Untitled Goose Game

Untitled Goose Game is an isometric stealth-puzzle game developed by House House. Originally created as a joke amongst the members of House House on Slack, it became a full game and was published by Panic.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) There are literally hundreds of things you can do to deliberately be a jerk to the villagers while simultaneously completing the tasks you have.
 * 2) You can harass the villagers by honking at them non-stop and chasing after them.
 * 3) The tasks in the to-do list are simple and easy to understand.
 * 4) Most of the villagers have very competent AI and will acknowledge the goose's presence and what items he had stolen from them. This encourages players to find ways to complete the to-do list without attracting unnecessary attention from them.
 * 5) You can complete some objectives in unconventional ways. Here are some examples:
 * 6) * If you skip the first two areas of the game using a side gate, you can still complete two of the tasks in the first area's to-do list while running away from the villagers with the bell in your beak.
 * 7) * If the male neighbour catches you stealing his slipper for the "Do the wash" task for the third area's to-do list and you had plopped it into his fountain alongside the female neighbour's soap bar, bra and socks, the task will still be completed if he wades into the fountain to retrieve back his slipper.
 * 8) Nice-looking cel-shaded graphics.
 * 9) The game's soundtrack is really nice despite it being mostly composed of public domain songs.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The obviously incredibly uncreative title.
 * 2) The game is very short, being easily completed in about two to five hours. In fact, it's actually possible to finish it in less than 20 minutes!
 * 3) While the villagers' AIs are good, they can sometimes be dumb. E.g. if you carry the male neighbour's beret to the female neighbour, he'd automatically stop chasing you and go back to his garden chair.
 * 4) Some of the item-fetching tasks are difficult to complete due to the villagers' AIs.
 * 5) Limited replayability.
 * 6) Once you already complete every task in the game, there is not much thing to do.

Reception
Untitled Goose Game got "Generally Favorable" reviews from critics and the audience on Metacritic. The game has a critic rating of 81/100 on the Switch, and a 78/100 on the PC.

The Sixth Axis gave the game 9/10, praising its uniqueness and challenging but solvable puzzles while criticizing its length.

God is a Geek gave the game 8.5/10, praising its simple gameplay, stealth mechanic and tasks while criticizing its short length and lack of challenge.

Metro gave the game 8/10, praising its concept, puzzles, stealth, graphics and soundtrack while criticizing its repetitiveness near the end of the game.

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