Peter VS Giant Chicken

Intellectual property parade

Reviewed by NegativeONE from negativeflash.com

It's hard to go about writing this review in any manner other than listing the problems with it and explaining why there should be no reason to play it. I even fought to approach the game with an objective viewpoint, free from my bias against games that mooch off of popular intellectual property. But it turned out that's all the game really had.

The first thing you'll notice about this bare-bones fighting game is that the creators didn't bother to write any AI, so you need two players to even give it a proper go. Beyond that, the mechanics are regrettable. They lack impact, there's no sense of a physics-based world, and the control doesn't do anything to bring the game together. I can give the author credit for adding platforming, which isn't considered a necessity in fighting games.

You won't find depth outside of the mechanics either. The only characters to play as are Peter and the Giant Chicken, both of which move and attack exactly the same anyway. There are three levels to choose from, but they offer nothing more than novel references to locations and jokes from the show. The best effort at variety in gameplay was the weapon upgrading. However, the fights were over so quickly that these upgrades were kind of moot.

The graphics were probably the most salvageable thing about the game, except that most of them were clearly drawn directly from the show. Same goes for the audio, which consists of low-quality and out-of-place samples.

I hate to write such a negative review, but the game lacks effort and intuition in every aspect. With more characters - perhaps some created by the author themself - and a lot more depth, this sort of game could be salvaged.

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