It don’t start ‘til the corgi walks in.

Party Animals

The developer also apologised for the long wait.

“Additionally, some necessary approval processes took longer than we planned.

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Ed:Before we talk about playing Party Animals, I thought we should introduce ourselves.

V:Hello there, I am a bit of an animal flip-flopper.

Don’t let my cute ears and fluffy tail fool you, though!

Corgi dead black and white

Yes, I was a rabbit in an Armet.

Bet you weren’t expecting to read that today.

Apparently the producer’s wife has a pet corgi called Nemo!

Corgi dead on a plane

For example, we have a gorilla character named Barbie and a pig character named Bacon.”

I love these names, they really set the tone of the game.

Anyway, were either of you familiar with Party Animals before we played?

Corgi dead next to a duck in the jungle

Which makes it even better, in my opinion!

V:Same as Liv, I remember seeing a trailer for Party Animals and immediately thinking “Huh!

That’s like Gang Beasts with weapon drops”.

Animals sucked into a black hole

They’ve also added new gameplay modes and a friend system to help players connect easily.

Liv:I definitely appreciate the range of animals and outfits, plus all the pop culture references.

V:Yeah the outfit variety was a lot of fun.

Corgi on a crossbow rampage on a submarine

I particularly liked the Darth Vadar-inspired ensemble for Harry the Duck.

I noticed each character had different outfit options to the other animals.

Ed:We should probably explain what Party Animals is!

Corgi in the jungle with a crossbow

Liv:Chaos and hilarity.

Which was your favourite?

If I can’t win, let it be known I will still go down swinging.

Corgi dead on a submarine

I think the only map I was perhaps a bit disappointed in was the jungle one.

Liv:I think I’d have to go with the space one.

But also because I won.

Ed:Of course you picked the arena where you won!

I asked the developer about what makes the game stand out.

Our game design revolves around how to make players have more fun in the game.

We hope our game can bring happiness to our players."

Did you both have a “happy experience” playing this?

Liv:For sure!

V:It was certainly delightful chaos.

Which was your favourite weapon?

I enjoyed rampaging as a corgi with a crossbow.

Liv:Having arrows sticking out of my terrier’s butt was mildly horrifying and extremely hilarious.

V:One word - Taser!

Zapping everyone and then seeing their cartoonish skeleton shudder was priceless.

Ed:I did think options were a little limited in terms of game modes.

Will this be a popular game in your households?

I think it’ll be perfect forTwitchstreamers.

I will definitely be playing Party Animals with my kids.

The combination of cute animals, outlandish outfits and an eclectic range of weapons is right up their street.

I think my children will have an easier time with Party Animals from that point.

I will also play you two again…

I have thrown down the gauntlet!

So, are you game?

Liv:I too would like to see more variety in maps and levels.

I’d love levels which require some degree of cooperation between players or include interactivity with the surroundings.

If you were able to control the trap elements in arenas, that would make things a lot spicier.

The variety of camera angles you could follow once you were out of the round was great though.

Though after an hour, I can imagine the novelty wearing off a bit.

Ed:Don’t worry Victoria, I’m definitely game!

And Liv I know you were concerned that the animals didn’t have toe beans.

V:Edward Nightingale, you savage (she says while polishing her rabbit’s suit of armour).

Liv:I’m very distraught about the lack of toe beans over here.

I’m suspicious about whether these are actually animals or just people wearing animal onesies.