Lego Chess
by Electronic Arts
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Software Reviews of Lego Chess
Customer Review: Fun but lots of crash bugs
Summary: 2 Stars
My son loves this game but multiple times per session he is asking "daddy why is the computer frozen?". There is a patch online to make it work with Vista and another patch for crash bugs but after installing both the product is still VERY unstable. I expect a lot more from LEGO.
There are cut scenes with guns, but no killing, if that is a concern.
Customer Review: Too Much Action, Too Little Talk
Summary: 3 Stars
I got this program to run just fine, unlike other reviewers on similar listings of this product. My problems with it are that it's too juvenile in its approach to be a useful teaching tool. The major flaw is that after every capture, there's a cute Lego video which is sure to delight the 7 - 10 year old who likes cartoons. However, if you have a 7 - 10 year old who really wants to learn chess (and like me, you don't play well enough to teach strategy), then the videos become a real hindrance, particularly when the computer opponent captures a piece. As soon as his piece starts to move, the video pops up and you can't see which of your pieces has been taken. Adding to the frustration is the fact that there is no move history to which to refer to find out what just happened! Nor is there a captured pieces list that shows your relative remaining strength.
There is a whole bunch of tutorials and exercises, but you can't refer to those without resigning your current game, so it's very hard for a beginner to get help in any particular situation without losing!
All in all, it's an amusing little video game, but not a great resource for learning how to play chess.
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Customer Review: Great game for kids
Summary: 5 Stars
Ever since I gave the game to my kids (6 and 8 yrs) for X-mas, they play chess. They even play with a real board and learn more and more about the game. Great start for budding chess enthusiasts.Customer Review: Great game but get the patch
Summary: 4 Stars
This game is great if you know how to get it loaded. My son and daughter who are 6 and 10 love it. It's entertaining and teaches chess. I'm writing this to save someone else a headache when loadingI have windows xp and when I first tried to load it it wouldn't work. I needed to restart the computer. Then you need to download two patches available from the software company selectsoft that makes this. You may also need to open the game from the configuration menu rather than from start. Also at the configuration menu you can change the resolution to speed up your mouse. From the start meunu you can click on properties for lego chess and choose different compatabilities for different window programs like 2000 or '98. You may need these if it doesn't run properly. Lego.com/interactive also gives trouble shooting tips. All is worth the effort because it's a super fun game for kids!Customer Review: a great game that will provide fun for children and adults.
Summary: 5 Stars
This game turned me into a chess player in just two weeks of playing every once in a while. This game may discourage people who think that chess is too hard to learn or people who think chess is for freaks. This game is good for people who don't know a bishop from a knight because of the game's built in tutor who teaches you all you need to know and some techniques I never expected him to cover. When playing chess, captures are animated in a half Battle Chess, half jokes you can find off Loony Tunes style.For instance, when a bishop captures a queen, the bishop shoots a spell at the queen and the queen is shrunk down to nothing. This game features chess sets from the Western and Pirates themes as well as a traditional chess set. Lego shouldn't have discontinued this game.It's both fun and educational.Gosh, there's five words I'd thought I'd never say in a row.