Chicken Shoot is, put simply, a game featuring a lot of chickens that
have to be shot, and you're the one who's going to put them out of everyone's misery. And believe me true
that I can't make it any more simple than that. Oh, go on, then. It's not just chickens, but there are planes
and other things that fly or walk across your screen which
It's like the old Operation Wolf arcade game, but without the guns in which you can shoot things with
style. However, there's a similar level of challenge at times as the enemy just walks straight into your sights
and waits for you to split their brain in two.
Starting wth the graphics, they're not much to shout about. It's bog-standard 2D all the way and looks as
basic as the images show. And if you're wondering what's down there at the bottom, it's actually you as the
farmer, occasionally looking up to laugh heartedly as you blast the enemy into next week, but in these particular
shots it looks like... to be as polite as possible... a woman's private parts showing pink!
The sound effects are even less to champion and the gameplay is simply dull. Things fly across, you shoot them -
sometimes requiring a few hits rather than one to bring them down, and it's goodnight Vienna. In fact, it won't
be too long before it's goodnight to Chicken Shoot, especially since playing this on the DS feels like
Operation Wolf did in the ZX Spectrum as all you could do was press up/down/left/right and hit fire after
hoping your cursor slowly got there in time...
All that said, this is a game aimed for those of "3+", as per the front cover, but even still, whereas on the
Wii this will probably have a bit more longevity since you can point and shoot the Wiimote... there are still
far more interesting things to play on either platform.
GRAPHICS SOUND EFFECTS AND MUSIC PLAYABILITY ENJOYMENT
As of April 2009, Blu-rays and DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TH-37PX80B
37" Plasma TV with a Sony BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and played through a Yamaha DSP-AX820 amplifier.
PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
Since Jan 2011: Intel Quad Core Dell XPS 8100, i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80Ghz, 8Gb RAM, nVidia GeForce GTS 240, Windows 7
Since Nov 2005: Intel Pentium D 830 3.0Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb nVidia GeForce 6700XL, Windows XP
Since Aug 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.66Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb GeForce4 MX440 graphics, Windows XP
Since May 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.6Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb ATI Radeon 9600TX graphics, Windows XP
Since Jun 2002: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, 64Mb ATI Radeon 8500LE
Since May 2000: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
Starting wth the graphics, they're not much to shout about. It's bog-standard 2D all the way and looks as
basic as the images show. And if you're wondering what's down there at the bottom, it's actually you as the
farmer, occasionally looking up to laugh heartedly as you blast the enemy into next week, but in these particular
shots it looks like... to be as polite as possible... a woman's private parts showing pink!
