Chorus – Space War Among The Stars Exploration

Chorus is a strategic game of interplanetary space war. Players control their own starship, fighting to protect the galaxy from being invaded while they try to take over other galaxies. A single-player campaign and story mode will be released in 2019 with an eventual multiplayer release planned for 2020.,

“In addition to the space combat simulator, this ambitious new sci-fi action game has an open environment to explore.”

Chorus makes you question why more games like this don’t exist. Apart from a few Star Wars games, Wing Commander, and the original Star Fox, I can’t recall any really noteworthy single-player AAA 3D space shooters, and it’s difficult to see why this genre is so overlooked. It’s strange to think that an open-world spaceship game where you basically fly about shooting people would be refreshing, but it is. Thankfully, the creators have done an excellent job with Chorus, demonstrating that the genre is still alive and well.

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“The Last Frontier is Space.” (From Star Trek)

Of fact, “open-world” is a bit of a misnomer since Chorus has no “planet,” just boundless space, clusters of asteroids, and massive metal structures drifting in space. And there isn’t much worth seeing if you don’t know where you’re going since, well, a lot of it is vacant. It’s preferable to just fly at top speed between missions, possibly picking up an emergency beacon along the way while enjoying the view. Chorus is incredibly colorful, considering the restricted scope of the landscape, with ominous planets and distant stars throwing a light on the rocks and wreckage from previous fights.

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Your boat may appear little in comparison to all of these magnificent natural and man-made treasures, but it is not in the hands of just anybody. Nara, the pilot of the single-seat triangle aircraft, has special skills that she plans to use to destroy the Circle, a murderous cult of which she was formerly a member and one of the most revered members. Nara has a moral dilemma after blowing up a whole planet at their command, and is now assisting the opposition.

Control That is Precise and Quick

Initially, you’ll have to rely on Nara’s enhanced senses to locate energy capsules or use a machine pistol to chase out the rare pirate. It’s a little sluggish at first, but you’ll need to get used to the controls. True, the gameplay seems weird at first, almost like a first-person shooter. You control your aircraft using the right stick to steer, accelerate, and decelerate it, and the left stick to “slalom” back and forth, rolling back and forth to avoid enemy fire. Once you’ve gotten the hang of it, the controls are still accurate, and you’ll be able to fly through asteroids in no time. If you’re going to strike anything, it helps to be able to spin the aircraft quickly or even come to a fast halt.

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When I won my first big battle against the Circle while battling in defense of the “Enclave,” the primary resistance headquarters in the early game, I realized how exact this system might be. While looping around its protrusions to chase down cult adversaries, this lengthy tower structure ringed by huge metal rings is ideal for adrenaline-pumping space warfare. The rapid action and precise controls continually challenge you to squeeze through small spots even while your energy shield recharges, depending on your reflexes and quick machine as you build the essential routine for the more critical encounters to come.

The opponent employs “psychic totems” in the Enclave portion, which is one of the game’s most novel difficulties. These spit-like missiles attach themselves to enemy ships and stations, enslaving the crew and compelling them to turn their armaments on you until you shoot the parasitic thing. This terrible prank is amplified when they hook onto the insides of partner spacecraft, requiring you to fly in to rescue them.

“The rapid action and precise controls continually challenge you to squeeze through small spots even while your energy shield recharges, depending on your reflexes and quick machine as you build the essential routine for the more critical encounters to come.”

Yes, you read it correctly. The nicest part about the bigger Chorus spacecraft is how many entrances and hallways there are leading to the main components. If you’re fighting one of the Circle’s most powerful specimens, such as a Wraith, you should first knock out the shield generators, then fly into the exposed reactor to kill it out, and then swiftly flee before the entire thing goes up.

May The Blessings of The Ritual be Upon You

When battling in such a giant or when squads of swarming fighters charge at you to try to throw them off, only to get behind them as they attempt to knock you down with a barrage of laser blasts, Chorus’ gameplay is very fun. With jet fighters, the sound of laser bursts, and nearly continual radio talk, it has the sense of a good Star Wars combat.

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Of course, if Nara didn’t have her unique talents behind her sleeve: the “rituals” she obtains at a specific point in the game, our lonely ship would be blasted to bits rather fast.

For example, the Drift rite enables you to perform sweeping twists while facing your objective, and the Star rite allows you to charge directly at adversaries without fear. The one move that enables you to teleport almost immediately behind an adversary in your area seems a little bit like cheating, but it’s a lifesaver in more tense situations. To efficiently breach armour and shields, you must juggle these and your three weapons – a gatling gun, laser, and rockets (all of which may be improved along with defenses).

In The Force, We’re Feeling Unsettled

Not everything in Chorus, however, is as well-balanced or performed. Although the open-world concept seems to be a wonderful idea at first, it could have included more variation in the gameplay. Some tasks, like as defending a bigger friendly spacecraft, chasing a target through an asteroid field, or slamming into a tank-like ship with aggressive weapons, are exciting. However, there is a lot of monotonous ‘dead time,’ particularly in side objectives like salvaging or looking for’relics.’ The temple missions, on the other hand, include a lot of sluggish flying through tiny passages.

The worst part comes later in the game, when encounters replace typical spacecraft combat with strange beings. The most dangerous foes are in the middle and final acts, when you’ll be forced to engage in some of the most perplexing, weirdly tough, and pointlessly lengthy boss battles I’ve seen in years. The final boss battle is excruciatingly lengthy and mind-numbingly monotonous, a huge miscalculation on the side of the creators.

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There are also a slew of little annoyances, the most of which originate from the game’s failure to properly explain or tell us what it expects from us. You often depend on discussions between Nara and her ship’s AI to help you, but the screenplay is so dense with sci-fi jargon that deciphering them may take a minute – and during that time, you might get shot or lose sight of the adversary you’re meant to be following. I’ve perished instantaneously on a handful of instances when a fresh adversary came since I was loitering near their spawn spot. It’s really inconvenient in these situations to have to relive the prior scene as well.

The conversations are sometimes repeated, which is bothersome since they are not very intriguing at first. Even though it’s only a fairly basic sci-fi plot that helps carry the events along, such as needing to rescue refugees or reconnect families, the story is a highly major aspect of Chorus. On a bigger scale, though, the end-of-the-world plot is pretty shallow, with “faceless” villains (literally – that’s what they’re called) and a lot of mystical mumbo-jumbo. Also, a narrative that is very serious, with no amusement or interaction.

It’s Like Something Out of a B-movie

Even if this all looks a little B-movie sci-fi, it’s important to remember that Chorus isn’t a massive AAA effort (and is priced accordingly). Aside from a few significant annoyances, we can forgive the creators for leaving the game a bit rough at times, with sloppy, unprofessional solutions, particularly because the main gameplay is as fascinating as I’d imagined. If there aren’t going to be any more big-budget games in this genre, Chorus is a decent effort to fill the void.

Pros

  • Space battles and warfare are accurate and entertaining
  • Weapons, targets, settings, and opponents come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and the game is reasonably priced.

Against

  • Boring dialogue and a bland plot
  • Annoying design decisions
  • Missions that be repetitive or unclear

 

In addition to the space combat simulator, this ambitious new sci-fi action game has an open environment to explore. Chorus makes you question why more games like this don’t exist. Apart from a few Star Wars games, Wing Commander, and the original Star Fox, I can’t recall any really noteworthy single-player AAA 3D space shooters, and it’s difficult to see why this genre is so overlooked. It’s strange to think that an open-world spaceship game where you basically fly about shooting people would be refreshing, but it is. Thankfully, the creators have done an excellent job…

Even if this all looks a little B-movie sci-fi, it’s important to remember that Chorus isn’t a massive AAA effort (and is priced accordingly). Aside from a few significant annoyances, we can forgive the creators for leaving the game a bit rough at times, with sloppy, unprofessional solutions, particularly because the main gameplay is as fascinating as I’d imagined. If there aren’t going to be any more big-budget games in this genre, Chorus is a decent effort to fill the void.

  • 7.4 out of 10 for gameplay
  • 8.2 for graphics
  • 5.8 out of 10
  • 7.2 for music/sounds
  • 7.5 for the atmosphere

Total Score – 7.2

Even if this all looks a little B-movie sci-fi, it’s important to remember that Chorus isn’t a massive AAA effort (and is priced accordingly). Aside from a few significant annoyances, we can forgive the creators for leaving the game a bit rough at times, with sloppy, unprofessional solutions, particularly because the main gameplay is as fascinating as I’d imagined. If there aren’t going to be any more big-budget games in this genre, Chorus is a decent effort to fill the void.

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