When comparing Time Rifters vs Chronos, the Slant community recommends Time Rifters for most people. In the question“What are the best Oculus Rift games?” Time Rifters is ranked 9th while Chronos is ranked 39th. The most important reason people chose Time Rifters is:
Each level is played through multiple times with every new playthrough adding previous playthroughs alongside current one. This is done 4 times trying to complete as much of the level as possible. It essentially creates a solo co-op experience and allows for lots of strategical planning forward.
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Pros
Pro Rarely seen gameplay mechanic that combines multiple playthroughs
Each level is played through multiple times with every new playthrough adding previous playthroughs alongside current one. This is done 4 times trying to complete as much of the level as possible. It essentially creates a solo co-op experience and allows for lots of strategical planning forward.
Pro Vibrant aesthetic
The game has simple, clear, blocky levels and uses bright colors. There's an Iron Man inspired hud, but that can mostly be ignored unless you want to check out the score. Important information such as enemy count is displayed on the walls of levels and there's no need to keep track of health or ammo.
Pro Good weapon variety
The game has 6 different weapons that each has a progression system associated with 5 upgrade categories - Spread, Focus, Rapid, Punch and Acid. It adds another level of strategical depth as weapon upgrades have to be planned for.
Pro Level editor and Steam Workshop support
You can create your own levels to challenge yourself and your creativity. It feels really cool playing through levels you made, although you know what to expect.
Pro Easier control of the camera
Often thir person games require a bit of manual control of the camera in order to adjust to what is going on around them and see where enemies and the rest of the environment is. This is normally done through controls on the keyboard or controller meaning not only are you controlling the character, but also the camera at the same time, which always requires a bit of juggling. What Chronos does is puts the camera control in the VR headset in that all you need to do is turn your head in order to change camera angles, this frees up manual control of the character to the keyboard or controller in that the camera will be controlled through natural and intuitive movements of ones head.
Cons
Con Abandoned support
Currently the game does not work with the retail version of the Rift, a DK2 (beta Rift model) and older drivers will be necessary to play the game. There has been no word from the developer if this will be fixed.
Con Short
While there's definitely potential for multiple playthroughs to try and get a better score, the base game has just about 2 hours of gameplay.
Con Fully exclusive to Occulus
Chronos is being released only for the Oculus Rift, which mean the game will not be able to be played without a very expensive peripheral. This shuts out many potential users, much like console platform exclusivity. many do not see this as a good thing, though some might.