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It can be a little frustrating on the largest ships when you’re trying to track down the final destructible piece so that you can expose the core, but for the most part these battles are thrilling, especially when multiple ships are involved. Some of the most impressive moments come when you’re battling capital ships that are bristling with turrets and can only be destroyed by taking out weak points like engines and glowy power generators, then flying inside their structures to torpedo their cores. It redeems itself with the ending reveal, which adds something extra to the relationship between Nara and Forsaken. It’s the kind of thing that might’ve worked better if I had been introduced to it gradually rather than being thrown more or less into the deep end and seeing it through the eyes of a character who doesn’t need to learn along with me.

It’s a bit of a drag that the lore of Chorus’ universe feels so overstuffed with sci-fi religious philosophies and interdimensional threats that feed on negative emotions. The plot itself is easy enough to follow, since it’s largely about righteous revenge, vindication, and letting go of baggage, and there are some interesting revelations along the way. It’s a missed opportunity that he’s almost never used for comic relief in the dour story.

#Strafe metacritic mods

Coupled with the respectable explosion and weapon effects and some slick lighting, it paints a pretty picture.Ī short time into the campaign Nara is paired up with a sentient space fighter known as Forsaken, who is very much like the non-sentient fighter she started with except that he has an extra slot for equipment mods and a personality I’d describe as “Venom meets R2-D2 doing a pretty good impression of James Spader’s Ultron voice.” I do wish there were more of a gameplay impact to supposedly having an intelligent sidekick flying with you at all times – outside of cutscenes he never really does anything – but I do enjoy his aggressive, openly resentful attitude and the intriguing backstory of his origins. While they’re all set in space, there is a surprising amount of diverse terrain to fly around, from enormous chunks of ice to space station cities, swirling stellar anomalies, and the weird geometric shapes of the evil aliens. On the other hand, Chorus’ map is open, with new star systems unlocking as you progress through the story, and each new area I unlocked impressed me with how much it differed from the last.

So even though Chorus is a good-looking game, there were clearly a few corners cut to get there. The same constraint of limited models is evident when all of the pirates you fight are flying the same handful of ship types as the cult you’re battling.