3/5 ★ – Luitenant_Gruber's review of Party Animals.

Hilarious party game with a few hours of legit fun. Yes, Party Animals is "yet another one" like Human Fall Flat, Eggstraction, Witch It and many others. You play as an animal like a cat, dog, fox or trash panda, each with their own facial expressions. You gather up some friends, load a map and start battling each other by throwing your opponent off the map. Each map has certain hazards that speed up the elimination progress. You can throw each other of conveyer belts, let your opponent getting crushed between a hammer and simply throw them off a ledge. Graphicly, this game looks alright. The animations and physics are also fine. The music is silly and fits with the theme. The controls are horrendous and sluggish and many times, you do not have any feedback that you successfully grabbed or pushed an opponent. You can grab with both limbs separately and yank them towards you or towards the nearest death pit. For some reason, Party Animals has one of the worst matchmaking systems ever. In the core, you just invite people and play, but sometimes you get popups about the free version of the game, the paid version, "only the host can invite you", friends that do not show up etc. Etc. I still have no clue how to play with strangers or how to find a public game to this day. Yet again, this game is fun with some friends on a LAN party or a random Friday night. Playing it alone or with strangers is boring and because so, I will not play this game other than with friends. I do not think this game is worth almost 20 euros. For this reason, I cannot recommend it when you look at the basic content and game modes, that Party Animals offers.