Developed by the Polish company, Techland, Chrome is a tactical first-person shooter set in a 22nd century world, on one of the distant planetary systems. The colonization of the Valkyria system attracted many settlers in search of a new home as well as all kinds of criminals seeking refuge. You play the role of Logan, a veteran mercenary turned bounty hunter who is out to make it rich. Along with your sexy looking partner Carrie, you arrive in the Valkyria system in searching for a job. One of the jobs get you involved in a struggle between giant corporations, pirates, colonists, and many other parties.

Chrome contains 14 single-player missions that begin with a cinematic cutscene explaining your assignment. Almost all of them take place in a different location. These include different bases, islands, planets and moons. Each mission has a set of objectives to be accomplished. Similarly to other FPS Games, the missions in Chrome have lots of adventures based on finding objects and using them. After the briefing you select your loadout - weapons, ammo, and equipment. You have a very limited amount of space in your inventory - you can only carry two weapons and a very limited amount of ammunition. The same goes for health packs and other devices such as binoculars and grenades. Needless to say, that your choices will affect how difficult the game becomes. The weapons you choose as your favorite depends largely on your tactics. The full range of armaments includes a knife, three pistols (TC234 , TC234 SUP with silencer, BjornHD 12mm), the shotgun called NoN "Frager", two submachine guns, two assault rifles (Matson CAFS), two sniper rifles (Matson ACC, OCI Crom), a hunting rifle (Xatron Mark IV), a rocket launcher, a couple of energy weapons (OCI X-4 Electra - firing tthe electro-magnetic beam) and two types of grenades. All the weapons are not all available right away but they become unlocked as you progress through the missions. You can also take a stuff (weapon, ammo..) from your dead enemies.

The key element to Chrome is the choice of several different cybernetic enhancements (from an eye scope to dermal armor, an adrenaline processor that improves running speed, targeting assistance that allows better accuracy, a muscle improver that reduces recoil when firing, thermal vision, and a reflex booster), each designed to fit a different purpose. Using implants, you can transform yourselves into the perfect sniper, a stealth assassin, or a highly-specialized commando who doesn't fear facing enemies head-on. Aiming Enhancement System might be a good example. Combined with an appropriate weapon (such as plasma rifle - it has great range and it is very accurate itself, although it is not equipped with a sniper scope) it allows the player to eliminate the opponents from large distances, practically with 100 percent accuracy. Reflex enhancer is also pretty interesting. This implant accelerates your's reactions. While using this implant the enemies seem to move and react slower, while your's pace remains unchanged. Changing the main character's abilities by adding various implants and additional equipment enable you to use completely different tactics to defeat enemies. In addition, you can also use a long range of things you can equip in the game. An abandoned enemy railgun can be used by you for example, and there are also a few vehicles you can drive, including dune buggy-like cars and Mech robot which really makes your enemy to suffer.

Chrome has five difficulty settings. I've played the game on the medium and found it quite difficult - Snipers are hyper accurate and can see you practically anywhere, once you have been spotted you have no choice but to take them out. Fortunately (rather unfortunately) the enemies aren't too smart. Id' say that the AI controlling the enemies tends to be pretty straightforward. They often attack you will most often run straight toward you without team coordination, or they will even stand out in the open. Also if you shoot an enemy who's standing meters away from another enemy, the other guy won't even notice that his friend died. You can expect slow and cautious combat with lots of long-range sniping duels and hunts through the forest undergrowth.

Chrome fully supports multiplayer up to 32 players via a LAN. All the standard modes (deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture the flag, domination, and assault) are included. In Domination mode teams fight for control of a few checkpoints scattered across the map. Each location gives points to the team controlling it until another team takes control of it. The game only ships with a few maps of each game type, and some of these are either copies of single-player missions or are very small.

Chrome is definitely one of the best looking first person shooters released to date. The game has a healthy length (25-30hours), longer than most recent first-person shooters, and ships with "ChromEd" editor, so you can expect to find a lot of fan-made missions in the future. So, why I gave the game only 74%? Yeah that's good question! Well, my biggest complaint is about the gameplay - I found this game to be downright boring. Again, for emphasis, this is a boring game compounded by a lack of atmosphere. Of course, you don't have to agree with me! But it's my opinion and feelings from playing Chrome. I bet some people will love this game, but my taste is different this time. Anyway, this game shouldn't be overlooked, so download and try these demos (SP demo / MP demo) and you will see.