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We Happy Few from a small developer in Montreal has a project on the go that is definitly bigger than the company itself. And good on them for pushing the limits. I’ve only spent a few hours with We Happy Few since receiving our code from the PR company, but damn it, it’s a pretty good experience.

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There is nothing shockingly new about the formula for this title; like most ‘survival’ games, you escape something, must get somewhere, and perhaps help out people along the way. You need to make sure you eat, sleep, drink, and well…don’t get sick. Or captured.

It’s the storyline and environments that are most impressive to myself. The entire city you live in is controlled by a bill called Joy. By taking Joy, everything you see is happy and good. When off your Joy, the realities of life quickly set in, and you become labeled as wanted. The beginning is odd, and if you don’t want to know the early premise, stop reading now.

You work as a censor for the local newspaper company. You are going back in time, looking over old newspaper articles, keeping the good positive ones to remain in the archives, and rejecting anything negative. The higher powers have decided: everything, both past and present, must be positive, and full of Joy.

 

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blank Adam Roffel has only been writing about video games for a short time, but has honed his skills completing a Master's Degree. He loves Nintendo, and almost anything they have released...even Tomodachi Life.

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