Oh hey, nothing to look at here, it’s just an ordinary box JUST KIDDING IT’S A GOOSE.
Hey everyone, PushingUpRoses here and today I’m talkin’ about this little rage machine
otherwise known as a goose.
Typically, domestic geese don’t mind the presence of humans, but this one?
Ohhhh, this one.
This one has a goal, and that goal is to collect shiny bells, and no human will stand in its
way.
In fact, while this goose is on its journey, it commits multiple crimes; theft, battery,
and the ultimate crime of looking way too adorable.
This is Untitled Goose Game, and you will fowl in love with it.
HAHAHAHA.
(Goose honk)
As soon as I booted up this game, I laughed hysterically for about 2 minutes straight.
As soon as I pressed the spacebar, honked, and saw that adorable goose head peak out
from the bushes, I fell in love.
The game had me at honk.
And then I started walking around and laughed even more; the mechanic is immediately charming
and mimics a bird’s behavior SO well.
There’s a short tutorial that goes over the controls, and it’s very easy to pick
up and get into right away.
So my first instinct as a goose was to run amok.
I saw a sandwich sitting here on the bench and thought, “I should dump that in the
lake.”
So I dumped in the lake.
It has a slight sandbox feel to it since you can just go around really doing whatever you
want, living your life as a rage filled goose, but as soon as I walked around a little more
an objectives list popped up.
You get them for every new area you reach and they are GOLD.
I LOVE these tasks.
Make the gardner hammer is thumb?
Hell yeah.
Make this old man fall on his butt?
NAILED IT.
Steal this dorky kid’s glasses and make him wear another pair!
Yes!
...actually he looks better in these anyway, I helped.
I love how mischievous and hilarious these objective lists are; some of them had obvious
solutions, and others took me an embarrassing amount of time.
In the beginning, when I was harassing this poor gardner, my strategy was to steal things
as quickly as I could and BOOK IT to where I needed to be.
I didn’t care if I got caught, I didn’t take any shortcuts, I just haphazardly ran
around and hoped for the best.
Then I realized, this is a stealth game.
Why in bloody hell am I not sneaking around?
Not that there’s a wrong way to play this game, mind you.
If you wanna run like a loon that’s up to you.
You know, like a LOON!
Heh.
I guess being stealthy didn’t come naturally to me at first because...you know...I’m
a goose.
I wanna run around and flap my wings and honk at people I don’t like.
But as soon as I reminded myself that this IS a stealth game, it became even more fun
and I got a lot of satisfaction out of it.
The entire game is extremely expressive - none of the characters talk but they communicate
their actions with these thought bubbles so you can keep an eye on what they might do
next, and the reactive music and stings are incredible.
There are bumbling melodies for when someone bumps into you.
(silly music sting) And then there are these grand, epic songs that play when you complete
a task.
(grand music sting) The art is more on the simple side, but it’s also just so… cute.
It fits, it makes sense for a goose game.
I don’t want to spoil too many of the solutions but I did want to share one of my favorite
puzzles so it gives you an idea of the humor style and how stealthing and completing objectives
work; in this section I have to dress myself up with a pretty ribbon!
I took a quick look around and saw this lovely red bow, so I took it, then promptly realized
that I had no way of getting it on my stocky goose body.
This woman took the bow and put it back on her goose statue, and I thought, it would
be so funny if I could pose as the goose and have her put the bow on.
And that was EXACTLY what I had to do.
While the woman wasn’t looking I moved the goose statue, posed, and she put the bow on
me.
Success!
I’m a very pretty bird now!
The game is pretty fair when it comes to stealthing, I messed up plenty of times but as long as
people cannot see you or you are hidden under or behind something, you can dart from place
to place without much trouble.
I finished the game in about 4-5 hours and was pretty satisfied, but even after you finish
the main story there are additional silly objectives to do that involve annoying the
towns people EVEN MORE, so I am excited to go right back in and complete it.
It’s really plenty of content, at least it is for me, and it put me in a damned fine
mood.
Everyone should be flocking to this game; it’s cute, funny, and honestly quelled my
depression for the evening.
I do want to say that if you are easily stressed out by tense situations, this MAY give you
a bit of anxiety.
There’s a true sense of urgency when it comes to not getting caught, but the silly
nature of the game balanced it all out for me.
I can’t feel TOO stressed when I am an adorable, prankster goose.
Some people even like me!
They gave me a flower!
Now I don’t have to steal one, yaay!
Untitled Goose Game - give it a gander.
Yeah, I’m probably the millionth person to make that joke, and yet I’m still proud
of it.
Highly recommend picking this title up; the experience is worth the time and money.
It’s endearing, clever, and has a cheeky sense of humor that can be enjoyed by people
of all ages.
Be Geese, do crimes.
Hey everyone, thank you so much for watching my lil review of Untitled Goose Game, I really
do hope you consider picking this one up.
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