Flockers

 PC
Metascore
66

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. CD-Action
    Dec 13, 2014
    70
    Flockers is not an original game (it uses the concept introduced in Lemmings over two decades ago), but it’s a polished one. It’s a cute puzzle game that is also so brutal that it earned a PEGI 16 rating. [Dec 2014, p.80]
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  2. PC PowerPlay
    Nov 1, 2014
    70
    Frustratingly difficult and sublime in equal measure, Flockers rewards patience over the quick fix. [Nov 2014, p.64]
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  3. GameOver.gr
    Sep 17, 2014
    70
    If you're a fan of the Worms franchise, Flockers will deliver many hours of the same beloved gameplay along with lots of laughs.
  5. Hooked Gamers
    Sep 11, 2014
    69
    Flockers is a great idea for a puzzle game, but it suffers from a lack of polish and some poor design choices.
  6. Riot Pixels
    Nov 11, 2014
    60
    Puzzles lack variety, and each of them is a one-shot challenge. It’s easy to arrive at a solution by simply scanning a level and launching the flock a couple of times. The execution is just a matter of careful timing.
  7. Gamer.nl
    Oct 7, 2014
    60
    It’s been a long time since Team 17 made anything other than Worms, but Flockers can hardly be called fresh. It’s essentially the same as Lemmings, a 23 year old game, without adding much. The concept still stands, but that’s about it.
  8. PCGamesN
    Sep 15, 2014
    60
    At times, it still feels like it’s in Early Access, not because it’s buggy, but because it’s missing that spark and polish that’s kept Worms alive for so long. Yet I do hope this isn’t the last we’ve seen of these escaping sheep. There’s a good foundation, and a need for inventive A to B puzzle games.

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User Score
5.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 3 out of 10
  1. overdoseofvideo
    Sep 21, 2014
    0
    Unfortunately is just a bad copy of the old good Lemmings video game with nothing fresh to add. I bought it and i tell you better buy oldUnfortunately is just a bad copy of the old good Lemmings video game with nothing fresh to add. I bought it and i tell you better buy old Lemmings from ebay or some other source and play it with dos box or another old windows emulator. Flockers is just a bad copy with a cool name.… Full Review »
  2. garyc
    Nov 14, 2014
    7
    This is a puzzle game very similar to the old Lemmings games with a few changes to the way things work.
    This time the challenge is more    This is a puzzle game very similar to the old Lemmings games with a few changes to the way things work.
    This time the challenge is more focused on navigating the level with moving objects, switches and devices that change gravity among the obstacles you will encounter and these add an extra level to the puzzles beyond just getting from one end of a level to the other.
    Unlike Lemmings there is no way to issue commands whilst paused so you have to make sure you time everything right - timing plays a big role in the puzzles in Flockers, release your sheep a little too early and watch all your carefully constructed plan fall apart as your entire army of sheep gets wiped out in a splatter of blood by a swinging saw blade.
    Apart from reaching the exit, there are extra items to collect in each level that go towards getting a higher score so the levels do have replay value (there are online leaderboards and a star rating similar to what you would find in something like angry birds) but although it seems there is really only 1 correct way to complete a level you will find yourself wanting to go back and get that high score and collect all the extra bits or do it in a faster time.

    You have a very limited set of abilities available to you and this is one area I would have liked to see a bit more variety along with additional ways of completing levels.
    Flockers does not do anything particularly new, if you have played Lemmings before then you will have a good idea of what to expect but I can't really find anything particularly wrong with the game.
    Don't take it too seriously and don't expect the next evolution of puzzle platformer and you will find this to be an unremarkable but perfectly enjoyable game with a great art style that will be familiar to anybody who has played worms before.    … Full Review »
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