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Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken

Annihilate an evil penguin regime in this cinematic platform adventure game offering full solo and co-op campaigns with anaglyph 3D support. Set out on a mission to assassinate the totalitarian penguin leader…

65 18 October 2011 ESRB T

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is an adventure developed by Ratloop Asia, released 18 October 2011 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and Linux.

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What Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is an adventure game developed by Ratloop Asia and released in 2011. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on PhyreEngine. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is a platform adventure game created and developed by Ratloop for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita. OS X and Linux ports were later released in September 2013 as part of Humble Bundle, followed by the PlayStation 4 version in November 2020. A remake of the 2009 Flash game Rocketbirds: Revolution!, Hardboiled Chicken is a cinematic adventure game with full single and co-op campaigns and stereoscopic 3D support.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 29 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 3 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Dual Core with 2.0 GHz, 1 GB RAM and 256 MB RAM graphics card (GF 7600 GT / Radeon X1950). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken launched on 18 October 2011, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Battlefield 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken — frequently asked questions

When did Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken come out?
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken was released on 18 October 2011 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken?
At minimum, Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken needs Dual Core with 2.0 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 256 MB RAM graphics card (GF 7600 GT / Radeon X1950) graphics, At least 501 MB of free space of storage.
How many GB is Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken?
The PC version needs about 0.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("At least 501 MB of free space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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