Chicken Police

Everything about this game from top to bottom screams quality. From the beautiful Black and White 1940's style Film-Noir aesthetic, the smooth music in the background, absolutely delightful art, voice acting that exceeds all expectations and most of all, an engaging story. Everything in this game is so carefully crafted that it'll be a title that you won't forget. On the surface this game seems like a borderline meme. Every being in the world is half-human/half-animal. You play as cops who are chickens. How could any bit of this really work in a serious manner? Well, quite easily and right from the opening moments of the game it's impossible to ignore how carefully this game was written. While there are many tongue in cheek moments/references, it's never at the expense of the overall story. Make no mistake, the world this game portrays and the story within are actually serious. Sure the word "Cluck" is a swear and the some of the designs/voices definitely provide humor but the tale is dark and the world itself has some seriously engaging lore that invests you into everything. The game stopped being a meme and became a genuinely great detective story in the very first chapter. The runtime for the game if you do everything is about 10 hours. Significantly less if you skip optional scenes. The game is very much on rails and failure states are incredibly rare, so if you're after a challenge this ain't it. The only complaint that I can even give is that it feels like some scenes drag on way too long. However, most of these scenes that dragged on fell under the optional category. I'd also say a lot of these optional scenes really shouldn't be optional with how much important information you learn. You can also easily miss a lot of dialogue if you're not careful. Sometimes you need to talk to someone 3 or 4 times to hear all their lines and the game doesn't make it clear. Chicken Police is fantastic with minor flaws. Give it a look if you want a unique mystery.

I love this game. Its a Noir crime detective that pays its roots to point and click games of old. I love this game so much with its great charachters, setting, 1930's jazz soundtrack and perfect cast voice cast. A true joy in my opition.

I don't particularly care for Point and click games. Genreally the Lunar Logic present in such games is a huge turn off to me; plus, if I'm being honest, I lack the patience to get through them. But, so far, I love this game. I'm only a few hours in, but I am hooked. The interaction is fairly minimal, and it almost feels like a 'choose your own adventure' model, but I've only just begun and the detective elements promise to deepen the gameplay. Music Outstanding. Beautiful, fitting, and helps to sell the atmosphere. UI Very clean and well integrated. You can see several elemetns in the screenshot - it is clean, easy to use/intuitive, and thematic. Voice Acting Excellent. So far I have heard about a dozen characters speak; the accents seem spot-on (to my untrained ear), fitting to the character, and it doesn't sound/feel like only a handful of voice actors did all of the parts. Characters Most are tropish, but fitting. Each character (visual, voice, acting) just... well... fits. Colorful and entertaining. Story I'm no expert, but I read a ton, watch a little, and believe there is no such thing as an original story. It is all in how the story is told - so far, this story is told very well! Okay, so I've been singing the praises, now for the cons; keeping in mind these are subjective. The tutrorials are good, once in a while though you 'll have to do somehting that isn't explained very well (for instance, to reload your revolver, right-click. Easy to figure out, but they don't tell you that - or, at least, it didn't for me). Be prepared to get comfy and watch. There is a ton of dialog; I'm not knocking this (it is excellent dialog!), but it doesn't feel like I'm playing so much as watching. Therefore, I play in short spurts. The good far outweighs the, I hesitate to call it 'bad', I haven't found any 'bad', really. Just nitpicks. TL;DR Excellent atmosphere Beautiful music Fun and engaging dialog Cohesive art direction

This game took me by surprise - haven't heard of it before. After trying the demo, I decided to buy it (on a different platform) and didn't regret it. The story is good and has you guessing till the end (but makes sense from the beginning), voice acting is top notch, setting is also original. There are some issues with text not matching the voiceover (but the context is always preserved), some puzzles aren't perfect, but it's all minor issues compared to the very solid foundation of great writing, story and voice acting. Very recommended!