Fans of the genre will appreciate how much attention to detail was put into recreating the atmosphere of classic film noir even if the head inspector has a chicken’s head. The voiceovers perfectly mimic the tone and cadence of what one would expect to hear in gritty crime dramas. The choice to do the game in black and white only enhances this effect. The classic look of the genre is captured perfectly, albeit with the caveat of all the people have animal heads. One of the most impressive aspects of Chicken Police is how well it pays homage to film noir. The writing, voice acting and overall visual aesthetic perfectly capture the mood of classic film noir, and the grittiness of Featherland makes him a competitor to the great mouse detective for best anthropomorphic sleuth. The voice acting talent is top notch, a feat even more impressive given that this is a rather inexpensive indie game.
The gameplay of Chicken Police is done in a classic point and cluck click adventure style, with visual novel storytelling. He can’t take the case but hasn’t ever stopped these things from progressing, he just needs to pay attention to the stash of whiskey, cigarettes and gun in the bottom desk drawer. The story begins as these things often do, the gritty investigator returns to office to find dame in trouble, needing his services. Chicken Police is a gritty detective adventure, where the tone is as dark as the monochromatic city Sonny patrols, even though he is currently on suspension.
With a name like Chicken Police and seeing animal heads on human bodies that natural assumption is this is something lighthearted for children, but they say what they do about assumptions for a reason. Also, Sonny Featherland is a cigarette-smoking, whiskey-drinking chicken.Ĭhicken Police – Paint it RED! is a gritty buddy cop noir filled with anthropomorphic characters.
Chicken Police – Paint it RED! is a title that not only seems to be arguing with the Rolling Stones but also puts the player in the shoes of Sonny Featherland, an investigator with 20 years of experience on the police force with only 121 days until retirement. Mice make the best private detectives, turtles have surprisingly good martial arts skills, but when it comes to police investigations you best clucking hope you have a chicken behind that badge.
You look more like a turkey than a rooster, if you ask me.When it comes to the never-ending war against crime, some animals are just better suited for certain tasks than others. Flipping through the screenshots I took of the game, I laughed again when I saw Mullen, an old beaver who runs the city’s most venerable newsstand, verbally jab Marty with the compliment: “Anyway, you look good. The real amusement simply comes from chatting up the menagerie of anthropomorphic animals who are generally some combination of jaded, guarded and broken, with a touch of don’t-give-a-damn. These distractions amount to little more than filler. Chicken Police is studded with a few basic minigames that task players with things like tracing the knots of a rope to make a quick escape or plucking off targets at a shooting range. The case takes them to the workplaces of informants, a high-end brothel, the office of a shady medical professional and the home of the city’s most notorious gangster. With the help of Sonny’s ex-partner, Marty MacChicken, a gun-loving agitator with keen intuition who plays the straight man to the sad-sack and dryly comedic Sonny, the Chicken Police delve into Clawville’s demimonde.
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