Sheep (video game)

Sheep is a strategy puzzle video game released for PlayStation, Microsoft Windows and Game Boy Advance. In 2001 it was released for Mac OS X by Feral Interactive. The Game Boy Advance version was supposed to be released in North America in the spring of 2002, but was canceled for unknown reasons.[1]

Sheep
Developer(s)Mind's Eye Productions
Publisher(s)Empire Interactive
Platform(s)PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance, Mac OS X
ReleasePlayStation & Windows
  • NA: 6 November 2000 (PS)
  • EU: 17 November 2000
  • NA: 29 November 2000 (PC)
  • EU: 14 August 2008 (PSN)
Mac OS X
July 2001
Game Boy Advance
  • EU: 15 March 2002
Genre(s)Strategy, puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

Sheep bears some resemblance to the video game Lemmings. The player can choose between 4 herders, the people Adam Halfpint and Bo Peep, and the dogs Motley and Shep.

The player must then guide sheep of 4 types (Factorial, Longwool, NeoGenetic, and Pastoral), actually aliens from the planet Ovis Aries, through a series of obstacles to the finish line in the level.

There are a series of different worlds, starting with Polygon Farm and on to others, such as Village Fete and Lost in Space. If you collect all the golden sheep trophies in a world, you get to play a bonus game, devised from some other, like Snake (in this version, you are riding a sheep, and have to collect the trapped sheep in bubbles).

The obstacles between you and victory vary from world to world, including tractors, knights, archers and demonic chefs. Eventually, you must thwart the schemes of the mad scientist Mr. Pear and his hench-cows.

Reception
Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
GBAPCPS
CGSPN/A[2]N/A
EGMN/AN/A6/10[3]
EurogamerN/A7/10[4]N/A
Famitsu28/40[5]N/A24/40[6]
Game InformerN/A7.5/10[7]N/A
GamePro[8]N/AN/A
GameRevolutionN/AC−[9]N/A
GameSpotN/A6.8/10[10]7.7/10[11]
GameZoneN/A7/10[12]N/A
IGN6.5/10[13]7.6/10[14]7/10[15]
Next GenerationN/A[16]N/A
Nintendo Power4.4/5[17]N/AN/A
OPM (US)N/AN/A[18]
PC Gamer (US)N/A79%[19]N/A
Aggregate score
Metacritic67/100[20]73/100[21]71/100[22]

Sheep received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[20][21][22] AllGame gave the PC version four stars out of five and called it "an impressive package, not only in that it delivers a highly addictive and well-executed game, but also because the premise is simple, well thought out and executed flawlessly."[23] Daniel Erickson of Next Generation said that the same PC version was "As brilliant and original as Lemmings was in its day."[16] In Japan, where the PlayStation version was ported and published by Syscom on 14 June 2001, followed by the Game Boy Advance version by Capcom under the name Hitsuji no Kimochi. (ひつじのキモチ。, lit. "Sheep's Kimochi.") on 19 April 2002, Famitsu gave it a score of 28 out of 40 for the latter version,[5] and 24 out of 40 for the former.[6] Nintendo Power gave the GBA version a favorable review a few months before its supposed release date,[17] and GamePro also gave it a favorable review before it was canceled for unknown reasons.[8]

Computer Games Strategy Plus nominated the PC version for their 2000 "Classic Game of the Year" award.[24]

References
  1. Harris, Craig (27 February 2002). "Sheep (GBA; Preview)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. Markell, Dave (18 December 2000). "Sheep". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on 5 February 2005.
  3. Johnston, Chris (February 2001). "Sheep (PS)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 139. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 11 February 2001. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  4. Bye, John "Gestalt" (11 January 2001). "Sheep (PC)". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 28 January 2001. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  5. "ひつじのキモチ。 [GBA]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  6. "シープ [PS]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  7. "Sheep (PC)". Game Informer. No. 94. FuncoLand. February 2001.
  8. Star Dingo (2 April 2002). "Sheep Review for Game Boy Advance on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on 13 December 2004. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  9. Liu, Johnny (December 2000). "Sheep Review (PC)". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  10. Walker, Trey (7 December 2000). "Sheep Review (PC)". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  11. Villoria, Gerald (30 November 2000). "Sheep Review (PS) [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  12. Suzi Sez (18 December 2000). "Sheep - PC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  13. Chambers, Chadd (10 July 2003). "Sheep (GBA)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  14. Kim, Steve (10 November 2000). "Sheep (PC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  15. Nix, Marc (8 December 2000). "Sheep (PS)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  16. Erickson, Daniel (March 2001). "Sheep (PC)". Next Generation. No. 75. Imagine Media. p. 94. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  17. "Sheep". Nintendo Power. Vol. 153. Nintendo of America. February 2002. p. 154.
  18. Steinman, Gary (February 2001). "Sheep". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. No. 41. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 20 February 2001. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  19. Steinberg, Scott (February 2001). "Sheep". PC Gamer. Vol. 8 no. 2. Imagine Media. p. 54. Archived from the original on 18 October 2006.
  20. "Sheep for Game Boy Advance Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  21. "Sheep for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  22. "Sheep for PlayStation Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  23. Carey, James. "Sheep (PC) - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  24. CGSP staff (8 February 2001). "Computer Games Magazine announces nominees for annual best in computer gaming awards". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on 9 February 2005.


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