20140509:
Rocketbirds was initially fun to play. However, while the different guns were neat, the movement and gameplay sometimes felt too simple.
Compared to Shank (PC) (2010), this game was boring. However, Rocketbirds had arguably better cutscenes and story than Shank.
Speaking of the game's story, I wish that there had been more voice acting. When the cardinals began speaking in strange cluck sounds with text bubbles in English, I had become unsatisfied.
Getting back to the fighting, the main strategy seemed to be to just crouch and shoot. While the player occasionally has the opportunity to hide against the wall, the AI rarely walks past the player, which makes the mechanic of hiding a useless feature.
Another problem with the fighting is that getting flanked by enemies from behind is a pain in the butt. Due to the simplicity of the game, the seemingly only working solution is to reposition the player character to the right or left of all the enemies on the screen. In contrast, the protagonist in Shank can shoot in both directions for combos; not only is this mechanic useful in dealing with being flanked, it also feels satisfying to execute.
There is one point in Rocketbirds where I, the player, gained a skill to control the enemy. This is often used as a puzzle mechanic in which the I needed to figure out how to control an enemy in order to progress in the game. While neat, this certain did not make up for the game's flaws.
Overall, while Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken was appealing from a story point of view, the gameplay wasn't as interesting as I would have liked. For that reason, I only played so much of it before stopping and would think twice before recommending it to someone. I would, however, like to give the game another chance for its co-op mode.
[20140509 Assumed Post Date][20190630 Edit]
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken (PC) (2012)
Relevant Links:
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken (Wikipedia.org)
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken (PC) (Metacritic.com)
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken (Steam Store Page)
Rocketbirds was initially fun to play. However, while the different guns were neat, the movement and gameplay sometimes felt too simple.
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| Hide from enemies. |
Compared to Shank (PC) (2010), this game was boring. However, Rocketbirds had arguably better cutscenes and story than Shank.
Speaking of the game's story, I wish that there had been more voice acting. When the cardinals began speaking in strange cluck sounds with text bubbles in English, I had become unsatisfied.
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| Your enemy. |
Getting back to the fighting, the main strategy seemed to be to just crouch and shoot. While the player occasionally has the opportunity to hide against the wall, the AI rarely walks past the player, which makes the mechanic of hiding a useless feature.
Another problem with the fighting is that getting flanked by enemies from behind is a pain in the butt. Due to the simplicity of the game, the seemingly only working solution is to reposition the player character to the right or left of all the enemies on the screen. In contrast, the protagonist in Shank can shoot in both directions for combos; not only is this mechanic useful in dealing with being flanked, it also feels satisfying to execute.
There is one point in Rocketbirds where I, the player, gained a skill to control the enemy. This is often used as a puzzle mechanic in which the I needed to figure out how to control an enemy in order to progress in the game. While neat, this certain did not make up for the game's flaws.
Overall, while Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken was appealing from a story point of view, the gameplay wasn't as interesting as I would have liked. For that reason, I only played so much of it before stopping and would think twice before recommending it to someone. I would, however, like to give the game another chance for its co-op mode.
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| Shoot 'em out of the air! |
[20140509 Assumed Post Date][20190630 Edit]
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken (PC) (2012)
Relevant Links:
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken (Wikipedia.org)
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken (PC) (Metacritic.com)
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken (Steam Store Page)
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| Time for "some jetpaction." |
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