Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken
Ratloop Asia · 2012 · Indie, Platformer, Action, Adventure, Local Co-Op
PC
Very Positive82% · 1,919 📉 Recent reviews down 72%
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About Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken
✦ AI summary
Play as Hardboiled Chicken or pair up as Budgie commandos to topple a tyrannical penguin regime across cinematic solo and co-op campaigns packed with weapons, puzzles, and dark comedy. Uncover the truth behind the totalitarian leader through unlockable cut-scenes and exclusive indie rock soundtrack as you blast through 25 chapters of fowl-filled mayhem in Albatropolis.
Annihilate an evil penguin regime in this cinematic platform adventure game offering full solo and co-op campaigns.
Set out on a mission to assassinate the totalitarian penguin leader as Hardboiled Chicken. Destroy enemies with a slew of weapons and illuminate the secrets to his past while uncovering the real enemies of Albatropolis. Master fowl play in the co-op campaign as a pair of Budgie commandos on a mission to save the general’s daughter. Many lives will be destroyed, countless penguins will die!
Set out on a mission to assassinate the totalitarian penguin leader as Hardboiled Chicken. Destroy enemies with a slew of weapons and illuminate the secrets to his past while uncovering the real enemies of Albatropolis. Master fowl play in the co-op campaign as a pair of Budgie commandos on a mission to save the general’s daughter. Many lives will be destroyed, countless penguins will die!
Full Game Includes:
- Complete Solo Campaign – 15 chapters, variety of weapons and puzzles
- Complete Co-Op Campaign – 10 chapters, 6 Budgie commando characters
- Mini-stories – Uncover the truth about the totalitarian regime and Hardboiled's mysterious past through unlockable cut-scenes and music videos.
- Exclusive Music – Gameplay, cut-scenes and videos set to exclusive tracks from indie rock band New World Revolution
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Developed by Ratloop Asia and published by Reverb Publishing, Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is a side-scrolling action game that thrives on originality. Instead of taking itself too seriously, it builds an entertaining adventure around the unlikely idea of a heavily armed chicken leading a rebellion against an oppressive penguin regime. While the premise sounds intentionally ridiculous, the game uses its unusual setting to deliver a polished blend of cinematic storytelling, platforming, puzzle-solving, and satisfying gunplay. Beneath its comedic surface lies a surprisingly well-crafted experience that successfully balances humor with genuine action and memorable world-building. The campaign follows Hardboiled Chicken as he infiltrates enemy territory in an effort to dismantle the dictatorship ruling Albatropolis. Spread across fifteen story chapters, the adventure constantly introduces new scenarios that prevent the gameplay from becoming repetitive. Combat sequences are regularly broken up by environmental puzzles, platforming sections, and scripted cinematic moments that maintain a steady pace from beginning to end. Rather than relying solely on endless firefights, the game en…1 found this helpful
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Amazing game and the soundtrack is Awesome, I also accidently learnt a trick to go very fast, just constantly switch your weapons quickly while moving and it for some reason gives you a speed boost lol I also really love the Art-Style too1 found this helpful
This game is very good and it has a nice selection of guns but one problem I do have is if my laptop sleeps and i turn back on the computer, the screen goes black and you must close the game. And when you try to open the game it will say playing but it doesn't open and the game closes 8.5/10.
Fun Game Funny Cinematics Can Tell Its Not A Triple A Company but its amazing for how small the group who made it was and top of that perfect band to collab with.
Now, the simple Flash-gameish gameplay might not be the most solid or the most fleshed out part of Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken (as it was originally a Flash project), but that's not what you're here for. The amazing art direction, the simple yet funny story and premise, and the hidden gem of a muscial artist that is New World Revolution - Now THOSE are what you're here for. What I remember of the sequel is that it is way more fleshed out than this one by gameplay and everything else, but the vibe and athmosphere of Rocketbirds 1 is way different. The game is athmospheric. The stylized art is amazing. If you're into those sorta things - I recommend this piece of software!11!! ...If you aren't into those sorta things - Then, in that case, I can't really recommend it.
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