Untitled Goose Game
By David Chapman,
Common Sense Media Reviewer
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Don't let your goose get cooked in feathered fun puzzler.
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Good fun
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What’s It About?
UNTITLED GOOSE GAME starts in a quaint little village, a serene place where the people enjoy the peace and tranquility that life has to offer. At least they did, until a certain waterfowl with a bad temper and a bit of a devious streak comes flapping in to ruin everyone's day. And that winged terror is you. As the (un)titular goose in question, your job is to wreak havoc among the villagers, interrupting their work, shattering their piece of mind, and relieving them of their most prized possession. You might be a menace, but you're also a menace with a mission. Think you've got what it takes to fulfill your devilish To-Do list, opening up more of the town showcase your troublemaking talent?
Is It Any Good?
Admittedly, some days it's just plain fun to be the bad guy. That's something the folks behind Untitled Goose Game understand, giving players a chance to relish in the mayhem of terrorizing a village full of people with little more than a bit of stealth, a bit of cunning, and an excess of honking. What's most surprising about the game is that its beauty lies in its simplicity. The art style won't tax anyone's hardware, as it's a relatively basic presentation that comes across almost like a minimalist painting brought to life. Smooth and fluid animations add an extra level to the game's realism, with characters acting like you would expect actual people to do. These are people just trying to live their lives and go about their daily routines … until you come along to muck it all up.
While it's easy (and fun) to just run around town haphazardly causing chaos and leaving a swath of irritable townsfolk in your path, there truly is a method to the madness. Each day starts you off with a To-Do list of trouble to cause and items to recover. Completing each task requires a bit of forethought and skill, planning ways to catch the humans off guard and then executing that plan to perfection. Sometimes it takes an almost Rube Goldberg set of circumstances to fall into place to get exactly what you need, but those times when it all comes together, you can't help but feel a bit of pride in your villainous machinations.
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Game Details
- Platforms: Mac , Nintendo Switch , Windows
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Available online?: Available online
- Publisher: Panic Inc.
- Release date: September 20, 2019
- Genre: Puzzle
- Topics: Adventures , Science and Nature , Wild Animals
- ESRB rating: E for No Descriptions
- Last updated: October 11, 2019
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