El Hijo - A Wild West Tale

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User Score
7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 4 out of 13

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  1. Johaenna28
    Jan 9, 2021
    10
    Love the art style and casual gameplay. It's probably not for hardcore gamers, it still gets challenging occasionally. Took me about 6 hours to complete without unlocking all side quests
  2. sailorymond
    Jan 11, 2021
    9
    graphic is really good, also puzzles are really well made. .....I recommend it to everyone!
  3. nnys_s
    Jan 9, 2021
    10
    Fun and simple puzzles, with wonderful visual style and music. A very cute game I highly recommend
  4. sjobs
    Mar 17, 2021
    10
    definitely worth picking up if you love puzzle style games. The non-violent stealthing is casual and fun and the art style is pretty well done

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Metascore
74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. CD-Action
    Jul 23, 2021
    70
    An interesting mix of a stealth game and a point’n’click adventure, set in the Wild West. As a six-year-old boy, you have to cleverly use the environment to escape from bandits and find out what happened to your mother. Enemy AI could be better and some minor technical issues spoiled the fun a bit, but every puzzle in the game can be solved in many ways, and that’s something I always welcome with open arms. El Hijo is a fairly easy but satisfying game that you can play with your kid, as there’s not a drop of blood here. [02/2021, p.40]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Apr 12, 2021
    80
    Although a simpler, but very fun hybrid puzzle and stealth game, which caresses the soul with visuals and constantly surprises with new elements. [Issue#309]
  3. Cubed3
    Mar 18, 2021
    70
    El Hijo is certainly a lovely experience. It has gorgeous visuals, as much storytelling as a player wishes to see, smart puzzles, and some of the more frustrating aspects of stealth games are given features to make it more palatable to a larger audience. Sadly, though, these features dumb down the stealthing side to an extent and take away the dynamic feeling of many others of the genre, leaving players coming for a stealth heavy game wanting more.
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