Just played this from end to end, really enjoyed it. There’s one postgame task I can’t quite solve though.
Decorating the bust with outside objects. The glasses and hat were pretty easy (I’ve got the old man’s woolen hat and the boy’s glasses) but I can’t find a mouth item that the lady will accept. I’ve tried the pacifier, toothbrush, even a couple flowers. What am I supposed to bring her?.
waddling back to see this tableau and wondering what the deal is before proceeding with the game made the final To Do reveal pretty amazing Gud Job Goose Makers
I’m pretty sure a large swath of the gaming public & media appreciate Hitman just fine and it’s not diminished by a little indie game winning some awards and becoming a meme on Twitter for a while. But don’t underestimate the value of a game being much more superficially silly (as opposed to Hitman which is also very silly but wears Serious Clothes) to increase the capacity for inspiring delight. It was a breath of fresh air even if its mechanics weren’t revolutionary.
absolutely, yeah, I just didn’t find it to be doing much of anything different – the puzzles are almost all more frustrating and less creative than hitman’s. I would be totally enthusiastic about different if there turned out to be anything there (I bought it on that expectation), I was just really underwhelmed.
There are no Shot Right In The Fucking Face fail states in goose game.
You’re just this weird bird.
Everyone is (rightly) suspicious of you but the worst they do is chase you out of a space to soft reset shit.
The whole rhythm of play is different. It feels natural to push harder. Its cartoonishness feels whole. It’s slight and charming and slapstick. Sometimes you just want to steal a dude’s slippers and throw them in the fountain.
I’ve never been clear on if the IGF is there to recognize excellence among indie games or to help out the strugglers. Seems like it’s awkwardly caught between the two
my perception has always been that they try to be eclectic enough in their selection that they don’t need to explicitly favour one or the other, but that doesn’t always work out