Dinosaur Chess - Learn to Play! for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By iHeartTech

  Can't see the top buttons.

  I bought this game for my 5 year old to satisfy his interest in Chess, but the gameplay is way too difficult! I can't make the AI easier, only decrease the amount of game pieces on the game board - with still the same difficulty. He got discouraged and so did I. The game illustration is also so large; I am assuming it is cutting off the exit button? because I cannot exit to the main menu, only force quit and re-open. I give this game 3 stars, however, because the graphics, sound, and lessons are stimulating to my son... please fix the buttons and add an eaiser AI option and I'll update to 5 stars. Thank You

  
  
• By racoon21

  Still buggy

  I can tell that the producers of this app put a lot of time into developing the content. Honestly a lot of the game is really fun and kept my 6 year olds attention. But little details are so buggy that it makes this game unplayable. For example, when doing the training it is literally impossible to move from one level to the next… you have to go back, exit to the main menu and then click on the next level. And when you click on the buttons you need to make sure that you are clicking right in the middle of the button because if you are on the sides, but within the circle, it doesn't register. So frustrating to see that all the effort is down the drain due to such tiny little bugs. All it would take is a few hours of time by a good programmer to make this a great app.

  
  
• By Rugratflyer

  Great game, but display issues need to be fixed

  My 5 year old loves the lessons and the game, but she is unable to exit from a game without closing the program and restarting due to display issues. There is no main menu or close option displayed on the screen of my Pc regardless of what screen resolution I use. I loaded the program on a desktop computer and it appears that the close option is just outside the display range of the Pc. I would easily give 5 stars if the display issues were corrected.

  
  
• By Tooberand

  Solid Basics

  Great intro for children to the pieces of chess, their abilities, and value. Doesn't go much beyond that besides three or four basic strategy pointers. Levels of difficulty for play are accomplished by limiting pieces rather than the computer's best move formula. Only dislike is that my child's screen is 1024x768 and on that resolution the menu options overlap the board so when trying to select certain corner squares (especially the upper left) one ends up navigating the menus rather than selecting the square. If that were to be fixed I'd give it an extra star.

  
  

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