Untitled Goose Game Review

Giving bad geese a good name

<div class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;deals jeg&lowbar;deals&lowbar;float clearfix">&NewLine; <div class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;dealsheader clearfix">&NewLine; <div class&equals;"dealstitle">&NewLine; <h3>Untitled Goose Game DEALS<&sol;h3>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;storeinfo">&NewLine; <ul class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;storelist">&NewLine; <li>&NewLine; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nintendo&period;com&sol;games&sol;detail&sol;untitled-goose-game-switch&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" class&equals;"storename">Nintendo<&sol;a>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"priceinfo">&NewLine; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nintendo&period;com&sol;games&sol;detail&sol;untitled-goose-game-switch&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" class&equals;"price">&dollar;19&period;99<&sol;a>&NewLine; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nintendo&period;com&sol;games&sol;detail&sol;untitled-goose-game-switch&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" class&equals;"productlink">VIEW<&sol;a>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <&sol;li><li>&NewLine; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;epicgames&period;com&sol;store&sol;en-US&sol;product&sol;untitled-goose-game&sol;home" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" class&equals;"storename">Epic Games Store<&sol;a>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"priceinfo">&NewLine; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;epicgames&period;com&sol;store&sol;en-US&sol;product&sol;untitled-goose-game&sol;home" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" class&equals;"price">&dollar;19&period;99<&sol;a>&NewLine; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;epicgames&period;com&sol;store&sol;en-US&sol;product&sol;untitled-goose-game&sol;home" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" class&equals;"productlink">VIEW<&sol;a>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <&sol;li>&NewLine; <&sol;ul>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <&sol;div><p>Strange and outlandish games aren’t a rare sight in the indie gaming world&period; There are plenty of games that try to implement atypical designs and mechanics&period; Most of the time they just feel like an experiment given up on halfway through&period; Untitled Goose Game manages to explore a weird and&comma; as far as I’m aware&comma; unique premise and ended up with an entertaining and polished experience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;xZombieAlix&sol;status&sol;1185695629764370432<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">The Memes<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">The most prevalent things about Untitled Goose Game are the memes created around it&period; I can’t remember a recent small developer&sol;indie game that had quite as many people racing to make and share funny content around it&period; The free advertising must have been a beautiful sight&comma; especially since it lead to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamasutra&period;com&sol;view&sol;news&sol;352323&sol;Untitled&lowbar;Goose&lowbar;Game&lowbar;passed&lowbar;100000&lowbar;sales&lowbar;in&lowbar;first&lowbar;two&lowbar;weeks&period;php" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">over 100&comma;000 copies sold in the first two weeks&period; <&sol;a> Many developers of low budget titles struggle to get even the smallest amount of traction in the public eye&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;148983" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-148983" style&equals;"width&colon; 1920px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"wp-image-148983 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;23022818&sol;goose&lowbar;screenshot-11&period;jpg" alt&equals;"There is no safe haven" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-148983" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">There is no safe haven<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h4 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">The Actual Game Though<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">Successes aside&comma; the reason that Untitled Goose Game has gotten so much attention is that it’s a lot of fun to play&period; You take control of a goose that has all of the basic functions of your typical goose&period; It can waddle at a moderate pace or run slightly faster&period; It can swim across bodies of water&period; It’s able to pick up moderately sized objects and drag slightly larger ones&period; It can even honk to its little heart’s content&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">It is up to the player to use these abilities to move items around the environment&comma; trigger events with the NPCs of the world&comma; and generally just be a nuisance&period; You’ve got a list of tasks for each area you venture into that usually involves grabbing items behind people’s backs and whisking them away to some area for no good reason&period; Up until the very end&comma; there doesn’t seem to be much of a reason for anything this goose does outside of having fun or just being a jerk&period; That&comma; in itself&comma; makes the game even more enjoyable&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;148980" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-148980" style&equals;"width&colon; 1920px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"wp-image-148980 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;23022521&sol;goose&lowbar;screenshot-03&period;png" alt&equals;"A goose's honk does indeed echo" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-148980" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">A goose&&num;8217&semi;s honk does indeed echo<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h4 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">Over in the Honk of a Beak<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">One of the biggest issues with Untitled Goose Game is that it doesn’t last very long&period; I played from the title screen to credits in less time than the last Avengers movie&period; The innovative and fun nature of the game left me wanting more&comma; which made it a little relieving when you could do a new set of tasks on a list after the end&period; I would much rather have more content than new challenges though&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">These post-ending tasks are a good bit tougher and some even require tasks to be done in a certain period – essentially creating speed runs&period; This is a good addition&comma; but it still relegates you to the same dozen or so character interactions in four or five zones&period; The most enjoyable part of the game is how you ultimately end up wronging these poor NPCs and making their life difficult&period; Within the short duration&comma; I never got tired of snatching an item and watching them panic as they chased me hoping I wouldn’t escape&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;148982" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-148982" style&equals;"width&colon; 1920px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"wp-image-148982 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;23022810&sol;goose&lowbar;screenshot-05-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Even geese need to stay clean" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-148982" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Even geese need to stay clean<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h4 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">Worth a flock&quest;<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">Untitled Goose Game is a little pricey at &dollar;20 on the Switch and Epic Games Store given its limited gameplay&period; However&comma; the game is certainly an experience&period; As silly as it is to watch&comma; the interactions and tricks you can employ give the gameplay a little bit of an emergent quality&period; It’s interesting to see what works and what doesn’t&comma; especially with the more challenging post-ending gameplay&period; When you get control of that goose and do your sassy little waddle&comma; it’s a much more fulfilling experience than it would seem in writing or a video&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">This game certainly has the power to appeal to all sorts of people&comma; especially those that love a more relaxed and mellow gaming experience&period; The gentle piano that is sprinkled throughout and reactive to the on-screen events adds a perfectly blended and enhancing effect to the gameplay&period; Yet&comma; I think people who want more out of their games in terms of overall value will find it easy to wait for a half-price sale&period; By this point you’ve probably missed out on contributing to the meme value&comma; so you’re safe in getting this 2-3 hour game when it is a bit more cost-effective&period; You should get it at some point though… if only to make sure the developers keep making games this enjoyable &lpar;and hopefully longer&rpar;&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;review&lowbar;wrap">&NewLine; <h3 class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;review&lowbar;subtitle">The Review<&sol;h3>&NewLine; <h2 class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;review&lowbar;title">&NewLine; Untitled Goose Game&NewLine; <&sol;h2>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;reviewheader clearfix">&NewLine; <div class&equals;"review&lowbar;score score&lowbar;good">&NewLine; <span class&equals;"score&lowbar;value">9<&sol;span>&NewLine; <span class&equals;"score&lowbar;text">Score<&sol;span>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"desc" style&equals;''>&NewLine; <p>Untitled Goose Game is a simple game where you guide a mean goose through his daily tasks of annoying his neighbors&period; It&&num;039&semi;s short&comma; but every minute is fun&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;reviewdetail clearfix">&NewLine; <div class&equals;"conspros">&NewLine; <h3>PROS<&sol;h3>&NewLine; <ul><li><i class&equals;"jegicon-check"><&sol;i> You play a goose&period; That's weird and fun<&sol;li><li><i class&equals;"jegicon-check"><&sol;i> Simple gameplay with bits of emergent goodness<&sol;li><li><i class&equals;"jegicon-check"><&sol;i> Action-dependent laid minimalist soundtrack<&sol;li><li><i class&equals;"jegicon-check"><&sol;i> Lots of cute and comedic outcomes to your actions<&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"conspros">&NewLine; <h3>CONS<&sol;h3>&NewLine; <ul><li><i class&equals;"jegicon-cross"><&sol;i> Shorter and smaller than I'd like it to be<&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;reviewscore jeg&lowbar;reviewbars clearfix" data-scoretype&equals;"point">&NewLine; <h3>Review Breakdown<&sol;h3>&NewLine; <ul><li>&NewLine; <strong>Score<&sol;strong>&NewLine; <span class&equals;"reviewscore">9<&sol;span>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;reviewbar&lowbar;wrap">&NewLine; <span style&equals;"width&colon; 90&percnt;" class&equals;"barbg"><&sol;span>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;deals clearfix">&NewLine; <div class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;dealsheader clearfix">&NewLine; <div class&equals;"dealstitle">&NewLine; <h3>Untitled Goose Game DEALS<&sol;h3>&NewLine; <p>We collect information from many stores for best price available<&sol;p>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"bestprice">&NewLine; <h4>Best Price<&sol;h4>&NewLine; <strong class&equals;"price">&dollar;19<&sol;strong>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;storeinfo">&NewLine; <ul class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;storelist">&NewLine; <li>&NewLine; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nintendo&period;com&sol;games&sol;detail&sol;untitled-goose-game-switch&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" class&equals;"storename">&NewLine; Nintendo&NewLine; <&sol;a>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"priceinfo">&NewLine; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nintendo&period;com&sol;games&sol;detail&sol;untitled-goose-game-switch&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" class&equals;"price">&dollar;19&period;99<&sol;a>&NewLine; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nintendo&period;com&sol;games&sol;detail&sol;untitled-goose-game-switch&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" class&equals;"productlink">Buy Now<&sol;a>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <&sol;li><li>&NewLine; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;epicgames&period;com&sol;store&sol;en-US&sol;product&sol;untitled-goose-game&sol;home" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" class&equals;"storename">&NewLine; Epic Games Store&NewLine; <&sol;a>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"priceinfo">&NewLine; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;epicgames&period;com&sol;store&sol;en-US&sol;product&sol;untitled-goose-game&sol;home" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" class&equals;"price">&dollar;19&period;99<&sol;a>&NewLine; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;epicgames&period;com&sol;store&sol;en-US&sol;product&sol;untitled-goose-game&sol;home" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" class&equals;"productlink">Buy Now<&sol;a>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <&sol;li>&NewLine; <&sol;ul>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; <&sol;div>

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