Amiga 500 Longplay [368] The Chaos Engine 2

[@Serialfoxity]

Since I've only ever known the first Chaos Engine, the entire layout of the second bamboozles me.

[@billie-jeanmede2984]

The first game is a masterpiece, how did the second game end up like this?

[@etherealpenguin8683]

would love someone to do a deep dive into what happened, i loved the first game, clearly some thought was put into this with the added jumping up/down ledges and being able to hug the walls but it seems devoid of direction, like they laid down the base for the game but then had to rush the actual gameplay/level design

[@whatamalike]

Basically the bitmap stretched themselves far too thin when developing this and Z, the latter of which was made for PC which was gaining more and more popularity whereas this was being developed for the amiga which was essentially on its death bed at this time. Naturally less work went into this and resulted in what we got here...

[@christianrodriguez7503]

Everything is always better when wheater it's a triology or a sequel it's the first one that's a badass!

[@vatrenikrug]

Shadow of the beast? All great a bit diferent one of another... Leter ones beter graohics but thats good...

[@Bedlam83]

Weird sequel. What were they thinking? It's not only the forced splitscreen but the level graphics and soundtrack leave a bit to be desired as well.

[@LupoAndy]

Exactly my thoughts.

[@GiacomoSorbi]

No shop for upgrades? I expected them to make that part of the gameplay deeper, not to remove it altogether :(

[@v509-cassiopeiae3]

You have to know this : Chaos Engine 2 came out at the end of the Amiga era. By the time it came out, many gamers had already moved on to the PC. And various programmers from various Amiga teams had already left, including the Bitmap Brothers. Chaos Engine 2 was a desperate attempt to stop the sinking ship.

[@yeoedwin1619]

The Chaos Engine deserves a remake

[@TheRealKaiProton]

it got one, its on Steam by Mastertronic

[@diamondartist1991]

​@@TheRealKaiProtonChaos Engine 2013 remake​ was as lazy as it can get. Only bloom, upscale graphics and subtitles were added. Oh yes, and ridiculously long text tutorial at the menu. Chaos Engine has to be picked up by someone like WayForward. They proved multiple times how they can overhaul the entire game, add brand new graphics, soundtrack, decent voiceover and cutscenes, which were not included in the original. Just play their Duck Tales and Contra: Operation Galuga. That's how you remake/reboot something well!

[@YukoValis]

It certainly is a huge downgrade compared to the first one, but if you could get another human player here it seems like a lot more fun. It is not a co-op like the first game, but more of a rival competition. It is a shame you can't add another person.

[@Bobsob]

Never knew there was a second one 🤔

[@ReuploadArchivist]

So what timezone are y’all in? These videos drop as early as 6 in the morning for me.

[@XZone51]

This part sucks, unlike the first, that's a fact.

[@sockpuppet4716]

Surely it can't have been easier to make this than another relatively straightforward co-op shooter. And they'd have got more love for the latter. There's more than enough dope new art in this for a "normal" sequel, and the boss fights alone would have made it seem like a step forward, since the first game was a bit lacking in those.

[@ArttuTheCat]

When i saw some pictures of THE CHAOS ENGINE 2 from THE ONE FOR AMIGA magazine as a teenager back in the mid 1990's, I feared, that this sequel seems to be worse than the original prequel. I also noticed, that one of my favourite characters, THE GENTLEMAN is missing from this sequel. And as i remember correctly, this was never made for the Amiga 500. The graphics are OK. The soundtrack 🎵🎶... well 😹...

[@worldoflongplays]

There was an A500 version - its the one in this longplay :)

[@johnsesia9050]

The Gentleman is, in fact, present. It's the Thug and Priest who are missing.

[@AerodeonThorne]

I don’t see the reason for the high review scores at the time. The problems are evident from the very beginning. Half-baked music, bad sound, poor gameplay and recycled graphics.

[@LupoAndy]

Downgraded graphics.

[@Zontar82]

not as good as the first 1, the forced two player perspective wasn't the best idea

[@ArttuTheCat]

This sequel also doesn't have the digitized speeches, unlike the first game. And instead of the six characters, it has four. Two of them are missing.

[@BattlestarGentoo]

Never knew Part II but obviously it seems to suck a lot.