Flock!
{{Short description|2009 video game}}{{Other uses|Flock (disambiguation){{!}}Flock}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = FLOCK!
| image = Flock! Cover.jpg
| developer = Proper Games
| publisher = Capcom
| designer =
| engine =
| released = Windows
April 7, 2009{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/02/24/flock-gets-dated |title=Flock Gets Dated |last=Miller |first=Greg |date=February 24, 2009 |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=August 21, 2019 |archive-date=August 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821031359/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/02/24/flock-gets-dated |url-status=live }}
Xbox 360
April 8, 2009
PlayStation 3
April 9, 2009
| genre = Puzzle
| series =
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
| platforms = Cloud (OnLive)
Windows
PlayStation 3 (PSN)
Xbox 360 (XBLA)
}}
Flock! (stylized as FLOCK!) is a puzzle video game developed by Proper Games and published by Capcom for Windows, PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. It was released in April 2009 for Microsoft Windows through Steam{{cite web |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/21640/ |title=Flock! |website=Steam |publisher=Valve |access-date=2019-08-21 |archive-date=2019-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821031359/https://store.steampowered.com/app/21640/ |url-status=live }} and Stardock's digital distribution service Impulse,{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/08/04/stardocks-impulse-adds-new-publishers-software |title=Stardock's Impulse Adds New Publishers, Software |author=IGN staff |date=August 4, 2008 |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=August 21, 2019 |archive-date=August 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821031359/https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/08/04/stardocks-impulse-adds-new-publishers-software |url-status=live }} Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. The game was additionally developed by A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. Games.
Flock! was delisted in May 2024.
Flock! is included in Capcom Digital Collection.
Gameplay
The player controls a UFO ("The Flocker") and is tasked with herding farm animals (sheep, cows, chickens, and pigs) back to the mothership, "The Mother Flocker". This is challenging due to the hazardous environments the animals exist in – the players must defend their flock against hungry predators, avoid pits of death, and send their animals flying with catapults. There are 55 single-player levels that span across three seasons: summer, autumn, and winter. There is also a cooperative play mode.{{cite web |url=http://www.motherflocker.com/overview.html |title=Flock! |website=Capcom |accessdate=October 16, 2009 |archive-date=January 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106073322/http://www.motherflocker.com/overview.html |url-status=live }}
Extensibility
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| align = left
| PC = true
| PS3 = true
| X360 = true
| na = true
| Edge_X360 = 6/10{{cite magazine |title=Flock! review (X360) |author=Edge staff |magazine=Edge |publisher=Future plc |issue=202 |date=June 2009 |page=96}}
| EuroG_X360 = 5/10{{cite web |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/flock-review |title=Flock! (Xbox 360) |last=Porter |first=Will |date=April 7, 2009 |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network |accessdate=August 21, 2019 |archive-date=August 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821153306/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/flock-review |url-status=live }}
| GameRev_X360 = C+{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/43441-flock-review |title=Flock Review (X360) |last=Reboucas |first=Eduardo |date=May 1, 2009 |website=Game Revolution |publisher=CraveOnline |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001142743/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/flock |archivedate=October 1, 2014 |url-status=live |accessdate=August 21, 2019}}
| GSpot_PC = 7/10{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/flock-review/1900-6207914/ |title=Flock Review |last=Dyer |first=Mitch |date=April 14, 2009 |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=August 21, 2019 |archive-date=August 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821031403/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/flock-review/1900-6207914/ |url-status=live }}
| OXM_X360 = 8/10{{cite magazine |title=Flock! |magazine=Official Xbox Magazine |publisher=Future US |date=May 2009 |page=79}}
| OPMUK_PS3 = 6/10{{cite magazine |title=Flock! |magazine=PlayStation Official Magazine – UK |publisher=Future plc |date=June 2009 |page=99}}
| PCGUK_PC = 43%{{cite magazine |title=Flock! |magazine=PC Gamer UK |publisher=Future plc |date=June 2009 |page=101}}
| rev1 = 411Mania
| rev2 = The A.V. Club
| rev2_PC = A{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/flock-1798216172 |title=Flock! (PC) |last=Nelson |first=Samantha |date=April 6, 2009 |website=The A.V. Club |publisher=The Onion |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409064719/http://www.avclub.com/articles/flock,26171/ |archive-date=April 9, 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=August 21, 2019}}
| MC_X360 = 68/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/flock/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-360 |title=FLOCK! Critic Reviews for Xbox 360 |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=August 21, 2019 |archive-date=February 6, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250206194529/https://www.metacritic.com/game/flock/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-360 |url-status=live }}
}}
The game received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
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References
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External links
- [http://www.motherflocker.com/ Official website]
- {{moby game|id=/flock}}
Category:A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. Games games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:PlayStation Network games