![]() Restarting the whole game can be slightly rectified with the use of the passwords the game hands out, but it still kills accessibility, something you want to have if your plans are to bring new people on board the “Chaos Engine” train. This issue is derived due to a lack of an “Are you sure?” prompt before you make big decisions. One of the biggest issues came in the form of just how easy it is to either exit the game or restart the whole story. That’s where you would hope Abstraction Games would come into play and help out the aged product, something they did not do enough. UI is something people in the 90s didn’t necessarily have at the forefront of their development process. ![]() They’re all properly futuristic and equally demented in some sort of horrifying way. One thing that does impress are the nicely designed steam-punk character models. Throughout the four worlds, visual variety is never a thing that catches your eye. The Chaos Engine hits a few of those nostalgic buttons, but overall it feels sort of bland, and lacking any variety to help it pop out. That isn’t to say that it’s a complete mess, because there’s definitely some appeal in old-school looks. Just from looking at screenshots, it’s fairly clear that The Chaos Engine is a game from the early 90s. You feel as if your character is carrying about 300 pounds of bricks The movement and turning feels stilted and only makes the aiming limitations worse. When you’re navigating around the environment, you feel as if your character is carrying about 300 pounds of bricks. For some older games, this version of combat holds up slightly due to solid movement controls, but not The Chaos Engine. Getting enemies in your line of fire can become incredibly frustrating and also helps prove why this is an ancient development philosophy. ![]() As most top-down shooters were at that time, it’s a 16-direction shooter meaning that you have set paths you must shoot in. Sadly, the poor controls hamper any kind of experimentation. Unfortunately, what those special abilities do is unexplained and can only be found out through experimentation. These special abilities are simple attacks which range from shooting out a circle of bullets at all enemies, or simply popping up a map showing you where the level’s exit is located. There are special abilities as well that do come in handy when they’re needed. It’s a simple top-down shooter that requires you to get keys and other items to unlock future areas. When it comes to the actual game, The Chaos Engine plays exactly as you’d remember. So where are we with Star Citizen? The whole story as of Q2 2023 Whether this is due to me drastically overlooking something is to be determined, but I tried everything to find the options yet again and they never appeared. Due to turning the game full screen, I couldn’t alter controls, change video settings, or, of course, take it out of full screen. Normally, this issue would be corrected by having an options menu in-game, but that does not exist in The Chaos Engine. Upon doing that, I lost the menu bar and couldn’t mess with any of the options for the rest of the game. Once the game launched, I immediately went into the menu bar’s options section to turn the game into full screen mode. This is a feature that I could not properly explore due to either user idiocy or poor design. There aren’t a lot of changes made to this re-boot but one was the option for either an “Enhanced mode” or a “Classic mode” experience. I enjoyed reading about the crazy story more than actually playing the game This issue led me into enjoying reading about the crazy story more than actually playing the game. Unfortunately, the story never develops past that original premise. The premise is interesting, making you want to learn more as you trudge through the game. ![]() To take the machine down, you choose one of six mercenaries and begin your quest. You’re presented with a futuristic world that has been ravaged by The Chaos Engine, a machine that you and a partner must team up to take down. In typical old-school style, there’s very little setup before you’re into the game and shooting baddies. Though originally released for the Amiga (and ported to the SNES and others), The Chaos Engine has now arrived on our PCs as Mastertronic Group and Abstraction Games both decided it was time to make the old new yet again. While that game didn’t pick up a significant fan base, its weird dystopian setting and diverse gameplay led to it becoming a cult hit. Back in 1993, a company by the name of Bitmap Brothers released a top-down adventure title entitled The Chaos Engine. ![]()
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