La Quimera was meant to come out on April 25th. However, at the last minute, Reburn decided to delay it. And today, the devs have released the game on Steam as an Early Access title.
For what it’s worth, La Quimera was meant to come out as a full game. It was never planned as an Early Access release. I don’t know what happened and why the devs decided to release it in Early Access. Perhaps its reviews were not that great? Perhaps it needed one more year of development? Or perhaps they need more money to finish it?
As I mentioned previously, the review code was kind of a mess. Its graphics were nowhere close to the game’s promo screenshots. The promo screenshots showcased a game that could compete with a lot of modern-day titles. In reality, La Quimera looks like an old-gen game. It looks bad. I don’t know whether the devs will be able to improve the graphics. Right now, though, this is a really underwhelming-looking game.
Not only that, but for some strange reason, the game was constantly using all of the cores of my AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Normally, this would be a good thing. However, no matter what the resolution you use, the CPU was always maxed out. Even when I paired the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D with the NVIDIA RTX 2080Ti, the game was still using the CPU at 100%. That was even at 4K/Epic Settings where I was GPU-bound. I seriously don’t know what the hell the game is doing, and why it’s hammering all the cores of the CPU.
In my previous article, I said that I was glad the devs delayed the game. But now, I’m not on board with this Early Access release. After all, I was never a fan of Early Access games. I can understand why the devs have done it. However, as a customer, I’ll never purchase an Early Access game.
The good news here is that La Quimera was never available for pre-order. So, you can’t say that this is a scam. Again, the game was never available for pre-order. Not only that, but it comes at a somewhat low price (29.99 euros).
To be honest, I suggest waiting until the game leaves Early Access. That, or you should temper your expectations. This isn’t anything close to the quality of Crysis, Killzone or STALKER. At least in its current state!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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