Cronous was released in 2007 which is hard to believe when you first launch the game. But before we get to that, lets take a look at character creation. There are four classes in Cronous and they are: Fighter, Magician, Valkyrie, and Savage. There is no appearance or graphic customization options in Cronous, which is a discouraging start.

Once you enter the game the first thing you'll notice is that your character looks nothing like it did in the character selection screen. The next thing you'll notice is that every button on the Interface is explained with a friendly help arrow. This serves as Cronous's tutorial and while its not creative, it gets the job done and the help text can be closed at any time by hitting the escape key. The graphics and User Interface in Cronous looks very similar to that in old school action RPGs, especially the user interface of Diablo. The graphics are 3D but very primitive. This game looks like it was made in 1997, not 2007. But perhaps the developers were aiming for a retro style of visuals.

The combat is straight forward enough, left click to melee attack and right click the cast a spell, again similar to the interface in Diablo. As you kill and level up, you'll be given stat and skill points to distribute. There are 4 stats: Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence. Each class has three skill lines, basic, class, and master. The basic skills are the same for all classes and include skills such as increase weight limit 10% or additional HP. The class specific skills are really where you want to concentrate and the skill tree is very similar to the one in Diablo.