Amiga Longplay [310] The Chaos Engine 2

[sscham]

The Art of Ultimate Trolling in Co-Op Multiplayer

[ReyVGM]

Does anyone know the name of last boss? Is that the Baron?

[cubex55]

@ReyVGM

Baron Fortesque (same boss as in Chaos Engine)

[blazikenowen]

YOU FOOLS YOU SET ME FREE....but I dunno what the point in being free is because the series dies after this crappy ending to this crappy game and we vanish into the darkness

[warwick2155]

such great music, shame its not as well done as the original but still a great looking and sounding game

[warwick2155]

Where can I buy this amiga disk??

[Namqula]

i had no idea there was a 2nd game untill i saw this.

[smitty2482]

i had no idea theyre was a 2nd chaos engine

[webohify]

I guess not getting a complete megadrive version wasn't a big loss.

[webohify]

A pity, the megadrive version wasn't completed.

[Happitec]

I remember rushing on and buying this game on release. I was very disappointed, I just couldn't get into it like the first game.

[Oxyster7]

They should have released them in reverse order, then it would look like they were trying to make it better.

[CommanderMeaty]

it's only on amiga?

[cubex55]

@CommanderMeaty

yep

[CommanderMeaty]

@cubex55 is it available for buying a digital copy at any legal form?

[cubex55]

@CommanderMeaty

Nope

[blazikenowen]

@cubex55 was on sega genesis to but didnt work properly I dont think

[madcapoperator]

I dunno what to make of this tbh, but mainly filled with intrigue because i absolutely love the first chaos engine game and it is indeed my favourite game on the amiga overall. Awful load times though...

[Chukkz2]

Okay I never played this, I liked the original game and saw this in the store (the Amiga market for games was almost dead then) but decided for Worms instead.

The music is very dragging and I think the whole game looks... sluggish. I would have to try it out but the video does not make me want to. Compare it to the Woods level in CE1, the music was very driving and the action fastpaced without being unfair. It pumped you up and you wanted to play. This just... makes you go "whatever" and shrug.

[izvarzone]

I never played Chaos Engine 2, but 1st part it was first game ever for me (I was 8 years old).

There is no intro?

And why game load so long?

[TheAmcio]

its ocs or aga? CE2 is other game than CE1 and its still good game I like CE2 too.

[Muffinthraka]

The face on the loading screen is seriously freaking me out.

[fredsta786]

i dont like the level design n the split screen thing about chaos engine 2. 1st one is miles better!

[dead2machine]

does anyone know where i can download the music from CE2?

[cubex55]

Check our channel FAQ - there you find links for that :)

[kragle2008]

download rom for emulator.. then go into WinUAE optiions.. output then pro wizard button, it might rip the .mod file then u can play in madtracker or modplayer

[rmzalbar]

Crap ending? Who cares about the ending? It's about playing the game.

Endings are always bad - it means the fun is over.

I liked the tongue-in-cheek "screw u, fanboi" style ending.

[cubex55]

Crap ending compared to the original game ;)

[rmzalbar]

wellll....

Okay, yeah, I'll give you that. The original had a better ending :)

[rmzalbar]

So It wasn't that good, but I'm glad the gameplay wasn't "identical to Chaos Engine 1."

I mean - that was a great game, but it's been done. I hate sequels that are nothing more than a level pack. Time for something..different.

[stupedpindos]

he wasn't already set free in the first?

[retronostalgic]

Is this the Aga or ecs version?

[cubex55]

AGA/ECS versions were identical afaik.

[retronostalgic]

I remember there being two versions in the same box (6 disks in total) The aga one had improved graphics and sound...

[EvilFranky]

Well AGA machines had the same sound hardware as the OCS/ECS machines.

[retronostalgic]

Yes but 2mb of ram to play with for better sound

[retronostalgic]

Well done to the bitmaps for getting this one out at the last minuite in 1996...

[CelldwellerX]

At least the music is still great.

[ReZ2436]

Loading time are terrible too !

[Shorty02Jones]

Another one I played the hell outta. Glad I never finished it, I would of been even more pissed to go through all that for that ending.

Thanks for saving my time

[madowl85]

From what I remember, this game had huge levels of hype (The One Amiga magazine dedicated about 27 pages of preview coverage over several issues, before it ceased to exist), was scheduled for an Easter 1995 release, but didn't come out until Christmas '96, to hugely overrated scores (Amiga Format gave it 85%, which was at least 50% too much). It ruined the concept of the first game, and whoa, that ending. Oh dear. Illogical final boss, and amusingly terrible final scene! A big shame.

[Sodowar]

Very disappointing sequel...

[DDRKhat]

YOU FOOLS YOU SET ME FREE! MUHAHAHA

[foxfriedman]

is this not on the megadrive?

[cubex55]

Nope - this is the original Amiga version - the Megadrive version of CE2 only exists as never released unfinished ROM :)

[foxfriedman]

damn, i love the music in this but the gameplay could have been better. shame they didnt fully release it

[Anastaniel]

Hello,

nice Game!! Nice Video !!!i have played Chaos Engine 1 on Amiga till to the end. Came the second part out on a another System then Amiga??

[cubex55]

Nope, but theres an unfinished Beta version for Megadrive :)

[Anastaniel]

Thank you verry much for this quick anserd.

[cubex55]

Kein Problem ;)

[LiquidFilter]

wth, CE2 is total crap, you can actualy hit your partner?? wth it's suposed to be a coop game. Good basic ideas (like mini quests and items) but very bad application. and yes, the game ending is pure bull! as if they wanted to make a third instalment

[CFkimahri]

I just remebered the ending of the original CE.

wow ScHlAuChi your right the ending make absolutly NO sense... what the hell were the BMB thinking!?!

[SteveBeck]

Man, I can't believe how much CE2 sucked!! I'm glad I never bought it

[Sodowar]

I did at the time.

Big mistake !!!

[LuamJuice]

the original is one of my favorites but this ine was really generic.....not anywhere near as good as the first one

[listeningtofire]

To be fair, at least they tried to do something a bit different... It's just a shame they discarded a lot of what made the original great in favour of the 'puzzle' element. Although I never understood why in a puzzle game you actually got TOLD what to do before the level started (!?) Surely half the fun would be to work it out yourself... and yeh the ending is total nonsense.

[chumsy84]

Wow, I just realized that there are no weapon powerups and each player shoots the same kind of bullet - this is a travesty to the original.

[chumsy84]

7:16 - get circuit from opponent, lol.

Man they really killed the coop in this one.

[badfex]

Oh dear, this looks like such a disappointment :'(

I'm glad I never heard of it before actually. Z was the Bitmap brothers last good game and then I think they just vanished. Oh yeah and lol at the ending!

[ULTIMARAGNAR0K]

This was the demise ofthe Bitmap Brothers!