Talking to other characters entails clicking on them, choosing the correct option on the wheel, and then going through dialogue options, complete with a dialogue box and the character’s name at the top, and a summary of controls at the bottom. Players explore locales by clicking on them and inspect objects by doing the same.
The entire game plays out like a point and click title with visual novel-style storytelling. Much like how all of the characters are introduced within the first hour of gameplay, so too is the brunt of the gameplay. The characters are front and centre in Chicken Police – Paint it Red!. Thankfully Sonny has someone to turn to for help: the very same individual who tried to give him a lead injection in the first place: Martin “Marty” MacChicken.
It seems like Catzenko is in over her head, and thanks to a shared connection with Sonny’s ex-wife (the plot thickens), the dame wants no one but this washed-up detective on the case… not like he has a choice. Impossible, because she seems way above the leagues he is in Dangerous because she is mob boss Ibn Wessler’s current “possession”. There are also hints about an ex-partner who attempted to kill him (who would not?), and an ongoing mystery about a pretty Impala lady who shows up in his room on the day, on behalf of a mistress Natasha Catzenko – the impossibly and “dangerously” beautiful owner of the Czar club. 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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