LGR - Realms of Chaos - DOS PC Game Review

Nothing says early 90's like the platform game. But they weren't limited to consoles, oh no. Computers had Jill of the Jungle, Jazz Jackrabbit and of course, Realms of Chaos. This bloody fantasy side-scroller is remembered quite fondly in many an Apogee fan's mind, and for good reason. It RoCs. LAWL.
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[@doalwa]

There’s just something about vintage LGR episodes that soothes my weary mind 🙂

[@AlsGeekLab]

I know whatcha mean! I'm steadily going through them all, kinda like someone would go through episodes of friends from the 90s

[@Horzuhammer]

I had never even heard about this one before watching this review. Decided to try it for a little bit. Spent more than hour all mesmerized playing it. Instant favorite! Man, I've gotten a bad DOS-PC-fever from these videos of yours. Dosbox is great 'n all but I think I've got to start asking around if someone nearby happens to have some poor obsolete computer on their attic. Had a great 486 with all the fillings some years back, but had to get rid of it because life, and now the lust has returned..

[@LGR]

That's awesome! I was the same way back when I first played it :)

[@JVerschueren]

Have to say, out of all the platformers I've watched Clint's reviews for so far, this is the first to appeal to me as well.

[@DirtyKameSennin]

Wow, I remember this game! As a kid I bought a CD that had Duke Nukem 1,2 and 3D (not the Atomic Edition) and it had a lot of shareware titles (Rise of the Triad, Terminal Velocity) including this one.. sadly never could get my hands on the full version :(

[@KaotikKnight]

That Apogee tune gets me every time.

[@erilaz7449]

classic

[@LIPresume]

My name is Hieronymus... this is the first time that I ever heard it spoken out loud on the internet :o

[@cormano64]

LIPresume That is the first time I've ever seen someone declare their name to be Hieronymus outside of the 15th century.

[@cormano64]

@MrFirehouse22 It was right in front of me this whole time, wow!!! By the way... hello, person from the future.

[@handsomebrick]

I'm guessing that you are a Dutch Catholic?

[@fuzzydunlop1753]

You poor guy.

[@HighTreason610]

This game is made of awesome, and that scream at the beginning still makes me chuckle. Great review.

[@Birfhum]

Putting in that apogee logo and sound was extremly nostalgic!

[@juliusfinkas]

Gaddamn i'd wish you still you use your old intro. It's so good.

[@whiteyexotics]

Julius Lange Finkas Jensen Agree, classic!

[@CrazyFriendlyGamerAlex]

I agree 100%!

[@EiSaaPeittaas]

That random giant rock falling from nowhere. Pretty much sums up that entire generation of platformers.

[@FlipTheAngryAsian]

I wanna see 3 games from this guy. One must fall 2097,Bioforge, and zorro

[@DoughboyJonesmk2]

Wow, I used to have this, hadn't thought about it in years until I stumbled across this video. You really take me back to a magical time in gaming LGR.

[@shorty1k]

Had no idea about this one! I always look forward to your reviews for some more old school dos games to play! Thanks!

[@RottenRroses]

The sword swing animation reminds me of Strider.

[@camilovalenzuela8117]

I was looking this game since 1996 and I never had lucky until today, thanks man!

[@laguaridadelgremlin]

Shit. Not only I am watching this video a decade later, but I actually had to double-take and was all, "HOW DID YOU DO THAT" at 1:07. Hahah. I'm such an idiot. Love your videos man.

[@SuddenCatastrophe2]

Love your reviews! Watch em straight for hours lol.

[@goopah]

Spot-on review. Played the demo for years before I finally bought the full CD and manual from Apogee, now among my most prized gaming posessions. Best side-scroller I've ever played.

[@kurtg5405]

Man I miss this era of PC gaming. Apogee were the Nintendo of Pc games

[@StormSpirit86]

Love that game, and your witty reviews too :) You said it "Evil Adlib music and fantasy artwork", I was sold, haha.

[@TheGwarGaru]

Kudos to you, the most hardworking and thorough "lazy" gamer. Good review. XD

[@williamhayden7711]

Great review, I love these old intro's. Spft... Haaaa! Sooo satisfying.

[@TheTaskmaster]

i always loved how bloody this was, and other 90s games. awesome

[@Homemade-Blurb]

What a fantastic review 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@MrSnapy1]

Nice reverse camera trick with the manual flying into your hand.I once got a A+ on a high school technology video.Which only showed me dropping a toy light saber over and over.Then I reversed the film and BAM I was using the force to grab my saber from across the room.I was the hero of my high school for a couple of days until it got annoying and I told them what I did. Then I was forever known as The Non Force Wielding Lame Jedi Hack

[@Heffsta02]

you rock dude, needed my oldschool PC games fix.

[@OlviMasta77]

Just going by the title game screen.. I always thought it was Rise of the Triad prequel or something back in the day. The art styles looked very similar and it also was put out by Apogee. Please tell me I'm not the only one!

[@upyoursize]

For using music from the original Sims, I grant thee 500 points in the awesome department.

[@Epicasfuk]

Love your tone sir.. keep on keep'n on

[@BrianPicchi]

How did I miss this one? Awesome-looking game!

[@GeNGiM]

The choice of font at the thumbnail made me read it "Realms of Chads" at first glance.

[@asatru_8888]

DAMNIT!!! this game looked so much better when i was a kid. I used to love this shit!

[@AdventureReviews]

Great review as always!! You keep picking the classics others ignore for some reason :)

[@LGR]

@Lachlant1984 It's pretty standard for a CD-ROM games from the mid-90's: 486 or a Pentium, 2x CD-ROM, 8MB RAM, SVGA video, MS-DOS

[@NimDod]

Great Review!

[@ArchaicStigma]

That scream is well digitized!

[@N0sferat66]

Awesome review as usual Gonna pick that game up right now. Maybe consider reviewing Hocus Pocus? It's also a platform game made my apogee software. I've had (still have) loads of fun playing it over and over again. Just timeless.

[@alexanderveritas]

*”Just don’t get too far ahead, either.”* (eerie silence) *_”It dosen’t work.”_* That felt strange.

[@aminoacida1710]

Worth mentioning that is it possible to real time save and quick load. And there are cheat codes to get out of desperate situations.

[@hobocamptheater]

makes me think of the HVGN statement about journey to silius "almost nothing new but almost everything... perfect."

[@nesnahprotsdam]

Ever tried the game named Solar Winds? One of the few games that is still crystal clear in my mind.

[@shorty1k]

@nesnahprotsdam Solar Winds!! Thanks for refreshing my memory!

[@Thekinggamelon]

you can really tell how violent looks this game, still, looks great

[@zerok116]

i remember this game, the shareware came with the duke nukem installer. good times. (i love you apogee

[@LGR]

@Bakemon13 I have not, but got interested recently when looking for older Naughty Dog games after playing Uncharted and Way of the Warrior for the first time lately

[@CokenOpi]

never heard of this game, looks cool im glad u liked it

[@LGR]

@nesnahprotsdam I have, it's been many years thought. That's a sort of free-roaming top-down space shooter by Epic from what I remember. Never tried it too much, may have to give it another go

[@TheColdest247]

I had forgot the name of this fine game, I use to own the demo which rocked

[@zypher357]

Was specifically looking to watch this video and searches on youtube for "lgr - realms of chaos", and the like were not bringing it up. Had to look it up on patreon and follow the link here. Weird.

[@lesainte2101]

The RSAC rates Rise of the Triad as Wanton. Why don't we use this rating system instead of the ESRB?

[@nesnahprotsdam]

@phreakindee Indeed it is, it does have a storyline to it, but there are also a bunch of events that only appears when you go to certain locations. The part i remember best is the energy-management system, very complex for such a small game. Try it, if not for anything else, but the nostalgia :)

[@darkfinch99]

lol this game shares animations with hocus pocus

[@leoviper]

This game looks fun... And the intro is fucking awesome!

[@UndefinedNerd]

1:08 - Proof of Lazy Gamer being a superhero

[@lucetubegplusstillsux2678]

This game sort of Reminds me atmospherically of Super Castlevania 4 on the SNES, especially with the "get gem" sound effect being similar.

[@vhfgamer]

the warrior dude looks like simon belmont from castlevania just without the whip.

[@BigALittleARon]

I don't know that this actually counts as a spoiler, but in-game there's mention of how Realms of Chaos is in the same game universe as Paganitzu, but in the past. So they're still related. Also, weapon power-ups permanently enhance your default weapons, but only for the episode they're found in. They can make the sword practically go across the whole screen.

[@skinnyvinny3]

game looks LIVE to me! =)

[@Dushku]

I've been watching your videos starting from the beginning. I've heard you reference many times "ad lib music" as if that's a thing. However, when I try to look up what that is, I don't seem to find anything pertaining to computer video game music. Can you explain what it is that you're referring to please?

[@LGR]

Dushku I've actually made videos on explaining that :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jojVi2qui6-kesk

[@Dushku]

Lazy Game Reviews Cool. Thanks for the info. As a kid/teen, I went from a Vic 20 to a CoCo 3 to a slot 1 Pentium III. So by time I got into components of that sort, everything was SoundBlaster. Needless to say, I find most of your videos thus far educational and entertaining for this reason.

[@LGR]

@kinmanyuen Indeed they did. I guess since they published HP as well as RoC (in America at least) they felt it was all good :)

[@LivingInTheLimeligh7]

Your so good at reviewing that i think you deserve more views, almost as much as AVGN

[@bean420man]

whatever happened to Apogee? they made some great games back in the day. just take the water reflections and just overall look of this game.

[@SmeddyTooBestChannel]

Nice use of the force on the manual.

[@Lachlant1984]

I was a huge fan of Apogee Software games in the mid 90's, most of the games I played were shareware versions like Duke Nukem I and II, Comander Keen, Mystic Towers, Rise Of The Triad, and of course Wolfenstein 3D, OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've not played this one however, I really like the look of this one. What sort of specifications do you need for this one?

[@A_Player]

can you review hercules for dos?its one of the games i actually quite got stuck a lot,but now im better at it

[@psiqueatog666]

I cant agree more. Difficult but charming game.

[@crocoteer]

4:13 nice reflection effect. Never seen (or don't remember seeing) any back then in pc games (or for any other port for that matter).

[@jeradpaulson771]

4:13

[@WeirdWonderful]

Finished this one two days back. Only learned about it through your video and like with Zeliard I really enjoyed it. Mind you, the Golem boss in Episode 2 can go die in a hole. Seriously, that shit is near impossible without some well timed cheating >: P

[@dowingba]

You just described Demon's/Dark Souls.

[@jasonz7788]

Awesome thanks 👍

[@Terf1988]

For those interested, it was re-released on GOG.com today for 5.99 (w/ soundtrack)

[@ComandanteJ]

This game was haaaaaard, man.

[@Punk93Metal]

Got here from the Bolt Thrower album of the same name. Game doesn’t look too shabby either ;)

[@viinikellari]

the intro scream sounds like dying in doom hmm...

[@jakomeisselitulppa]

+Jussi .Karasti Yes it does actually might be a stock sound?

[@Quarantineism]

Nothing beats Apogee.

[@raafmaat]

you know there is a cable between the computer and the monitor right? You can plug that cable into a recorder also ;)

[@mcgillaz3672]

Where did your theme music come from?!

[@magnusm4]

have you played dungeon keeper because its hard to get but its one of the best strategy games ive ever seen. EVEN better then todays games

[@cameronblaze92]

When you grab items it makes the exact same noise I get when I get a text message lol

[@spidermcgavenport8767]

This happened in castlevania dos version of Simon's quest.

[@spidermcgavenport8767]

Prince of Persia, black throne! not made at the same time but worth mentioning.

[@VintageJunior]

The Sims Neighbourhood Theme 2/3. But enough with the smartassing. Yet, neat review again! Apparently you only either review good older games or bad newer games ;)

[@bjblaze92]

are u for real?? castlevania 4(and 3) are my favs in the genre. if so, i oughtta get the full game now!

[@Igorsov]

A year later Diablo was released. What a great technological leap forward it was.

[@Joninexamgraduate]

I had no idea that LGR was a Jedi.

[@LGR]

@ZombiexPanic I should really! I really hope to, someday.

[@keiyakins]

it uses ctrl, alt, and arrow keys for controls. I lasted until I accidentally flipped my screen on its side before giving up :(

[@raafmaat]

OMG! did you only just figure it out now because of my comment? That would be awesome, seeing the comment is 7 months old! haha! anyway, glad to help, btw, for some games to run i need to press ctrl-f12 a few times (cycle speed) I just drag the .exe to Dosbox, it freezes.. then i press ctrl-12 as many times until it begins to run! :)

[@VikingBoyBilly]

You could switch the characters? I thought when you picked one at the beginning, you were stuck with that one character the whole way through.

[@dustmighte]

I remember playing a leaked beta of this! Sadly can barely recall it -- I think you had to provide a password to start it?

[@Jshaw71]

Hey good review, interesting ides for the male/female switch, I may have to check this game out, for sure, as the game looks pretty cool, and while I get the liking the image of blood spattering, as an enemy dies, or is killed, I like the image of an enemy falling, and decomposing into a skeleton, for an enemy death, like other games have done, but that's just me...

[@BelatedGamer]

What games do that? All I can think of off the top of my head is Shantae and Ghosts and Goblins.

[@Jshaw71]

Not many, no, I guess it's extra work, but a nice effect, IMO...

[@TarlZaralka]

Ahh RSAc how I've missed you so, why have you left us.

[@supergoofy123]

It's now available on GOG.com

[@U014B]

Why is there so much video time after the end?

[@speedysandisk78]

No realistic objects were harmed during the making of this video.

[@MarkTheMorose]

Randomly arrived here just days past the video's 10th birthday. Happy birthday, LGR video.

[@Kreyowitz]

No, wait, I think I Know what he's talking about! I had the Shareware version of this game and I remember you could only choose one character, and the only reason I remember that is because the screen where it shows what they like/hate are turned on to, was burned into my brain. I always remembered how useless the info was.

[@AzumiRM]

When I was in my first college, doing my Diploma in Business and IT, there was a CPU called the Cyrix... what came of the company who produced this? people went wild for it for a little time but it just seemed to vanish from the scene and leave just AMD and Intel.

[@Bazzilic]

Did you really make a reference to Hieronymus Bosch?

[@capacamaru]

WTF is with the constant lightning bolts from off screen?

[@wesleybcrowen]

Half-Life 2 must be really violent.. towards "realistic objects" such as crates. By the way, this game kicks-rear side of the "realistic objects"!

[@1994dukenukem]

@rybarczykbr It wasn't reverse he just has the FORCE