![]() ![]() The penalty for being spotted though isn’t really a penalty at all. You do need to be a bit sneaky from time to time and by going slowly and quietly you can get some things accomplished. Stealth is, sort of, a part of Untitled Goose Game. However, I will say that stealthily undoing an NPC’s shoelaces then making them chase you leads to hilarity, every time. All of them coming together to make the game the wonderful experience that it is.Īs it’s so short, I’m loathe to go into too many details of some of the mischief you can get up to. There are lots of little moments like this in Untitled Goose Game. You’ve probably seen the clip of the Goose honking right as the Groundskeeper goes to swing his hammer, causing him to smack his hand instead. These are the objectives that will require you to distract one NPC while stealing an object and making sure yet another NPC is following you so that you can do something awful to them. The objectives that require you to set off a chain reaction of events in order to create the right environment are the most fun. Some objectives require multiple steps to be completed, while others are simplified fetch quests. A huge part of the fun in Untitled Goose Game comes from experimenting and figuring out what you can and can’t do and what effect you can have. Some are straight forward and self-explanatory - Get into the Garden - while others take a little more effort to figure out. The list of objectives tell you your goal but never anything beyond that. As the Goose, you’re given a list of objectives and need to complete them in any order. It can also waddle slightly faster, bend down and use its beak to peck, hold or use items and objects and flap its wings.Įssentially, Untitled Goose Game is a puzzle game. Honking is but one of the tools the Goose has at its disposal. The reactions to it by the NPCs are simply an added bonus. It’s hard to explain just how satisfying it is to press a button and have the Goose honk. Sometimes they’ll come looking for the source of the noise and occasionally they’ll be terrified and flee. Often they’ll drop what they’re carrying due to being startled. I get some sick pleasure from honking at the NPCs in Untitled Goose Game and watching them react. The only human around is a Groundskeeper and this poor fellow is your first victim. The first area features a pond and garden. A very short and practical tutorial is followed by the first proper section. Untitled Goose Game wastes no time getting down to business. There’s an entire essay in why this Goose, this absolute jerk of a Goose, is so appealing to players, but that’s for another time. The more human the Goose’s actions seem, the funnier it is and the more the player wants to keep going. Players love the Goose cause “he’s like people” but he’s only like that because of the person controlling him. ![]() Any human qualities the Goose has come from the player.Īnd thus the brilliant ouroboros quality of Untitled Goose Game is revealed. Not that this Goose has any human qualities, at least not visually. It taps into some dormant, childlike fascination with animals and, at the same time, our tendency to anthropomorphise them. I have never, ever in my 30 years of playing video games laughed as hard, as loudly or as frequently as I did while playing Untitled Goose Game. From the moment I took control of the titular Goose until I finished my final objective, I had an absolute ball. Coming in at around two hours (2.5 at a stretch) Untitled Goose Game is over way too soon. If I can find a fault with Untitled Goose Game, and that’s a BIG if, it’s that it’s too short. ![]()
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