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Shephy
Released On: Jul 6, 2017
54
6.0
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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17% Positive
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1 Review
50% Mixed
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3 Reviews
33% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
54
17% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
33% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
There aren't a lot of card games on the Switch, and even fewer in which you have to breed sheep; Shephy succeeds in being the best the Switch has to offer on both fronts. It's easy to pick up, fun to play, and more strategic than you'd expect for a sheep-based solitaire. While the translation efforts leave something to be desired, it's good enough to get the gist of what's going on, and there's very little standing in the way of just how fantastic this game can be.
A strange yet endearing tale of sheep traveling through parallel universes is an unexpected treat. Whilst the theme doesn’t dominate play, its inclusion brings enough gravitas to make every move count. Though the absence of multiplayer and optional touch controls is questionable, the price paid is nothing to squawk at due to a well-thought out single player experience that is potentially endless. Shephy is delightfully addictive, with a dark undertone that shares some realism with society’s treatment of sheep. Above all Shephy teaches you that “if you leave one wolf alive, the sheep are never safe…”
Shephy has a lot of promise, but ultimately lets itself down by unbalanced decks and somewhat messy rules.
Shephy is mechanically sound and intrinsically fun, but it’s also a harrowing experience if you think about it hard enough. I can’t tell if Pawn intended the game to be darkly humorous or outright desolate, but either way the grim story both tempered my enjoyment and drove me to play more. It’s an emotion that I’ve rarely experienced from a game, and that itself lends Shephy merit beyond the extent that the randomisation within the game actually hurts it.
Shephy is a goofy, short, single-player card game that is quite entertaining for its genre. It doesn’t stand out graphically nor musically, but may be a cheap option to spend your time with.
The music is repetitive and worse than what you'd hear on an elevator, and the randomness of the difficulty just isn't fun, at all. You could even say it's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 User Ratings
6.0
45% Positive
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5 Ratings
18% Mixed
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36% Negative
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4 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 User Ratings
6.0
45% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
18% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
36% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
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Summary Lots of adorable sheep. Single-player sheep increasing card game, "Shephy". The single-player card game with cute and lovely illustration that keeps player coming back for more is now available on the Nintendo Switch. The main goal of the game is to increase your sheep count to 1000. Using combination of the event cards, achieve the goal...
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- 3DS
- Nintendo Switch
- PC
Initial Release Date: Jul 6, 2017
Developer:
- Arc System Works
Publisher: Arc System Works
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