival games, Best upcoming PC games