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Online Chess Kingdoms

First seen: 11 december 2006

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  • User Score (1)
    8.0 8.0 from 1 reviewer
  • Expert Score (24)
    5.9 5.9 from 24 reviewers
  • Gameplay (9)
    7.2 7.2 from 9 reviewers
  • Graphics (9)
    7.7 7.7 from 9 reviewers
  • Sound (9)
    6.4 6.4 from 9 reviewers
  • Multiplayer (2)
    8.3 8.3 from 2 reviewers
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    11 December 2006

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  1. Online Chess Kingdoms

    Reviewer: Gamer 2.0
    25 January 2007
    Overall 4
    4.1
    Gameplay 5
    5.0
    Graphics 5
    5.0
    Sound 3
    3.0
     

    Chess originates from a game that was created in India in the 6th century, called chatrang. The rook, bishop, and knight from the game are references to the three animals, the elephant, camel, and horse respectively, which India employed in its cavalry. Read more

  2. Reviewer: Game Freaks 365
    10 February 2009
    Overall 7
    6.8
    Gameplay 5
    5.0
    Graphics 8
    8.0
    Sound 8
    8.0
     

    Vicious Cycle and Infinite Interactive took a Bejeweled hybrid game and combined it with an RPG experience to make a masterpiece known as Puzzle Quest. In the same vein, Konami (developed by Leviathan Games) took the age-old game of chess and created something along the same line, though calling it a masterpiece is a large stretch. This isn't your gentleman's game of yore. It combines a fantasy storyline of galactic proportions with the deceptively challenging game of... Read more

  3. Online Chess Kingdoms

    Reviewer: ME Gamers
    5 August 2007
    Overall 7
    6.6
    Gameplay 7
    7.0
    Graphics 8
    8.0
    Sound 7
    7.0
     

    C hess has got to be one of the oldest board games in history – right up there with Snakes n Ladders. But seriously, a game of chess requires concentration, skill, planning, and strategy. That pretty much all goes out the window when playing Online Chess Kingdoms for the PSP. Though the game does a valiant attempt to make the game of chess accessible to everyone, it ultimately is nothing more than just another chess game. The game totally sets off on the wrong foot by... Read more

  4. Online Chess Kingdoms

    Reviewer: Just RPG
    22 July 2007
    Overall 7
    6.8
     

    Online Chess Kingdoms takes traditional chess and blends it with a fantasy world. Add in some online multiplayer, and Online Chess Kingdoms definitely sounds like a game that chess fans will be eager to play. Long ago, the God-like Phrenos created the universe from five different forces. He sculpted reality from Chaos, Magic, Order, and Reason, and with Spirit, he brought life to his great creation. For many years, the universe existed like this, in a perfect balance.... Read more

  5. Online Chess Kingdoms

    Reviewer: GameSpy.com
    8 December 2006
    Overall 7
    7.0
     

    Konami takes gamers to school -- old school, that is -- with a solid update on the classic board game. Read more

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