The arenas you play in range across seventeen locations, all of which have some peril attached to them. I lost horribly after my son figured out how to head-butt me to the ground where I laid prone for precious seconds while he scurried away and managed to score, all why I and he were choking from laughing so much at the ridiculous nature of it.
I collared my football mad son to play with me on this mode and it devolved into a 15 minute match of grabbing and dropkicking each other to score a goal. There are a few modes to choose from: a wave mode that pitches you either solo or with a friend against a wave of incredibly capable AI combatants, a general brawl mode where played against other human players with the goal of being the last beast standing and a football mode which is limited to one arena and hilariously manages to capture the casual violence of an impromptu football match with friends.
The physics reminded me very much of Goat Simulator (just so you can get an idea of how bad they are), but unlike that game Gang Beasts is actually fun. The imprecise nature of the controls, combined with some truly dreadful physics lend themselves to insane and often very amusing matches as you thrash about accidentally landing drop-kicks and inexplicably falling over. Your move set is fairly limited, you can jump, climb and grab onto objects, lift your arms into the air which is incredibly useful for throwing a prone opponent off the side, head-butt and flail your arms wildly.
The controls are reasonably intuitive, however a lack of any tutorial to familiarise yourself with them means that your first few matches are a hilarious mismatch of accidentally landing drop-kicks and head-butts while also wobbling around the environment without a clue how to do anything. It is often lung busting in its hilarity, but extended play shows up its very obvious weaknesses. Matches take place on a variety of vertiginous and hazard filled environments where you duke it out to be the last blob standing. Gang Beasts is a multiplayer brawler with a cast of gelatinous creatures imbued with ridiculous physics. Gang Beasts is no exception to this loose rule, albeit in very small doses. There is a lot to be said for the party game: often a small throwaway game that doesn’t merit extended play, but in small doses and in the right company it’s usually an absolute delight.
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