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I'll admit
to a slight bias here, I think Lords of Chaos is one of the best games
ever created. It's a strategy game so it won't appeal to everyone, however
those you think that strategy games are all dull raise your armies and
conquer the enemies affairs will be surprised. This one is has a large
amount of game involved and rarely gets dull. Basically you control a
wizard and have a certain amount of action points to move and cast spells
before your opponent gets a turn. I can guess what your thinking, action
points, burrghgh! Fortuantly Lords avoids to much complication with these.
You get a bar representing your AP's it goes down each time you do something
and once it reaches the bottom then your effectively knackered and have
to end your turn or change character.
You also get a number of magic points with which to cast spells. These
can range from lightening bolts and curses to conjuring up various creatures
to cause a headache for your opponent. This one of the best bits, you
can build yourself a virtual army of demons, dragons and, er, pixies.
The various scenarios involve you trying to find various magic items or
zapping enemy wizards. The enemy wizards don't take being zapped to kindly
though and will employ similarly underhand tactics to get you. One of
the best bits about Lords of Chaos is the multiplayer mode where up to
four people can compete at once, it's excellent though why a single human
player can't compete against three other computer players instead is beyond
me. There's very little wrong with this game, the puzzles are intriguing,
the spells excellent and there's enough long term playability to keep
you coming back. It's a game which doesn't seem to age no matter how many
times I come back to it. The only minor faults are as follows (and they
are minor): The graphics aren't great, though they are interesting and
convey the monsters clearly and attractively. Serial support would have
been good. Er.. (starting to get a bit picky) some more scenarios so you
could take the wizard up to the maximum of Level 8. Er.. Er.. some more
spells.. some sampled sound... a virtual Liz Hurley.. Nope, that's about
it! No bias there that I saw...
Zogging Hell Rating: 96%
