When Geoff gives you the code for a game, points a gun at your face, and asks you to redeem and play it, you do so without question. This has been my life ever since I joined Lazygamer, and I’ve acclimatised quite well I think.
I mean, just look at my history. I survived the mobile horror that was Kim Kardashian Hollywood, that Vita train smash of a title, The Muppets Movie Adventures, and even that one game that somehow, somehow forgot to include cabbages, Farming Simulator 15. I’ve been to hell and back, and I was at the point where I felt that I could tackle any title, no matter what it was.
And then my latest Steam code yielded a game called Herding Dog. I had heard nothing about it before, and I feared the worst. I rushed off to read the premise, which was the following:
You know what they say, it’s a wolf-eat-pig world out there for farmers. Play as a trustworthy farm canine and unlock your inner guard dog as you run, jump and bark to keep your farm safe from predators.
Maybe I’d finally met my match – Herding Dog didn’t sound the least bit enticing. Then again, maybe I was being too judgemental. Herding Dog couldn’t be that bad, could it?
Well, I don’t know so much. You be the judge – here’s a video of me playing it.
Yeah, Herding Dog is pretty horrendous. I subjected myself to that looping piano for around 30 minutes or so before I decided I’d had enough.
Annoying music aside, the gameplay of Herding Dog is really nothing to write home about either. As an adult, I found very little enjoyment with this title. For kids however, well, maybe it’ll be perceived differently.
If you’d like to give Herding Dog a bash, you’re in luck. It’s 25% off at the moment, and will only cost only R26.25.
Last Updated: January 19, 2016
miaau
January 19, 2016 at 14:02
premise? Gameplay? Score?
None of that? What about those of us that are video impaired BUT still very interested to hear about the game AND your experience with it?
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 19, 2016 at 14:17
Yes. This.
miaau
January 19, 2016 at 14:23
I have a Border Collie. for all I know this game is a training tool for the dog.
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 19, 2016 at 14:29
Next question: Do you have a well and a boy called Timmy?
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 19, 2016 at 14:36
We have a Rince
The Grand Admiral Chief Prime
January 19, 2016 at 14:43
Is he a boy?
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 19, 2016 at 14:45
It’s human. We think.
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 19, 2016 at 14:47
We only use Rince when we’re training dogs to bury things.
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 19, 2016 at 14:48
LOOOOOOOOOOOL
miaau
January 19, 2016 at 14:47
No. But maybe the new baby is a boy and maybe we can call him Timmy?
Well: Does a borehole count?
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 19, 2016 at 14:49
Timmy has already been used.
Rather consider: Timmy123, Timmy2016 or Timmy99
miaau
January 19, 2016 at 15:02
Jurassic Park:, my friend, in the theatre, says loudly “Gonna need another Timmy” when the Electric fence fried him. Whole, packed, theatre laughed so hard we sort of missed the touching recovery scene.
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 19, 2016 at 15:06
Haha. Excellent.
Ah, the good old Jurassic Park. I wonder if we’ll ever see another good dinosaur movie like that.
HvR
January 19, 2016 at 14:52
IF you want too teach your dog to dodge continuous streams of pig shit in a mincraftty world, this is the training simulator for you.
miaau
January 19, 2016 at 15:03
no, thanks for the offer though. Appreciated.
Garden service already complains……
Yes, I am that not into picking streams of dog leavings.
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 19, 2016 at 14:10
OR you can spend R35 and get Finesweeper. Do it!
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 19, 2016 at 14:17
PacMan Champion crushes your Finesweeper!
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 19, 2016 at 14:20
You are a delusional, misguided person.
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 19, 2016 at 14:10
You’re such a good boy, Matty. *pat*
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 19, 2016 at 14:16
*Everything you Figueired it to be
#opportunitymissed
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 19, 2016 at 14:20
“and will only cost only R26.25″… and your SOUL
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 19, 2016 at 14:20
Yea, I was also staring at that now…minus the SOUL part, of course.
Hammersteyn
January 19, 2016 at 14:21
LESS DAYLIGHT AND MORE FIVE NIGHT!
Ir0nseraph
January 19, 2016 at 14:34
^^This
The Grand Admiral Chief Prime
January 19, 2016 at 14:43
Motion carries.
Make it so!
Original Heretic
January 19, 2016 at 14:24
Ha! “Become a LG writer! It’ll be fun, you’ll get to play games and get paid for it!” Wait, you do get paid, right? Otherwise you’re just a plan ol’ masochist.
Original Heretic
January 19, 2016 at 14:28
Wow, after watching selected excerpts of that vid (pretty much the random places I decided to click), I have to wonder, is this a game designed for really really young children, or for those rare herd-fetichists out there? Cause to play through this, you really really REALLY R.E.A.L.L.Y. don’t have anything better to do. Even watching paint dry would be more titillating.
Generic ZA
January 19, 2016 at 15:04
Designed for people that would try and unlock the “Sheep Shagger” Achievement/Trophy o_O
The Grand Admiral Chief Prime
January 19, 2016 at 14:42
I literally fell asleep watching this
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 19, 2016 at 14:45
I did too. Staring at a screen that just says “SITE BLOCKED” is really damn boring.
Generic ZA
January 19, 2016 at 15:08
Guess the game developers didn’t count on that happening in a sheep themed game ;P
HvR
January 19, 2016 at 14:49
Ok who gave the pig’s last week’s KFC leftovers.
Jan Prins
January 19, 2016 at 14:57
Bitchin’ Game This!
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
January 19, 2016 at 15:29
Let me guess, it’s a torture device disguised as a video game?