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Chaos in PC Gamer (uk)

icabodicabod
edited May 2006 in Sinclair Miscellaneous
I would normally mention something like this on my site, but I can't be arsed right now. It's not demoscene related, so there you go.

Basically in the latest issue of PC Gamer (UK), Kieron Gillen has written a little about Sacrifice, a game by Shiny Entertainment. He also writes a little about the game that inspired it... Chaos. It's titled "Why I Love... The Majesty of the Gooey Blob", and it's on page 115 if anyone's interested.
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  • uselessesuselesses
    edited May 2006
    Thanks for that icabod.
    I think I`ll be buying Sacrifice and PC gamer :)
    I`m a big Chaos fan.
  • NickHNickH
    edited May 2006
    I'll never understand why Chaos was/is so popular... Even the original reviews at the time were lukewarm at best...
  • icabodicabod
    edited May 2006
    I don't know about "at the time", but these days it's seen as providing the core elements of a decent turn-based strategy -- just the basics. And to provide as much gameplay as they did on a single screen is quite astounding (IMO).

    It was also the first (I think) game by the Gollops, who went on to create games like UFO:Enemy Unknown, which is still considered by many to be one of the best turn-based strategy games.

    So while I think Chaos is a great game, I think it's popular in part not for what it achieved, but what it represents, both historically and stylistically (is that even a word?).
  • icabodicabod
    edited May 2006
    Or I could be wrong.
  • Bluce_ReeBluce_Ree
    edited May 2006
    NickH wrote:
    I'll never understand why Chaos was/is so popular... Even the original reviews at the time were lukewarm at best...

    Chaos is lovely. I remember playing it for the first time when it showed up on a YS covertape and being instantly immersed by it. It sidestepped all of the usual strategy issues and made a game that was fun yet still required a lot of thought.

    Its massive fanbase today is no coincidence.
  • Bermondsey BobBermondsey Bob
    edited May 2006
    Bluce_Ree wrote:
    Chaos is lovely. I remember playing it for the first time when it showed up on a YS covertape and being instantly immersed by it.


    That how I found it too. I used to play this for hours on end with my cousin. I even managed to master it on it's hardest setting! Can't do that today though...I'm out of practice :roll:
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