Collosal Destruction and Mayhem
 The goal of the game General Choas is to get a friend to play it with you so you don't have to play the horrendous single-player mode. One of the lamest single-player games ever, General Chaos never got the good reviews, publicity, or push from Electronic Arts to make it wide spread. When played in co-op mode with two or more players, the game suddenly springs to life. Two players can take on the computer, or go against two others. Each player controls two soldiers who specialize in a certain kind of weapon, which is the cause of quarrel between  the players as they whine and complain about not being able to control the soldier with their favorite weapon. The CPU is often challenging, as their drones seem to be able to take twice as much damage as yours. The AI seems to have a brain fart every once in a while, as they randomly decide to recall all of their drones into one corner of the screen in a big pile, giving you the opportunity to light 'em all up simultaneously with a flamethrower, or blow them all to smithereens with a stick of dynamite or a grenade.
| | General Chaos | Graphics: 3
There is nothing here in the way of graphics that would allow this game to stand up against the games of today. Even though the graphics may not be quite so high-falootin, there definitely is some aesthetic pleasure in watching little cartoon enemies burn into a little pile of ash. |
Playability: 6
If we were to factor in the horrible one-player mode into the playability ranking we would have to invent a new word to describe how putrid it would be. Let us then never speak of it again, pretend that it doesn't exist and focus on two player mode. Especially while just learning the game, it is as hard as all get-out to aim. This is because the computer aims for you. I think that the CPU is trying to aim your weapen at the nearest enemy, but it must be some definition of the word 'near' that I am unfamiliar with as sometimes you will find yourself back to back with an enemy, rapidly pressing the fire button and yelling, "TURN AROUND! YOU MOTHER @#@# TURN THE @#@#$ AROUND YOU @#@#$!" The fact that the entire screen freezes whenever a fistfight occurs can be quite frusterating. Another frusterating little item in the game is when you slip in a mud puddle that appears to be 3-4 feet away. Overall, once you get used to the little quirks of the game the playability becomes less of an issue, and the ability to control two soldiers at once is a neat option and was done very nicely. |
Fun Factor: 6.5
The game should never be played in one player mode, however in two and four player mode it is a blast, and definitely can stand up among the greatest games of all time in that category. |
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publicity, or push from Electronic Arts to make it wide spread. When played in co-op mode with two or more players, the game suddenly springs to life. Two players can take on the computer, or go against two others. Each player controls two soldiers who specialize in a certain kind of weapon, which is the cause of quarrel between 
the players as they whine and complain about not being able to control the soldier with their favorite weapon.