Throw in icy patches, sticky honey, rotating buzz saws and literal wrecking balls, and sometimes your own worst enemy are your own twitchy fingers. You're never quite sure if you can make that jump, or if you have to double hop once you land. All playable animal characters control the same, which is to say they're all a bit too floaty, with controls that are a bit too loose, likely the end product of the completely open architectural possibilities in the game. While there are only 12 levels, the degree of complexity allowed in them varies greatly, and the sheer number of possibilities for configuring each means that the only limit to the fun is you and your friends’ imagination.Īdding to the general chaos that ensues when four adversaries are trying to build a world together is the wacky physics underpinning the whole endeavor.
If someone has placed a saw right in your path, you can pop a set of stairs right on top of it to eliminate the danger. If someone places a wooden plank to bridge a gap, you can attach a sticky gear to it that will cause it to rotate endlessly, making that passage much more perilous. There is a huge variety of objects you can pick, and a near infinite number of ways you can combine them to create larger, more complex contraptions. Thankfully, you’re also given items that can destroy already-placed objects that make it impossible to win. It’s a fine balancing act, and one that can easily descend into chaos if the folks you’re playing with aren’t as cooperative as you’d like. Or Squirrel, Elephant, Raccoon or a number of other playable animals. It’s all about trying to trick your friends while giving yourself the advantage you need to become the Ultimate Chicken. Additional opportunities to score can come from successfully killing someone with one of your traps, being the first across the goal, being the only one across, or even getting there posthumously. Each player who makes it to the finish line (assuming at least one player failed) is given points.
You can’t be too devious, either, because if nobody reaches the finish line, nobody gets any points. You can’t be too helpful, because if everyone reaches the finish line, nobody gets any points.
You’re also able to pick from a variety of traps designed to keep everyone (except, preferably, you) from reaching their goal. Before each turn, every player is allowed to pick from a box of goodies a various assortment of objects that will help everyone get to the finish line. Up to four players can join a level, each of which begin as a mostly blank slate, with nothing but a starting point, a goal and a huge gaping maw in between. Ultimate Chicken Horse, by Clever Endeavor Games, is both a cooperative and multiplayer platforming party game. Or maybe I just really don't like my friend Aaron. Or, at least that’s how I rationalize my love for Ultimate Chicken Horse, the new party game that’s all about being a jerk to your friends. Sometimes nothing fills you with glee quite like watching a buddy fall victim to your machinations, cursing your name as you cackle like an idiot. Challenge levels can be created and played alone, but unlocking characters and levels requires playing one of the main game modes (like Party Mode) which are only multiplayer.Sometimes (not all the time, only sometimes), the most fun you can have with friends is finding creative ways to burn, embarrass or sabotage them. Please note: this is primarily a multiplayer game. Play as a chicken, horse, sheep, raccoon and other wonderful animals.Shared controller mode to play multiplayer with one controller or keyboard.Huge library of blocks to create an infinite variety of levels.Compete for global best times on Challenge levels across all platforms.Unique game flow, from strategic block placement to twitch control platforming.Online and local play for up to 4 players.If you can make it but your friends can't, you score points! Play online or locally with your animal buddies and experiment with a wide variety of platforms in all sorts of strange locations to find new ways to mess with your friends. Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer where you and your friends build the level as you play, placing deadly traps before trying to reach the end of the level. Ever wish you were a wall-jumping, arrow-dodging, trap-setting horse, besting your animal pals in a race through a peril-laden obstacle course that you all built together?
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