ScreenshotSo, why did the chicken cross the road? In this game, it’s because if you don’t, you’ll get picked up and eaten by an eagle. No worries, though, since there are plenty of roads for you to cross and escape from it. In the quaint 8-bit plains of Crossy Road, you can help the little fowl traverse across not only roads and highways, but also fields, rivers, and train tracks.
On your generally short-lived journey, you collect coins which buy you chances to use a cute little vending machine, not unlike those you’d find in the back of a Safeway, begging your parents for a quarter from their change to manipulate it for yourself. But instead of spitting out cheap plastic rings, this one rewards you with different characters to cross the divergent routes of the world.
Besides the original chick-en, you can play as a sheep, lizard, pig, or even a unicorn. In terms of human characters, there’s a pop star, a basketball player, and a baseball player, among others. If all that is too boring for you, there’s an entire zoo you can play as that picks random moments to darken the lights, drop the disco ball, and dance to music in the middle of the game. In addition, there’s the all too familiar “doge” from the internet meme that sarcastically comments on your progress as you navigate through the high-risk environment.
Despite successfully evading that ugly bird, you will eventually get hit by car, truck, train, or possibly drown. Even more grotesquely, you could get eaten by a crocodile if you’re especially careless in crossing a river. But fear not, if you have gotten especially far by the time this game has come to an end, confetti will fall to celebrate your death, and a screenshot of the moment will be taken for you to share the event with your friends.
This chicken is basically Flappy Bird’s cooler cousin. Even though it’s super addicting, at least it rewards with enough of a sense of accomplishment that you can refrain from throwing your phone against the wall.
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