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Fat Chicken

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65%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
75% User Score Based on 32 reviews
Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

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Fat Chicken is a single player real-time strategy game with a comedy theme. It was developed by Mighty Rabbit Studios and was released on December 4, 2014. It received mostly positive reviews from both critics and players.

Fat Chicken is a REVERSE TOWER DEFENSE game where you fatten up farm animals for slaughter by pumping them full of hormones, overfeeding them and basting them with antibiotics to keep them alive so they're worth more when you turn 'em into tasty, tasty packaged meat...it's what's for dinner!

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75%Audience ScoreBased on 32 reviews
graphics3 positive mentions
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  • Unique reverse tower defense concept where players fatten and care for livestock instead of destroying enemies.
  • Challenging and strategic gameplay with resource management elements like feeding, watering, and medicating animals.
  • Cute, quirky art style and humorous, lighthearted tone that delivers social commentary on industrial meat production.
  • Several bugs and technical issues including missing text for non-English systems, UI glitches, and problems in the final level.
  • Shallow and easy gameplay with limited strategic depth and a short campaign lacking replay value.
  • Lack of features such as multiple save slots, key mapping, and better speed controls reduce user experience.

  • graphics

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 33% neutral mentions, 17% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally praised for being cute, pleasant, and visually appealing, adding charm and humor to the game. However, some users experienced bugs and slowdowns unrelated to system performance. Overall, the visuals are attractive and enhance the game's unique style despite mixed opinions on gameplay.

    • “Cutesy, easy-to-look-at graphics.”
    • “The graphics are pleasant and hilarious (gotta say, my first exploding cow absolutely floored me!).”
    • “The graphics do the job well.”
    • “Tested using HD4400 onboard graphics and encountered bugs and slowdowns on both graphics cards, so it does not appear to be a system performance issue.”

  • gameplay

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    60% positive mentions, -20% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions

    The gameplay features standard mechanics with a unique twist of healing units instead of destroying them, though this change has minimal functional impact. While some find the mechanics primitive and underwhelming compared to similar games, others appreciate the engaging mechanics and immersive atmosphere. Overall, opinions on the gameplay are mixed, balancing between appreciation for its flavor and criticism for its simplicity.

    • “An actual reverse tower defense would be to control the mobs that have to get past it, similar to the mechanic in Legion TD.”
    • “The only difference is that you 'heal' units by shooting them, instead of destroying them, but functionally this doesn't affect gameplay.”
    • “I am thoroughly impressed with the mechanics and the atmosphere the game provides for the player.”
    • “Nice flavor but primitive Unity engine and mechanics are standard.”
    • “An actual reverse TD would be to control the mobs that have to get past it, kinda like Legion TD's mechanic.”
    • “Although the graphics and music are very attractive, the gameplay ruins them all.”

  • music

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    60% positive mentions, -20% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions

    The music is generally well-received for setting a good mood and being catchy, with options to select tracks or mute it. However, some users find it becomes annoying after a short time, though it can be turned off. Ambient sounds like animal noises and gun effects remain even when music is muted.

    • “Very good music, it sets a good mood, and you have the option to select the song you like to listen to, in case you do not mute the game like I did.”
    • “I'm a sucker for cutesy stuff like this and the music is actually kinda catchy.”
    • “You can mute SFX and music, but the animals oink and moo, and my guns keep making a lot of peew peew peew.”
    • “Music is highly annoying after a short period but can thankfully be turned off.”
    • “You can mute SFX and music, but the animals oink and mooh, and my guns keep making a lot of peew peew peew.”
    • “Although the graphics and music are so attractive, the gameplay ruins them all.”

  • humor

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor is appreciated for its cleverness and fun elements, with standout moments like humorous graphics and entertaining surprises adding to the game's charm. However, some users find it moderately amusing rather than consistently hilarious.

    • “The graphics are pleasant and hilarious (gotta say, my first exploding cow absolutely floored me!). There's a wide variety of challenging and different levels, and you can choose your upgrades as you earn enough stars to buy them.”
    • “A clever, fun, stimulating and funny game.”

  • story

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    67% positive mentions, 33% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The story in this game is light but meaningful, delivering a clear moral and ethical message. While it doesn't heavily impact gameplay, it adds a unique narrative layer to the tower defense mechanics centered around enhancing farm animals.

    • “Unlike most tower defence games this one has a 'lite' story that I shall not ruin for you; needless to say that it has a clear moral and ethical tale to tell.”
    • “You spend each mission trying to make as much money as possible beefing up farm animals (including poultry as the name suggests) using towers to fatten up, genetically enhance, water, and medicate your animals.”

  • grinding

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Users appreciate the game's unique focus on slaughterhouse and farming mechanics, finding the grinding aspect engaging and well-suited to its theme.

  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game exhibits optimization problems, with users experiencing bugs and slowdowns on multiple graphics cards, indicating that performance issues are not related to the system hardware.

    • “Tested using HD4400 onboard and bugs and slowdown encountered on both graphics cards, so does not appear to be a system performance issue.”

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Replayability is considered low overall, but the game remains appealing due to its unique style and independent development efforts.

  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users commend the game for its immersive atmosphere, which effectively enhances the overall experience alongside its solid mechanics.

    • “I am thoroughly impressed with the mechanics and the atmosphere the game provides for the player.”
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Fat Chicken is a real-time strategy game with comedy theme. Common tags for Fat Chicken include indie, trading and tower defense.

Fat Chicken is available on PC, Mac OS, Windows and Linux.

Fat Chicken was released on December 4, 2014.

Fat Chicken was developed by Mighty Rabbit Studios.

Fat Chicken has received mostly positive reviews from both players and critics. Most players liked Fat Chicken for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.

Fat Chicken is a single player game.

Similar games include HERO DEFENSE, Evil Defenders, The Culling of the Cows, Defense Grid: The Awakening, Warstone TD and others.