Achron

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 5 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

1
Average:

0
Bad:

4

Pros:

Clever concepts that were before their time
Time manipulation opens up a dizzying array of tactical possibilities, Three factions with distinct play styles, Long campaign and plenty of multiplayer maps make for good value.

Cons:

Very userunfriendly, not a very good core game, visually coarse
Visuals and sound effects, A variety of sloppy details and missing features.

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Last revision on January 26, 2015

Reviewers Liked

Clever concepts that were before their time
Time manipulation opens up a dizzying array of tactical possibilities, Three factions with distinct play styles, Long campaign and plenty of multiplayer maps make for good value

Reviewers Didn't Like

Very userunfriendly, not a very good core game, visually coarse
Visuals and sound effects, A variety of sloppy details and missing features

Expert reviews and ratings

Injecting dynamic time travel into a real-time strategy game is a risky, ambitious move. Though it takes a lot of effort, experimentation, and agonizing in order to use the time travel mechanics effectively, Hazardous Software manages to pull it off....

By ign.com on September 16, 2011

Achron is full of clever concepts that are ahead of their time - but unfortunately it's very user-friendly, visually coarse and, and its heart, nowhere near the match of its big ideas....

By PC Advisor on September 05, 2011

GamePro writer Tom Chick gives his thoughts on time-bending real-time strategy title Achron and it's innovative if flawed design. [Editor's Note: This retrospective was published on September 1st, 2021 and comes to us courtesy of a strange wormhole...

By GamePro on September 02, 2011

Time travel in fiction comes in two varieties. One is the sort of unexplained, mysterious force that you accept and don't question for the sake of entertainment, like in The Time Traveler's Wife or Back to the Future. The other is found in films...

By Destructoid on August 29, 2011

Achron is a game that will keep you begging for more. This is sure to become a LAN favorite across the globe. Plenty of thought, plenty of laughs, plenty of head scratching as players disappear and reappear before your eyes. This game is a must buy...

By Gamers Daily News on August 24, 2011

Achron is not a Real-time Strategy Game. So sayeth the developer, Hazardous Software. Rather, they call it a “Meta-Time Strategy Game”, though it is played mostly in real-time. The basic gameplay is that of a typical RTS. Players have a set of...

By Icrontic on September 14, 2011

Achron's time-traveling brilliance is marred by some critical flaws....

By GameSpot on August 31, 2011