Analysis: Chorus – Xbox Zone

Deep silver and FishLabs bring us an arcade ship shooter game with a very powerful sci-fi story behind. The aerospace genre of ships has been somewhat lame of late, with its last major representative being the Star Wars Squadrons. Chorus He comes to resuscitate this genre by also adding pieces from other genres. Climb aboard your ship and get ready for our analysis, in its Xbox Series X version, of this game that promises to take you into a great story.

The history and universe of Chorus

We will play Nara, she was an expert pilot with a background associated with the Circle. The Circle is a cult led by the Great Prophet. This cult, although born with good intentions, deviates from its original purpose of watching over the galaxy. The Great Prophet is no longer afraid of destroying worlds or civilizations to achieve his goal. Nara, one of her main strongholds, cannot stand this change and she and her intelligent fighter Forsaken decide to flee and work together to defeat the Circle.

From there, our adventure will begin and we will meet a whole series of different characters who will help us in our mission.We will have a vast universe with a lot to explore and discover. For this, we will move freely with our ship and choose between the main mission or many other side missions. These will appear as we discover people and places. That certainly makes him a Shoot’em up very different from anything we know, Because, as we can see, it has some elements that are more common in RPGs than in shooting games.

Also, we will see how the story is much deeper and with its own personality than in other titles. In fact, the rich universe it presents could perfectly serve as a movie script.

Travel through the stars with great quality

Chorus is a real visual pleasure with your 4K resolution and stable 60 fps rate. The stages are a real spectacle that will delight all fans of science fiction.. Ships, planets, asteroids and hundreds of details to fully immerse us in this space story.

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The quality of the graphics on the ships is really good. The same happens with the sensation of movement of the ship, which transmits softness and a real sensation of overflow in narrow spaces or when one has to avoid obstacles. Besides, The fights can be frantic and fast-paced, but the game doesn’t suffer at all.

It is true that when we approach objects or in cutscenes, the quality decreases, but that does not disturb the general whole.

Special mention should be made to the battles and the physics of weapons in ships or objects, being completely realistic. Johannes kuhlmann, head of technology for FishLabs, was already talking about it during its development. It was in a maintenance from the renowned Eurogamer website when he talked about the graphics capabilities provided by the new generation and how Chorus would rely on it:

We are working with the help of Xbox Series X on procedural destruction. Objects shatter into pieces and warp exactly where you pulled them

Eurogamer interview translation

We found a “bug” in which the screen is “caught” as the dialogue and story continue to progress. We had to quit the game and recover from the last save point. Fortunately, this happened after receiving a patch larger than 5GB, which we hope will fix these little issues.

Movie sound

The sound environment of Chorus stands out for its quality and that will help us to delve deeper into this epic story. The effects of shooting in battles or flying ships are truly spectacular. The game even lets you fine-tune the audio output, distinguishing whether the output is through a TV or audio equipment. Needless to say, in the latter case, the spectacular increases noticeably, making us feel like we’re inside a movie.

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The dubbing of characters also hits very high quotas succeed in conveying a lot of each person’s personality and help shape the story. This is especially relevant with Nara, whose tormented personality causes him to fall into thoughts that we will “listen to”.

The soundtrack is classic instrumental, although the songs are not that epic it could be equated with a Star Wars style. It accompanies the action perfectly and manages to add epicity at certain times.

Piloting a ship has never been so easy

FishLabs, besides having a good graphics and sound section, has done something vital in reaching audiences. They accomplished the difficult task that a ship which can move 360º in all directions is highly controllable in all its facets. From trips to fights, everything is very easy and affordable, even for less common players in this genre.

Apart from the simplicity of the controls, it must be said that the ship’s response to our actions is instantaneous and precise. This is something very important in a genre that requires so much precision. just like shooters, to avoid obstacles while in battle or on the run.

And since we are talking about battles, one of the main problems of the genre is usually “getting lost” on stage between all-around turns and reversing the ship. In this case, FishLab masterfully solves the problem.. On the one hand, we will always have indicators of where they are shooting at us and at the same time the enemies leave a trail that makes it easier to locate them (even at the highest difficulty levels). In the direction of movement and location, the ship is perfectly controlled only with the two joysticks and the view will be focused with the button of the right joystick.

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We will have a map to mark the objectives and locate us in the different places we will visit. Some of them will give us the feeling of a big pseudo-open world. Others are smaller, transient places that only serve to move the story forward. We will have side missions that while they will only give us credits to upgrade our ship or equipment, they contribute to the context of the story and to the knowledge of the Circle.

The ship will also have the so-called Rites. These are special abilities that our ship owns and that will help you in battles, locating objects and more. They can be used at the push of a button and have their own energy bar. They can get us out of more of a hurry and as we move forward they will be essential in moving forward and overcoming some battles.

Conclusions of the choir

Chorus is a game that fans of science fiction will particularly enjoy. The story has a lot more depth than we are used to. Moreover, those who missed more arcade games will know how to enjoy the game.

It is true that at the Normal difficulty level the game is excessively affordable. We recommend that even if you don’t have a high level, you play on the Hard level so that it lasts a little over 10 hours.. Also, if we decide to enter high schools, we will be able to climb for a duration of 1 to 2 hours, because although some will only last 5 minutes, others may take longer.

From the Xbox zone, we recommend that you get this title which brings a breath of fresh air to the shooter genre and has great gameplay and a very engaging storyline. Are you ready to challenge the Circle?