

The level design compliments these encounters further, with unique settings to keep players on their toes.

Each boss has a unique gimmick to keep their fights distant from each other while never changing the core of the gameplay, as to remain simple and easy to understand.
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The bosses are where this title truly shines, with challenging but gratifying full screen bosses who cover the area in gun fire, testing the player’s skills and reflexes. The exhilarating feeling one gains upon navigating these hazards while blasting through foes is second to none, contributing greatly to the addictive nature of Mighty Goose. This turns encounters with enemies into bullet-hells where the players will be required to avoid their assaults to mount a counter attack. Avoiding a soldier’s flaming bottle becomes significantly harder when there is an entire army of them. This provides a decent challenge, not through the enemies’ more intelligent A.I but, through their large numbers. Aerial foes dropping bombs from above while ground soldiers may throw flaming bottles at the goose. Mighty Goose features an acceptable level of variety to the enemy types that players will encounter. Goose in a battle against the Desert Boss It would have been better if the choice of partner enhanced or altered the gameplay loop more. Though never impactful to the overall gameplay experience, the variety added by their inclusion is enjoyable. The partners range from pigs who give ammo to robots who fire bombs. Mighty Goose also grants players a number of partners for missions. These abilities add a delightful feeling of progress to what the player can pull off in battle as the mobs of enemies increases. These abilities can range from extra jumps to being able to slow down time. Noting the aforementioned powers, the player would unlock new abilities and partners as they make their way through the campaign. All this power does lead to an overall easy experience, but the thrilling and enjoyable gameplay ensures it’ll never be a lackluster ride. This is further enhanced through skilled performance, allowing players to enter their mighty goose mode, which allows players to lay waste towards anybody standing in their way. The machine gun can mow down enemies in seconds whereas the lightning ray will track targets, reducing them to dust with powerful lightning blasts. All weapons in Mighty Goose are entirely unique from each other and are incredibly satisfying to use.


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Though you start out with an arm cannon similar to the Mega Buster from the Mega man series of games, players’ will be able to obtain new weapons throughout the level or purchase them with currency found in levels as well. This is further enhanced through the large variety of weapons players will gain access to. The player is in complete control with an incredibly responsive tool kit. These simple moves however, have been refined to the absolute letter, with every jump feeling perfectly weighted and every roll allowing for precise dodges from enemy fire. The player doesn’t have access to many maneuvers, only being able to shoot, jump and roll. Mighty Goose leaves an immediately strong impression, showcasing a mastery of designing fast-paced run & gun gameplay. Mighty Goose controls like your standard run & gun, having the player eliminate waves of enemies with a multitude of different firearms as they push forward towards the objective.
