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Video games are like movies or books. There are big releases, those we know in advance that they will card, like FIFA or Mario Kart. And then, from time to time, a nugget comes to shake the established order. Nobody could have guessed that the most memorable video game hero of 2019 would be ... a goose! Untitled Goose Game , literally "The Untitled Goose Game ", has become one of the top dematerialized games since its release on September 20th.
Without faith nor the goose
With Untitled Goose Game , the small independent studio House House House has just turned the video game industry without weapons, hatred or violence. Finally ... without weapons yes, but with a lot of hatred and a little violence. Indeed, it embodies a goose whose purpose is to sow chaos in a peaceful village. To carry out your diabolical mission, you can forget, flap your wings to attract the attention of the inhabitants and scare the children; you can run, get down and especially catch objects with your beak.
The game is very simple to take in hand and in two minutes, you are ready to terrorize the village. You start in a kitchen garden with a to-do list to rot a maximum of the poor gardener's life. Some are pretty clear, for example, stealing his keys from his belt. Others need more thought, such as making sure he sprinkles himself or puts his sun hat instead of his cap. It will therefore be necessary to be judicious ... and vice.
A goose as strong as Zelda
Once you have sufficiently martyred the gardener, you go to the second painting. There are five in all, with more and more subtle tasks. We will not say more to reserve you the pleasure of the surprise but know that it will be necessary for you to dig your brains to turn in merry men men, women and children of the village, and thus to overcome Untitled Goose Game .
With this simple recipe, both realistic - who has never had trouble with a goose? - and a bit absurd, Untitled Goose Game has managed to truster the top video game sales in many countries. In France, he was second in dematerialized sales on Nintendo Switch for several days, behind a behemoth: Zelda: The Link's Awakening . A deserved success as we take pleasure in embodying the diabolical palmiped. Above all, Untitled Goose Game is a surprising game, original, funny ... A game that we do not feel to have already played.
And then, it's a minimalist game. The graphics are sketchy but very nice, there is no huge world, just a few streets to go, no more side missions galore ... Untitled Goose Game is a clear game, without detours. As a result, it's over in less than 10 hours. And it's a breath of fresh air. The inflation of the duration of video games sometimes requires to spend 40, 50 or even 100 hours on a "big game". Everyone does not have the time. So a short game and well done, necessarily,
* Untitled Goose Game is available on the Nintendo Switch and PC at 19.90 euros.
Our opinion :
If you have a Nintendo Switch or you play on PC, do not miss out on Untitled Goose Game . Frankly refreshing, the original concept this independent game is well worth its already low price. As pleasant as it is devious in solo, he also makes an excellent "game of evening", to rack his brains between friends or family.