PieceWars

Yu-Gi-Oh but with chess.

"PieceWars" is less of a chess game directly, and more of a lightweight RPG with chess themed turn based tactical combat. That doesn't mean it's a great game, it's not, if you want a rich turn based tactical combat experience, hundreds of other more professionally made RPGs do it better. There's no English translation for the game, but that's okay. The language of bad games is universal. On the important subject of visuals, this features fairly low quality stylised/cartoony low poly 3D graphics. It comes across as the kind of thing you see on mobile phones and Nintendo games, which will deter a lot of PC gamers, understandably. Gaming is a visual medium, and to be considered one of the best games on Steam, the graphics have to be some of the best on Steam. That's not happening here. On the matter of pricing and value for gamers, most "free" games on Steam aren't really free. There's often nasty mobile app cash shops, or content locked behind DLC, or donations being requested, or any other number of shady pricing schemes that could mislead gamers, but in this case I'm glad to say this really does appear to be a fully free game. Nothing demonstrates a developers belief in themselves and their work than giving it away without any remuneration. This is a service to themselves, and the gaming industry, and should be applauded. Of course, just because something is free, doesn't necessarily mean it's valuable, or something you might want to spend your time on. Despite having no up-front cost, this failed to appeal to the 120 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the game peaked at only 2 concurrent players... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? Not this time. This isn't worth downloading. While this won't cost you any money, you get what you pay for, and sometimes, even when the game is free, it's still not enough.

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[h1]Before I played PieceWars, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]

Игра PieceWars — это настоящая головоломка для тех, кто любит погружаться в детали и строить сложные стратегии. С первых минут она затягивает своим уникальным геймплеем, где каждый ход имеет значение. Графика, хоть и не самая современная, обладает своим очарованием и отлично передает атмосферу игры. Управление интуитивно понятное, но глубина тактических возможностей поражает. Мне нравится, как игра постоянно бросает вызов, заставляя искать новые подходы и не бояться экспериментировать. Особенно ценю возможность играть против других игроков — это добавляет остроты ощущений и непредсказуемости. Есть, конечно, моменты, когда приходится попотеть над особенно сложной задачей, но чувство удовлетворения, когда удается найти элегантное решение, ни с чем не сравнится. Если вы ищете игру, которая заставит ваш мозг работать, PieceWars — отличный выбор.