Chroma: Harmonix’s Musical First-Person Shooter
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 2:02 pm
Imagine jumping into a match in your favorite first-person shooter. You’ve finally perfected your loadout, you have your best gun equipped, and your reflexes are sharp. The other team is going down.
Now imagine that with each shot, you’re keeping time with the beat of a song playing in the background. Imagine that you’re waiting for a change-up in that song to transform the terrain around you, and that the only way to quickly chase your opponent across the map is to perfectly time your movement to the rhythm. This is the brilliant madness of Harmonix’s Chroma.
Chroma is a musical first person-shooter Harmonix is co-developing with Hidden Path Entertainment, makers of Counter Strike: GO and Defense Grid. Chroma has all the trappings of any other FPS -- multiple classes, a primary and secondary weapon, score and time-based challenges -- but combines its warfare with beat-matching and rhythm requirements you’d normally expect from Rock Band.
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Now imagine that with each shot, you’re keeping time with the beat of a song playing in the background. Imagine that you’re waiting for a change-up in that song to transform the terrain around you, and that the only way to quickly chase your opponent across the map is to perfectly time your movement to the rhythm. This is the brilliant madness of Harmonix’s Chroma.
Chroma is a musical first person-shooter Harmonix is co-developing with Hidden Path Entertainment, makers of Counter Strike: GO and Defense Grid. Chroma has all the trappings of any other FPS -- multiple classes, a primary and secondary weapon, score and time-based challenges -- but combines its warfare with beat-matching and rhythm requirements you’d normally expect from Rock Band.
Continue reading…
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