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Ultimate Chicken Horse’s build-the-course chaos moves onto bikes. Fun with friends, say critics — but more fiddly than the original.
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Clever Endeavour Games’ follow-up to Ultimate Chicken Horse keeps the same devious hook: before every round, each player places an obstacle or trap on the course, then everyone races to the finish through the mess they built together. This time you’re on bikes, with power-ups, tricks and new modes. It joined Game Pass Premium on Sept 16, alongside Ultimate and PC Game Pass.
There’s no aggregate score yet: OpenCritic lists too few reviews. Gaming.net, which reviewed the Xbox Series X|S, PS5 and PC release, gave it 6.5/10. It still found plenty of chaotic fun in quick PvP rounds, but argued the new trick and control systems make it harder to pick up than its predecessor and that the stages are less memorable.
Nintendo Blast (7.5/10) was warmer. It says the sequel honours Ultimate Chicken Horse and is “quite fun”, and that bikes make it feel like a real sequel rather than an expansion, though the extra complexity may put off anyone who just wants a casual living-room game.
Our take: it’s a Game Pass trial, not a purchase decision. Get three or four friends together, local or online with cross-platform play, and you’ll know within a couple of rounds whether it clicks.
“This isn’t to say that it’s a bad game; it’s merely that it fails to emerge from the outer shadow of its predecessor, with mechanics and ideas that disappointingly fall short in grace and simplicity.”— Gaming.net
Hits
- Building the course together is still a brilliant hook
- Local and online cross-platform multiplayer
- Chaotic fun in short bursts
Misses
- Trickier controls than Ultimate Chicken Horse
- Stages are less memorable
- Gaming.net reports teething issues
…Ultimate Chicken Horse was a party staple and your group fancies ruining each other’s bike races instead.
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Time to beat
Not yet reportedHowLongToBeat lists the game but has no completion times yet. It’s a round-based party game, so length depends on your group.
Play now or wait?
It’s included with Premium, Ultimate and PC Game Pass, so one party night will tell you whether it beats Ultimate Chicken Horse for your group.
Tonight’s Play’s call, based on the sourced reviews and performance reports on this page.
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