You’re always running and gunning, but sometimes you’ll do it in an arena, or against creatures that have taken over a mine in an almost horror-like environment. Mighty Goose does tout a fair amount of variety in its level design and gameplay. Screenshot: Mighty GooseĪs you fight your way across the galaxy in the hopes of defeating the Void King, you’ll encounter lots of different worlds and environments. That’s pretty on par with other run and gun type games, but I would have appreciated more variety. And while there are interesting boss encounters, most of the enemies you fight through the game are the same few types. However, the soundtrack is just okay, which is a real missed opportunity. It has great, tight controls, a cheeky sense of humor, and great animations and pixel art.
Mighty Goose isn’t a perfect game, but it’s nearly perfect. In fact, I found that Mighty Mode made Mighty Goose a little easier than other run and gun type games, because I was able to activate it fairly regularly with practice. Mighty mode can be activated once your mighty meter fills-which is something that’s surprisingly easy to do.
It also gives you access to the powerful mighty mode, which turns your goose into an invulnerable murder machine by increasing the power and size of projectiles. The goose’s suit enables all sorts of passive power-ups that can be discovered and enabled back at headquarters. It’s not just vehicles and companions that give you an advantage. Perfect for a little brother or a significant other who isn’t as familiar with video games. These companions can also be taken over by people, making the game effectively a 2 player co-op experience, but in way that’s low stakes for player 2. Most of these companions do some sort of attack, but some of them give advantages in other ways, like giving power-ups. While Mighty Goose can be played completely solo, you have the option to have a computer controlled companion tag along. But it’s not just vehicles giving you an advantage in Mighty Goose, since you can have a companion with you on your whole journey. From the tank to the airplane, every vehicle in Mighty Goose could have come directly from Metal Slug-and that’s not a bad thing. Some of these vehicles give a little bit of extra help, while others are required to pass the section they’re in. In Metal Slug style, you’re not just stuck on foot, as there are multiple vehicles to pilot throughout your adventure. Choose missions to partake in, and replay previous missions to get a better score or find secrets you might have missed. But there are lots of items to help you, including weapon power-ups, different companions, and different suit configurations you can set back at base. If you get hit three times, your goose is cooked-literally. If you’ve played Contra or Metal Slug you’ll know exactly what to expect: lots of enemies with copious projectiles that must be dodged.
Mighty Goose is an action shooter with classic run and gun style gameplay. It’s as crazy and cheeky as it sounds, but it also turns out that it’s a pretty solid run and gun. Now imagine if the goose from that game was an intergalactic bounty hunter with a Samus (from Metroid) style exosuit, a Mega Man style blaster, and that instead of wreaking havoc in a sleepy little village, your goose is dropped into an action game that feels like Contra mashed with Metal Slug: that’s Mighty Goose. Remember Untitled Goose Game? I’m sure you do-it was sort of a phenomenon.
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