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  • Summary: Chernobylite is an RPG survival horror mixing free exploration of disturbing locations with challenging combat, unique crafting, and non-linear science-fiction story. Build your team, survive and reveal the twisted secrets of Chernobyl in the 3D-scanned recreation of the Exclusion Zone.

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  1. Positive: 32 out of 50
  2. Negative: 0 out of 50
  1. Jul 28, 2021
    90
    Chernobylite is special. If you enjoy RPGs that feature things like crafting, base building, team management, and heists, the ambitious Chernobylite is one that you won’t want to miss.
  2. Jul 28, 2021
    80
    In case someone was disappointed by the lack of freedom in The Medium, let it be known that Chernobylite brings much more leeway in terms of gameplay, while offering equally pretty graphics and dark atmosphere. Until the second S.T.A.L.K.E.R. arrives, there is no better game for visiting Chernobyl.
  3. Sep 11, 2021
    80
    Bizarre but beautiful indeed, Chernobylite is an amalgamation of various genres in one captivating game that you wouldn’t think could pull it off as well as it does. Its missions offer much of the same over the time and its combat could use some work, but its world gives you enough diverse events, objectives, and live challenges that keep you thinking ahead. Plus, add to that its 3D scanned world of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and you get an ambitious game that blends fiction with reality and offers you an experience unlike any other.
  4. Jul 28, 2021
    77
    Chernobylite is a great survival game with a solid sci-fi story that is definitely above what we’re used to find in similar games, although it also falls shorts in some aspects by trying to do more than it should.
  5. Jul 27, 2021
    75
    With a combination of multiple features and mechanics from different genres, as well as a setting that's steeped in mystery, Chernobylite attempts to be the jack-of-all-trades. Unfortunately, a mediocre combat system, repetitive mission structure, and dull gameplay loop lead to questionable results.
  6. Jul 29, 2021
    70
    Chernobylite is not gonna make up for the lack of the new S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game in your life, but even so it's a good enough title to dive into before the release of the next GSC Game World project.
  7. Jul 27, 2021
    60
    Despite the flaws, something about Chernobylite feels like it's primed to enjoy cult classic status. Troubled but daring games are often the subject of smaller but passionate fanbases, and Chernobylite is nothing is not daring. Several of those gambles don't payout in the end, but the journey is always a weird one, even if not always an exciting one.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 60 out of 84
  2. Negative: 13 out of 84
  1. Oct 16, 2019
    10
    Super realistic graphic, climate, model of shooting. Good successor of Stalker. 10/10 for me.
  2. Jul 29, 2021
    10
    Very interesting story, fabulous graphics and amazing music. Grate game for many hours, highly recommended!
  3. Aug 2, 2021
    10
    Awesome game - super audio, graphics and really interesting story. If you like themes like Chernobyl, Stalker and Metro, you gonna like it so much.
  4. Jul 29, 2021
    10
    RPG perk system, wepon upgrade, stealth, base building, team managment, choices that matter, crafting. Great, great story. If you like FalloutRPG perk system, wepon upgrade, stealth, base building, team managment, choices that matter, crafting. Great, great story. If you like Fallout games Chernobylite is a game for You. Unique. Expand
  5. Aug 27, 2021
    9
    It's heavy motion blur simulator, be careful! They even don't have a turn off button for this eye melter game.

    Edit: After their official
    It's heavy motion blur simulator, be careful! They even don't have a turn off button for this eye melter game.

    Edit: After their official release I had time to play and I saw they fixed their game. I rise my previous points from 1 to 9. Great job, team!
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  6. Sep 7, 2021
    7
    CHERNOBYLITE is a cool diet-ish stalker game set in post apocalyptic well... Chernobyl where the character you play as Igor goes to search forCHERNOBYLITE is a cool diet-ish stalker game set in post apocalyptic well... Chernobyl where the character you play as Igor goes to search for his wife

    pros:

    gameplay loop is fun as hell you wake up go to a map and just start exploring and scavenging everything you can and killing soldiers and mutants along the way after that you go to your base and upgrade it by placing all kinds of workshops and generators to sustain yourself

    the weapons feel really good and authentic

    the game looks really good the devs did a really good job with the unreal engine

    the game is very immersive and you really quickly get sucked into it and the whole vibe of being a stalker

    story is really cool although predicable at times

    i really liked the base building i had a lot of fun customizing my own base and making it my own

    there are random encounters you can have in the game with other stalkers and scavengers where you can exchange stuff and gather information that's a really cool add on and makes the maps you explore more alive

    cons:

    the way they did the whole tale tale pick your road is really bad the whole execution was done poorly and most of the time i had a wiki near me just so i can get this over with

    if you die you get send to a prison so does your companion if you send him to a risky mission the problem here is that you never unlock a fast way to get to that prison the only way to get their is to basically die so imagine me having end game gear and just trying to die just so i can get my companion as i said... done very poorly

    the psyche mechanic is also very dumb and i don't care if your a weak scientist that cant take it if people die and the dumbest thing here is they way you recover your psyche is to drink vodka in my opinion this was the most useless mechanic in the game

    not enough maps and at the end after 24 hours of playing i felt like there wasn't enough maps to explore and that they just recycled maps for story parts

    the game did scare me a couple of times but that was only because i did not expect cheap jump scares after i realized that it didn't really bother me if they wanted to make the game scarier they could add more scarier mutants like a deathclaw from fallout or something alike now that would be scary as f@#$

    in conclusion chernobylite is on its own a diet stalker its fun and cool but in my opinion if they make a sequel just throw the whole choices element out. make more maps and double down on exploring and fun random interactions and cool gameplay and bigger scarier monsters.
    i do recommend this game but at a lower price

    my final score to chernobylite is a 7.5 out of 10
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  7. May 3, 2022
    0
    Mainly all you need to know because the protagonist is a physicist they are unable to hip fire and you are forced to have melee whenever youMainly all you need to know because the protagonist is a physicist they are unable to hip fire and you are forced to have melee whenever you press fire.

    Good graphics. Horrible mechanics. Good sound. Horrible game. Uninstalled after the first lightening strike gave me a gun and the second one landed me in Pripyat to be presented with a horrible intro on how to use the gun and avoid being hit.

    If I had paid for it I would be refunding it immediately.
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