Разработчик: Al Fine
Описание
ChronoArk is a party-based deck-building roguelike single player RPG game about rescuing the world from chaos.
Recruit, train, and build a team of unique investigators throughout the abandoned land and restore the Twisted World!
Features
Party-styled, card-based battles
Recruit up to 4 party members and synergize each card you have to win the battle!
All skills and perks will appear as cards during the battle.
It is up to you to customize your own characters!
RogueLite RPG
Unlike classic RPGs, everything you gain will reset when your party is eliminated. However, you will discover more options as you play through the game.
Storyline
A long time ago, the world was covered in the Black Fog and mankind evacuated to the Ark.
There is only one way to restore the world: collecting the Time Shades scattered around the Twisted Land and running the Clock Tower.
The world will return to its peaceful days if the Clock Tower starts to tick again…
‘Lucy’ ends up opening her eyes on the Twisted Land beneath the Ark.
Only thing she can remember is a mysterious message to operate the Clock Tower…
You will set up your Investigation Team with Lucy on a journey to gather the Time Shades.
Roguelike replays
20 collegues, numerous skill cards and items, relics, Lucy's unique skills, events, and bosses with patterns of their own.
Discover the Twisted Land, and complete your battle strategy!
Поддерживаемые языки: english, korean, japanese, simplified chinese, traditional chinese
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 or later
- Processor: Intel Core i3
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1gb VRAM, OpenGL 3.0 support
- Storage: 5 GB available space
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Somehow a game that is both more mechanically fun than STS, and also has a genuinely incredible story to go along with it. Lucy is one of the better protagonists in games I've played, especially considering how it integrates with the mechanics.
If you're looking to pick this up - things start out a bit strange, but stick it out - it's all just part of the game's showmanship.
Came for the rogue deckbuilder, stayed for the story. I can't say much the story other than it being really good without spoiling any of it so go into it blind.
I wish there was an option to replay some scenes.
A very interesting take on the whole card deck building genre. In here, you assemble a party of 4 characters, each with the classic roles of DPS, Tanks and Supports, and you level and gear them up as you go. Each character plays in a very unique way even when sharing roles, so there's a lot of variety in there depending on who you choose. You start a run by picking 2 characters and have the option to recruit 2 more as you explore each level (you choose 1 from a pool of 5 randomly picked ones each time). Each map has mob spawns and event areas. Events are random but pretty much all of them provide benefits one way or another, so it's very worthwhile to seek them out. Mobs give you drops and currency to either level up characters, or level up Lucy (who is the main character and acts as a navigator of sorts) for more Mana to cast skills or to get Draw skills. Aside from a few exceptions, Lucy skills are the only way to replenish your hand, so they are very important. Level up currency is limited so you always have to think on who is best to level, which is quite neat.
That's the gist of the game. If you've played any other deck building game you'll be familiar with the systems. This game's take on it is very fun and I played a ton of it when I started.
The story is also quite good imo. I don't wanna say much in case something's a spoiler, so just read the game's store page description to get an idea and if it interests you, then give it a go. The story was half of the reason why I just couldn't stop playing.
All in all, I loved this game and even after 100% it, I still come back to it for a run here and there. We also occasionally get DLCs which add new stuff. You do have to buy it in order to get the character costumes and the gear, but as far as I know the bosses are added for free (after you finish the event quest).
A lot of games begin with a question. In this case, it was: "Can we combine rogue-like deckbuilding with JRPG mechanics?"
They hit the nail on the bloody head.
After racking up a hundred odd hours in this game, I am confident to call this not just a hidden gem, but a whole hidden treasure chest. It's unique in it's gameplay, great in it's story, has amazing art, as well as a charming cast of characters. It just oozes passion at every click. This game manages to (almost) seamlessly combine JRPG teambuilding and mechanics with the gameplay of a rogue-like deckbuilder.
It's fairly simple: Pick two characters from the roster of 20 unlockable characters (called "investigators") to start your journey. Traverse the map, collect loot, fight enemies, upgrade your investigators, recruit up to two new ones throughout your run, face (an) end boss.
Every Investigator contributes skills to the deck, and Lucy (the player character), provides resources and draws. Some investigators synergize better than others, some are more independent than others.
The game provides enough content to allow for depth in developing strategies and building teams, while also allowing for just enough simplicity as to not be overwhelming. I never felt like I was lost or I didn't get what was going on while playing.
My main critique is that pretty much everything you do in this game is tied to luck, which isn't bad in of itself. However, it's something that tends to get forgotten when planning out a strategy, especially when every single skill/enemy/character has separate accuracy and resistance stats for debuffs, which do play an important role in some strategies. I do not believe that it takes away from the core experience, though.
Overall an amazing experience and one of my favorite games ever.
10/10 helped me overcome existential dread
You have no idea how much I want to like this game.
In the wake of Slay the Spire there has been a dearth of other card-based roguelites, and most are bad. Chrono Ark is one of the least bad, and arguably the best after StS and Balatro, but a lot of odd choices (the kind you see from SE Asian game dev) keeps it from reaching the heights of a game made by two people.
The Good
The art, character design, and music are top-tier, hands-down. This is the sort of game where buying the OST is 100% worth it.
The OK
Sadly, the story. The writing starts off pretty strong, but gets into the usual anime convoluted mess you often find in science-fiction anime stories. The protagonist, Lucy, is a fairly interesting character. Without getting into spoilers, her concept is fairly unique, and it gives her an interesting perspective on things. She's sort of the usual cool-headed apathetic girl character, but there's more going on than that, which is something I respect.
The same can be said for the antagonist, who I was surprised was revealed fairly early on, but it winds up working in the game's favor because they also get a lot of space to develop. Their motivations are also straightforward and pretty novel.
The rest of the cast are all serviceable. They're all the same paint-by-numbers anime stuff you've seen time and again. They take a character and give them an extreme and oddball personality, and then throw in a fairly generic "real" backstory with the tiniest sprinkling of sadness to garner sympathy. None of them talk or interact with one another outside of a few throwaway lines at camp, and each of their "arcs" (more like lines) are resolved in the same way with minimal reflection, pathos, or texture.
There are three characters who join your party who don't follow this formula, but that's due to their importance to Lucy's story arc.
The Bad
The card mechanics are too complicated.
Sure, you can understand how the game works, I've sunk 55+ hours into this (at time of writing) and have completed the game with the true ending a few times. I "get" it, but the mechanics are way too complex to be satisfying.
You're often juggling dozens of effects, all splattered across a cluttered and unhelpful UI, and of which their interactions are obtuse, partially due to banal localization and partially due to key effects sharing similar icons but having varying end effects. A full half of these effects can't be removed or mitigated, you just sort of have to hope you have enough health to get through it.
Another issue is the lack of adapting as you go. Chrono Ark has a lot of items, relics, and abilities that are just flat-out bad, highly situational, and than a paltry few are the "right" picks the game designers want you to do to cheese the game.
There is only one build for Hien, one build for Johan, one build for Narhan, etc etc etc.
It makes the game fairly frustrating to play over and over, which is a requirement because this is one of those roguelites that gates content behind raw-hard-grinding. Do not expect to get anywhere without grinding, which means playing the same configurations of characters, with the same relics, and the same items over and over again.
Very disappointing.
it's like hellcard and slay the spire had a baby and if that baby grew into a man and hooked up with backback battles and had a baby. this would be the result.
The music is really awesome and the battles are strategic and there's lots of replayability
Amazing game with alot of content, worth it along with its dlcs
An unorthodox roguelike deckbuilder that has an engaging character driven story around the looping gameplay, really motivates starting and finishing runs.
Interface is a bit rough compared to games like slay the spire, enemy information can be limited (partly by design), but once I became adjusted to the mechanics and got a few runs in, it became very satisfying in complexity and decision making.
If you have experience in deckbuilders, I recommend switching to expert difficulty after the first run or two. . The game is rather easy on normal and bosses get mechanics in expert that make me think the game was designed around this difficulty.
I. Love. This. Game. Every inch and part of it. If you are into deck building rogue like card games with a cool story, look no further.
I play this for the plot, which is pretty good, especially for a roguelike.
The DLC I bought with barely dressed women have nothing to do with it, I just wanted to support the dev...
I've only scratched the surface and so much more to do, learn, enjoy and play. This game has a lot more going for it than I originally thought so I'm very happy that I picked it up. It's quite accessible to me aswell with multi-movement keybinds and works with accessibility click-lock too for walking so I can play for long periods without flare ups.
while the graphics sometimes aren't the best, the edges seem... low res or something, in some parts. Overall, it's enjoyable and challenging. Worth trying out.
This is the best deck build I have ever played.
The mechanics are extremely polished.
Thanks for such an amazing adventure!
One of my favorite roguelike's of all time, if not my favorite. Come for the battle mechanics, stay for the story. 11/10 would recommend again~
Coming from someone that hates turn-based RPG's this game somehow does it really well with its card system and rogue-like features. Since you can combo with a lot of cards to make crazy attacks or defenses it makes it more fun than just using one move per turn like most turn based combat. On top of this every character is unique with their own mechanics which makes every run feel unique. And each character has multiple ways you can build them through the run which also changes depending on the team comp you got going on its pretty crazy. The bosses also have their own mechanics that you have to work around or your getting destroyed plus the bosses are random so its like still pretty crazy.
Best deck builder game. With a deep and amazing story too.
Overall probably the best game I've played in the past 3 years (so like, 9/10 idk)
Gameplay: For a general idea, its like darkest dungeon but each of your party members shared the same slay the spire deck. I really enjoy the turn system in this game too as instead of a standard flip flopping between turns, opponents typically begin with an action('s) on a countdown that ticks when you make certain actions, I think it makes for some interesting interactions especially with the way healing and certain characters work. There are 16 characters that have their own passives and card sets that you can mix and match, so it offers solid replayability (I also like reading each persons individual story arcs which is done during the break points of the game, so there is also incentive to try out other classes).
Story: Primarily Visual Novel Style. I'm sure you could find enjoyment in this game if you skip through story segments but I really like it and think its absolutely worth it, not that I'm done it but high praise from me so far. I'm not sure how to hype up a story without spoiling things very well so u just gotta trust me here :D
Other Comments: The music is fine, and the audio transitioning to a more intense version of a track when entering combat is neat but no particular pieces are spectacular to me, no complaints either. I do like the overall tones of this game, and I think it has a very well made balance of rng vs good player choices, I believe you could win virtually every regular run with the amount of options you are given but good luck can certainly help you
Final note: Charon best girl
Very solid rogue-like genre with a refined combat system and a banger soundtrack, partially from Studio EIM. Along that, an interesting story as well that is neatly written. The gameplay is absolutely not for the faint of heart as it is quite intense, since due to its inspiration from Darkest Dungeon, your characters will be at the brink of death decently often. Though I do have to mention that the overheal mechanic is quite annoying to deal with as it encourages stalling to heal up and unlucky hits at the same time could really fuck you up, but other than that id say the gameplay is awesome. 8/10, worth the full price
I think the story ends in crashing after the first loop. Very thematic. artstyle/10.
Also i have three testicles.
fun game, great story, a level of depth to the combat that keeps you coming back for more, 10/10 character designs, and some classic tropes done well!
if you like deckbuilding roguelikes, anime, and games with story, then you're pretty much guaranteed to enjoy this game. it has a cast of 20 or so characters, each with their own playstyles and synergies, and you can take up to 4 of them with you on your journey into the Twisted Lands! the level of difficulty is honestly perfectly tuned, and while you might find some unbeatable combinations every now and then, you won't be able to reliably get those unstoppable teams every time due to the RNG aspect of the game - which is exactly how it should be
After having completed one of the several possible endings for the game, I feel confident enough to recommend this game in earnest. A very satisfying experience for fans of roguelike deckbuilder games that doesn't forego a quality narrative, taking full advantage of the natural gameplay mechanics of the genre to enhance its storytelling in a very satisfying manner. Journeying through the Twisted Lands and slowly uncovering details of the main plot, and getting to know each of the game's many playable characters better, has been an immense joy.
While there's still a fair bit to go through to get the true ending, the experience thus far has left me very satisfied and, having experienced most of what the game has to offer, I will say that this game is definitely a bit of a hidden gem. Definitely worth checking out!
Fantastic twist on the rogue-like deck builder genre. The rpg elements are well implemented and the story is well worth paying attention to.
I do actually somewhat like this game. When despite learning how to do more I get assfucked by unfair boss design. Like what the actual hell. Took a break, Tired of trying. For good.
This game does a WAY better job with telling a narrative using a roguelike gameplay loop than the vast majority of other games in the genre. While I did not care for the story at all at first, and I thought all the characters were shallow, cliched, and predictable, this game genuinely surprised me as it fleshed everything out dramatically in its latter half. One of the endgame boss battles in particular is SUPER well done, and is easily my favourite moment in the game.
Be prepared for long visual novel cutscenes, if those aren't your cup of tea, you won't have the patience to properly appreciate the story here.
This game is hidden gem and one of my GOTY for 2024.
Its a Slay the Spire-like roguelike deckbuilder game stapled together with a visual novel. And the executions for both of those games are phenomenally executed.
For the card battler:
The game is very finely tuned balance wise. It is a 4-person party-based deck with a 20 possible characters to play with. This makes every run feel different and fresh with so many variable compositions. Combined with the exquisite balancing every run feels achievable but not easy. Overall, I found it to be more interesting with more build diversity than StS.
For the visual novel:
It plays out almost like a sci-fi mystery game, and honestly... its incredible. I was absolutely enthralled in the story after a few hours. It is a slow burn, so it does take a few hours to sink its teeth into you, but once it does it doesn't let go. By the end of story I was honestly blown away.
Considering its massive success as both a roguelike cardbattler and a visual novel, this unique game is one of my favorite games of 2024 well worth the price.
10/10
Just getting into it but so far good tactical system that is fun figuring out...and a decent story so far
Amazing boss fights, great complexity , unique characters , charming art and well tuned difficulty. Peak.
the best strategy rogue-like card game i've ever played. with over 50 hours of gameplay, I just reached the first ending, and the story is frecking insanely good. the boss mechanics are incredibly well-designed, and I'm definitely aiming to 100% complete this game. both DLCs are totally worth it as well. I would even recommend buying it at full price (it's that good). this game has easily become one of my all-time favorites no cap. also huz please step on me.
Chrono Arcs engine is the future of Card gaming! This game reminds me of Final Fantasy 6 through X2. As good as the story is, the game play is even better! You will die while paying attention, HOWEVER, you are not losing progress like harder adventure card games.
Get this game!!!!
10/10
I hope Chrono Arc almost doubles with playthrough length, skipping small skins patches, or a part 2. Maybe Double the play length and make everyone play through from scratch again to unlock everything, in a few years.
There is lots of room to add more individual skill animations, even when healing. 2x speed, .5 speed, and multiple angles, where you can choose angle 1, 2, none/both for each animation would be a awesome addition. Allies/enemies getting knocked side to side, knocked down, changing posture and poses more. 10/10
An absolute hidden gem. The story is interesting and well woven into the flow of the game (which is novel among rogue-light games), the characters are all fun to play with well designed abilities, and the gameplay is top-notch.
I wrote this game off as gooner bait at first, which is usually the case for games with anime-like art styles, but I've been genuinely surprised. I have very few negative things to say about the game, but there are a couple of things that could use some polish:
UI is a little hard to parse at first glance, definitely took some time for me to fully understand what some cards actually did because of this.
The overworld travel kinda felt tacked on, like it was just something the devs threw in to kill time in a run.
The home base / starting area felt really empty, even with all of the cast standing around. There was next to no reason to interact with any of the other characters past the first time, aside from the upgrade vendor and vending machine.
Overall rating for this game would be a 8.5/10. Worth the price and the time spent gitting gud.
I honestly think this is probably up there as my favorite deckbuilder roguelite and I've played quite a few. It just has a really good flow in terms of gameplay. I also like all the characters.
That said, plot is another matter. It's very good, but it's somewhat flawed. I doubt one would even notice the flaws if they haven't been around since the EA days. If you know what I'm talking about you know but if you don't, you can always download old versions from Steam - the 1.60 EA version (specifically, Fate) and any version before that (1.42 EA is probably a good choice in terms of overall stability) should provide context. Or just ignore me, it's really subtle and if it doesn't bother you, it's probably better to not open pandora's box.
Anyways, the game itself is worth the money. DLC...ehh. Maybe if you want some more cards to play around with to mix things up, but costumes are costumes and the added plot is mostly just silly.
What a great time I've had with this game! It's very unique in the way you manage a party of 2-4 leading to many combinations. The characters are all fun and very usable, with some combinations really standing out. Each run is fun and different, and the workshop has lots of fun extra stuff. My favorite hidden gem last year.
Hidden Gem! This is an excellent card game with a huge mind f#$% through the entire story. Absolutley phenomenal.
The characters and card sets are fun, but the plot-twist is somewhat mediocre. The end story reminds me of Soma whereas the REAL big bad boss is just so annoying, I just want to finish the fight and shut him up, no sympathy for him at all (and I have to endure the lengthy final fight cut-scenes geez...)
But the deck-building and rogue-like elements are nice, great-value for replayability.
Very addictive rogue deck builder with lots of replayability.
Masterpiece. It has a great story, and also one of the best deck building rogue likes. Highly recommend.
Insanely good story, very fun gameplay, great art, banger soundtrack.
Play this videogame.
an absolute monolith in its genre. I'm 80 hours in and am still experimenting with new strategies all of which seem to be equally viable. the characters have incredible synergy with eachother and the modding scene is top notch. BUY THIS FUCKING GAME. its probably the best in its genre
This game is amazing if you like visual-novel style RPG's and even though some aspects of the game could use a little work overall it was a great experience I got emotional over. Would recommend
+Such a good story, a lot of care was put into it and it's incredible. There's twists, character backstories have effort put into them, and you can really empathize with pretty much all of the characters.
+A lot of characters, some I liked ability-wise more than other but overall certainly can't complain there. Learning some really strong ability combos for each one feels good too.
+Plenty of items to use like consumable potions/herbs/pills, relics you can use for party-wide buffs among other things, and some very strong equipment that can make or break your run.
+Tons and tons of unlockable content, very important for deck-building roguelikes and this one definitely has it.
+/-Character friend system allows you to access more lore and backstory about each character and their motivations, though learning what particular items each character likes can take some guessing. Having to gold friendship each character to get the true ending makes sense lore-wise but can be quite grindy so I view it as a bit of a negative.
+/-This should be obvious as part of the rogulike deckbuilding genre but I wanted to make a point to potential buyers that you will get frustrated on runs getting relatively useless skills and or relics/equipment and dying sometimes. It's up to you if you are willing to put up with it, but all genre veterans here know the deal by now.
-Not a lot of enemy variety in the base game, they need to put a bit more work in there imo so while you're grinding out a lot of runs you have some more interesting encounters.
-The DLC bosses are not balanced well and honestly you don't really get much for beating them past the first time or so. If you're going to make bosses brutally difficult you need to offer a proportional reward or there's no point doing them.
-I got a mod for this purpose, but with how many items there are in the game they should do like some roguelikes do and offer bans to particular skills/relics/equipment you don't want to see in your runs. Because some are perfect for particular characters and others are just absolute garbage and reforging them into other items is not readily done in most cases.
If you can put up with the gameplay negatives at times, the story is far beyond what I expected from a roguelike deck-builder and I can feel every bit of the time and effort the developers put into it. Incredible work by to the whole team that made this game
One of the best storytelling games and an all around fun combat game ive played
This is a solid turn-based deck-building rogue-light rpg with a story that is bonkers fun sci-fi. Replayability is the name of the game and as you continue through you'll unravel more and more of the story on each run.
Mechanically there is never a timer on screen, quick-time events, etc. You have all the time to check your cards, think, and play. It can be a fun game to play while you do other things as well. Most of the time is spent on each 'run' where you progress through a variety of levels with themed enemies, unlocking additional items/cards to build yourself up for the final confrontation for that particular run. The game is easy to pick up, but moderately challenging to master.
The card options, unlocks, characters, storyline are all great fun. And it all makes sense in the end.
A very cool game with nice story line, beautiful artwork and challenging gameplay.
The story kinda reminds me of Steins:Gate partially, so if you liked anime/novel you'll like this game too.
With main characters struggles, discovering whole puzzle of the story all the while trying to beat final boss with the build you've gathered just to get back again.
Quite fun :)
Great Music
Good Story
Every character feels unique
AMAZING fan-service
My undisputed indie goty of 2024.
Game's pretty good. There's a bit of a learning curve and it's a bit clunky at first but it's extremely friendly once you get the hang of it. Just make sure you're not accidentally on Expert mode like I was right out of the gate. Also, this game is missing a Horror tag but there are definitely, 10000% unsettling/creepy horror cutscenes and themes in the game. No jumpscares, pretty great writing. If you're easily spooked or a big scaredy-cat, be aware.
Great card roguelike with moderate complexity with a suprisingly good storyline and a great climax fight
First ever game that ive played with visual novel story telling, but the story was a lot of fun to unravel on top of addicting deckbuilding with unique characters. Good Game
Chrono Ark is a surprisingly fun roguelike deckbuilder. I finished the true ending on normal difficulty.
What did I like about the game:
- Class system/character and build variety.
- Enjoyable story, with its own cool moments.
- The overall visual design, especially for the character art. (both in and out of combat)
- Creative, "meta" uses for the cardplay on bosses.
- There is a lot to do and unlock.
- Lot of different optional challenges.
What I didn't like:
- Can be very luckbased, especially on some bosses.(boss skill usage, and which boss spawns included)
- It can be very frustrating to lose because of two things: Runs are very long (around 1,5 hrs), and the story is locked behind them.
- Can be a bit repetitive with how the story and unlocks progress.
- Visual novel type story cutscenes can go on a bit too long.
[*]Low zone and enemy variety.
Overall its a high quality game, although it can be very frustrating and hard at points.
I can definitely recommend this to anyone who likes the genre.
This game is really fun. But the story is kind of annoying. I HATE visual novels and that's how the story plays out. I would care about the story if it wasn't so forced into my game play.
a well-made blend of Darkest Dungeon, Quantum Protocol, and Doki Doki Literature Club. the global mechanics and individual character kits are very well-designed for everything to mesh together beautifully. also includes a lot of gameplay modifiers and mutators.
hidden gem, fun game with a better story than expected, music bangs too
I don't typically post reviews, but I feel like this game really got missed and overshadowed. It may be because of the story elements or anime style art, but this game deserves to be looked at if you love rogue-likes, dungeon crawlers, or card games like slay the spire. The game is chunky and complex, and requires forethought akin to the Binding of Isaac, where you explore the floor and plan to use your resources wisely.
It does not hold your hand after the tutorial, and expects you to read and find synergies, but once you do, oh boy is it satisfying. I say if you are on the fence, get it on sale; it is well worth your time.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Al Fine |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 25.02.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 94% положительных (2114) |