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Chaos Wars
PlayStation 2
Released On: May 30, 2008
64
5.5
All Platforms
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
64
33% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
56% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
11% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
64
33% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
56% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
11% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
This game simply serves as a letter to fans with enough of a stockpile of guilty pleasure moments stacked up throughout that any true fan must buy this game, sadly everything is lost on anyone that hasn't devoted serious time to at least several of the titles this game borrows characters from.
It's just that it's not going to be overwhelming, and with so many incredibly solid SRPGs on the PS2 at this point, Chaos Wars doesn't really have what it takes to stand out.
Chaos Wars is not a great game, but it is fun. I felt let down by O~3's low-budget localization, and the last few hours of gameplay really felt dragged out, but otherwise I enjoyed the experience.
It's really great when you get a game you feel is created specifically for your fan community, and I'm sure, to some extent, fans will appreciate this title. But I wish more effort was put into making Chaos Wars the quintessential JRPG fan game.
If you're a big fan of these niche style games, then it should be right up your alley. Nothing else about Chaos Wars really stands out, the graphics are 2D on a 3D plane, and look well enough, but the music isn't really exceptional stuff.
The frustratingly slow pace makes things feel even more dull, and over all it just feels like the game doesn’t deliver as well as it should have.
Chaos Wars might draw in some--like fans of the obscure games it's based on, especially those who long for the days of hand-drawn characters and tiny battlefields--but its old-school aesthetic isn't enough to make up for the lackluster production values and uninspired game play. [Aug 2008, p.82]
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 User Ratings
5.5
50% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
13% Mixed
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1 Rating
38% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 User Ratings
5.5
50% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
13% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
38% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
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Summary Chaos Wars is an immersive tactical role-playing experience featuring your favorite characters from such games as; Growlanser, Shadow Hearts, Gungrave, Spectral Force, and many others. [EB Games]
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PlayStation 2
Initial Release Date: May 30, 2008
Developer:
- Idea Factory
Publisher: O3 Entertainment
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