Fritz&Chesster - Learn to Play Chess

These games (especially volumes 2 and 3) were a huge part of my childhood and I am glad to see them on steam. But $30 for a simplistic game that's more then a decade old and still has some bugs feels like a rip off. I would pay $30 for the full set on nostalgia alone but not for one game. Especially when it is the worst of the 3. I think either release all 3 volumes in one for a affordable price for new players ($30 for all three) or if you can remake them with the same charm then do that and justify the price. As I said, I love these games. They are a charming and fun way for kids to learn and grow as chess players. If you are a parent with young kids and can afford them I would still recommend picking up the 2nd and 3rd for your youngster (not the first for that price) if they come out.

Charming art and characters. A good introduction to chess for kids. Maybe not worth $30 for nostalgia since it only takes an hour or two to finish.

The game has a server problem. On my steam comunity post, people still writing, that they still have this problem. Even after like a year. This game need to be taken off of steam. Ceators doesn't seem to care.

Adorable, but it's designed for very small children, so bear that in mind. There's not much of a "game" here. It's a series of short chess tutorials, then a match with special rules (using a point buy system), and then a single match against a chess bot. It's very cute, but it doesn't have a ton of substance. Plus, although the screenshots are from the original 2003 version of the game, all the textures in this version are cleaned up, the characters look a bit wall-eyed, and the voice acting for the lead actors is now MUCH more British. I think I prefer the messy painterly visual style of the original CD-ROM game, but it's not that much of a downgrade. Also, elaborating on the voice acting a bit: Fritz, Bianca, and King Kaleidoscope all have new voice actors, but King Black, Chesster, and the King and Queen still use their old voices. It's a bit scuffed, but the voice work is still quite charming. Lastly, the price feels a bit steep for what you're getting, but all things considered, it's probably cheaper than buying an external CD Drive and finding the original on Ebay. I won't make too much of a stink about it. All in all, it's a nice time capsule of the older days of edutain…