Chrome

 PC
User Score
6.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 62 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 28 out of 62
  3. Negative: 9 out of 62
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  1. ExtremelyCrass
    Oct 1, 2003
    4
    Stunning graphics and crisp clear sound BUT gameplay is incredibly bad. Not immersive whatsoever. Add the fact that it is so hard to see enemies and where the hell they are shooting from. Even with the radar, you spend half the time looking around for who is shooting at you.
  2. x2495iiii
    Jan 23, 2014
    0
    I never thought I'd see a game make shooting bad guys completely unfun. But then came Chrome. Here's a rundown of my first twenty or so attempts to beat the first mission on normal difficulty.

    (First time): got killed by the second group of enemies I ran into. Dying is very easy due to high enemy accuracy and a crappy, slow healing meachanic. (Second time): mission was cancelled by    I never thought I'd see a game make shooting bad guys completely unfun. But then came Chrome. Here's a rundown of my first twenty or so attempts to beat the first mission on normal difficulty.

    (First time): got killed by the second group of enemies I ran into. Dying is very easy due to high enemy accuracy and a crappy, slow healing meachanic.

    (Second time): mission was cancelled by my prima donna commander, who won't progress unless I'm holding his hand.

    (Third time): killed commander as revenge for cancelling the mission. (Fourth time): commander died because a million guys rushed his position, and I could only kill all but two of them. Good to know he can handle himself in a fight.

    (Fifth - twentieth times): repeats of one of the first four. You're not allowed to do your own thing at any point in this sequence, even if it means completing the mission faster or more safely. You have to follow Commander Uptight's orders or he'll cancel the mission. And when that means staying in a tower with limited ammo and no way of switching to a different weapon or restocking when you're out, your options are die from disobedience or die from letting your commander eat it.

    The gameplay itself is decent enough. I dislike the way my bullets, even when very carefully aimed, seem to whiz right past my enemies. I also dislike the fact that my enemies are bullet sponges with Olympic marksmanship skills. The worst part is definitely the commander and his ridiculous "orders", though. When a game literally kills you and makes you start the whole level over (no saves or checkpoints) for not playing it the way it wants to be played, it's not really a game so much as an electronic to-do list, and that is most certainly not my idea of fun.

    I gave it one last chance, and I died from friendly fire. Yeah, this game's putrid. Don't bother with it.    … Expand
  3. creptor
    Jan 2, 2011
    2
    To me, the game was just terrible. At least, graphics are okay, But game-play was no fun and was not exciting. I didn't like it. It was a waste of $5.

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#63 Most Discussed PC Game of 2003
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#79 Most Shared PC Game of 2003

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Metascore
69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. PC Format
    58
    A promising shooter which ultimately ends not with the final movie, but an impassioned cry of “What the hell were you thinking?!”
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  2. Gamers' Temple
    74
    Has enough going for it in terms of graphics and gameplay to make it a better than average shooter.
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  3. ActionTrip
    81
    Chrome's strong points make it a shooter worth playing. I highly recommend it for anyone looking for a good, albeit rough around the edges shooter experience.
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