Goat Simulator 3: We tried the craziest game of 2022 starring goats

Have you ever tried to look a goat in the eye? When you look into rectangular pupils, we are sure that your gaze cannot see anything. No one knows what’s going on in a goat’s head because goats are unpredictable, weird and chaotic animals. It may seem like a strange theory, but Goat Simulator 3 does nothing but confirm this hypothesis. During Gamescom in Cologne, we tried out this crazy sandbox by witnessing some of the funniest things ever seen in a video game… because goats are creepy animals but they’re also adorable.

ours Goat Simulator 3 tried We’ve put together all the basics you need to know before playing this Sheep Odyssey, which will be released on PC and consoles starting November 17.

Map and countryside

As in the previous episode, the player will dress in the soft skin of a goat and jump into a goat. open the world large and richly populated. During our gaming session, we focused on exploring a single part of the map, but when you open the menu, you immediately realize that the game world is vast.

It’s not just the size map, but above all how densely populated it is: non-playing characters and goats, buildings to visit, events, quests and much more. The entire map will not be visible at first start, but the player will have to explore new areas by exploring. Campaign missions work just as well: the guys at Coffee Stain, the game’s developers, want to point out that Goat Simulator has a small opening, a light storyline that will act as a common thread, and a narrative conclusion. arc.

To continue the adventure, the sheep will be asked to mainly explore the map: missions To deliver, these will automatically become part of our goals. All very simple activities without very detailed dialogs or explanations.

Scattered around the map goat towers, buildings that, once activated, would make some of the same visible…no straw bundles were placed under the building’s tallest cornice, but the Assassin’s Creed parody seemed pretty obvious to us! To access a quest center, it must also be visited inside the towers: inside the towers we will always find a large door that is closed with several padlocks and which we can open and complete quests as the adventure progresses.

Exploration, upgrades and collectibles

As mentioned, exploration is essential to completing the game, but navigating a large empty space would be really tedious. Predictably, this is certainly not the case in Goat Simulator 3, which provides goats with a long array of items to enjoy in the sandbox experience. Skills from each sheep. In fact, any goat can make a jump, one more jump on the surface hit after the first jump, a gored, a kick, and a sticky lick, allowing it to drag and move any portable object between them. including small haystacks, other goats, people, and even tractors. Oh, let’s not forget the possibility of haphazardly bleating or fainting on command when appropriate.

Added to these core skills are those of power-ups that are scattered a bit on the map: they won’t necessarily help you in your explorations, but they are definitely something that breaks the monotony of navigating the levels. Among what we see in action is the saddle and a bazooka that allows any playable character to ride our goat.

If you’re in a hurry or need to travel a long distance, don’t worry, because in Goat Simulator 3 goats also have a license and to spread Any vehicle in the game or just decide to act as a passenger. In any case, there is a reason to see an open drive tractor. Of course, there’s also a teleport system, and if you play multiplayer, all of the available points will be unlocked towers or a guest player.

Developers have a large number of collection once found it will be part of our collection and will basically offer cosmetic options. Interesting among others is the possibility of completely changing the animal and deciding to play as a pig, giraffe or hammerhead shark on a skateboard for friends “Tony Shark”.

The online world and the technical sector

The great news of Goat Simulator 3 is being able to face all this in company. The choice is always in the hands of the player, who can decide to face the experience alone or alone. multiplayer in the company of up to three friends. These will need to be part of the friends list of the platform you will be playing on: as far as we understand, at the time of release, the multiplayer mode will have this limitation and there will be no matchmaking of any kind to play. goats other than ours.

It must be said that this is not a big deal as there is so much to do in Goat Simulator 3 and it will be difficult to decide to go on a narrative quest with the right group of friends, because challenge each other with the tempting constant i mini games. These are scattered around the map and can be activated by any goat once unlocked: If there are other players in the game, they will be asked if they want to join the event. If the answer is positive, they will teleport to the location of the minigame. We played three car derby matches and we have to admit, we would have done the same.

But we must contradict you if you think that this kind of game of madness and especially of broken rag dolls is a walk to be created. The developers said that, in fact, programming the multiplayer part is not at all easy due to all the gameplay elements present on the map. As we mentioned, Goat Simulator 3 isn’t a game with a focus on technical cleanliness: During our testing we saw people walking crooked, goats with very long necks, we even got stuck in a car in a river (but we put it on the road again with our tongue dragging it), but none of that seemed out of place. Nevertheless great chaos, everything is still playable and fun, and the confusion that can be created in Goat Simulated 3 is very high. That’s why multiplayer was so complicated, because all this has to work all the time in the game with or without friends.