Pick your character: Choose one of ten animal candidates, ranging from the crafty monkey, Crackers, to the mighty hippo, Ptolemy
Use special attacks: Team up with a rival to unleash special attacks on other players. Each animal combination results in a different special move
Collect the clams: Collect clams scattered around the environment and attack enemies to knock their clams loose. The more clams you have, the more damage you can absorb and inflict!
Run your campaign: Compete in a wide variety of campaign events such as stuffing ballot boxes, smashing voting machines, and smearing opponents.
Choose your strategy: Dynamic maps and crazy traps let you win with brains as well as brawn
Chart your progress: See your political fortunes rise and fall on GRR News, the in-game animal news network hosted by Woodchuck Chumley.
description
Hail to the Chimp is a fast, furious, and funny action-party game where you and up to three friends compete to become the first President of the animal kingdom! When the King of the Animals resigns in disgrace, ten animals enter a brutal contest to become President.
Battle in your living room or across Xbox LIVE®. Dynamic maps and crazy traps let you win with brains as well as brawn. Team up with a rival for a special move to blow away your common enemies. Courage, speed, cunning, trickery—do you have what it takes to win it all?
further information
Release Date
Jun 30, 2008
Genre
Party
Version
US
ESRB Teen Titles rated T (Teen) have content that may be suitable for ages 13 and older. Titles in this category may contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling, and/or infrequent use of strong language.
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Hail to the Chimp Monkeying with party games seems to be the trend with developers but so far, few are making their mark. Hail To The Chimp is yet another release that, while fun, is forgettable. With politics as a backdrop, animals like a monkey or a hippopotamus, each with a cynical personality, vie for the top spot as head of the animal kingdom. Given that this is election year in the United States, Wideload Games probably meant for the game's premise to be a satire, but any irony is lost when winning means having to collect clams.
Players have to fulfill objectives to win the level, from collecting the most clams, to collecting them in sets and giving them away after that. Each game is a four-way battle and you can defend and attack the other players to gather your clams. No one explains the importance of the shellfish. Each level has a different layout, so there are some dangers inherent to the location. For instance, you have to watch the rising magma as you collect clams near a live volcano.
As with party games, the fun is always in playing in a group. The one-player mode of facing off against three computer players is nothing to shout about. It does not help that the graphics in the PS3 version looks as if the game was being played on the Wii. This is fundamentally a kid's game - the backgrounds are simple looking, with blue water, lightly textured rocks and shrubbery. The controls are also rudimentary: Move your character and hit a button to pummel your opponents. As a simple and somewhat fun party game, Hail To The Chimp scores. When it comes to a sophisticated platform like the PlayStation 3, though, gamers are paying more for nothing.
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