Chicken Invaders 2

Chicken Invaders 2 lives in the lightweight arcade-shooter lane: the point is to blow apart waves of cartoon chickens, grab power-ups, and keep moving while the screen gets busier. By our assessment, its charm is in how plainly it turns a space shooter into a joke without losing the basic rhythm of dodging and firing. That also sets the limit: there is not much pretence of depth, and if someone wants a serious bullet-hell or a big campaign, this will feel small. In practice it is the kind of game people play in short bursts, because the loop is immediate and the comedy is front and centre. Compared with heavier shooters, it is friendlier and sillier, with less punishment and less fuss. Chicken Invaders 2 works best when a player wants something brisk and unembarrassedly goofy.