The Chant

Horror, cosmic and spiritual are the promised and served ingredients of The Chant. Jess'journey brings us into a solid and dark universe that has no envy to other games.

The Chant is a perfect survival horror title with an exciting premise. Despite its technical limitations, it manages to hook you with various enemies and has an entertaining history.

The Chant is a fine first offering from Brass Token. It may be a bit rough around the edges, but overall, this is the perfect thing to play for those long, dark nights coming this season. With a short playtime and three different endings to unlock, this should be fun for others to watch as well. It may not be the scariest game to release this year, but The Chant has a freaky design to its creatures that will unsettle some late at night. Balance your chakra and join in The Chant if you’re looking for a decent spiritual adventure.

While elements of The Chant are clichéd or clunky, there’s a surprisingly fun survival thriller nestled between its flaws. Creative monster design and excellent use of lighting (or lack thereof) can make for some nerve shredding moments too.

The Chant is a flawed experience filled with some fantastic moments, stellar monster design, light exploration and puzzle-solving, and a solid narrative to keep things moving. Despite its dated visuals, oversized linear world, and simplistic AI, you can find a nice survival horror romp in The Chant if you let yourself be taken by it.

The Chant offers a far-out setting, unique upgrade system, and some vintage charm, but restrictive level design, listless combat, and dingy visuals strike a sour note. While old-school survival horror fans may find The Chant appealing, wider audiences probably won’t be drinking the Kool-Aid.

I can’t hide my disappointment with The Chant. I had a real hankering for a supernatural game this year, after getting some hands-on time at Gamescom. Instead, I’ve been left with questions about what this game could have been. It could’ve usurped Until Dawn, one of the best recent examples of a supernatural horror game, but with a more intriguing and deeper plot. It could’ve been a new fascinating way to approach and manage combat situations with three meters that operate together in harmony, giving you complex gameplay decisions to tackle alongside challenging combat. It could’ve been a new campy horror game, a guilty pleasure, similar to some of those dreadful TV shows I named at the start. But unfortunately, it’s neither of these things. Instead, you’re left with a story that feels incomplete and lacking depth. You’re left with combat that lacks any sort of meaningful challenge. And ultimately, you’ll be left like me: very, very salty.

This is an amazing game! I loved every minute of this game. It is a AA game that hits all the right notes for me. Story, Horror, Combat, visuals. This company is hitting way above it's weight class and I am so excited to see their next game and where they go from here.

I played The Chant (2022) in 2024 and thought it was a good game that I liked.

Thus, "The Chant" has not become a bad game, but offers you exciting and interesting moments in the gameplay. The storyline would have simply been more urgent and also the combat system, despite good approaches, would have simply had more depth and time. Unfortunately, the presentation is also only average. At least exploring the island is always fun when we aren't reached by the annoying fog. Nevertheless, "The Chant" has become an interesting game with good approaches, but too many weak points.

A repetitive, on-rails horror game with three terrible, terrible endings. Not worth the slog.

I feel stupid buying this for full price. An obvious mistake that a lot of creative but lazy people (myself included) make is thinking "good enough" when they're only halfway to something great. This game is the perfect example of this. playing on ps5, the faces and hair look like ps3 graphics. the creatures look like ripoffs from other games, with some neon colors added (ooh, how modern... PSYCH) no excuse for this. it's 2022 and your game looks like **** the setting just a bunch of super twisty paths connecting buildings. The combat it simple melee fighting, except you fight with ...sage? cool, i guess. nah actually thats stupid. People saying the story is it's highlight? what story!? you already know the whole story after the opening scene! there is no interesting character archs, no subverting expectations, no big emotional or spectacular moments. it's just boring. and the only parts that aren't too easy are just frustratingly simple but tedious. I think the gameplay is fine. I finished the game so it's not like it was a total steaming pile, I'm just slightly annoyed I once again wasted $55 on a mediocre game I finished in one night.