Chess Valley

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Chess Valley is a single player casual puzzle game. It was developed by Artur Rezende and was released on February 4, 2021. It received positive reviews from players.

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89%Audience ScoreBased on 27 reviews

music3 negative mentions

Simple and relaxing chess puzzle gameplay with a calm and peaceful atmosphere.
Helpful for learning chess pieces, improving quick thinking, and avoiding blunders.
Developer is responsive to feedback and the game offers solid visuals and an enjoyable experience for chess and puzzle fans.

Repeated puzzles due to randomized level selection and lack of level variety diminish the sense of accomplishment.
No save or checkpoint system; losing all lives forces restarting from the beginning, which can be frustrating.
Limited options including awkward camera controls, lack of tutorial for piece movement, no sound volume control, and minimal content impacting replay value.

gameplay
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay of Chess Valley is simple and minimalist with an easy-to-grasp mechanic, but some players find it repetitive due to a lack of variation and a single, unchanging soundtrack. Introducing segmented chapters with new mechanics could enhance engagement and depth.
- “Chess Valley is a simple, minimalist puzzle game with an easy-to-grasp mechanic.”
- “Chess Valley is unique enough to be an aspiring franchise, but it would have served better if the game were divided into 10 level chapter segments, introducing a different mechanic with each chapter.”
- “The gameplay mechanics are essentially consistent throughout the game, providing a straightforward experience.”
- “One of the biggest gripes for me is the sound mechanic of your moving king.”
- “The one soundtrack is exactly the same and the mechanics is essentially exactly the same.”
- “Chess Valley is unique enough to be an aspiring franchise, but it would have served it better if the game were divided into 10 level chapter segments and introduced a different mechanic with each chapter.”
music
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music features a repetitive, dreamy ambient tune that remains unchanged throughout the game, which some users found monotonous. Additionally, the inability to adjust sound or music settings within the game was noted as a drawback.
- “There's a dreamy ambient tune as background music.”
- “A variety of soundtracks and backgrounds could have livened up the adventure of the puzzle solving, but as it stands, once you have solved the first 5 puzzles, in all honesty you’ve solved them all.”
- “The one soundtrack is exactly the same and the mechanics are essentially exactly the same.”
- “A variety of soundtracks and backgrounds could have livened up the adventure of the puzzle solving here too, but as it stands, once you have solved the first 5 puzzles then in all honesty you’ve solved them all.”
- “Sounds and music cannot be adjusted from within the game.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is widely noted for having no story, with users indicating that it lacks narrative elements entirely.
replayability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Replayability is limited due to the small number of puzzles, but the inclusion of an in-game timer and a leaderboard for fastest completion times encourages speedrunning and adds some incentive for replay.
- “As there are just a few puzzles, there's limited replay value, unless you want to try for a speed run: there's an in-game timer that runs through all levels until finish.”
graphics
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics feature an aesthetically pleasing isometric view that works well for starting puzzles, but players will predominantly experience the game in a top-down perspective.
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The atmosphere is described as calm and peaceful, enhancing the enjoyment of the puzzles.
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Grinding in the game is considered tedious and frustrating, especially due to the lack of chapter save points, causing players to repeat all fifty levels after losing their three lives.
- “This is where it can get severely tedious and aggravating as once you have squandered your 3 lives you are then forced to go through all fifty levels again as there are no chapter save points.”