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We continue the selection (in case someone missed it, here are the first and the second installment) of essential games to spend the endless hours of quarantine. After seeing a puzzle title and an arcade title we move on to Untitled Goose Game combines both and links them with the most charismatic protagonist of last year, despite not saying a single word: a (diabolical) goose.

Video game history is full of antiheroes; characters who embody heroic virtues, but also shadows that make them unable to shine in all their light. There are those closest to good and others who cannot be separated from evil. The game of the goose takes a third way, that of the agent of chaos who only wants to see the world burn and then heat up a cocoa in the flames .

The game begins with a very short tutorial that explains how to pick things up and how to squawk. Afterwards, he releases us in a world that is ours by right and that, therefore, we must take the brave. The age of terror begins.

Actually, what we are dealing with is a fairly classic game with small puzzles that gain in difficulty and charm by being shown only as tasks to be crossed off in a list. So, for example, if you have to make the gardener wear a hat, we must deduce that first you have to get the beret that he wears. Maybe if we steal a carrot from you, you'll have to bend down; maybe if we force him to get into the water it will get wet. In short, the how is already ours.

Another of the virtues of Untitled Goose Game is that practically everything can be done in various ways and there is a logic - perverse - behind each solution. It will rarely be challenging, but it does encourage cooperation with whoever is in temporary captivity with us. It is as entertaining to squawk as doing ideas and observing everything from the position of assistant in the shadows of the villain.

As you complete tasks, new map parts will be unlocked, and with it additional objectives and new challenges to overcome. Fortunately, the simplicity of the premise and the controls does not give a sense of repetition, although it is also true that it is a short game; a few hours of entertainment and back to a hobby. But we will find the next one as faithful of the goose. The fucking goose.

This devotion to the goose - as if it were Faulkner and us, from a town in the Sierra de Albacete - is not accidental. The aesthetic is simple and at the same time has its own identity and is recognized from afar. Pastel colors sweeten a world of gardens and parks that in days of balconies and interior patios still call us more. Untitled Goose Game, in short, could be one more title if it weren't for its visual charm . You have to see it to understand it and you have to put yourself in the skin -the feathers- of the protagonist to understand why it is so fun to do evil.

TL; DR

What is it? Untitled Goose Game, the goose game. But not that goose game. It has much more of Sephiroth than Emilio Aragón, in any case. Or not.

Why should I play now? Because we all deserve to spend some time on the dark side, even if it means stealing a child's glasses, stealing a rose from a gardener and wanting to live on a man who just wanted to read the newspaper in peace in his yard. Because yes, in times of parquet and gotelé, the grass and the fountains are ostentation. Let the world burn, that way we will all stay warm.

Where do I find it? It is available for PC and Mac (in the Epic Games store, 15.99 euros), Nintendo Switch (19.99 euros), PlayStation 4 19.99 euros) and Xbox One (effectively, 19.99 euros).

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