We Happy Few going multiplatform is a win for gamers, although it may be a bit of a loss for Microsoft, who may have been a frontrunner for exclusivity had that come to fruition.
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BLG writes: "Dystopian games are more relevant than ever in a day and age when the world seems to be getting progressively bleaker with each passing year. But dystopian fiction, in general, isn’t trying to make us depressed by showing us how much worse things could get. Rather, the point is (usually) to serve as a cautionary tale, and there’s perhaps no tale more cautionary than George Orwell’s 1984."
A game that should absolutely be on this list is Disco Elysium. That game is wildly deep in the field of its take on social issues, politics, religion, morality, and the internal struggles of the human psyche.
Still haven't finished it but Disco Elysium is really great. I love the dark sense of humour.
I love dystopian settings in general. We happy few is an excellent game. It is basically a mash up of 1984 and the other dystopian classic Brave New World. The drug 'Joy' is essentially 'Soma' from Aldous Huxley's novel.
Orwell was surprisingly engrossing. I enjoyed it quite a bit more than I expected. I bought the sequel on Steam but haven't gotten around to playing it yet.
Don't need a game to experience Orwell. Real life follows it pretty well.
We love good games for many years, and we can ruthlessly criticize the bad ones. But there is more: Failed Video Games That Wasted Potential.
Sad to read that "We Happy Few" is a disappointment. I own it but haven't gotten around to playing it yet. I am a BIG fan of their previous game, "Contrast."
I LOVE "Anthem," but I didn't get into the game until late 2020. I put in over 900 hours into the game. It isn't perfect, but it is a masterpiece. I look forward to the eventual sequel, which I predict 3 / 4 to around the end of the PlayStation 6's lifecycle.
Never was exclusive, was always coming to Xbox first, which it did in early Access last year
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Another Xbox One exclusive bites the dust
"Microsoft is the one who first introduced We Happy Few to the world back at E3 2016."
The game was actually first revealed in Feb 2015 at PAX East. Microsoft themselves presented the title at Gamescom in 2015.
"Provided no games receive a delay, this is a strong lineup for Xbox One X to launch with."
Who seriously cares what an iterative console "launches" with? If that's even a thing. You didn't see people getting worked up with what New 3DS or PS4 Pro "launched" with.
"However, they are subtleties compared to what it would have been had the game gone with console exclusivity. Compulsion Games retains “all creative control” of We Happy Few, which feels like a win for everyone."
Indeed everybody's happy.
@wewritethings is not doing fact review prior to click bait article. Shame on you. I won't bother to click article.
No longer a XBO console exclusive.