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[Untitled Goose Game] It Is Time To Honk (Switch/PC)

AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
https://youtu.be/5OrLdnOUEkY
It is a lovely day in the village, and you are a horrible goose.

Untitled Goose Game is a lighthearted indie sandbox stealth game from Australian developer House House, in which a peaceful British village has its tranquility shattered by the arrival of a feathered asshole - better known as a goose. That's right, you get to take control of a honking menace, and inflict goosey terror on the people of this sleepy hamlet.

The game plays like a more PG rated version of a game like Hitman - the goal is to still sneak around accomplishing objectives (classified as your "to-do list"), but instead of murder and mayhem, the goal is feathery chaos. Some tasks are pretty straightforward ("rake in the lake" - there's a rake, there's a lake, put the two together.) Others are more open-ended (it doesn't matter how you get the groundskeeper wet, just that you do.) Your goose has several things they can do - flap their wings, run (you lose some precision in control if you do), grab things with their beak, lean down (necessary to hide as well as grab items on the ground)...

And, oh yes, honk.

The game is out today, September 20th, for both the Switch and PC.

XBL: Nox Aeternum / PSN: NoxAeternum / NN:NoxAeternum / Steam: noxaeternum
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  • TayaTaya Registered User regular
    As if a "No-Geese Allowed" sign is gonna stop me.

  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited September 2019
    Taya wrote: »
    As if a "No-Geese Allowed" sign is gonna stop me.
    You use it to get the bonus objective - wait until he swings the hammer to put it in, and honk. Done right, he'll nail his hand.

    AngelHedgie on
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  • TayaTaya Registered User regular
    Taya wrote: »
    As if a "No-Geese Allowed" sign is gonna stop me.
    You use it to get the bonus objective - wait until he swings the hammer to put it in, and honk. Done right, he'll nail his hand.

    I'm already well past that part. Everybody has no-geese signs.

  • LucedesLucedes Registered User regular
    i know i've done my job well when the villagers can no longer stand me and put up signage.

    how long is the game? i'm up to
    the pub, so far.

  • GONG-00GONG-00 Registered User regular
    Lucedes wrote: »
    i know i've done my job well when the villagers can no longer stand me and put up signage.

    how long is the game? i'm up to
    the pub, so far.
    From what I recall from a stream, you are near the end, maybe a couple sections or so

    “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
    Law and Order ≠ Justice
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  • LucedesLucedes Registered User regular
    i suspected as much. still worth the price of admission, for sure.

    sometimes i just lower the neck, spread wings, and creep about honking madly.

  • GONG-00GONG-00 Registered User regular
    Completing the game:
    it unlocks the hidden objectives and what seem to be speedrunning goals (complete areas before the church bell rings) for replays

    “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
    Law and Order ≠ Justice
    xu257gunns6e.png
  • Zilla360Zilla360 21st Century. |She/Her| Trans* Woman In Aviators Firing A Bazooka. ⚛️Registered User regular


    "They see me honkin'
    They hatin',
    Patrolling and tryin' to catch me honkin' dirty,
    Tryin' to catch me honkin' dirty,
    Tryin' to catch me honkin' dirty,
    Tryin' to catch me honkin' dirty,
    Tryin' to catch me honkin' dirty!"

    Honk!

  • Linespider5Linespider5 ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGER Registered User regular
    I’m delighted to finally play this, on the Switch no less, even if I’m somewhat confused at times. Some objects stop being able to be grabbed for unclear reasons, or can only be dragged from one end, which gets stuck behind world geometry sometimes. It seems if you wander off and come back the pieces reset, anyway.

  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    Someone has given a justification for the goose's behavior:

    XBL: Nox Aeternum / PSN: NoxAeternum / NN:NoxAeternum / Steam: noxaeternum
  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    Also, this game is corrupting our youth:

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  • Lucid_SeraphLucid_Seraph TealDeer MarylandRegistered User regular
    edited September 2019
    https://old.reddit.com/r/controlgame/comments/d7wviz/goose_ai20ue/

    I wrote a stupid fanfic thing about this game & Remedy's Control, plz love me (and I'm happy for feedback/edits, esp for making entry more Goose)

    Lucid_Seraph on
  • GONG-00GONG-00 Registered User regular
    https://old.reddit.com/r/controlgame/comments/d7wviz/goose_ai20ue/

    I wrote a stupid fanfic thing about this game & Remedy's Control, plz love me (and I'm happy for feedback/edits, esp for making entry more Goose)

    UGG ending
    purposely no mention of the Goose’s compunction to collect certain objects?

    “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
    Law and Order ≠ Justice
    xu257gunns6e.png
  • Lucid_SeraphLucid_Seraph TealDeer MarylandRegistered User regular
    GONG-00 wrote: »
    https://old.reddit.com/r/controlgame/comments/d7wviz/goose_ai20ue/

    I wrote a stupid fanfic thing about this game & Remedy's Control, plz love me (and I'm happy for feedback/edits, esp for making entry more Goose)

    UGG ending
    purposely no mention of the Goose’s compunction to collect certain objects?
    I actually haven't played Goose Game yet ;-; BUT I AM HAPPY TO APPEND THIS DOCUMENTATION GIVEN INFO and I don't care about being spoiled for Geese. Or really, anything, tbqh.

  • GONG-00GONG-00 Registered User regular
    GONG-00 wrote: »
    https://old.reddit.com/r/controlgame/comments/d7wviz/goose_ai20ue/

    I wrote a stupid fanfic thing about this game & Remedy's Control, plz love me (and I'm happy for feedback/edits, esp for making entry more Goose)

    UGG ending
    purposely no mention of the Goose’s compunction to collect certain objects?
    I actually haven't played Goose Game yet ;-; BUT I AM HAPPY TO APPEND THIS DOCUMENTATION GIVEN INFO and I don't care about being spoiled for Geese. Or really, anything, tbqh.

    *Tinfoil Hat on*
    The whole game is a planned terror campaign, a list of objectives for the Goose to complete are handwritten on lined note paper, to destabilize the small English village. This allows the Goose to add a replica church bell to a pile of other bells located near the Goose's starting location. Given that the Goose does not display the ability to read within the world, it is unknown who or what wrote the list. The significance of the bell pile and its importance to the Goose is not known.

    Might be too spoilerific to use the above, hence my vague wording in my original response. Nonetheless, I quite enjoyed the crossover.

    “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
    Law and Order ≠ Justice
    xu257gunns6e.png
  • jothkijothki Registered User regular
    Just so that people are aware, this game is pretty short. It's the kind of thing that you can beat in like two or so play sessions.

  • McFodderMcFodder Registered User regular
    Yeah, looking at my playtime over the weekend it was a touch over 4 hours to get through to the credits and (spoilers for people that may not know what wants to come after)
    all of the new post-game objectives, but not the speedrun ones.

    That was with a decent amount of time spent doing non-'to-do list' things, because for that 4 hours, I was that goose.

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  • BRIAN BLESSEDBRIAN BLESSED Maybe you aren't SPEAKING LOUDLY ENOUGHHH Registered User regular
    I really want this game to be nominated for all the awards so I can hear Geoff Keighley sound really stupid reading "Untitled Goose Game" out loud

  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    i have never seen my boyfriend more interested in a game i've been playing ever

    the look on his face when i played out all the things to do to soak the gardner he may as well been staring at the face of god

  • Linespider5Linespider5 ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGER Registered User regular
    I legitimately felt bad when
    I made the guy break the art lady’s vase

  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    And we have speedruns!

    Here's a 7:16 run that uses glitches to skip to the pub:

    https://youtu.be/2vQay7MXC4g

    And here's a glitchless 19:07 run:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hig2lfjLVo

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  • Brainiac 8Brainiac 8 Don't call me Shirley... Registered User regular
    Loved my time with this. My only complaint is what most everyone's is I think, it's just too short. I couldn't believe it when I hit the end. It was Honking great while it lasted though.

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  • HoukHouk Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    I had like ten bucks in Nintendo coins, so picked this up for $5. I figure at that price, it being short won't be nearly as big of an issue. Gonna get honking later tonight!

  • DeansDeans Registered User regular
    I love how the speedruns start the timer at the first honk.

  • McFodderMcFodder Registered User regular
    I really hope we get some more objectives added from time to time, even if just in the existing areas.

    That said, I still loaded it up last night just to mess around a little bit.
    (crosspost from SE++, but I'm proud of it)

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  • Linespider5Linespider5 ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGER Registered User regular
    I’m really taking my time with this game. Something about an extended aesthetic where there is very nearly no obvious conventional texture mapping at all makes me quite happy-the visual illusion completes itself, every object, character and scene appears made of an equally real material. Nothing pops out at you as artificial.

    I really hope they continue this idea and presentation in some fashion. Some of it screams to me to be the bones of some kind of crime game or detective game, where you’re finding clues and manipulating the crime scene somehow. I’m not saying Goose Detective but I wouldn’t be against that either.

  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    XBL: Nox Aeternum / PSN: NoxAeternum / NN:NoxAeternum / Steam: noxaeternum
  • BRIAN BLESSEDBRIAN BLESSED Maybe you aren't SPEAKING LOUDLY ENOUGHHH Registered User regular
    I need all videogames reviewed in this prose

  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    I need all videogames to have a dedicated honk button.

  • DrascinDrascin Registered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    I need all videogames to have a dedicated honk button.

    I'm willing to accept variations depending on the specific creature you're playing. For example, Okami has a bork button, because you're a dog, and that's good.

    Steam ID: Right here.
  • Romantic UndeadRomantic Undead Registered User regular
    How has no one invoked the Glorious Edict yet?

    You're all a bunch of SILLY GEESE!

    And so am I.

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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    Drascin wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    I need all videogames to have a dedicated honk button.

    I'm willing to accept variations depending on the specific creature you're playing.

    NO

    ONLY HONKS

  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    @Honk

    Sorry, had to

  • HonkHonk Honk is this poster. Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    OMG HONK

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  • HonkHonk Honk is this poster. Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    There’s been a lot of honking this week let me tell you

    PSN: Honkalot
  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    How has no one invoked the Glorious Edict yet?

    You're all a bunch of SILLY GEESE!

    And so am I.

    I had thought about using "The Glorious Edict: The Game" for the thread title.

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  • Linespider5Linespider5 ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGER Registered User regular
    I do have some complaints now.

    I just reached the pub, and there’s certainly a continuing bespoke charm and the challenge is changing in new ways, and it’s more of everything I’ve liked so far and even, hey, some people do get along with the goose and that’s cool...

    I just find myself wanting new skills, or something I could do in the third stage I couldn’t do in the first.

    It just...I want more concrete rewards. Don’t get me wrong, I’m charmed by everything this game is doing, I just wish that opening up a new area was more than another to-do list. Does that make sense?

  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular

    I am the terror that flaps in the night

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