While some may at first appear to be obscure, a little lateral goose-based thinking, or even just tinkering with the environmental obstacles will usually reveal a solution. For a start, there are multiple approaches to some puzzles, some more brute force than others. It’s probably only going to take you a handful of hours to work your way through the game’s puzzles.īut I reckon that’s OK, and for a couple of reasons. Now, Untitled Goose Game isn’t astonishingly long, and I can see some folks having an issue with that in an age where some titles run into multi-day playtimes. There’s a genuine feeling of satisfaction when you do solve a puzzle, not only from the logical part of your brain but also the comedic side, because it’s very basic honk-led slapstick comedy. It probably says something profound about human nature that this is so fun to play.
There’s a genuine - if rather malicious - joy in what you’re tasked to do, and I really don’t want to write too much about what those challenges are and spoil anything for you. The game’s puzzles are presented with just enough detail to keep you intrigued, and range from breaking implements to unlocking doors, locking hapless (and for some reason mostly faceless) humans in and being the goose equivalent of the school bully. Sure, you do use it from time to time to solve the game’s puzzles in some cases, but mostly it’s there because, rather like the horn in racing games, it’s fun to simply let off a string of honks from time to time as you revel in your goose-based mischief. There’s a dedicated honking button - on the Switch its the ‘Y’ button - and it’s the first control that the game teaches you, for a good reason. You’re limited in scope to the things an actual Goose could do, so you can run around, swim through water, pick things up with your beak and honk. If this doesn’t appeal to you at a base level - that base level being a horrible goose causing havoc - then it won’t be a game for you.īut is it worth playing? In short, yes. It’s one of those games that really does sell itself conceptually on its trailer. Geese are funny looking creatures in real life, and developers House House have done a fantastic job bringing your Goose (or Gander, it really doesn’t matter much) to life. Untitled Goose Game is an Australian-produced game that’s essentially a stealth puzzle title, with the primary hook being the delightfully animated visuals and, of course, the fact that you’re a goose. Why? Are you out for revenge because humans desecrated your wetlands or stole your true love? You’re cast as the eponymous anonymous goose, out to cause havok wherever you go. A figure to look up to as you struggle against the odds to overcome villainy in one form or another. In most games, you’re cast as the noble hero.
A horrible Goose, to be sure, but a lovely game as well.
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