You start the game as Arthur Hastings, and after a very brief introduction, your given the choice to take some Joy to forget the harrowing circumstances your brother Percival is in, or to not take your Joy and remember. For those of you who don’t take their Joy pills, it’s certain death as you’re outcast to the slums surrounding the main town, which is where you come in. To control the UK residents of Wellington Wells, the Germans have introduced Joy, a drug that does what it says on the tin, makes people joyful and reduces the amount of uprising that goes on. the Nazis won, and are now taking UK born children to the German mainland causing catastrophe on the town. Completely fictional, and it’s based in England. To give you a bit of backstory, We Happy Few is based in an almost futuristic-retro type town called Wellington Wells. Now that the game has a narrative, jumping back into We Happy Few has been an incredibly different experience from the get go. Now, fast forward to today, and We Happy Few has been released into a full blown title, with intertwining story arks between the three playable protagonists. These mechanics made it into the final game and the story mode, with users in charge of their deterioration rates through difficulty levels. Okay, so you didn’t die if these meters ran out, but it hindered you in things like fighting, sprinting and jumping. I’ve had some limited fun with it so far, as it was sold as a survival title, with mechanics in needing food, water and sleep to survive. I first came across this game quite a while ago now, two years in fact as as it’s been in early access. I must admit, I’m finding it very hard starting my review of We Happy Few, and I’ll tell you why.

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