Sights & Sounds
- With simplified features, smoothed textures, and muted outlines that combine to make the 3D world look like a cartoon grew by a dimension, I thought for a while that this was an Annapurna game. Maybe that's just because I've played both Virginia and Donut County
- I still do like the art style, though, even if it's not totally unique. What stands out more than that is the animation, specifically the way your goose moves. The waddle is especially eye-catching and silly, enhancing the humor of your antics
- The soundtrack is the game's composer's own arrangement of Debussy's Preludes, so I hope you like classical French music. I thought it served as a pretty nice auditory backdrop to all the shenanigans
Story & Vibes
- You're a goose. All geese are inherently evil. Ergo, your job is to unleash your hatred upon a cozy little town, giving form to your spite and leaving destruction in your wake
- It probably won't be a surprise to hear that the overall tone is overtly silly and lighthearted
Playability & Replayability
- Your controls for ruining everyone's day include abilities to drag/pick up objects, flap your wings (menacingly!), duck your head, and, most importantly, honk
- At the beginning of every new area you waddle into, you're given a checklist of things to do, most of which are pretty funny. After completing a certain number of them, a new to-do item will appear. Finishing that final task will open the door to the next area
- I won't spoil the game's final task, but it's fun and frantic
- At its heart, Untitled Goose Game is a puzzle game with occasional stealth mechanics, but it somehow feels more like a toy than a game in a way I really appreciated
- I played the game in couch co-op with my wife. I appreciated that the ability to zoom the camera in and out gave us the freedom to focus in on puzzles that needed our attention, but still move to a wide shot to spread out if we were completing two different tasks at the same time
Overall Impressions & Performance
- Having tried this in both single player (on the Switch some time ago) and now again in multiplayer, I'd really recommend the co-op experience. It was really fun to do things like run distraction while my wife swiped the gardener's radio or steal a kid's glasses after she tied his shoelaces together. Crime is more fun with a partner
- It's a little indie title, so you won't have much trouble running this on anything. I think it's verified for the Steam Deck as well
- I didn't notice any bugs or run into any issues, but this seems like the sort of game that may get softlocked by an item becoming unreachable
Final Verdict
- 7.5/10. Consider this a rating for the multiplayer experience; it's still a worthwhile game for a solo playthrough, but maybe half a point less enjoyable
- With simplified features, smoothed textures, and muted outlines that combine to make the 3D world look like a cartoon grew by a dimension, I thought for a while that this was an Annapurna game. Maybe that's just because I've played both Virginia and Donut County
- I still do like the art style, though, even if it's not totally unique. What stands out more than that is the animation, specifically the way your goose moves. The waddle is especially eye-catching and silly, enhancing the humor of your antics
- The soundtrack is the game's composer's own arrangement of Debussy's Preludes, so I hope you like classical French music. I thought it served as a pretty nice auditory backdrop to all the shenanigans
Story & Vibes
- You're a goose. All geese are inherently evil. Ergo, your job is to unleash your hatred upon a cozy little town, giving form to your spite and leaving destruction in your wake
- It probably won't be a surprise to hear that the overall tone is overtly silly and lighthearted
Playability & Replayability
- Your controls for ruining everyone's day include abilities to drag/pick up objects, flap your wings (menacingly!), duck your head, and, most importantly, honk
- At the beginning of every new area you waddle into, you're given a checklist of things to do, most of which are pretty funny. After completing a certain number of them, a new to-do item will appear. Finishing that final task will open the door to the next area
- I won't spoil the game's final task, but it's fun and frantic
- At its heart, Untitled Goose Game is a puzzle game with occasional stealth mechanics, but it somehow feels more like a toy than a game in a way I really appreciated
- I played the game in couch co-op with my wife. I appreciated that the ability to zoom the camera in and out gave us the freedom to focus in on puzzles that needed our attention, but still move to a wide shot to spread out if we were completing two different tasks at the same time
Overall Impressions & Performance
- Having tried this in both single player (on the Switch some time ago) and now again in multiplayer, I'd really recommend the co-op experience. It was really fun to do things like run distraction while my wife swiped the gardener's radio or steal a kid's glasses after she tied his shoelaces together. Crime is more fun with a partner
- It's a little indie title, so you won't have much trouble running this on anything. I think it's verified for the Steam Deck as well
- I didn't notice any bugs or run into any issues, but this seems like the sort of game that may get softlocked by an item becoming unreachable
Final Verdict
- 7.5/10. Consider this a rating for the multiplayer experience; it's still a worthwhile game for a solo playthrough, but maybe half a point less enjoyable