Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Mar 10, 2018

  Chessaria is the kind of game where you would play when deciding to take a break from your conventional chess games. It comes from many different problem and solution levels. I do agree that some of the stages doesn't state their objective clearly but however, it's puzzle and problem-solving nature makes it challenging. As not all games are perfect, the developers are still working on to rectify the problems. Do give them some time and try it out. Hope this review helps!
• gamedeal user

  Mar 14, 2018

  Bought the game, wishing I hadn't, see rant below for why. Am generally stuck ,bored and not enjoying game. __________________________________________________________________________ Extreamly frustrating. Failed the Golem mission for something like the 20th time. A skip button to get past the beginning Bla Bla Bla might be nice. Not exactly sure what I supposed to do to win. An explanation of what spaces the Golem can attack would be nice. I managed to get behind him and take out a crystal but the he appeared to take out a peice 2 spaces away and the game locked up. Also I've never been a fan of hidden object games, hidden peices and hidden clue are not fun. One of the Underworrrld missions has the player trying to get 3 peices into 3 spaces on the other side of the board and there is a hidden peice behind a rock. The stand on correct runes is rather difficult to find the clues on which runes are the right ones. Also the graphics look nice, nice and cluttered. Can't tell what is a 1 space collum from multi space wall. Sometimes simpler is better.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 11, 2018

  Very original, challenging game for chess and puzzle enthusiasts. Well done.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 17, 2018

  I've been playing chess for a little over a year now. This game was honestly just what I needed to add a little spice to the age old game. Still myself an amateur at the game, it helped make sure that I can take chess strategy and apply it in different ways to achieve various objectives. Would recommend this to anyone looking to improve their spacial awareness and synergy between pieces.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 24, 2018

  Ignore earlier reviews. It's been upgraded. Seriously. If you want tactical depth, breadth, and challenge - even if you have zero love for or interest in "Chess" - get this. If you do love chess and you wouldn't mind some pretty colors and animation with an amazing AI - get this. If you're looking for a fantasy RPG with a decent plot, any character advancement, decent dialogue, or decent optimization... don't get this... Don't let the time on Steam fool you: I played all the way through a much earlier version. A worse version. I came back and got thoroughly wow'ed... WOW have these devs (a) listened to reviewers, and (b) improved the game 100x over. Awesome job, guys - most teams don't listen like that. I have to admit, the early version was a bit embarrassing: typos everywhere, glitches, mediocre AI, poor game customization, no skipping cutscenes that you've seen a thousand times because that stupid boss owns your face... All fixed and then some. The AI is *not* mediocre anymore - it mops the floor with me. That's a good thing! I feel like this is the tactical challenge I've always wanted out of e.g. Xcom and Shadowrun, but I've never been so shamelessly abused by an AI in gaming history. In other tactical games, the AI trounces you when you give it enough clear advantages: superior numbers, superior firepower, superior positioning, never genuinely superior tactics (if you are good/attentive). This game, on the other hand, takes a "chess" AI and pits it against you in tactical setups. These aren't like chess setups: they might have two rows of nothing but pawns and you have to protect "villagers" in your back with your two rooks and two bishops. There are "bosses" and unique games that use chess as a starting point, but deviate completely from the base game. Add standard RP fare (orcs, elves, princes and princesses) and staging, and you have what FEELS like a tactical RPG, PLAYS like a tactical RPG, and pummels your face in like chess. DEVS, for the love of God, I hope you hear me: Put this game ON SALE. You're charging 3x too much for it. It's not that it isn't "worth" $24, but no one's going to TRY it for $24! I'm happy with my money spent. I'll get $50 worth out of it, easy. But it LOOKS worth $8 or $9, and it's "worth a try" at that amount - under $10. You have to keep in mind that, from the outside, this sure looks like Battle Chess 2.0. (People: It's not.) No one's throwing down $24 to try a "fantasy chess game"! Get this on the front page pop-up for a Steam Sale, advertise it for 60% off for a few days, get some hype, bump it back up when you have the momentum... To everyone else, if you have the $24, go for it. Let the difficulty slide up on you (the early levels assume you don't know a thing about chess) and suddenly clock you upside the head. On that note... Maybe a difficulty setting? I'm personally enjoying the beating but my wife would like me to go to bed before 3am "after I beat this level"... I feel like my first few playthroughs of Civ5 on Deity...
• gamedeal user

  Jan 16, 2019

  Very nice game that tickles a chess players imagination. The moves are basically same as in a regular chess game, but in this game the four knights variation may actually mean that you have four knights while opponent has 20 pawns. As you can tell from this some very nice situations can occur. There are 100 levels when I write this and it took me 19 hours of play to complete the game. I am an advanced chess player but not one that would participate in any tournaments or anything. To play this you do need to apply basic chess principles like controlling the center in some puzzles and on other levels perhaps bust through from the sides. So you need to evaluate the position for weaknesses. Some tactical and strategic knowledge and skill is required to really enjoy this game. I would not recommend this game to a total noob, but if you have played some chess this is a very nice break from traditional games. For whatever reason the game seems to be resource hungry, as I have a 1080Ti but still on 3440x1440 the game was only some 80fps. I dont know what is going on there but for me the game play was of course smooth as this is a strategy game but I was surprised to see the relatively low fps, comparable to some AAA titles out there.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 18, 2019

  Chessaria is a fun chess game that mixes up chess. It brings an interesting fantasy adventure theme to the concept; to give one an 100 level campaign. A variety of setups, number of pieces, and interesting missions, along side a fun story, where characters speak and progress it forward, this is a truly a hallmark in chess games. Taking the old concept of Battle Chess, where the pieces are characters not merely pieces to a whole new level. As if that isn't everything, the graphics are colorful, fun, and the world and the chess boards are seemlessly integrated. Finally, the different misisons seem great at teaching chess fundamentals; so if you wanted to play chess with your child but he just thought it boring; play this game with them watching and I'll bet they'll want to play, when they've finished the adventure, I'll bet they won't think chess is boring anymore.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 20, 2019

  I've played chess for a very long time & have lately not found too many players where I live. I stumbled upon this game on Steam and was pretty blown away. At first I thought - oh - a chess game that just animates the moves in a chess game. No- it's definitely not that. This game not only presents some polished animations, but more importantly improves your real chess game by continually presenting you with new variations and situations which do not normally exist on a chess board. Very cool game & I would highly recommend!
• gamedeal user

  Feb 7, 2019

  Load Game, front screen comes up and then crashes. Restart game and get past opening screen to find game is running websites in the background behind the game, also graphics do not reflect graphics on previews, and yes I have a very good graphics card and have everything maxed. The worst part though is they put in beat the stupid clock missions, so its not a casual game, its rush! rush! rush! game.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 26, 2019

  good game