Chaos Reborn
A turn-based tactical remake of the 1985 classic Chaos: The Battle of Wizards.
Chaos Reborn is a turn-based tactical role-playing game developed by Snapshot Games. It is a remake of Gollop's 1985 game Chaos: The Battle of Wizards, incorporating improvements such as a role-playing meta game and equipment like armour, staves, and talismans that grant enhancements including extra spells and abilities. The game was part funded through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, entered early access in December 2014, and was fully released in October 2015.
Quick Facts
- Title
- Chaos Reborn
- Developer
- Snapshot Games
- Engine
- Unity
- Platforms
- Microsoft Windows, Linux, OS X
- Released
- October 26, 2015
- Genre
- Tactical role-playing
- Modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
- Director
- Julian Gollop
- Producer
- Dimitar Dimitrov
- Programmer
- Stoiko Todorov
- Artist
- Svetoslav Petrov
- Writer
- Allen Stroud / Julian Gollop
Facts from the source article.
Lore & Background
Chaos Reborn is a remake of Gollop's 1985 game Chaos: The Battle of Wizards. The remake introduced a role-playing meta game and the ability to purchase equipment such as armour, staves, and talismans, which provide enhancements like extra spells and abilities. The game features online and offline single-player and multiplayer modes, including player versus player and player versus environment experiences. Players take turns manipulating units on a battle map, with the objective of eliminating the rival wizard; losing one's wizard ends the match and removes all units. Spells can create new units, equip the wizard with weapons, or directly attack another unit. The single-player campaign and Realm Quest mode use a narrative game world map overlay linking battles, culminating in a boss battle against a wizard king and a wizard unit. This mode introduces strategy and role-playing elements such as capturing infrastructure, sending units to a target, hiring mercenaries, and resolving story-driven elements. Creature units are based on mythical and real-life animals and supernatural beings, and many have unique abilities beyond differing attack ratings.
Reader's Guide
Chaos Reborn was well received, earning a score of 85/100 on Metacritic and 87% from PC Gamer, which called it the return of one of gaming's oldest tactical classics. It was nominated for a Golden Joystick Award in the 2015 Best Indie Game category, losing to Kerbal Space Program. In July 2016, version 1.10 added Duel Mode and Forge Crystals. Duel Mode provided a single-button method to start a battle against a human or AI opponent; winning unbroken Duels yielded escalating rewards of Gold and Forge Crystals, plus a daily Talisman. Forge Crystals could be spent in the Equipment Forge to personalize a character's appearance and create custom Bodygear and Staffs. A mobile port, Chaos Reborn: Adventures, was released in September 2018 by Big Blue Bubble, receiving a gold rating from Pocket Gamer and a 5-star rating from Pocket Tactics. The game's significance lies in its revival of a classic tactical formula with modern enhancements, including a role-playing meta game and equipment system, while maintaining the core wizard-duel premise.
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