Dawn of Fear

Critic reviews

• GGameSpew

  Richard Seagrave · Feb 06, 2020

  2.0

  I wanted to like Dawn of Fear. I really did. It’s not all bad. It has some well-designed enemies that are truly creepy, for example, and its environments are dripping with atmosphere. But it just feels broken. Combat is a gamble, the health system is a joke; throw on top a myriad of technical issues and you have a game that at times feels borderline unplayable. Unless Dawn of Fear gets heavily patched after launch, steer well clear of it unless you’re a glutton for punishment or have the patience of a saint.

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• PSPush Square

  Liam Croft · Feb 03, 2020

  5.0

  Dawn of Fear is not what you would typically consider a good video game and it most definitely does not perform like one. However, when it works, there hasn’t been anything else quite like it for the best part of two decades. Dawn of Fear is the best and worst tribute to Resident Evil at the same time, and we can't think of anything more intriguing than that.

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• GIGod is a Geek

  Chris White · Feb 11, 2020

  3.0

  Dawn of Fear is a poor attempt to recreate the magic of a survival horror classic, with too many problems to gain any sense of enjoyment. Brok3nsite has tried to create a nostalgic tribute to Resident Evil, but in the process they’ve somehow made it worse than the original. Perhaps its biggest omission and ultimate failure is its scare factor, creating predictable moments of terror that never hit as they should.

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• MMetro.co.uk

  GameCentral · Feb 07, 2020

  3.0

  Despite being a gory horror game, Resident Evil’s goofy charm has always made it a strangely loveable franchise and some of that does rub off on Dawn Of Fear. It’s hard not to feel sympathy for its attempts to emulate its idol but falling well short of a 24-year-old PS1 game is a pretty hard drop. Given how many vastly superior options there are for Resident Evil nostalgia this is a world of survival horror that’s not worth returning to.

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• PUPlayStation Universe

  Garri Bagdasarov · Feb 09, 2020

  2.0

  Dawn of Fear looks to bring back memories of the games I grew up with but somehow over twenty years Dawn of Fear shows that nostalgia can sometimes be used in a cynical fashion at the expense of the game beneath. I understand this is an indie title and a passion project for the developers, but passion is the one thing that seems to be missing.

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• HCHobby Consolas

  Daniel Quesada · Feb 04, 2020

  6.4

  En conjunto, Dawn of Fear es un intento meritorio de recuperar el espíritu de los survival horror clásicos, pero que no consigue dar en la diana por las carencias propias de su bajo presupuesto, pero también por una optimización que necesitaría un repaso a fondo. Aún así, animamos a los chicos de Brok3nsite para que sigan peleando por alimentar nuestras pesadillas.

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