Hail to the Chimp – Even Elections Make Fodder for bad Video Games!

As if we all hadn’t heard about election enough during 2008 that it would make our brains explode, the geniuses over at Wideload Games (who are they?) and at Gamecock (remove the word game and you will know what I think of these guys) decided that the best way to capitalize on Capitalism was to release an animal-based democratic party video game for the Xbox 360 that really, really, really sucked. And sucked hard on all levels mind you. First of all, anytime you see a game with the title, Hail to the Chimp on its cover, you already know that this is going to be a really sloppy game. Then add to the fact that the entire premise of this game was to garner easy bucks off stupid gamers during the longest election years in the history of the United States. Shame on you Wideload and Gamecock – your attempts at foiling hard earned money out of gullible gamers has been revealed. And I will not be surprised in any way, shape or form, if you try and release Hail to the Chimp 2 just in time for the 2012 elections, you jerks.

So here is the main premise of this game. A lion, the original ruler of the animal kingdom has been ousted from power. Now all of the other animals are engulfed in a bitter power struggle for a seat on the throne. Whoop-Dee-do. What happens next is chaos. All of animals are now fighting to become king themselves. You get to choose what animal that you want to be when you start the game. So what. Then try and play through the different modes, all lame, to earn points that will eventually make you the king. Of the different and scantily thought of play modes, inclusive are ballot mode, where you run around correcting vote ballots (which are clam ballots in this game) and dumping them in a box, and several other equally as worthless and silly modes.

And if that was not enough to whet your palette, the game also has some modes where you can play as two players and try to win. Wow. The in-game buttons primarily utilize one button attacks that have you batting smaller animals throughout some of the lamest boards I have ever seen on the Xbox 360. Combine this with an incredibly stupid plot, a terrible and greatly lacking narrative, and nothing really to offer except for a strapped wallet because they wanted sixty smackers when this game originally debuted, and proceeded to immediately flop.

In the end, if you do manage to beat the game, you will become the king and thatâ??s it. So all of your work. All of the game modes. Everything you just wasted all of your time for is over and your king. Wow, really? And developers get pissed at me when I trash talk their game. How can you find anything good to say about this insult to gamers globally?

"And the vote for the worst Xbox 360 game of all time goes to: Hail the Chimp!"

My Score: 0 out of 10