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Chicken Run for Dreamcast Videos >>
Rating Reviewed By Craig BFrom SF Bay Area, CA Review Date 05/06/2001 Overall Rating  4 of 5 Rate this review? Summary Good game overall, but sometimes has repetitive "scavenger hunt" style puzzles (run around for a long time gathering several items for one part of a mission while trying to avoid the dogs and humans). Our kids have already gotten bored with it and gone back to other better games. But, it WAS worth more than the $10 we paid for it and I'm sure they'll come back to play it later after they forget the frustration.Sound The sound is a good combination of ambiant music and SFX. It doesn't get in the way of gameplay at all.Gameplay The gameplay is good and gives you lots of different tools (not just the typical map and radar). But, it's not easy, so you need every one of those tools to accomplish your task.Some things don't really make sense like the way the dogs can't run up the stairs to get you, they just stand there barking at you -- but it is just a game. I don't expect too much realism in video games, BUT some parts were ridiculous just to make things tougher without bothering to create any kind of AI. One item you have to get is a pair of gloves from the Tweetys' front porch. You run up the stairs to the porch and that's great because, stupidly enough, the dogs can see you but can't chase you up the stairs. But, Mrs. Tweety is walking like a zombie back and forth between the porch and just past the front door into the house -- maybe 8 feet. She's just walking back and forth over and over so you only have a small window of time to get the gloves -- without that stupidity on her part, it wouldn't be too tough. It would have been nice to see some kind of AI more complex than I created in Elementary School (where it just chases you like a zombie when you walk into its field of vision), but maybe I'm too picky. Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Basically a kid-ified, MGS ripoff that is actually pretty good for the gamer too young to experience Metal Gear Solid. If you're under age to play a game like MGS, and you want something close to the sneaking around experience, Chicken Run (or Chicken Gear Solid as its come to be called) should fill some of the gap, if you just want the sneaking part, because you ain't gonna get a plot like MGS, this one's based on the movie. Fortunately, this is another title that survived the 'movie liscensing curse'.Sound Suites the movie. What else can I say?Gameplay You sneak around the chicken farm, watch a cinema with key characters from the movie (not Mel Gibson's voice, though), etc. Fun and watered-down; much like a watered down game of-MGS! Really though this game is always going to be compared to MGS, even though they have nothing in common other than some of the same gameplay elements.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member.
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