![]() I was looking forward to seeing Luke Skywalker get mullered seven ways from Sunday by each piece in turn but, alas alack, it is not to happen. The major disappointment, apart from the AI being a little easy for my liking, is that when Check-Mate is made, there is no finishing animation. Watching Yoda shuffle his way across the board, taking his sweet time to do so can lower the pace somewhat, too. ![]() I even turned the sound off after a while as the movement music started to grate. Then I turned them off, because they slowed the game, made me forget what it was that I was planning and became irritatingly repetitive. I spent several games figuring out which moves to make just so I could watch every single capture animation! Sad as I am. Watching him tell a Stormtrooper that "Backwards their gun is, yes" then using the force to get them blasting their own heads off made me laugh out loud. C3P0, as a rather fittingly camp Bishop, asks Boba Fett, "Don't you know how dangerous these things can be?" before swiping his blaster from his hands, throwing it to the floor and resulting in an accidental discharge decapitating the hero of my youth.Ī rather disturbing Yoda, grinning and giving a thumbs up (well, that's what it looks like to me.), as a Rook, is by far the most humorous character in this game. The area will be cleared of pieces and the stage set for a short battle between the two characters. The novelty does wear off but the capture animations can be switched off, not only saving time but also removing, to some extent, the repetition factor that is any animated chess game's downfall. I don't really want to say too much about them because watching them the first few times is really what makes this game great. The captures for different pieces are great little comic book animations. T first, I wondered where Han Solo came into it all, but then I spotted him - still encased in Carbonite in the corner. This game is definitely a 3+ age rating, so don't expect any captures to as graphic as they are in other animated Chess games. But then, the appeal of Star Wars spans all age gaps. The Dark side of the Force is a shade lighter than it could be. The Rebel army is more as you would imagine it to be. Though this not the Vader I grew up to know and love - none of the malicious and sadistic quirks and foibles that are his trademark here, I'm afraid.īoba Fett, playing the part of the Empire's Blaster-Wielding, Jet-Packing Bishop, is perhaps the closest to George Lucas' "Dark Side" characters to act out their part in this game. ![]() Not only content with being Emperor, Palpatine also takes the title of King, appointing Darth Vader the title of Queen (really, who else could he play?) and makes his gambit for Galactic Domination. The battleground has been moved from the vacuum of space, the forests of Endor and the frozen wastes of Hoth to the somewhat smaller, but by no means lesser, arena of the Chessboard. But this game is a LOT funnier than I first thought it was going to be. Digitized voices are also a pleasing addition, if not exactly the voices you remember.Īt first, I thought this would just be "Battle Chess enters the Star Wars universe". Rejoice ye that playeth the Game of Chess, for no longer do you have to get out all your old Star Wars figures (devaluing them by taking them out the packages) and make an oversized chess board to re-enact and imagine what would happen if C3P0 were to take on a Sandman or if Chewbacca somehow managed to lose a fight against a Stormtrooper - it's not just me, is it? - Star Wars Chess is here!ĭigitized Soundblaster Blasters and the unforgettable Star Wars themes abound. Rejoice all ye who knowest what the TIE stands for in TIE Fighter! ![]() When pieces are taken, an animated battle is shown, much like in Battle Chess. Star Wars Chess is a chess game where the pieces are characters from the Star Wars universe. ![]()
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