Goat Simulator Review

Goat Simulator is a third person simulation game where your goal is to embody a goat and wreck havoc all around. It is a very simple game that comes packed with humor and references, which sets the tone for the whole experience. The launch trailer itself was a parody from the Dead Island trailer, a zombie shooter game that has absolutely nothing to do with goats.

Try licking a moving car.

The gameplay mechanic is straight forward, you can walk around, jump, headbutt/kick, scream and lick. Licking is what really glues everything together. Your goat tongue has such magical properties that anything that you lick will be instantly glued to it. Since physics play an important role in the game (after all, it is a simulator), if you lick a moving object you will remember very quickly the meaning of inertia! This also doubles as a funny factor, when you have no control what so ever of your goat and it just goes around destroying things in its path.

DJ flying by!

Throughout your exploration and adventuring you will find peculiar objects that will "enhance" your goat skills somehow. They are called Mutators, and each one gives you some special ability. You can summon goats from thin air, you can have a powerful dragon shout, you can play music, just to mention some of our favorites. If you know where to find or how to acquire theses special powers, you can combine them however you want... Be ready for some crazy combinations!

Despite it simplicity Goat Simulator can offer hours of fun and entertainment. The whole game is made out of a parody of games themselves, but there is no need to have ever played any game to have fun with Goat Simulator. There is also a 4 player co-op option, which increases even more of the amount of silly and hilarious combinations the players can come up with. Definitely a game that you have friends over to laugh uncontrollably for no other reason than just watching a goat do stuff.

Final Score: 8 out of 10.

As an extra, we would like to leave the DLC teaser trailer, as we believe it represents a good measure of the kind of humor the game focus on: