Home Sheep Home: Farmageddon Party Edition: PS5 Review

Developed by Aardman and Mobile Pie
Platform: PS5

Shaun The Sheep's latest game venture on the console is one that bears all the hallmarks of a mobile game writ large on a wider canvas.

But that's not necessarily a bad thing for one of Aardman's more favoured characters, though in parts, it does feel like it could have been touched up a little more for a different audience.

Essentially a series of logic challenges aimed at moving three different sizes of sheep (Timmy, Shaun and Shirley) from one side of the screen to the other, Home Sheep Home: Farmageddon Party Edition works best when several other players join in and you work co-operatively to solve the puzzles in time and get rewards for progression in return.

In truth, it's a very simple concept, very simply executed. But occasionally that minimalism of execution does leave you feeling like you're playing a mobile game that's simply been ported across.

Despite the abundance of terrible puns, and the lovingly crafted visuals of Shaun and his pals, there's little in levels other than the baaing of the sheep to grace the earways. Graphically, the game's simplicity works to its advantage, with clear crisp pencilled visuals meaning you're focussing more on the gameplay than what is actually on the screen.

Each sheep has its own advantage to bring to the party - Timmy is tiny, Shaun can jump great distances and heights and Shirley can shift larger objects. Sometimes though the puzzles require a bit of lateral thinking to solve, and this is perhaps where the party elements of the game work better as bouncing off ideas with a comrade proves to be more insightful.

With movie-themed party games, and a Farmageddon injection, Home Sheep Home feels like the complete package that will have many family fans flocking to its gameplay. You'll be surprised how much time you'll want to spend in Mossy Bottom and invigorated by the fact this is a game that gives you cause to think.