
Now FREE and worth every penny! A love letter to classic platforming action and 90s animation oddness. Eat magical candies to change the art of the world around you as you fight through 40 levels unlocking new Chesters, battling strange baddies, finding secret secrets, and reclaiming your cupcakes!
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アートは好きですが、残念なことにバグだらけ、それでも世界観は唯一無二な気もするのでお薦め。 追記、バグを覆いつくすキャラが、アンロックされて、クリアやアイテム収集は問題なくできた。だが 、さらにアンロックしたキャラは即座に悲鳴を上げて死ぬ。おそらくバグだと思う。ゲーム達成率100パーで無敵 のアンロックもあった。バグとチートのせめぎあい。
“Chester is amazing. It offers so much value for so little money.” IndieGamerChick “The real hook to Chester is every bit of content Brilliant Blue-G shoved into the game.” Pixelated Sausage “the musical style is every bit as unique as the level design and artwork in the game providing a very nice change of pace . . . So yes, go out and buy Chester right this second if you haven’t” Gamergeddon ABOUT THIS GAME SOMEBODY STOLE YOUR CUPCAKES? GO GET THEM BACK! And they kinda destroyed the universe too, but meh. Key Features 40 Levels of classic platforming action spread across 7 Planets 10+ Gameplay Changing ArtStyles to switch up the look of the entire world around you 10+ Playable Characters with special attacks to level up An amazing original soundtrack with 20+ tracks by Reina Lamour Simple elemental system keeps combat fun and exciting Unlock nearly 100 Bestiary pages to learn about the weird world of Chester Almost 100 Achievements to achieve Steam Trading Cards and Cloud Saves Updated for HD displays! Free demo with over 10 levels to see if this is your kinda thing Do you have what it takes to save the world you ruined? (NOPE) After an ill-advised prank by Chester crystal cupcake adventure*, The Bad Guy has been pushed over the edge and driven on an absolute rampage. Buildings burned, realities shattered, and most importantly of all: CUPCAKES STOLEN. It's not going to be easy putting this world back together, so you're just going to ignore that part and focus on the cupcakes! Get ready to fight through over 40 levels finding cupcakes, killing baddies, and collecting stamps to spend on the many unlockables of CHESTER! *retcon! Control the style of the world! Over 10 game changing styles to unlock! Eat magical candies you find floating about to change the look of the entire world around you! As you progress through Chester One you'll unlock more Magical Style Candies that you can eat. Each style candy changes gameplay up in unique ways. That's a lotta characters! Over 10 unique characters to unlock! You won't just be unlocking new Styles as you play, but completely new Chesters to play as as well! With The Bad Guy destroying realities like he did, Chesters from other universes can help Chester out on his quest. Unlockable Chesters range from classy gentlement, to tanks, and spaceships, and weird slug things. Featuring an amazing 20+ Song soundtrack by ReinaLamour Over 20 original songs that capture the fun quirkiness of classic video game music with a modern vibe that will keep you grooving through all 40 levels. Now with almost 100 Achievements! Just shy of 100 Achievements broken up into multiple categories ranging from standard progression and collect-o-thon achievements to extreme challenges, unnecessary stat tracking, and more! Rock Paper Scissors style elemental system! Every Chester and enemy you encounter is either a FIRE, WATER, or GRASS elemental, forcing you to react quickly to make sure you’re using the right Chester for the murdery job. Learn about the weird world of Chester! Every Chester, enemy, style, and item in the game has an unlockable Bestiary page that gives you a small glimpse into the world of Chester. What's new in Chester One? Chester One is an enhanced version of the original game, featuring Steam integration (Trading Cards, Achievements, Cloud Saves), enhanced graphical features, improved keyboard controls, rebalanced gameplay and more.
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"Chester One" is one of literally thousands of retro 2D platformers infesting Steam and lowering the average quality of all video games everywhere... and I'm not kidding. Searching for "platformers" on the Steam store page yields over 17,000 results! Is this one of the best of those? Absolutely not. This was at least a genuinely made 2D retro platformer... but genuine doesn't mean good, or even remotely competently made. Before we even get into how bad the graphics are, the overall game design is a sloppy mess, with random death for no reason, an ocean of unfixed bugs and glitches, godawfully bad level design... truly some of the worst platforming has to offer. And it gets worse. Platforming is an old, mostly dead genre, and this lacklustre experience, while it doesn't have an upfront cost, isn't saving the genre... it's no surprise this failed to capture any attention from gamers in the era of immersive 3D gaming. The graphics here are particularly awful, a blend of garbage pixelcrap with some of the worst "Baby's First Wacom Tablet" "drawings" so bad that it actually stands out as one of the worst looking games on Steam. Quite an accomplishment. It's a big contributor to the failure of the game to attract gamers despite having no up-front cost. Gaming is a primarily visual medium, and if developers want to succeed, they must understand that it's not an area for compromise. This game is fairly dated at 8 years old... and even back then it looked old and busted compared to contemporary, professionally made 3D games of the same period. It looked bad then, it looks worse now. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. There's no initial download price, but the developer was charging $3 USD for this. Price barriers, especially on low quality products, can be a direct cause of failure. It seems like a nice gesture for the game to have no up-front cost anymore, but it also tells us that the game wasn't good enough to succeed as a paid product. This is also a bit of a slap in the face to anyone who showed enough questionable judgement to pay money for this... nobody got refunded. Since free games don't contribute to your game collector badge and other profile stuff, is this a worthwhile addition to your Steam library? I think you should give this one a miss. Although it's free, your time and storage are valuable resources, and the market is filled with superior options.
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2D‑платформер с элементами головоломки: игрок управляет персонажем по имени Честер, преодолевает уровни с ловушками и препятствиями, собирает предметы и раскрывает секреты мира. Акцент на точности прыжков и изучении окружения. Плюсы: Интуитивное управление — отзывчивая реакция персонажа на команды позволяет точно рассчитывать прыжки и манёвры, что критично для сложных участков; Атмосфера ретро‑игр — пиксельная графика и восьмибитный саундтрек вызывают ностальгию и подчёркивают стиль проекта; Интересные головоломки — помимо платформинга, нужно искать скрытые пути, активировать механизмы и комбинировать предметы, что разнообразит геймплей. Минусы: Высокая сложность отдельных уровней — некоторые секции требуют идеального тайминга и множества попыток, из‑за чего прогресс может застопориться; Редкие точки сохранения — после гибели приходится проходить значительные отрезки заново, особенно на длинных уровнях; Ограниченная визуальная вариативность — фоны и текстуры локаций похожи, что снижает ощущение прогресса при переходе между зонами. Итог: подойдёт любителям классических платформеров и испытаний на точность — впечатляет ностальгическим стилем, отзывчивым управлением и встроенными головоломками. Может разочаровать из‑за высокой сложности отдельных участков, нечастых чекпоинтов и однообразия визуала на разных уровнях.
Terrible level design, inconsistent hit boxes, cheap repetitive traps, poorly placed checkpoints, always falling through platforms or moving on invisible ones, controls that somehow manage to feel simultaneously too stiff AND too slippery, die and restart so quickly you can't even tell what killed you, and man is this game ugly. No thanks, this one is definitely free for a reason
[h1]Before I played Chester One, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]
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