ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos

ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos is a story-driven virtual reality adventure that blends science-fiction drama, visual novel storytelling, branching choices, giant-mecha encounters, and immersive character interaction. Developed and published by MyDearest Inc., it places considerably more emphasis on narrative involvement than traditional action mechanics. Its central appeal comes from experiencing an anime-inspired adventure from inside its world rather than observing everything through a conventional screen. Conversations unfold around the player, important decisions require direct participation, and major sequences use the scale of VR to create an impressive sense of presence. The story takes place in the distant future after humanity has been forced underground by enormous hostile beings known as Meteoras. The remaining population survives within Augmented Tokyo while an organization called Prometheus attempts to defend humanity from extinction. Players experience these events through Chloe, a genetically enhanced soldier who pilots a massive humanoid combat machine called the Makhia. Her involvement in the conflict is deeply personal because she carries the emotional consequences of l…

Good story (stories?), but the experience of trying to get all of the endings is incredibly frustrating. Most cut scenes sections are long and cannot be skipped. This is combined with weak sign posting what actions will lead to a different route. Each by itself would not be a problem, but combined they made me replay sections of the game more than necessary, which took forever because so many of them aren't skippable.

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The plot is top notch. Not much in terms of gameplay - as other pointed out, it a visual novel

[h1]Dense and theatrical[/h1] I got into the game blind, only having read the reviews, and I did not expect such an immersive mecha anime game with time loops. Kinda. I expected a visual novel. But this is VR, and that truly made a big difference. I played on a Meta 3S headset and it ran perfectly My highlights: - The mecha fights are truly epic, also when seen from the ground; - Voice acting (I played with English dubs/subs, a rarity, but I love Chloe's voice actress' voice, Chelsey Moore); - The game has an actual intro OVA; - Noa's concerts; - The story & multiple endings; - The characters (small cast but mostly well-developed). What I liked less: - Although the mecha fights are epic, having to replay them multiple times with no way to fast forward (for most of them) to unlock different endings made it a bit more tedious. Small nitpick and I understand having to replay certain portions of the game for the different endings to ensure all flags get triggered. Overall an amazing VR visual novel.

a terrific sci-fi mecha/kaiju VN style game that makes excellent use of the VR staging. would recommend to anyone with a VR headset. minor script errors in a few places, and a mix of perfect and peculiar voice acting. fantastic musical pieces throughout, with maybe one nitpick. Multiple endings, with subtle hints toward new routes.