We Happy Few

1. EvilEmperor2

   Sep 26, 2018

   10

   We Happy Few have many elements of Bioshock and try to execute them in a somewhat bad and not explained way, but that is improving with theWe Happy Few have many elements of Bioshock and try to execute them in a somewhat bad and not explained way, but that is improving with the course of the game, I think there is still room for improvement.… Expand

   • 1 of 6 users found this helpful
2. Zrulez

   May 22, 2020

   9

   Although this game is not perfect (no game is ever perfect) this game is one of a kind because of the unique and intense story, great visuals,Although this game is not perfect (no game is ever perfect) this game is one of a kind because of the unique and intense story, great visuals, and pretty good gameplay. The gameplay reminds me of Metal Gear Solid and Bioshock which is not a bad thing but some parts of Sally’s chapter feel like of bland for me at least, easily my least favorite part of the entire game. Though the positives easily out weight the negatives. I would easily recommend this game if your interested in action adventure games Like Bioshock Infinite, Fallout, and Rust.… Expand

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4. AB3STA

   Jan 20, 2019

   8

   We happy few fulfills a gamer expectation for a new generated open world . The darkness among scenes and creatures is unbelievably sensable .We happy few fulfills a gamer expectation for a new generated open world . The darkness among scenes and creatures is unbelievably sensable . Story is explained crystall clear for even a newbie enters to an intimidating world .… Expand

   • 1 of 4 users found this helpful
5. BigEvilSquirrel

   Aug 11, 2018

   6

   3 out of 5.
   We Happy Few feels like it is full of potential that it just never lives up to. The survival aspects of the game (eating,3 out of 5.
   We Happy Few feels like it is full of potential that it just never lives up to. The survival aspects of the game (eating, drinking, sleeping) feel like they could have been done away with. The crafting system is well implemented was was a JOY to use. Combat is ok, nothing special. Overall there just feels like a lack of polish. The story feels good so far, and will probably be the driving force to completing this game. It just feels like a couple of design choices and a lack of polish are holding We Happy Few back from true greatness.… Expand

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6. BrettSiebenhaar

   Aug 13, 2018

   5

   The game means well. Nothing has really changed since the early access version. The game is still buggy, and it gets boring very quick. TheThe game means well. Nothing has really changed since the early access version. The game is still buggy, and it gets boring very quick. The makers of the game had a great idea, they just didn't execute it very well. The graphics are cute, and that's all I can really say about this game. I have played it since the early access days and I am just done with it, meh.… Expand

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7. Awanka

   Jan 26, 2023

   3

   I've been putting this off for a long while because I couldn't figure out what it was about. Well, it turns out the developers didn't knowI've been putting this off for a long while because I couldn't figure out what it was about. Well, it turns out the developers didn't know either. This is an annoying schizophrenic game that doesn't know what it wants to be. If I had to describe it, it's like a discount version of Dishonored with a Bioshock aesthetic. The setting is a post WW2 Britain where Germany won, and the society has been reshaped into something gaudy and cruel like Huxley's "Brave New World." There's a good amount of political messaging, and an undercurrent of absurdist humor in just about everything. It's a strange stew of themes and gameplay elements that don't work together at all.
   
   Dialog is pretty bad. The humor is like Mike Myers in his later years, or a bad Monty Python skit, and it almost always lands with a thud. There are flashback cutscenes that are dull and serve no purpose. I started skipping them after a while because they were so pointless and uninteresting. Quests are mostly of the fetch variety, and also endlessly annoying and badly designed. Quests often ask you to retrieve some common item you have left in your stash back at base like mushrooms or sewing kits. I love spending five minutes running back to base to retrieve a mundane item. This happens ALL the time. It would be great if you could carry everything with you, but the game has strict weight limits for your character.
   
   Combat is clunky. You swing at people until they start blocking, and then you wait until they unblock and swing again. Stealth mechanics are basic, and if you mess up you can usually just run away for a minute until enemy aggro resets and then try again. There's no real fun in this gameplay. It feels like just another chore you have to finish to get to the next part of the game.
   
   Something that is very different from other action RPGs is the emphasis on randomizing the maps, so the town city layouts, as well as quest and safehouse locations will be different every time. It's a bizarre usage of development resources, since almost no-one is going to play this game again. Another thing that I almost never see in other games is that you play 3 characters consecutively, each with their own abilities, storyline, and side-quests. It's almost like the game developers didn't know what story they wanted to tell, so they went with 3. It's more content, so it's not bad exactly. Just weird.
   
   One of the genuinely cool things in this game is you can take a hallucinogenic drug called "Joy" which changes the way the world looks like a giant AR filter. There's not much reason to take Joy in the game itself though outside of a few quest-related instances, so it seems like a lot of development effort was spent creating a mechanic that doesn't add much to the game. That in a nutshell is the problem with the whole endeavor. My impression of "We Happy Few" is that a bunch of people shouted out random ideas and tried to cobble them together into a game. It's a mess, and you have to look hard to find the fun.… Expand

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8. Morgan35

   Apr 12, 2021

   0

   The game is very buggy and graphics are not impressive on Series X, it's even crashing. After Arthur's end you're starting with Sally's story,The game is very buggy and graphics are not impressive on Series X, it's even crashing. After Arthur's end you're starting with Sally's story, however Arthur don't leave anything to Sally so you must do same thing again. Spending your time looting and and improving Sally, this is just wasting of time, that's why the game is repeating itself.… Expand

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