Chess of Mana

Yes, the AI sucks a little. In fact, I'm still pissed off at the fact that the very first match that I played, the AI stopped responding after I checkmate it. So, the game got stuck and nothing was working (because the AI wasn't admiting defeat) and eventually, I had to leave the game which counted as MY LOSS... *smh* Well, other than the fact that it legit will try to ragebait you. The game for what it's worth, IS FUN TO PLAY. Especially, the mana version. PS: I don't know why but the achivements aren't in english. So, that's an issue for me as well.

I really love the game. Chess o Mana respects the foundations of classic chess while adding meaningful innovation. It’s visually polished, strategically deep, and surprisingly addictive!

Recommended on sale for fans of chess and fantasy. The animations are fun but really just cosmetic. It's just normal chess. There are options for playing with or without the revival mechanic, but you can only revive in a short range around your king so it ends up going unused a lot. There is no campaign or roguelike mode, just quick matches vs AI or other players (local or online). Overall I'd recommend something like Wargroove instead unless you just feel like playing chess.

When they say this isn't grandma's chess they mean it. It has a lot of exciting stuff to it think of it as battle chess, but with more unique sides. You get to pick 2 modes. The free mode allows you to start from scratch and make move-by-move decisions, the other mode allows you to basically join an already in progress game. In single player you have 3 difficulty levels, easy, normal and hard. But there's 2 different modes of chess to choose from too. You can choose a mana mode which allows you to revive pieces that fell in battle, or you can choose classic mode, which is normal chess mode. You can pick the celtics (white) or the orcs (black) speaking as a chess player, I found it to be fun and engaging. It unlocks achievements and I'd recommend this for chess players because besides the unique modes there is the option to play with friends, and you have a multiplayer option as well. There's certain points where the game will zoom in on the take down of a piece. Giving you a clearer look at the action.

Decent rendition of chess, feels inspired by Battle Chess from the DOS days. Pawns (at least for Celts) have an animation that indicate if they are being pressured. Pixel art is pretty good. Game seems to run smoothly. However, there are some pretty glaring bugs that we've ran into: -Multiplayer mode and Timed Chess are currently non-functioning in game. -Mana mode doesn't really supply a huge change to the game. It might be fun to see a few more options as far as spells go, currently it seems like you can only revive a captured piece. -Inviting friends to a game is finicky, sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't do anything. Once dropped both of us into a game that didn't connect to the other player. -We ran into one synchronization error where opponent promoted pawn to Queen, but on my end, the pawn was promoted to a rook. Opponents following move was impossible to make for a rook, and never registered on my end. -AI seems a little simplistic and easy to beat. -If you aren't playing white (Celts), pieces are not on your side of the board. -No way to rotate board. -There doesn't seem to be a log of the notation anywhere. Would love to see the following improvements (in ad…

Yes and no. Sprites are nice but completely lacking in other areas. https://youtu.be/Yhp1JZpyF-o