You know what would've really made this thing? Let me bite people with my horrible goose teeth. The honest title for Untitled Goose Game was 'Mallard Goose Solid.' Starring: Honking Stealing Honking Harassment Honking Featureless Nightmare People Honking and Let's Be Real, It's More Honking. Really great dynamic soundtrack, though you've got to give them that. So flap those feathers and get ready to loose the goose, in an adorable tech demo for a full game that somehow set the Internet on fire for, like, five minutes, which the Internet ruined almost immediately through overexposure, making it less of a game and more of a case study in how we're doomed to destroy everything we love. It's the video game equivalent of an SNL sketch they decided to make a whooooole movie about. If this isn't asking to turn your liver into foie gras, I don't know what is.Įxperience the latest in digital gander simulation technology as you literally hunt and peck your way through a quiet neighborhood disrupting everything in sight, using vaguely Hitman-esque stealth mechanics with tons of unique hand-built animations, that are a joy to discover until you hit a wall and can't figure out what to do next, and have to figure out the specific sequence of pointless goose things you have to do to get past the Dark Souls-ass one-way gates, as the whole game makes a quick descent from childlike joyousness to vague amusement to completionist tedium in just a handful of hours. But honestly, just look at this sh*t they would TOTALLY be justified. It's this year's Goat Simulator, and you all remember how well that's aged, right?įlex the wingspan of the titular goose as you pester and berate a tiny town with your relentless honking (montage of the goose honking at people), making their lives a living nightmare for no real reason by sneaking around and hiding till they least expect it, then running away with all their stuff, or messing with them in person by untying their shoes or whatever, until they put up comical "no goose" signage, instead of wringing your neck or shooting you with a gun and then using your fat for cooking. I-I guess the goose is writing? Not that it matters, because everyone gets that you're just here to giggle for 20 minutes and then forget it forever. We're all veeery stupid.Įxperience the most half-assed product to become an overnight success since Flappy Bird that's so tossed off, they didn't bother to name it where they don't justify why you're there or what you're doing and all your objectives are just presented in a notebook that. As a semi-autobiographical story of Julián’s childhood, it feels deeply authentic to a specific time and place – while also managing to feel universal in many respects, as you wander the streets of Quito, getting caught up in mischief and soaking in the local culture.ĭespelote’s gameplay leans on many of the verbs you’d associate with soccer – dribbling, passing, and kicking (and all feeling great from a first-person perspective!) – but used for a variety of playful, funny interactions as you explore the town, as well as affecting storytelling, as you’re swept up into the fervor of Ecuador’s first qualifying run for the World Cup.In an industry dominated by first-person shoot-fests, 60-hour RPGs, and mobile games designed to suck your wallet dry faster than Kirby at a Sizzler's, it turns out all anyone really wants is to pretend to be a sh*tty goose for a couple hours. Right from their first pitch, we were instantly transported by the work of its creators, Julián Cordero & Sebastian Valbuena. The game will also be part of Tribeca’s 2023 Festival Selection, which we’re deeply honored by.ĭespelote is a beautiful slice-of-life adventure about childhood, and the magical grip that soccer held over the people of Quito, Ecuador in 2001. We have a veritable bevy of upcoming PlayStation games news to share, starting with despelote, coming to PS5 in 2024. Hello, PlayStation! It’s us, Panic! Publishers of Firewatch, Untitled Goose Game, and the upcoming Nour: Play With Your Food.
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