by Sydney Ensley, NWOSU Student
“We Happy Few” is not necessarily a scary, gore horror but more of a psychological horror. It is set in the 1960s in Wellington Wells, England. The plot is somewhat disturbing if you look at it. In the 1940s war broke out between the Germans and the Brits. So they decided to send off all the children under 13 to Germany. The adults remained and made this new pill called joy. Joy is a pill that when taken it causes you to be happy all the time.
But sadly it also makes you forget the past. If you take to much of it you could forget everything. If you don’t take your joy you are called a downer.
And people don’t like downers. The story starts off with a newspaper editor and he finds a paper that has his brother in it. He decides he wants to remember where he went so he stops taking joy. Everyone notices this and you go on a wild goose hunt. Throughout the game you realize that everyone is starving because the food is running out but everyone is so doped up on joy that they don’t realize they are eating rotting food and dead animals. It is your job to wake everyone up on the way but most importantly it is your job to survive and escape Wellington Wells alive and in one piece.
Oh I give it a 5 out of 5. Not only for amazing gameplay, but for the story, the graphics and the wow of the whole game. Its semi open world. You can go around and survive for many days. Stealing what you need and hiding out in safe houses. Its perfect! 10 out of 10 would recommend.