A Gem of a Chess Variants app
I would give it six stars.
Starting out
From a singular developer I’m enjoying the learning and exploration starting out. Going to delve deeper and discover how far this variant goes with its collection.
App now subscription only
Can’t bypass the “app development isn’t free” paywall.
Great Designing idea, but serious problems
I tried out the subscription for a little while where you can make your own pieces and board set ups and it is like no other app/game I’ve found. It’s quite creative.
This app’s most major problem is all of the calculating is done on your device which overheats your device no matter what device you use, and then the app freezes or crashes. It makes the app nearly unplayable.
Another thing that hás to be changed is the simple ability to take back a move. That is the dumbest feature that has to be paid for. Something so simple as that should be a given. When the computer captures a piece, sometimes I can’t even see what it captured because I can’t even preview back a move 🙄
This app’s most major problem is all of the calculating is done on your device which overheats your device no matter what device you use, and then the app freezes or crashes. It makes the app nearly unplayable.
Another thing that hás to be changed is the simple ability to take back a move. That is the dumbest feature that has to be paid for. Something so simple as that should be a given. When the computer captures a piece, sometimes I can’t even see what it captured because I can’t even preview back a move 🙄
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Best Thing On The Actual App Store
This is quite literally the best game on the App Store. There's THOUSANDS of games you can play, all with their own AIs that you can play against, AND you can make your own game, AND you can play with other people, AND you can learn to play chess and other board games like that! AND IT IS COMPLETELY FREE.
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재밋다
와
Can't share created rules
We should have the ability to share our created rules of a remix
What?????
If you go to style and go to name pieces you see all of these but when you create a chess board it doesn’t have those pieces like how what about those pieces I thought this game would be better and you can’t even create your piece for free stupid money with games just horrible but 5⭐️ so just add those pieces to the Remix and make the create your piece free
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ㅋㅋㅋ
너무 재미있어요🥰🥰🥰
🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩PLAY THIS GAMEEEEEEEEEE🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
BEST GAME EVER BUT CAN U MAKE IT FREE SO WE CAN PLAY IT FOREVER
Amazing! But I have a suggestion for a new feature…
This app is amazing! But I wish there were more features, like in the piece creator, I wish we could make our own multi-step pieces, like how you made the Lion from Chu Shogi! I am basically saying I wish there was an option to make a created path of a piece you created multi step. That means they do NOT have to stop when they capture.
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idea for chess remix / also pls fix this
when remixing chess instead of making it look dotty. maybe u can add your own images? (idk) pls add sovereign chess that would be cool or 4d illusion chess
THE BUG IS HAPPENING AGAIN, PLS FIX THIS THE BUG THAT KICKS U OUT OF THE GAME IS COMMING BACK PLS FIX THIS 😭😭😭
THE BUG IS HAPPENING AGAIN, PLS FIX THIS THE BUG THAT KICKS U OUT OF THE GAME IS COMMING BACK PLS FIX THIS 😭😭😭
Response from developer
You can do that in the custom style page! I will look into those games.
idea for chess remix
when remixing chess instead of making it look dotty. maybe u can add your own images? (idk)
pls add sovereign chess that would be cool
or
4d illusion chess
pls add sovereign chess that would be cool
or
4d illusion chess
Response from developer
You can do that in the custom style page! I will look into those games.
Why premium
This game is good but the piece maker and the coolest stuff is premium and I don’t want to have to pay for it.
(Just play Omnichess)
(Just play Omnichess)
Response from developer
Omnichess is an extremely poorly made app and more expensive.
BIG PROBLEM PLS FIX THIS
soooo i was going to add a remix to the game but when i pasted the link for the chess game the game crashed and kick me out making the remix chess games litterally unplayable 😖
Response from developer
Thank you for reporting, I could reproduce the issue and it will be fixed in the next version. If you enter just the code instead of the full link it will work as it should. Sorry about the crash!
The start of something legendary
Chastity's Chess Review: Chess Remix
Strengths
It offers standard Chess but also the largest list of variants of any game on Steam, including Chess960, Crazyhouse, Atomic, Absorption, Elimination, Capture the Leader, Losing Chess, Three Check Chess, Pocket Knights, Shatar, No Check Chess, En Passant is forced, and the ability to create customized rules of each of these.
Also included are the 3 main Asian variants: Shogi, Xiangqi, and Janggi.
Historical Chess games and other non-chess games like Tic-Tac-Toe and Checkers
It offers a customizable theme appearance for backgrounds and pieces.
Weaknesses
Not all features are fully implemented, such as the "levels section". This will probably be fixed in future updates.
The artificial intelligence is rather weak and may be okay for people who don't play very well but disappointing to skilled chess players. This AI can be improved using fairy stockfish if the developer wishes.
Conclusion
This game is worth the price if you are a hard core chess player or play other board games involving strategy. It's also for the creative types who want to make their own rules and create board games and test them with AI.
I will update this review as needed when future updates are made.
Strengths
It offers standard Chess but also the largest list of variants of any game on Steam, including Chess960, Crazyhouse, Atomic, Absorption, Elimination, Capture the Leader, Losing Chess, Three Check Chess, Pocket Knights, Shatar, No Check Chess, En Passant is forced, and the ability to create customized rules of each of these.
Also included are the 3 main Asian variants: Shogi, Xiangqi, and Janggi.
Historical Chess games and other non-chess games like Tic-Tac-Toe and Checkers
It offers a customizable theme appearance for backgrounds and pieces.
Weaknesses
Not all features are fully implemented, such as the "levels section". This will probably be fixed in future updates.
The artificial intelligence is rather weak and may be okay for people who don't play very well but disappointing to skilled chess players. This AI can be improved using fairy stockfish if the developer wishes.
Conclusion
This game is worth the price if you are a hard core chess player or play other board games involving strategy. It's also for the creative types who want to make their own rules and create board games and test them with AI.
I will update this review as needed when future updates are made.
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Excellent! But could be better
I like to make chess variants that alter the rules in ways that are not possible here, but it’s as good as I could expect from an app. It would be cool if there were some other rules like, magnetic chess, anti-king, ultimate en passant, double move, and peace chess, ext. If there was more ways to combine the rules with each other that would greatly increase the possibilities for new games, but that can be difficult because sometimes rules clash and create new scenarios that require human creativity to solve. What if I want to move the opponents pieces, let pieces share a space, include a checker style capture, capture without moving, or play atomic crazyhouse chess? Overall this is a great app.
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Response from developer
Some of the things listed are possible in the app. Checker style capture is in there, you can play many different forms of checkers. Capturing without moving is possible, you can make a move that captures and returns to the original square in the advanced piece creator. Atomic crazyhouse can be played by selecting drops and atomic in the rules menu
AI uses too much CPU
When I do an AI game, my devices tend to get really hot, since the AI uses too much CPU, which causes the CPU to be overworked.
As expected
This is a really phenomenal app. It loses a star for a few quality of life issues. First, when selecting a Shogi pawn, the app thinks for about 20 seconds before showing the possible moves for a pawn. It should not take this long to calculate. Also, I wish there was a post-game evaluation bar, so you can see the state of the game and understand fluctuations.
If these two things were implemented, I would have no problem paying $22 one time for premium.
If these two things were implemented, I would have no problem paying $22 one time for premium.
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Response from developer
Thanks for the feedback! We have fixed both of these issues, please update to the latest version.
Cool but it breaks sometimes
Very cool game but it breaks and i cant do a turn sometimes. Also tic tac toe wont work for some reason.
Response from developer
Thank you for reporting, I will investigate. For tic tac toe try clicking on the piece first
