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The Chaos Engine. Oh, my! Who doesn’t remember the hype and the waiting for this game? How many years were there of development? Three? Countless times have I read magazines and tried to stay on par with what was going on in the development of this game.
And then, the chance came. I got a hold of the game and brought it home. Shivering with excitation, I inserted disk one and turned the power on. The noisy drive starts working and the Renegade symbol appears! At this time, I’m almost electrical. The game boots, shows a very thought-provoking intro and makes you drool with anticipation.
And then, finally, lo and behold: the character choice menu. I went for the Navvy first. In those times I still favoured brute force over intelligence. What did you expect? I was a brat back then. Having said that, it’s quite obvious who my choice was for the second character. That’s right! You got it! It was the Thug! More disk drive cranks and the game loads. It finally starts! After so much anticipation, I can’t believe I’m playing “The Chaos Engine”.
The game reveals to be everything I had expected (except a slight disappointment over the graphics) and I drool in awe before my humble Commodore 1024S monitor. While I waggled my SEGA joypad, I felt the lack of the second button once I needed the special power activated. No biggy, the game was still a blast! I was happy! I was playing The Chaos Engine!
Many years have passed since then and still I hold to those feelings. The Chaos Engine is a Classic. You cannot, should not and must not miss it. If you have an Amiga and you don’t have The Chaos Engine, I will hunt you down, hang you upside down by your toes and force you to get a hold of it! The Chaos Engine is the Amiga and the Amiga is The Chaos Engine. It’s that simple.
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When I first booted The Chaos Engine up on my Amiga, so many years ago, I remember that I was slightly disappointed by the graphics. They appeared to be too dark, and not dark as in “noire” but dark and in “lack of shine”. Does this mean that the graphics are bad? No, by no means at all! The graphics are above-average, actually. However, I was expecting graphics like the AGA version would ostentate some years later, so I was somewhat disappointed. But still, this game has good graphics with pixel perfect sprits and environment.
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Very good, but not excellent. The tunes are, sometimes, repetitive and uninspired. But that’s due to the composer and not due to the actual “physical” sound. It’s also my own personal judgement. You may love the music. I didn’t. The sound FX is nice and I just love the digitalized voices and the monster’s growl.
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This game is great in terms of playability. As far as I’m concerned, it was the first game that used an AI character to play with you in a solo game. At the time, this was a tremendous achievement. The two player option works like a dream. However, the game is not without its faults in the playability department. The lack of an option to use the Amiga’s second button is a major downfall. Why use the keyboard to activate the special powers when you could use the second button on the joystick/joypad? Overall, this game has an excellent appeal to it and a great depth. You need to play it many times over if you wish to uncover all the secrets. And, of course, a two player game is always enjoyable.
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| An instant classic! This game is somewhat synonymous with the Amiga. Every Amiga owner has at least played this once. If you have not, then you haven’t lived yet. It’s absolutely indispensable on any Amiga games collection. Great playability and tons of depth, this game is rightly considered as one of the Amiga’s very best. It comes in two disks but you only swap them once, so it doesn’t mess with the gameplay at all. All in all: it’s great stuff! |
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