Castle Chaos

I don't know why Classic Rampart isn't on Steam, but this is close. If you could edit the control buttons the game would be a lot more fun.

Great little game here, lot of fun with friend or two

I enjoyed it. The controls took a bit of getting used to, and could do with some polishing up. They're a bit choppy, but not unplayable. I've beaten the medium computer several times now using WADS/ER, and i'm liking the team play options. Wish the dev team would update it some, as it's missing some minor amenities, such as a victory/defeat song.

What a shambles. I used to love Rampart back on the SNES in the 90s so I was stoked to try this. How can they implement a 25 year old game WORSE than it was originally??

First up, your choice is fullscreen or not fullscreen. With the not-fullscreen option being "well, I'm technically in a window, but it's a window as big as your screen. And no, you can't resize it by dragging. Ha!".

Secondly, start a game: "Place cannons." OK, I can move the cursor around my castle with WASD, but when I get it in the position I want, how do I actually PLACE the cannon? Left click? No. Right click? No. Enter? No. Space? No. Oh look, the timer's run out and I have to fight with no cannons. Cheers.

Basically,. a bunch of cowboys with no clue how to make games saw an old classic and thought, "hey, let's cobble together some old sh*t and make a few quid from nostalgia, shouldn't take more than half an hour of coding."

I would recommend this game for the type of people who just want to have a nice multiplayer brawl! It is now currently unsupported but its still a nice game for friday night pizza with friends!!!

If you came to this game expecting something like Rampart, well, it is generally, but not nearly as well-polished. The pieces are too big, it seems to take two hits to destroy a wall, cannons don't build up turn from turn but require capturing additional castles to get, and there's no single-player. It's just not nearly as good a game as Rampart, which was the whole reason I bought it.

I bought this thinking it would be as good as Rampart (Arcade or Console). The controls aren't nearly the same. You can only use the "wasd" keys and "er" for rotation. And with controllers or a joystick, you have to tap very fast to get where you want. It feels awful, and I couldn't even win a match against the computer because of these awful controls. Unless the dev team adds mouse or better controls, this game is not worth purchasing. You're better off buying any version of Rampart on console. It's sad because Rampart is one of my favorite games, and I was really looking forward to a decent remake to play against other friends that loved it back in the day.

Simple but well executed. This game is in my top tier for 4-player couch games.

This game would be a "DO NOT RECOMMEND" even if the price was $0.50

I don't know where they get off charging ~$9 for this other than to create the illusion that it deserves shelf space among similarly-priced games.

This game is as rudimentary as you can get. What you see in the screenshots is it.

And the flood-fill algorithm the game uses (the crucial programming thing behind the scenes that determines whether you surrounded your towers in an unbroken chain of walls) itself is broken.

In a kind way I'd say this game is a crude proof-of-concept. If I was being more realistic I'd say it's a bad game that doesn't deserve to be on Steam.

Update Note: This game has been abandoned with no posts, explanations, or updates from the Devs for well over a year. Only purchase if you think it's really worth it in it's current state.


I have had Castle Chaos for about a year now and have only played it for about 2 hours. On my scale, one should get much more playtime than 2 hours from an $8 game. If it were $1-$3, I might recommend it, but at the base of $8, it's not worth it.

The concept itself is okay, and the game looks well made and smooth. Achievements are nice and set some goals to accomplish. It does only have partial controller support, which is unfortunate, because it seems easy enough to add full support. Currently you can only aim/attack/rotate with a controller, not use any menu options, settings, start the game, etc.

Castle Chaos could definitely use updates to add some variation and more maps, cannon types, gamemodes, and things along those lines. The developer has done a solid job up until this point, but there have been no updates and the game is missing a ton of potential. Add more fun options or ideas to the game and this might become a positive review.

We were told online multiplayer would be added quite a while ago, which sounds great, but I would honestly just like some kind of update, I don't care if it's new items and maps or new larger features like online multiplayer. Devs, please take into consideration expanding your game into something that doesn't have completely linear gameplay.

Overall, it isn't a terrible game, but it's definitely overpriced with a noticeable lack of features, resulting in a game I'll rarely touch. Hopefully I can look forward to updates in the near future.

3.5/10

Great little multiplayer game for when you have company. It's a hoot, easy to learn and is a very small time commitment.

I don't get it....I wall myself in.....no openins.....and I lose the match even when fully walled in....like...I rarely put up a review but the addiction that others are saying...I don't see how it can be legit

I've spent hours playing Rampart with friends and consider myself a veteran of the original. My comments here are based upon both the original Rampart game and Castle Chaos as it's own unique game.
The Good:
+ Very similar to the original Rampart
+ Fun to play by self or elbow to elbow with comrad
+ 4 players, not 3 like Rampart
+ The gnomes add a fun and irritating element to the game
+ No huge investment of time needed to learn and master
+ Most of the gameplay elements are easily adjustable from main menu
+ Statistics feature
+ Catchy theme music is a perfect compliment to the original

The Not so Good:
- The odd psedo pixilization of the wall shapes makes it difficult to visually manipulate each piece when repairing or building walls. Ie: the pieces blend together and appear as one while moving them next to one another. The original Rampart the pieces were simple solid colors. An option to use solid color shapes with outlines would be my preference. This issue alone is nearly a deal breaker for me.
- No online mulitplayer capability (yet)
- Only ONE map? really? The original had at least 2 or 3 as I recall.
- The clouds don't appear to have any purpose other than asthetics. I could be wrong here.
- No mouse support. I understand the unbalanced advantage a person would have if playing a local battle with friends with only 1 person using a mouse. At least in single player battles the mouse should be an option.

Suggestions:
* A detailed recap of how the score is tallied up after each round. This would be helpful so players know where their points are derived and what they might focus on with the next round.
* Rework the graphics overall. Either make them 8-bit, 16-bit or semi modern. The current look is a mish mash that isn't pleasing to the eye, IMHO.
* The game just ends after the last round isn't much of a spectacle. Maybe there could be some sort of a bonus round or double points thing, or maybe a target round shooting at moving targets. Just ranting on how to kick it up a notch here.

Overall the game is fun and definetely worth the pricetag, especially if you catch it on sale. Kudos to Odd Comet Games for rehashing an old classic with a few new twists.

Super addictive game - As soon as one of the AI Bots beat me I couldn't help but play again! Looking forward to more features in the feature!

Cant figure out how to make multiplayer work, There are no options for it.

Buttons do not do what they say they do in the instructions...

Dosent seem to be as described on the site.

The other reviews posted here dont make sense to me since Mutiplayer isnt an option in the game from what I can find along with the fact i cant rotate pieces when in the placing phase...

I do not recomend this game...

Avoid... Ill update one day if I can possibly recomend this game...

You have fun until you get tired of the crummy keyboard controls. I'm not sure if difficult controls are part of the game's design, but I think the game should allow you to use a mouse and, also, play with people online.

REVISION: EVERYBODY VOTE FOR ONLINE MULTIPLAYER AT THIS LINK! http://oddcometgames.com/#/game/castlechaos

Revision 2: It got the votes it needed, and it has been an entire year, and online multiplayer still has not been added. I feel abandoned by the developers, so I am changing my recommendation to no.

I am leaving a positive review for this game because it is potential. It was just released, but I feel as though I cannot fully enjoy this game without online multiplayer. The gameplay is just like rampart, which is a game I love. I have tried playing multiplayer with remote access, which works, but it has a delay. I want the game to do well so the developers add content. People don't really play local multiplayer on computers unless it is LAN.

My positive rating is because I think the original Rampart arcade game from 1990 is awesome. This game is quite similar, but with much less impressive graphics and sound. It should be easily possible to meet or exceed the graphics and sound of a game that is 25 years old. Keep going, make it as cool as the arcade game! Add some flashiness, some excitement to go with the core gameplay!

Here is a link to the arcade game which is still much flashier than this steam game (buy it anyway, encourage the developers to keep improving it):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvxcW3aXwjw

Its really bad, doesn't explain anything!

Its abit simple

The thing that i dislike about it is things happened on their own without explanation or being innately obvious. For example it went into the next phase without warning or me pressing a button for it to continue into the next phase.

fun and addicting! brings back memories of when i was a kid and played rampart!