The Culling of the Cows (2014)

Decaying Logic

PC (Microsoft Windows)

1.63 from 32 ratings

698 members have it in their collection · 1 playing now · 358 backlogged · 1 wish listed

The Culling Of The Cows is a side-scrolling shooter, tower defense game. You will take the role of Sammy, a soliloquising schizophrenic farmer with a self prophesied mission to lay waste to the disease spreading over his farm.
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Details

Developers
Decaying Logic
Publishers
KISS ltd
Genres
Indie, Strategy
Themes
Action
Steam
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Release dates

  • May 09, 2014 (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • May 09, 2014 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
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Rating distribution

5 stars
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1 star
19
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Community All Reviews Statuses

anarchistica

Review anarchistica 1/5 · Jul 11, 2021

Pointless flash game

In this game cows appear from the right side of the screen and you shoot them. Sometimes you miss because trying to stand at the same height on screen is wonky. There are some lazy power-ups that reset after each level and that's it. It's definitely not a TD game, despite being tagged as such in some places.

Don't bother.

Jevnation

Review Jevnation 2/5 · Jan 8, 2021

Flash-standard shooter for some time-wasting fun

I'll have to agree with the Steam community that this is some Flash-quality game with its defense-based gameplay concept, reminiscent of some other zombie survival games you could play on a browser. As much as that brief description gives away, it's a low standard game with a few redeeming qualities. However, the game mode variations like wave levels, rampage and …

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I'll have to agree with the Steam community that this is some Flash-quality game with its defense-based gameplay concept, reminiscent of some other zombie survival games you could play on a browser. As much as that brief description gives away, it's a low standard game with a few redeeming qualities. However, the game mode variations like wave levels, rampage and onslaught don't do well enough to redeem the monotony of shooting down enemies coming from the right and I find myself yearning to get the game beat so I could move on. Its short length seems justified for its limited variety of content, though.

Speaking of contents, the gun upgrades and assists from "lord above" allowed me to have some fun nailing down hordes of zombies; which feature primarily cows (duh), hippies and, overweight goth girls. The gun upgrades can be bought with credits, where your wealth depends on the level's setting and dropped supplies you get. The variety isn't much but enough for trying out, which fits best for certain situations. The upgrades and assists can make you OP at most in regular levels with these features, along with badges to encourage you to take on more challenges.

The soundtrack is nicely varied, which during level playthrough is appropriately pumping for the mood of shooting battleground but none too intrusive nor repetitive enough to an annoyance. I can hear some elements of bluegrass, rock and electronics being mixed in. As for the sound effects, they are relatively lo-fi but mesh well with the cartoon environment. The one-line dialogues add up to the humor, setting a lighter mood on the zombie apocalypse environment, which I find welcome enough.

It's simplistic in gameplay and lacking in variation so, fun for some people, there is a bit of something to be found of value in this repetitive defense shooter.

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