Chasm for PC Reviews

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Action Adventure RPG Metroidvania Platformer Roguelike Single-player

Developer: Discord Games

Content Rating: Everyone10+

Synopsis

When a small mining community falls silent, a young soldier named Daltyn is sent to investigate. Upon arriving in the remote mountain town of Karthas, he discovers that paranormal forces have sealed the town off from the outside world. Now trapped, he's left with no option but to explore the mines below the town and uncover the source of the disturbances. Six huge procedurally-generated areas await, each lovingly crafted in a retro pixel art style. Help Daltyn gain new abilities and equipment, evade dangerous traps, and defeat hordes of deadly enemies in order to save Karthas - and possibly the world!

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Xbox OneNov 9, 2018NA SwitchOct 11, 20187.64 PS4Jul 31, 20187.84 PS VitaJul 31, 2018NA

System Requirements

Minimum

OS: Windows XP + Service Pack 3
Processor: Dual Core CPU
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
Storage: 1 GB available space

Gamer Reviews

541 Reviews

6.90

Steam515 Ratings 6.70

Game Faqs26 Ratings 7.46

Critic Reviews

16 Reviews

7.20

GameSpace.com

American English

6.50

Brandedwolf — Aug 17, 2018

Chasm is a good Metroidvania game. But it feels like it could have been better at certain points. A game that took five years to develop feels like it should offer more than Chasm currently does. Is that an unfair assessment? Possibly, but then maybe you should ask someone who kickstarted it if they’re happy with what they received after all these years.

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TechRaptor

American English

6.00

Marcus Hansson — Jul 31, 2018

Although the odd ride that is Chasm may slump excessively in the first two zones and doesn’t really stand out from the pack due to the underwhelming procedural generation, it manages to find a steadier footing after the first five or so hours. Still, it’s hard to justify slogging through that many hours for what is by no means exceptional. Updates may improve the experience of the first two zones, perhaps by giving the player a few new toys to play with.

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Hardcore Gamer

American English

9.00

Jeremy Peeples — Aug 04, 2018

Chasm is one of the finest Metroidvania games ever created. While the game’s developmental journey was longer than expected, the wait was well-worth it. Every aspect of the game shows that a great deal of care was put into it and the attention to detail for the core gameplay pays off in spades. There are many different ways to play Chasm and all of them result in an unforgettable experience.

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Dual Shockers

American English

8.00

Tomas Franzese — Jul 31, 2018

While it can sometimes be hard to pick and chose which of many Metroidvanias to try out as the market is very crowded, genre fans definitely shouldn’t pass on Chasm. The game took the developers six years to make, and this is seems to have paid off when looking at in the quality of the visuals, controls, and how well the Chasm’s take on procedural generation and the placement of its rooms works out.

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USGamer

American English

8.00

Mike Williams — Jul 31, 2018

While Chasm is an indie Metroidvania title using procedural generation, this isn't another roguelike. Instead, Chasm generates a new map with every campaign for re-playable variety. During the campaign the map stays put, promoting exploration and memorization. Chasm is all about getting around: finding new abilities to open a new path forward and overcoming difficult platforming challenges.

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Game Informer

American English

7.50

Ben Reeves — Jul 31, 2018

Chasm is full of great platforming moments and environments, but these elements are randomly assembled into an uneven experience. Bit Kid succeeded in creating a Metroid-style experience that unfolds in a new way every time you play it, but I would have rather had one playthrough that was consistently entertaining.

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IGN

American English

7.00

Tom Marks — Jul 31, 2018

Chasm is a lovely and fun Metroidvania with a lot of cool new ideas, it’s just not an overly exciting one. The maps it pieces together are amusing enough to explore, filled with tons of wonderfully animated enemies to fight, but the repetitive rooms and the world’s lack of personality as a whole undermines Chasm’s own goal of replayability. As a result, Chasm is a platformer I thoroughly enjoyed playing through once, but I’m not rushing back for more.

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Destructoid

American English

7.50

Chris Carter — Jul 31, 2018

Chasm was worth the wait regardless of its shortcomings. It's gorgeous, it sounds wondrous, and even though I'm not quite at the point where I can call it a "classic," it honors the genre. I hope the follow-up doesn't take nearly as long.

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GameSpot

American English

8.00

Tom Mc Shea — Jul 31, 2018

Even after I finished, I was eager to venture forth on a new adventure, to test my combat mettle against harder foes and find the one secret that eluded me the first time through. It's a shame the randomization of the world isn't that big of a deal and the challenge could be better balanced, but the superb combat and visual design ensure your time with Chasm will be well spent.

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PC Gamer

American English

7.80

Andy Kelly — Jul 31, 2018

There are some light RPG elements too, with enemies spewing out XP orbs that boost your health, strength, and so on. But otherwise it’s a deeply old-fashioned game—by design, of course—and that means it can be quite gruelling at times. You’ll have to repeat sections over and over again to master them, and I found my patience wearing thin more than once.

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Game Reactor

British English

6.00

Sam Bishop — Aug 14, 2018

It's your standard Metroidvania, with fantasy elements and enemies we've seen time and time again, either when these games were original in style or in their indie revival decades later. It's worth playing if you like these sorts of games, and should keep you entertained, but doesn't do much other than fit snugly into the genre and add to the heap that's already out there.

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CGMagazine

Canada

6.00

Remington Joseph — Sep 19, 2018

Chasm has a lot of the right pieces needed for a great game, but it doesn’t manage to put them all together properly. In most cases, Chasm plays it too safe, copying more than it probably should from iconic games of the past. If it had a single, well-thought-out map or an algorithm that crafted more clever areas, Chasm would be a much more enjoyable game. As is though, Chasm is hardly a world worth exploring.

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3D Juegos

Spanish

8.00

Alejandro Pascual — Aug 03, 2018

Chasm es una propuesta tradicional del género metroidvania, sin fusiones más modernas con el roguelite o mecánicas de Souls. Su apuesta es la de continuar con una exploración dura, con backtracking, y elevar al mismo desafío en los enemigos básicos, con patrones que aprender, así como algunos elementos plataformeros con saltos más ajustados.

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IGN

Spanish

7.20

Jose A. Rodríguez — Jul 31, 2018

Un juego que mezcla elementos de rol, acción, plataformas y el inconfundible estilo de juego metroidvania con maestría ofreciéndonos una experiencia algo falta de variedad pero igulamente llamativa por su buen trabajo visual y la interesante mezcla de que han tirado para enganchar al jugador más clásico, que sentirá como si hubiese desempolvado una consola de 16 bits... o como si algo raro le pasase a su Castlevania.

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Gameblog.fr

French

6.00

Gianni Molinaro — Aug 06, 2018

Tel cet étudiant en droit qui bachote à la perfection, ressort ses cours avec application, mais se montre incapable de comprendre ce qu'il vient de régurgiter, Chasm aime à rappeler ses inspirations, parfois sans pudeur - Symphony of the Night en tête - mais n'arrive pas à remettre en place les rouages de manière à faire tourner la mécanique qui fait les hits.

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IGN

Italian

6.30

Damaso Scibetta — Aug 06, 2018

Chasm riesce appena a elevarsi sopra la sufficienza, risultando un metroidvania con level design e combattimento mediocri, ma con buona varietà di nemici e controlli molto precisi. Dopo anni di sviluppo e una rinascita così forte del genere, è arduo poter apprezzare il cuore molto anonimo di questo gioco, che comunque si lascia giocare.

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