First thing's first: The music...
.... is shite. It's plain and simple and the first thing I wanted to get off my chest. The music is absolutely unbearably shite. The first thing that comes to mind, looking at the screenshots and realizing it's a sword and sorcery game, are definitely not some generic tunes that sound like they belong in a childrens jump 'n run game. At it's best, the music sounds like a bad version of the bowsers castle theme in the original Mario bros. games. That said, the rest of the game is pretty great. Realms of Chaos is a fairly straightforward action platformer, set in a fantasy world, every 80s and 90s child could dream of. You fight awesome enemies, like catpeople (Putting out fire with gasoline) with maces and swords, wolves, lizards, skeletons, golems and, and of course, annoying bats, with your sword and magic, which you can upgrade by collecting enough loot. The levels are, like I said, pretty straight forward, so seldom is there any backtracking that needs to be done. But that doesn't mean that it's a walk in the park. The game can be pretty unforgiving at times, especially in the later levels and in the bossfights, which you have to try over and over again, until you eventually find its weakness or learn the pattern. But defeating a boss, after dying 20+ times and closing the game in frustration, feels pretty rewarding.
So if you want an action game that screams cheesy 80s fantasy, you are willing to fail a few times, and you turn the godawful music off and listen to your own powermetal playlist, this game is worth every second and every failed attempt.
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