Majestic Chess

Majestic Chess is a game that aims to teach you chess in a fun way, one that’s almost an adventure. The game is well suited for both absolute beginners and experts alike because it offers challenges for everyone.

The most notable thing about Majestic Chess is the Adventure mode. In it you control a knight in a similar manner to that in Heroes of Might and Magic and must use him to complete your grand journey of becoming a chess master.

Visiting various buildings triggers certain events. For example, one provides basic explanations about the chess board, anther tells you about the movement of some pieces, and a third can test your knowledge by having you answer questions. When it comes to the latter, if you get one wrong, you have to take the entire test again.

It really is a nice way in which to learn the great game of chess and using this theme of knights and grandeur certainly does justice to it.

Majestic Chess isn’t all that appealing when it comes to how it looks despite the fact that you do get to choose from multiple chess sets, boards and locations. Games against AI opponents are possible, and they will kick your ass if you let them, but you can also play with a human opponent.

Since looks are not the most important thing to a game of this nature, you should know that Majestic Chess works just fine if you want to play chess. You get to choose from multiple view perspectives for the board and the number of gameplay features for a classic match are more than enough to please the expert chess player.

To sum things up, Majestic Chess doesn’t do well in the visuals department but as far as the Adventure and Singleplayer modes go, it’s worth your time. It’s chess, plain and simple.