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Dyschronia: Chronos Alternate - Definitive Edition

Released: 11/21/2023

Solve an impossible murder case in the far-flung future in this VR & Non-VR investigation action adventure! DYSCHRONIA: Chronos Alternate has won multiple VR awards, including dominating seven categories at the NYX Game Awards and was a nominated finalist for Game of the Year in the 2023 VR Awards. The Steam version contains all three award-winning episodes in a single game. Now you can play each episode however you like in either VR or non-VR mode! You are Special Supervisor Hal Scion, a detective with the ability to rewrite the past. Your mission: solve a theoretically impossible crime. Uncover the mysteries hidden in people and places, reality and dream. You'll need to keep your wits about you if you're going to survive the unexpected threats awaiting you! A premonition foretells of the city's destruction in seven days. Will you be able to uncover the truth and change the course of the future? ■ Game System [Memory Diving] Plunge into the past and alter reality as you try to crack the case. [Augmented Dreaming] Enter a stunning virtual world teeming with countless shoals of digital fish. [Trusty Companion] You may have one of the toughest cases the city has ever seen on your hands, but you don't have to go it alone. Lily, your navigation robot, is there to support you every step of the way. If you get stuck, just speak to Lily. You never know what you'll find out! [Puzzles] Clues lie hidden across the city for you to find, but the deeper you dig, the more mysteries you'll unearth. Search far and wide, high and low, for vital clues. [High-Stakes Stealth] Evade danger in life-or-death moments during your investigation. [Trial by AI] Reenact the crime with the evidence you collect and prove your theories beyond all doubt. ■ Story Marine city, Astrum Close. Crime rate: 0.001%. Here, dreams are utilized to ensure crime is prevented before it even happens. When the founder of this so-called paradise is killed in an unprecedented, theoretically impossible incident, Special Supervisor Hal Scion is tasked with unraveling the mystery threatening to plunge the city into disaster.

Solve an impossible murder case in the far-flung future in this VR & Non-VR investigation action adventure! DYSCHRONIA: Chronos Alternate has won multiple VR awards, including dominating seven categories at the NYX Game Awards and was a nominated finalist for Game of the Year in the 2023 VR Awards. The Steam version contains all three award-winning episodes in a single game. Now you can play each episode however you like in either VR or non-VR mode! You are Special Supervisor Hal Scion, a detective with the ability to rewrite the past. Your mission: solve a theoretically impossible crime. Uncover the mysteries hidden in people and places, reality and dream. You'll need to keep your wits about you if you're going to survive the unexpected threats awaiting you! A premonition foretells of the city's destruction in seven days. Will you be able to uncover the truth and change the course of the future? ■ Game System [Memory Diving] Plunge into the past and alter reality as you try to crack the case. [Augmented Dreaming] Enter a stunning virtual world teeming with countless shoals of digital fish. [Trusty Companion] You may have one of the toughest cases the city has ever seen on your hands, but you don't have to go it alone. Lily, your navigation robot, is there to support you every step of the way. If you get stuck, just speak to Lily. You never know what you'll find out! [Puzzles] Clues lie hidden across the city for you to find, but the deeper you dig, the more mysteries you'll unearth. Search far and wide, high and low, for vital clues. [High-Stakes Stealth] Evade danger in life-or-death moments during your investigation. [Trial by AI] Reenact the crime with the evidence you collect and prove your theories beyond all doubt. ■ Story Marine city, Astrum Close. Crime rate: 0.001%. Here, dreams are utilized to ensure crime is prevented before it even happens. When the founder of this so-called paradise is killed in an unprecedented, theoretically impossible incident, Special Supervisor Hal Scion is tasked with unraveling the mystery threatening to plunge the city into disaster.

Solve an impossible murder case in the far-flung future in this VR & Non-VR investigation action adventure! DYSCHRONIA: Chronos Alternate has won multiple VR awards, including dominating seven categories at the NYX Game Awards and was a nominated finalist for Game of the Year in the 2023 VR Awards. The Steam version contains all three award-winning episodes in a single game. Now you can play each episode however you like in either VR or non-VR mode! You are Special Supervisor Hal Scion, a detective with the ability to rewrite the past. Your mission: solve a theoretically impossible crime. Uncover the mysteries hidden in people and places, reality and dream. You'll need to keep your wits about you if you're going to survive the unexpected threats awaiting you! A premonition foretells of the city's destruction in seven days. Will you be able to uncover the truth and change the course of the future? ■ Game System [Memory Diving] Plunge into the past and alter reality as you try to crack the case. [Augmented Dreaming] Enter a stunning virtual world teeming with countless shoals of digital fish. [Trusty Companion] You may have one of the toughest cases the city has ever seen on your hands, but you don't have to go it alone. Lily, your navigation robot, is there to support you every step of the way. If you get stuck, just speak to Lily. You never know what you'll find out! [Puzzles] Clues lie hidden across the city for you to find, but the deeper you dig, the more mysteries you'll unearth. Search far and wide, high and low, for vital clues. [High-Stakes Stealth] Evade danger in life-or-death moments during your investigation. [Trial by AI] Reenact the crime with the evidence you collect and prove your theories beyond all doubt. ■ Story Marine city, Astrum Close. Crime rate: 0.001%. Here, dreams are utilized to ensure crime is prevented before it even happens. When the founder of this so-called paradise is killed in an unprecedented, theoretically impossible incident, Special Supervisor Hal Scion is tasked with unraveling the mystery threatening to plunge the city into disaster.

Critics
82

Score Breakdown

81.5

Critic Average

2 reviews

N/A

Steam User Score

Less than 50 reviews

N/A

Metacritic User Score

Less than 20 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
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Metacritic Disparity
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Combined Disparity
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Average of both sources

Review Timing

2 launch window (100%)0 late (0%)