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We Happy Few

10 Aug 2018 · (8 years ago) · Full Release

Compulsion Games

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From the independent studio that brought you Contrast, We Happy Few is an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England. Hide, fight and conform your way out of this delusional, Joy-obsessed world.

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Developer & Publisher: Compulsion Games

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Game modes
Age rating
17+

About this game

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!

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System requirements

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64 bit, Windows 7 and above Processor: Triple-core Intel or AMD, 2.0 GHz or faster Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 460 GTX or AMD Radeon 5870 HD series or higher Mobile: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M or higher. DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 6 GB available space

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Features & accessibility

Age rating
17+
PC system requirements

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64 bit, Windows 7 and above Processor: Triple-core Intel or AMD, 2.0 GHz or faster Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 460 GTX or AMD Radeon 5870 HD series or higher Mobile: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M or higher. DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 6 GB available space

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