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Super Farm

Author: Matt Cundy
Publisher: Ignition Entertainment
Machine: PlayStation 2 (EU Version)

 
Published in Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine #40

Animals sure do the, err, queerest things...

Super Farm

A bipedal pig sporting a purple spandex boob tube, blonde wig and set of false knockers is about to have his intimate porky regions explicitly violated by a rabbit, rooster and sheep that are practically tripping on testosterone. No, not Pet Rescue XXX: Hump 'N Rind, but the bizarre intro sequence to the wackazany beat-'em-up Super Farm.

These maize-munching misfits aren't conventional cartoon cutesters - their minds are filthier than a Massey Ferguson muck-chucker. Concerned parents needn't fret, however. It might not be Disney, but the sexual innuendo is subtle, while most of the madcap humour relies on those failsafe favourites - fart gags and hyper violence.

Sadly there are far too few methods of pain infliction, and most are disappointingly unoriginal in their conception. Shovels in faces, anvils on heads and noxious chill-bean guffs are some of the ways to lick your love rivals during the arena-based 'paper-scissors-stone'-flavoured fighting. In-game laughter lethargy is remedied with cut-scenes that milk your mirth glands, but after ploughing through the story mode a couple of times - although entertaining and engaging while it lasts - interest inevitably begins to wane.

Thankfully, the multiplayer mode rescues Super Farm from being just bland cattle fodder. Where the action rarely makes it past halfway on the mental-o-meter against CPU opponents, bundles with your buddies are infinitely more boisterous and eminently more enjoyable. As a single-player game it's one of the herd, but as a value-for-money four-player funny it's well worth adding it to your stock.

Verdict

Graphics 70%
Humorous, appealing and curvaceous cartoon style.

Sound 60%
Boiiiing! Fwap! Paaarp! Ka-blaaaam! Doink! Etc...

Gameplay 60%
Comedy violence befitting the cartoon theme.

Lifespan 70%
Multiplayer mode will keep the dust away.

Overall 70%
For a favourable price the whole family can enjoy being flung like dung from a Friesian's fart flaps!

Matt Cundy

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