Video game · 2003

War Chess

Released 2 October 2003 on PC and PlayStation 2

Publisher: XS Games, Piko Interactive
Made in: Russia
Genre: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Card & Board Game
Themes: Fantasy

About War Chess

War Chess is a basically a chess game with a unusual presentation. All the set pieces for the game are substituted for the character of the High Fantasy setting. Whites are pictured as joined armies of humans and elves, while blacks are mostly represented by the undead forces. The player has an ability to choose from 11 various location for the match to take place. Those include: Forest, Desert, Ice and Lava, Dragon Cave etc. All the environments and pieces are rendered in full 3D with a fully rotatable camera. For the single playing experience the game provides a difficulty slider to account for gamer's proficiency skill.

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