Chris Moyes - By choosing the fastidious "micro-management" path, We Happy Few distracts far too much from its true potential as a dystopian gaming classic. And that's the biggest downer of all.
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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.
Well I've been bitchin for over year now every time one of these articles about the "upcoming" release of We Happy Few shows up, a game that was reviewed poorly in early release. And every time someone counters "early preview release and finished product are completely different things". Well we now have the "finished product" and it got the same exact damn score as the early release from over a year ago.
It's always a shame when something with such a strong concept and visual flair to burn is crippled by bad gameplay.
this was one of the games that suddenly appeared on psn waaaaaaaay before the release date was set or any info was out. this was done a few times since the release of the ps4. none of these very early titles they put on top of the psn list was any good. just saying. so no surprise here.
aww thats a shame. i always thought it was a great concept.
Another mediocre game from a mediocre studio that Microsoft wasted their money on.