La Quimera

La Quimera is an incomplete game, a mixture of stitched together parts that don't come together to make a full image. The amount of bugs are clear indicators that this game needed more time in development, but so is the underwhelming story and gameplay that aren't given enough time to go anywhere. If La Quimera was communicated as an Early Access release, then I'd be more hopeful for what's to come, but if this is meant to be the full game, it's not one that's worth your time.

Reburn's La Quimera is a surprisingly short and serviceable shooter that, unfortunately, can't quite match the heights of its inspirations.

La Quimera had ambitions to become the next big thing among sci-fi shooters, but the final product falls short of expectations. Although it offers an interesting setting—which Latin America undoubtedly is—the shortcomings in the story, gameplay, and technical execution completely knock the game off any pedestal, however small. On top of that, the unbelievable difficulty and overpowered NPCs are perhaps the biggest turn-offs of all. On the other hand, I did enjoy myself at times, and I can’t say I didn’t have a few laughs. And I like that.

For now, this project has given us a taste of what Reburn is capable of, and I'm waiting for the company's future endeavors to incorporate lessons learned from La Quimera's failings. Hopefully, by then we won't have to factor a war into the development process.

La Quimera enters Early Access with bold ambition and occasionally satisfying gunplay, but its rough execution, bizarrely over-the-top narrative, and unintentional comedy make it hard to take seriously—unless you're in it purely for the sci-fi shooter chaos.

The most disappointing part of La Quimera is how it struggles to bring its good ideas together, leaving them buried in lesser ideas and poor execution. In the end, those interesting ideas are buried in a lack of content and poor execution that makes it all unfun to engage with on any level.

La Quimera unfortunately seems like an unfinished game. Apart from problematic optimization and AI, it has some gameplay fundamentals that are not fun. It also fails to meet expectations in terms of audio and visual quality.

There's no getting around the fact that just about every aspect of La Quimera is bad. From the story to the gameplay to the presentation, there's barely anything that seems to work as expected. Even the game's short runtime is tarnished by the fact that it abruptly ends. Unless the game gets a major overhaul when it eventually gets released, steer clear of La Quimera and play almost any other first-person shooter instead.

La Quimera feels like an ambitious game that was let down by time constraints during development. While there are bones of a good game in there, the general lack of quality in most of its aspects make it difficult to recommend.

La Quimera is a beautifully baffling experience that I cannot recommend to anyone.