We Happy Few
Compulsion Games · 2018 · Adventure, Open World, Survival, Action, Dystopian
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About We Happy Few
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Escape a drug-fueled dystopian 1960s England by hiding, fighting, or conforming to maintain your cover in the artificially cheerful city of Wellington Wells. Play through three interconnected stories with procedurally generated worlds, crafting weapons and choosing your own path through dark humor and rebellion in this constantly shifting survival experience.
We Happy Few is the tale of a plucky bunch of moderately terrible people trying to escape from a lifetime of cheerful denial in the city of Wellington Wells. In this alternative 1960s England, conformity is key. You’ll have to fight or blend in with the drug-addled inhabitants, most of whom don’t take kindly to people who won’t abide by their not-so-normal rules.
Discover the retrofuturistic city’s dark history as you play through the intertwined narratives of three quietly rebellious citizens of Wellington Wells, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, as they face their pasts, prepare for the future, and engage in activities that aren’t exactly status quo in the artificially enthused society.
Retrofuturistic 1960s England
Set in retrofuturistic 1960s England, you will find a city ravaged by war and rebuilt by delusionally happy people. Everything appears joyful in Wellington Wells, including its roads, its people, and its omnipresent television personality: Uncle Jack! But, it’s actually a world on the brink of collapse. Come unveil its dark history, and discover how and why its residents came to be so beguilingly happy.
Three Interwoven Narratives
Play as three flawed characters who explore their own connections to the events surrounding the rebuilding of Wellington Wells. They each have a unique storyline in which they interpret and react to the events around them in different ways. As you hide, conform, or fight back as each of them, you will encounter dark humour, a spot of hope, and even some redemption along the way.
A Dystopia of Your Very Own
In We Happy Few, no two playthroughs are alike. While the citizens of Wellington Wells will always want to ensure that you’ve taken your Joy, the procedurally generated world will ensure that your experience with We Happy Few is different and unique. Wellington Wells is never quite like you remember it.
Take Your Joy…or Don’t. The Choice is Yours
Customize your We Happy Few experience:
• Choose from a range of difficulties for new and experienced players alike,
• Masochistic? Try permadeath!,
• Collect recipes, scavenge items, and craft dozens of weapons, tools, and devices,
• Creep, crush, or conform your way through puzzles and encounters, and
• Fight with the crazy weapons you can craft, or fight with your bare hands and don’t kill anyone!
Discover the retrofuturistic city’s dark history as you play through the intertwined narratives of three quietly rebellious citizens of Wellington Wells, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, as they face their pasts, prepare for the future, and engage in activities that aren’t exactly status quo in the artificially enthused society.
Retrofuturistic 1960s England
Set in retrofuturistic 1960s England, you will find a city ravaged by war and rebuilt by delusionally happy people. Everything appears joyful in Wellington Wells, including its roads, its people, and its omnipresent television personality: Uncle Jack! But, it’s actually a world on the brink of collapse. Come unveil its dark history, and discover how and why its residents came to be so beguilingly happy.
Three Interwoven Narratives
Play as three flawed characters who explore their own connections to the events surrounding the rebuilding of Wellington Wells. They each have a unique storyline in which they interpret and react to the events around them in different ways. As you hide, conform, or fight back as each of them, you will encounter dark humour, a spot of hope, and even some redemption along the way.
A Dystopia of Your Very Own
In We Happy Few, no two playthroughs are alike. While the citizens of Wellington Wells will always want to ensure that you’ve taken your Joy, the procedurally generated world will ensure that your experience with We Happy Few is different and unique. Wellington Wells is never quite like you remember it.
Take Your Joy…or Don’t. The Choice is Yours
Customize your We Happy Few experience:
• Choose from a range of difficulties for new and experienced players alike,
• Masochistic? Try permadeath!,
• Collect recipes, scavenge items, and craft dozens of weapons, tools, and devices,
• Creep, crush, or conform your way through puzzles and encounters, and
• Fight with the crazy weapons you can craft, or fight with your bare hands and don’t kill anyone!
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What Steam players say
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great game but 60 dollars is too much.8 found this helpful
Glitchy to the point that it's almost impossible to complete the storyline without console commands and skipping chunks of the game. It was completely abandoned by the devs almost as soon as it was released.2 found this helpful
BioShock-like dystopian premise, striking 1960s British atmosphere, amazing voice acting, but all of that is wrapped in a gameplay design that just feels... off and broken. Stealth is unreliable, and fighting lacks feedback. Tried really hard to like it, but I just can't make myself commit and, therefore, can't recommend it. On top of that, the technical performance was less than ideal, with frequent frame drops and camera glitches. At some point, weird artifacts were spawning all around me while I was running until I reloaded the save. I did play it on Ubuntu, sure, but it's a 2016 UE4 game, and the modern Proton layer handles these games very well. But I'm not counting the technical issues toward the recommendation.1 found this helpful
Game starts off interesting and keeps you engaged however i felt as through the halfway point of the first story everything gets boring and repetitive. the story is interesting for the first playthrough enough to keep you going but when you get to act 2 everything falls apart it becomes frustrating and can make you overall become a downer towards the game. starting act 3 came with even more shortcomings as once again you have to find every bit of loot to even complete the core mechanic of getting honey resources are not that easy to find and this alone took me well over an hour.1 found this helpful
truly an under appreciated game. i love it. the game play gets harder as the game progresses
Goated characters with goated storylines. Goated atmosphere with goated music. Game is goated fr
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