![]() ![]() I’m just a goose throwing a rake into a lake. This isn’t me saving a princess or making it to the end of a dungeon. Mission accomplished and boy does it feel wonderful. With less than a minute to go, I’m able to cause a sufficient amount of havoc to distract him long enough for me to put the rake in the lake. I try moving a pumpkin or two and it’s not enough. I need to throw it into the lake, but every time I get close the farmer catches me. Getting into the garden was an objective all its own, but I set my attention to the rake in the back of the garden as my primary task for the session. When the farmer goes to grab them, I turn it on and soak him. I pull out a bunch of carrots and throw them next to the sprinkler. I try and steal his boot, and when he takes it back from me, I steal his keys. He can easily catch me, so my main objective for all my tasks to figure out the best ways to distract him. Most everything in the stage I grab onto will prompt the farmer to give chase. I start out trying to set the picnic but when I realize the clock is ticking I move onto more achievable goals. While just being the goose itself is enough for me to love this title, there are objectives I need to complete to win. All my interactions with the objects in the stage are contextual and it’s never unclear what I’m about to take hold of when I press the button. The goose walks with an adorable waddle, and I can honk and flap my wings with the press of a button. I’m a goose and there is a farmer tending to his garden who I need to go bother. The demo for Untitled Goose Game features the level that’s been most prominent in its publicity so far. And in the opening hour of the expo, when the press is given an hour head start on the rest of the attendees, that’s exactly what I do. If there was one game I was going to play at PAX West, it would be this. How could I? How could I forget about a game where you play as a goose that causes mischief? That’s a concept that stays with me, slowly gestating in my imagination as the possibilities of the title swirl through my head. “I forgot about that game,” several Destructoid writers said when we first got the trailer. ![]() This week it burst back into the spotlight when it was featured in the Nindies Showcase. House House went silent after the footage premiered and the game slowly faded from memory. Untitled Goose Game debuted last year and it seemed to make a huge dent as everyone couldn’t get enough of the exploits of the Asshole Goose. Clearly the superior goose simulator on the market ![]()
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