Technically an add-on instead of a real sequel, Chex Quest 2 was released in 1997 after being developed by Digital Café. Since the original Chex Quest is required to play the sequel, most gamers will probably be familiar with the premise before they begin play.
Chex Quest is a complete conversion of the wildly popular game Doom. Each weapon from doom was replaced with an identical counterpart in the Chex Quest series, but was called “zorchers” instead of guns. The object was to zorch the opposition.
Technically an add-on instead of a real sequel, Chex Quest 2 was released in 1997 after being developed by Digital Café. Since the original Chex Quest is required to play the sequel, most gamers will probably be familiar with the premise before they begin play.
Chex Quest is a complete conversion of the wildly popular game Doom. Each weapon from doom was replaced with an identical counterpart in the Chex Quest series, but was called “zorchers” instead of guns. The object was to zorch the opposition. The enemies from classic doom are replaced with a variety of oddities with same general attributes, but are called Flemoids. Many of the items located throughout the games, as well as their attributes, remained the same.
CQ is set on the
planet of Bazoik and the protagonist is a Chex Warrior. As the humorous title suggests, the warrior utilizes armour made from warped Chex cereal to defend himself from the Flemoids that he battles throughout the tale. He must make his way through a variety of levels beginning with the landing pad and ending in the Flemoid polluted underground caverns. In CQ2, our hero returns to his home planet, only to find that the Flemoids are there already. This adventure is very similar to the first instalment, beginning on the spaceport and winding up in the sewers, with many levels in between.
As your adventure begins, your warrior is equipped with only rudimentary objects. You can advance his abilities and firepower by picking up advanced weaponry around the maps. The Super bootspork and the rapid zorcher, for instance, replaced Doom’s chainsaw and chaingun. They are essentially the same weapons with names to match the Chex Quest 2’s theme.
The adventure is in first person mode with the view coming from over the warrior’s shoulder. It does have an alternate map mode, but the graphics are very poor, basic and geometrical. The three-dimensional fist person mode is much more exciting and playable. As it is, the graphics in the main game are low-level, but the game play itself is what the gamer will be concentrating on. With a constant barrage of enemies coming at you, you really don’t have time to check out the Flemoid’s eye colour or admire the architecture of the buildings you pass. So just keep the zorchers blazing and fight your way to salvation.
