Five Minute XBLA Demo Review: Flock!
April 16, 2009 12 Comments
Five Minute XBLA Demo Review is a regular weekly offering where I play the current XBLA demos so you don’t have to. While I love you enough to try out all of these titles, I don’t love you enough to spend more than a few minutes doing it. Take ‘em or leave ‘em, the mini reviews are meant to be nothing more than a brief glimpse into the first five minutes of the game. As you will soon discover, the majority of them are not worth playing farther than that anyways.
If you’ve ever been abducted by aliens, whisked away in a UFO against your will, and sexually experimented upon in demented ways you never even imagined possible, we have something in common. The animals you are attempting to do the same thing to (minus the whole sex thing you zoosexual sicko you) in Flock! also keep us company. The goal in this cutesy sandbox puzzle game is to herd numerous adorable animals through various environmental obstacles so they can board your mother ship, which is appropriately named the Motherflocker. What the title lacks in actual enjoyment it more than makes up for with the plethora of potential potty-themed puns. Luckily you don’t have to waste any time on frustrating, tedious gameplay or spend 1,200 Microsoft Points to take advantage of the flock jokes. Just say flock you and save yourself $15. That’s what I plan on doing you crazy motherflockers.
LOL.. yeah I’m with you on this one.. it doesn’t look appealing to me at all soo..
flock that! =x
Tried the demo.
Piece of flocking shite.
My sheep were suicidal. I wouldn’t even come near them and they would take flying leaps off the edge, pummeling to their death each and every time. It was baa-ad. :giggles:
Don’t worry, I got your pun
*grins sheepishly*
=P
LOL, +1 for your pun!
bad in what side, like it sucks or..?
and holy, ask 1200 ms points for sucha small game, what a waste!
I thought the idea was cute, the art style unique, and the atmosphere fun. But yea, the suicidal sheep and the clumsy feel of the controls were a disappointment.
The art style was incredible. I loved the stitching and colorful, whimsical feel of it. But ultimately, as you said, the gameplay and controls were very much lacking. Especially for a $15 price point.
Simple things like that always baffle me. You would think someone on the test team would have said “The controls are meh” and some time would have been put into redesigning them. But then what do I know, it’s not like I do software design for a living or anything.
I saw this at E3 last year and was looking forward to it. Odd that it didn’t follow through.
I’m bummed now.
You can get it now for $10 bucks on amazon. For what that’s worth.
http://www.amazon.com/Flock-Online-Game-Code-Xbox-360/dp/B0021L8MFG/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1240409344&sr=8-13
Why is it cheaper on Amazon than it is on the XBLA? That’s interesting. It’s a little more tempting at a lower price point.