{"id":23588,"date":"2023-08-09T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T00:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=23588"},"modified":"2023-07-26T12:09:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T12:09:50","slug":"shaun-the-sheep-farmageddon-party-edition-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/09\/shaun-the-sheep-farmageddon-party-edition-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon: Party Edition (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019m a big fan of stop motion and clay animation.\u00a0 I even took a class on it once back in my college years so I have a lot of respect for the folks who do that stuff for a living.\u00a0 One of my favorite stop motion animation studios is Aardman.\u00a0 They\u2019ve done stuff like Creature Comforts and the Chevron car commercials, but probably their most famous work is the Wallace and Gromit series.\u00a0 One of the side characters in Wallace and Gromit was a sheep named Shaun.\u00a0 He was so popular that he got his own spinoff TV show and movies about his adventures on the farm with his barnyard friends.\u00a0 Heck, even the youngest sheep on that show got his own preschool spinoff show called Timmy Time!\u00a0 So yeah, a spinoff of a spinoff.\u00a0 Anyway, now Shaun the Sheep and his fleecy friends are in their own video game: a 2-D action puzzle platformer on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

Story mode is the main part of the game and here you\u2019ll play as Shaun, Timmy, and Shirley.\u00a0 A single player can control all three of them alternately, or up to three can play each one.\u00a0 Your goal in each single screen stage is to usually get them from one side of the screen to another.\u00a0 Each sheep has his or her own special skills.\u00a0 Shaun can jump the highest, little Timmy can squeeze into small spaces, and large Shirley can use her weight to move objects.\u00a0 You can also use the sheep to jump off of one another.\u00a0 There are TONS of levels, and you\u2019ll go through places like the farm, underground caves, in London, and even outer space!\u00a0 In each stage are hidden items for you to find, like socks, cupcakes, and more.\u00a0 Certain items can even unlock bonus levels for you to try!\u00a0 You\u2019ll earn stars depending on how fast you solve the levels, but I don\u2019t know what the stars do.\u00a0 The other mode in the game is Party Mode.\u00a0 Here up to four players will compete in single screen mini-games like a soccer match, platforming race, or squeezing between bales of hay.\u00a0 Whoever wins the most matches is the champion.<\/p>\n

The game is fun, but I had a few small problems with it.\u00a0 Since the game is physics based, it can be hard to get certain objects to do what you want them to do.\u00a0 And some of the puzzles get pretty tough.\u00a0 Luckily you can get hints and unlimited continues, but sometimes pulling off actions is easier said than done.\u00a0 I also wish the game used clay animation graphics like the show does.\u00a0 The hand drawn look is still neat, but feels a bit amateurish, like this was originally a cell phone game or something.\u00a0 But even so, this game has a The Lost Vikings puzzle action feel to it that I appreciated.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Home Sheep Home: Farmageddon: Party Edition is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Cartoon Violence.\u00a0 You can fall into pits and get squished, but you just poof out of existence and return right where you left off.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the menus and hints, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Younger gamers may need help with the tougher puzzles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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