His every action draws the notice and ire of those around him, and he’ll have to hide his true intentions and feelings if he wants to make his way out of the dystopian landscape of conquered Britain. By going off his Joy Arthur has isolated himself from society.
You’ll start out as Arthur, a “downer” who stopped taking his Joy, pills that make everyone happy no matter the circumstances.
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Spanning multiple characters, players will get a full look at the world of We Happy Few through the eyes of its inhabitants. The final game promised all the goodies, and now that it’s here players can finally dive into the world of We Happy Few as they always wanted. However, when the game launched into early access players found themselves in a dark, dreary world with almost no story to speak of. It seems like every year the game shows up it wows the audience with its unique world and fascinating story structure. Venturing down its psychedelic rabbit-hole will yield rewarding narrative answers, but the other gameplay elements will at times wear you down like a volley of billy-clubs.Few games make as big a splash at E3 as We Happy Few. We Happy Few, unfortunately, lets its narrative and characters get bogged down in a desperate and, at times, tedious struggle to survive the game’s brutal environment. It’s hard to criticize a game that offers so much originality, humor and satirical atmosphere. There’s a Monty Pythonesque absurdity to it all that definitely hits the right note, and the environmental layout is dull at times but procedurally generated, so replay value is solid. Quirky characters and neat little funny, satirical moments abound in Wellington Wells, despite its citizens’ love of fetch-quests. It’s in this and the game’s many side-quests that We Happy Few succeeds, and I was left wishing that the story took an even greater precedence over the slog of survival and the other gameplay elements. So It Turns Out, Dystopian Nightmares Aren’t All Fun You’ll willingly swallow We Happy Few’s negative qualities for the reward of learning what makes this crazy place tick, and your efforts are worth it in the end. Without spoiling the story, I will say that it’s a clever and smart alternative history with a Very Bad Thing at its core that explains the masks, the current state of affairs and the Joy pills. Much like Winston Smith from 1984, they are each an “everyperson,” a stand-in for the player and out of sync with the mad, mad world they inhabit. 2 other playable characters – Sally Boyle and Ollie Starkey – come into the picture, each offering a new point of view and layer to the tale. However, as you make your way through the game, you’ll unlock new and quite interesting areas, and the truth about Wellington Wells will be slowly revealed. Put everything together, and Wellington Wells offers an experience of living in a nightmare world that is a bit too much of a nightmare at times. You could try to fight off your attackers, but I found that they quickly swarmed me, making stealth really the only long-term option to avoid being beaten to death. Joy is limited in supply, so there are times when you’ll run out, which brings not only the wrath of the locals but an additional punishment in withdrawal symptoms. You need to learn and craft the appropriate apparel for each area, and remember to find and pop your pills regularly. I found that the constant focus on all of the survival factors suppressed my desire to discover all the clever and cheeky content We Happy Few had to offer.Īnother discouragement to exploration is the tendency of local NPCs to mob you if you reveal yourself by wearing the wrong clothing, searching for survival aids, wandering away from “authorized” areas, going off your Joy, going out at night, or basically anything besides sitting quietly on a bench. You find necessary items by searching trash bins, drawers and other places, and crafting recipes are slowly unlocked allowing you to make tools, clothing and healing items, all of which you’ll need, a lot. You have a wide range of unrelenting worries that include combat injury, hunger, thirst, exhaustion and poisoning from contaminated food – even something as simple as running too much. As a survival game, We Happy Few is very demanding on players and just staying alive can become a bit exhausting after a while. It’s a vast and fascinating game world that I would have loved to settle down and explore more, but there are some things that get in the way of a jolly good time.
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