Review #695: Untitled Goose Game

 Also known as the irritating Goose.

 Untitled Goose Game is a weird one, it's a new indie stealth game in which you play as a goose and your objective is to annoy humans. It's as silly and as fun as it sounds, all it took for me to buy the game was watching the trailer and seeing the horrendous things you could do to the nerdy kid. It was amazing.

 There's no real story to the game, you play as a goose that one day decides, 'hey, let's go bother some people' and so it does. The game is divided in about 5-6 different interconnected sections, and each section has their own list of goals. You don't need to clear every goal before you're allowed to proceed, but trying to do everything is always fun. The game is quite short, probably lasts about an hour, but it's a very fun hour. Clearing the game rewards you with new, tougher objectives, as well as having the entire game open for you to explore as you like from the get-go.

 As the Goose you've got two very important abilities that will let you vex the hell out of every human that comes your way: Honking and Grabbing(with your beak). Honking can help you distract humans, call their attention or, sometimes, scaring them. Grabbing is how you'll do most of your bothering, as you can grab pretty much everything you see. You can also crawl, in order to grab a few smaller objects, as well as flap your wings which does little more than show the world how badass the Goose is.

 It sounds so simple, and it is, but it's a very charming game. It's impossible not to giggle as you untie the kids shoes, so that he trips and drops his glasses, when you scare him, so that you can take his glasses away and swap them for another pair. The Goose is 2019's nastiest villain, and it's amazing. A lot of humor and charm comes from its premise alone, but you'll find yourself interacting with stuff just to see what chaos you can cause. It's simple, it's fun.

 Untitled Goose Game is no the best game you'll ever play, nor the deepest, but it's a funny romp from beginning to end, and easily worth it's price of admission.
 7.5 out of 10