The pixel art is vibrant and bold, and the character models have a substantial stoutness to them. No matter its short duration, Mighty Goose looks great. You can replay levels for higher letter grades and work towards unlocking every last chip and companion, sure, but additional levels or modes would have been nice. It's a fun take on a new game plus, and you'll earn a very powerful chip for beating all 18 stages, yet the game could still use more content. Basically it's the same nine levels with ramped-up difficulty. There's a secondary, post-game campaign in a mirror universe. Now, to be fair, developer Blastmode doesn't stop there. Mighty Goose only lasts for about two hours before the credits roll. What's not so nice is the game's running time. The second player in this equation won't be as versatile or as powerful as Goose, but it's a neat little bonus. These companions are usually automated, but if you have a friend nearby you can activate two-player local co-op in the pause menu and let your buddy control Vark, Knabbo, etc. There's Commander Vark, a pig engineer who drops machinegun ammo Knabbo, a rabbit miner who uses a small energy pistol to attack enemies and MetaWheel, a robot fitted with a powerful rocket launcher, to name a few. These are relatively underpowered sidekicks who travel with you into battle.
Before each level you can visit the armory, in which you can elect several perk "chips" - e.g., "sprint boots" and "gun nut" - choose one of eight different secondary weapons and, best of all, elect a companion. Mighty Goose mixes up the traditional run-and-gun framework with a few twists of its own. Goose's pea-shooter base gun won't do much damage, but there are plenty of upgrades in the form of machine guns, rocket launchers, lightning guns, and one of the best video game shotguns you'll ever use. The 2D controls are tight, combat is crunchy, and the action has a rewarding sense of forward momentum - thanks in part to Goose's rolling dodge move and the ability to fire downward to stay suspended in air. Others lean heavily on vehicles, like tanks, bikes, and a goose-themed mech with a giant blade.Ĭomplementing these varied level designs is some solid gameplay.
Some feature the standard run-and-gun gauntlet, one asks Goose to leap across a moving convoy, and another starts with a horizontally-scrolling shoot-em-up sequence. Second, they're mechanically different from each other. You'll start in a Void prison, then land on the sandy planey Zandbak, then travel to the bug-infested caverns of Bugga'Veo, and so on. First, they're thematically and visually distinct. Across nine distinct levels you'll face these enemies and others, as you inch closer to the domain of the Void King. That includes grenade-totting robots, spitting slugs, hard-shelled insects, skeletons, aether-manipulating beings, and several giant bosses. Your main objective is to blast to smithereens anything that moves. It's a 2D side-scrolling run-and-gun game with some light platforming. The Void King has raised an army of minions, monsters, and mechs to conquer the galaxy, and only the legendary Mighty Goose can stop him.Īnyone who's played a Contra or Metal Slug title will recognize the tenets of Mighty Goose immediately. There's a loose story in Mighty Goose, although it's really just an excuse to get Goose and his sidekicks into a bunch of explosive situations on several planets. Only a short running time and some visibility problems hold it back. While Mighty Goose isn't as remarkable as some of the giants of the genre, it's still a solid, enjoyable shooting game with reliable action, diverse levels, several cool weapon and vehicle types, and vibrant pixel art. While she continues her sabbatical from video gaming, another intergalactic bounty hunter in orange armor has arrived on the scene: Mighty Goose, the eponymous hero of a new side-scrolling run-and-gun game in the style of Metal Slug and Contra. By Evan Norris, posted on 05 June 2021 / 2,501 Views
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