A sheep wouldn’t be your first choice when it came to choosing an animal to save the world, but that’s what has been chosen in Sheepo on Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch. And you can find out exactly how a sheep saves the world as Sheepo is released today.
This metroidvania platformer will take Sheepo to the planet Cebron to find six eggs. These will be used to help bring existing species to new planets when they are ready to be populated. However, the bag that Sheepo is putting these eggs in will also help them briefly become those animals, which can then be used to get around the world of Cebron.
This charming platformer also has another neat trick up its sleeve; there is absolutely no combat whatsoever. Sheepo will wander through this world with only environmental obstacles in their way. Their will be bosses to fight too, but how you defeat them will be left for you to figure out.
The world of Cebron has a few remaining inhabitants left who are there to enjoy their last few moments. You can help them out with their various problems or just have a laugh with them.
KEY FEATURES
- Pacifist Metroidvania platformer: in a charming unique twist to the genre Sheepo contains no combat as such – you’re capturing these creatures to conserve them!
- Tight platforming with silk-smooth controls. Play as both Sheepo, and the variety of creatures you come in contact with. Gameplay remains fresh as you consistently learn the moves of each creature!
- Traverse a sprawling landscape with tons of hidden rooms and characters. Explore old mines, an abandoned mall, lush forests, the dingy sewer system, and much more.
- 75+ hidden feathers to collect (the planet’s currency), which can be spent at the last remaining shop in DeadMall.
- Non-linear gameplay. As you explore, discover eggs, and gain more transformations. Sheepo’s world quickly opens up to allow you to make your own route -Meet the locals and discover what’s happening to planet Cebron.
- Heartwarming, cute aesthetics, along with a whimsical soundtrack to accompany you in your adventures.
- Available in English, German, French, traditional Chinese, and Japanese
We have a review ready to go if you would like to know more. You can find that here.
If that does interest you then Sheepo is available to download now priced at £9.19 from the Xbox Store, and comes Optimised for Xbox Series X|S too. Let us know in the comments which would be the first animal you would save when the world ends! A nice cheerful topic for y’all.
You’ll also find Sheepo on PlayStation and Switch.
Game description
Sheepo is a quirky metroidvania platformer featuring a shape-shifting sheep-thing, who must traverse an uncharted planet in order to collect samples of each living species for an intergalactic species database. To capture a creature, Sheepo must find their unhatched egg, which happen to be highly guarded by that species “queen” (aka, a boss.) With each egg Sheepo collects, you then gain the ability to transform into that creature on contact, and explore the deeper reaches of the planets sprawling environment Sheepo is a metroidvania, but contains no standard combat. Instead, gameplay is based on platforming and exploration. With the collection of each creature, Sheepo is able to dig, fly, and teleport across an interconnected series of landscapes, uncovering hidden shrines, old ruins, and strange characters.
