These higher levels can feel ridiculously unbalanced, but it's incredibly satisfying when you somehow find a way to push a positional advantage against a much better-equipped opponent. Through a simple ranking system, Really Bad Chess takes you through computer opponents that start off at a tremendous disadvantage but end up with much better pieces than you as you rise through the ranks. The constant need to develop new strategies and see new openings brings new life to what had been a ridiculously staid game. Instead, you have to study the board intently before you touch a single piece, figuring out how best to break through the unfamiliar defenses on the other side of the board while still keeping your own king safe. Suddenly, that simple opening king's pawn move isn't an option anymore, because there isn't a king's pawn anymore. Really Bad Chess brings that early feeling back with one simple rule change: randomizing the pieces (both type and location) at the start of each game. Seeing the same basic sequences of moves over and over again at the start of a game was kind of the opposite of the free-wheeling, exploratory learning process that got me into chess in the first place. I got pretty good for a novice but stopped right around the point where getting better would require memorizing the "best" sequence of play in countless common opening and closing situations.
Like any good fan of strategy games, I went through a chess phase in grade school.
Or the hieroglyph-hewn underwater temples and futuristic props that bring a mechanical balance to the undisturbed pockets of nature.Ībzû offers the chance to explore the unknown, a beautiful audio-visual treat that's light on challenge but big on wonder. While there are a few puzzles to solve, they're simple enough as to not interfere with the journey.Ībzû's best moments are to be found in its aesthetic accomplishments: oceanic whitetip sharks, eagle rays, lionfish, great pulsing jellyfish, and thousands of other species that swirl through the water. There's no health bar to worry about or complex button combinations to master-in fact, there's just a single button used to interact with ocean inhabitants. This is a game that skillfully captures the mystery and wonder of exploring the world's oceans, from the technicolor splendor of a bustling coral reef to the terrifying blackness of a deep abyss. But Abzû exists in its own beautiful underwater realm and is all the better for it. And sure, these are all games that value exploration and atmosphere over skill-based challenges and bloody death screens. Further Reading Abzû review: A digital sightseeing tour of an underwater realmAt launch, we heard comparisons between underwater adventure Abzû and thatgamecompany's Journey and Flower.
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