![]() ![]() He lives out of a hotel room, bourbon in hand, as he laments a painful backstory involving his wife and daughter. Sonny is half a year from retirement, and pretty much over every lemon he has been thrown. Players take on the role of Santino “Sonny” Featherland. The concept itself is extremely cliche, but it also works the best with all the themes set in place. ![]() Simply put, Chicken Police – Paint it Red! is a gritty buddy cop video game. A strange visual choice made ever better with the wonderful writing. What might ruffle some feathers upon first glance, however, is how the characters are all anthropomorphic animals… sort of – they are perfectly good animals from the shoulders up, with human bodies all the way down. At its core, Chicken Police – Paint it Red! has all the requirements of a great film-noir: washed-up detective, crime boss, femme fatale linking it all together, and more. This is where the beautiful gem known as Chicken Police – Paint it Red! comes into play as it is a title that offers a wonderfully weird and overwhelming 30s noir feel.įrom its surreal banners and promotional art, through to the very concept of “chicken police”, not to mention the noir genre dictating narrative elements it is safe to say the game is a unique delight. Both of those games, however, lacked something… indiscernible. Wolf Among Us and LA Noire are great examples of a video games getting it right. Considering how few films do it well, it will come as no surprise that even fewer video games even try. Even the noir version of Logan (arguably the best X-Men film in existence) was mediocre at best, considering it was reshot and retimed specifically for monochrome viewing but I digress. The only shame is that there are so few mediums that do noir, and even less that do it well. In recent years, pulpy noir has made a bit of a comeback with Sin City spearheading the movement. The ‘noir’ genre has always been a personal favourite of mine. Text goes slow as it waits for characters to speak.Anthropomorphic characters may weird out some people at first. ![]()
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