That’s an easy one. Anything with “Battle” as a prefix is automatically better than something without.

Battle Chess, created by 3D0 is the clear victor over both BGE and Oddworld because of its revolutionary sound track and riveting game play. While BGE is a personal favorite, it is impossible to compare it to the majesty that is Battle Chess.

Easy, Chess is a game for intellects and the word battle implies you are strong so by playing Battle Chess by association you are both strong and smart. Awesome.

Battle Chess is the clear winner because it is the only game in which you can send an army to gang-bang the queen.

First off, I OWN a 3D0, and a copy of battle chess.

I remember when my parents used to lock me in the basement, Battle Chess was the only thing to keep me sane. It taught me how to kill. I then went on to kill my entire family. But I’ll be damned, my kitchen floor was checkered, so the chase was a bit weird, because I was a pawn. I could only move one square at a time. They cheated.

I eventually won.

Also: Battle Chess because serious.

Battle Chess is clearly superior to both Beyond good and evil and Oddworld because I have never heard of Battle Chess prior to this competition and science has proven that the worth of a game as a whole is inversely proportionate to the amount of knowledge one has about a game.

To wit: The statement “FF7 Sucks LOL” is prevalent because a lot of people know about FF7. Because people don’t know about FF6, the statement “FF6 Sucks LOL” is less existential and as such, it is the clearly superior game.

QED

That was easy. Now, where’s that Zebra Crossing, I need to prove that black is white.

Now, Imagine what I just said with Steven Fry’s voice and all the nice Bupa like Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy animations and have your mind set to “blown”.

The other two abused me as a child :(

Battle Chess…how I could ponder about the meaning of what exactly Battle Chess is. There is nothing else like it, an outsider in a outside world, a stranger in a strange land. While people can understand what Beyond Good and Evil and Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus are, there is no one who can understand just what Battle Chess is. Battle Chess…it’s just Battle Chess.

Battle Chess is far superior because once upon realizing that the king has TWO mustaches. Now one may argue that he has one mustache and a beard but with closer inspection, the bears is really a larger mustache that has migrated to make room for its lesser brood!

On a side not I hope all of these aren’t on PC because if my double lip hair theorem succeeds I’m gonna have to find a way to get those onto my Mac. But I still want them… all of them.

Anyone who ever plays Battle Chess will not be able to stop playing due to sheer enjoyment. Because the games are so bad, anyone who ever plays Beyond Good and Evil or Oddworld will not be able to stop playing due to brain rot and won’t be able to move.
So clearly if you don’t want brain rot Battle Chess is better.

Battle Chess is clearly the best of these games because it is available as a free download from here ;)

http://www.chesscentral.com/chess_download/battle_chess.htm

Does this post make me a filthy troll-ingrate?

Battle Chess is the best because I fucking said so.

DURRRHHHHH WARDROX SAYS THAT BATTLE CHESS IS BEST SO IT CLEARLY IS! DERP DERP DERP!

“Battle.” “Chess.”

’nuff said.

Because I played Beyond Good and Evil and it was shit.

Easy – its chess with destruction involved in it.

On a side note, I had Battle Chess as a kid and I loved it.

I’m taking the stance that Battle chess sucks.

And knowledge is half the battle.

um duh, it is chess, the greatest game ever created. Like some young, pretentious upstart medium like video games could challenge even a conversion of this age old champion.

I play chess only when im drunk, and it only furthers the fact that im a dumbass. Whereas the other two have no bearing upon my awesome when im sucking the floor at 5 in the morning.

Because 9 out of 10 male gigolos can’t tell the difference between Beyond Good and Evil, and Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus. But, they all know what Battle Chess is!

Why is Battle Chess better? Why is the sky blue and the grass green? These are not questions, just assumptions you think everyone would have. Lemme sum it up in a few words… YOU BATTLE!!!11!!! IN CHESS! IT CANT GET ANYMORE EXTREME!!!!!

Because Red Queen Is fucking insane. I mean seriously check this out, she has Abe and Jade hostage and there’s nothing that they can do but look on and watch Battle Chess own as she zaps some fool.

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Throughout history there has always been entertainment. Whether this entertainment has taken the form of simple cave paintings, grand and valiant gladiator battles, or the modern day television, regardless, man has divulged in it, reinvented it, and reformed it. Man has always sought to make his life more enjoyable, more exciting, and more invigorating, through his preferred form of entertainment.

Philosophers and physiatrists refer to this ,by Its Scandinavian given name, “Wonts Ehcelttab”. This ideal and invented by, none other than, the renowned science pioneer, Christopher Lambert. He conceived that mans only pure intention in life is to entertain and enlighten., through the expression of experience and emotion. These fields outlined in the Wonts Ehcelttab, divulge into the very heart of what we hold dear, and what we strive to be.
Lambert also cited, outside of the original documentation, that the purest forms of expression must be new, and not polluted by other examples of expression that came before it. This is because he theorized that if a man had seen another man’s expression, he would subconsciously try to emulate it, making his new form of expression simply a retread, and therefore less entertaining. Lambert also, at a press conference shortly before his death, said that Video Games are the next medium for this expression to progress along.
Lambert, and his followers, then decreed that games must convey: a sense of belonging, an atmosphere of emotion, a correlation to modern or past events, and a subjacent story line. The game ”Battle Chess” was a prime example of this progression. Released in 1988 by the prestigious developer “Interplay” the game Battle Chest was met with favorable reviews and was sought to be one of the genera’s most defining games. It proceeded to inspire countless remakes and spinoffs, a quality Lambert stated as a sign of good entertainment. It also won numerous awards, even after its original release. The game was truly a sight to behold in the gaming industry, But what made it so?
Battle chess was a modern retake on the classic game of chess. The game of chess has been around for thousands of years, and was representative of the conflicts lords faced in combat. The original chess game included a variety of pieces, each with its own individual set of moves, and each with its own individual appearance. Though this task was daunting to the developers, they were able to bring the complex game of chess to a computer. This was an act that was never thought to be possible, let alone accomplished by a small team of programmers. The product of such ambition was new and exciting for the whole world, and as defined by Lambert “ good entertainment”.
Battle Chess was also a plethora of cultural and historical references. The game was littered from head to toe with complex Ideals, and historical characters. For example: the artwork used by the bishop in- game was extremely similar to the trademark apparel of Pope Urban, A man who was questioned by the catholic church itself on the amount of power he held over the people. In the game, when the bishop takes a pawn, it depicts a ”Pope Urban-like” man crushing the pawn (who looks very much like a common peasant). This is obviously satirical of the abuse of the Catholic Church during the reformation. The game also calls out and makes references to modern film and literature, Including ”Monty Python“ and Huxley’s famous “Brave New World”. These references mean that it continues to fall in line with the Wonts Ehcelttab.
The game also Invokes feelings and emotions not found in other games. Battle Chess is presented in such a fashion that it forces the characters to relate to each pawn, each rook, and each bishop, causing the player to second-guess every move and every decision, for fear of losing one of his virtual characters. This is because it outlines every characters life in such a way that you cant help but feel empathy for each and every piece. It also causes the player to become emotionally torn whenever he needs to sacrifice a pawn, knowing that the last thing he will do, is to tell it to go to it gruesome death. These conflicting emotions, and advanced Ideals also speak truth to the, ever present, Wonts Ehcelttab.
When you compare a masterpiece like Battle Chess to any other game, you cannot hope to come to any other conclusion then the fact that it is better. Battle chess has every aspect found in the Wonts Ehcelttab, so any other entertainment can only be equal if it came out at the same time and covered all the bases as well. This is especially visible when compared to games ”Oddworld”, and “Beyond Good and Evil”. These two games have neither the Social references battle chess has, nor are they new concepts. They also came out years after battle chess, meaning that they are, in essence, a byproduct of Battle Chess’ existence, and are not good forms of entertainment.