7.8 /10 1 Votes
Initial release date 2000 | 7.7/10 GameSpot Mode Single-player video game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Distributor(s) JP: Syscom (PS)
JP: GungHo (PSN)
Feral Interactive (OS X) Publishers Empire Interactive, Feral Interactive, Capcom, 1C Company, Take-Two Interactive, Syscom Entertainment Developers Mind's Eye Productions, Capcom Platforms PlayStation, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Vita, Macintosh operating systems Genres Strategy video game, Puzzle video game Similar Empire Interactive games, Puzzle video games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sheep is a strategy puzzle video game released for PlayStation, Microsoft Windows and Game Boy Advance. In 2001 it was released for OS X by Feral Interactive.
Contents
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
Sheep received mixed reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the PlayStation version 74.14% and 71/100, the PC version 74.08% and 73/100 and the Game Boy Advance version 69.67% and 67/100.