If this is your cup of tea, your overall enjoyment of Ultimate Chicken Horse will be substantially higher than this reviewer’s. The game definitely encourages the player to try their hand at designing and playing their own levels, and uploading them for others to play. ![]() Presumably it would be harder to program an AI to replicate such an experience, and instead the developers focused on the challenge mode instead of replicating the local multiplayer gameplay for the solo gameplay experience. What makes the single-player mode feel even more lacking is that it doesn’t manage to give the player a way to play solo, but still enjoy the frantic level-building that is experienced in local multiplayer. But when you’re just trying to complete levels that were put up in a series of speed runs, it takes away the more entertaining element that is evident in party mode. Some are seemingly built to be impossible, but for the most part there’s a decent array of levels. The challenge mode is often more frustrating than enjoyable, as players load community-designed and uploaded levels. If you were hoping for an enjoyable solo experience you’re not really going to find it here. The rounds are fast-paced, and the more players means more chaos, as the screen gets busier and busier, with many more obstacles blocking one’s path. When playing for the purposes of this review, I found myself enjoying the balance of the game, as there are more than a few ways to get points, and it was easier than I expected to come from behind and win a round (much to my own chagrin, as suddenly my wife pulled ahead to take the win as a result of collecting as many coins as possible as her goal). However, once you get a handle on it, it’s fairly easy to start messing with your opponents while also trying to ensure you can figure out a strategy to successfully complete the level. The game could be a bit more helpful in setting up the rules and walking players through the scoring, and it can make the first few turns a bit frustrating. ![]() For a modern game platformer, the physics are at times a bit haphazard and hard to rely upon behaving in a predictable manner. The gameplay is often a little chaotic, and the controls could be a lot tighter and more precise. Points are given for successfully making it to the other side, collecting coins, and for trapping and killing your opponents. Players take on the role of a farm animal, and in party mode will work on constructing a path from one side of the map to the other, at the same time making the path as complicated and deadly as possible. Ultimate Chicken Horse – images for this review provided by Clever Endeavor Games.
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