E3 this year has given us a lot to look forward to from a range of both established and up-and-coming developers; from sequels to games we’re familiar with, to brand new IPs. One of the new announcements in particular caught my attention, and it comes from a little well known indie company called Compulsion Games. These are the same people that brought us the beautiful, dreamlike puzzler, ‘Contrast’ released back in 2013.
It’s fair to assume that since the release of Contrast, they have been busy creating their latest project – ‘We Happy Few’. The game was shown in a bit more detail at the Microsoft Press Conference, where we learnt that the world is set in a dystopian, 1960’s England that lost World War II, and in the town of Wellington Wells, we meet our character and soon to be hero Arthur Hastings. It was shown that everyone in this parallel universe is made to take a drug known as “Joy” that makes them happy, but more importantly – compliant. The story begins once Arthur decides to come off the pills and discover how bad things have become.
Things for Arthur go from bad to worse, as his aversion for the pill causes him to be labelled as a “Downer” – which is not tolerated by the citizens of Wellington Wells. There’s not much more in the way of details for this game, but it certainly looks to be a interesting one with it’s Bioshock art style, and storyline similar to that of 2002’s Equilibrium.
For those interested in this game, you can play it through the Xbox Preview Program on July 26th, but as of now, there’s no official release date.
If you’re like me and enjoy something a little different and quirky once in a while, then be sure to keep this on your radar!
SNIKT!
Umm it’s not there?.. was it only available during the 26th? like rn it’s 27th at 2 am and I dont see it in the xbox preview.. am I missing something?
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