Combat Chess (PC)

Advantages: More than just a normal chess game
Disadvantages: Doesn't appeal to convential chess fans

Combat Chess I bought this game a few years ago - when I was a chess player and a County Team Champion - but to be honest I wasn't impressed by this game. The name of the game indicates that this isn't quite a normal game of chess - there are in fact two modes. You can have the convential chess, or you can have the chess with monstrous and magical creatures. You may gasp when you hear this game is a certification 15!! Well it is. The info begins ...
...to be a whole lot better when the black knight's turning your pawns to green jelly, and the queen's threatening to deliver a majestic head-butt to your king... Suddenly, with the click of a mouse you're locked into a fight between good and evil, where losing just isn't an option." Ooh, how scary (!). Graphics on the game are good simply because of these majestic characters. When you capture a piece, you visually see a mini fight in which the piece ... Read review

Advantages: Good graphics, Added interest on usual game
Disadvantages: not for the purists

...variation on the old stuff. Combat chess adds a great 3 dimensional graphics interpretation to the classic game. Rules are of course unchanged but there is added excitment as the characters come to life as they shuffle, leap and fly around the board. When taking a piece invokes a combat sequence as the attacking player vanquishes the oponent. The game can be played against the computer or another oponent and on the internet. I recommend this for ... Read review