We Happy Few

 PlayStation 4
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5.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 126 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 45 out of 126
  2. Mixed: 37 out of 126
  3. Negative: 44 out of 126
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  1. squarefenix00
    Apr 22, 2023
    7
    Jamás pensé que llegaría a terminarme un videojuego con TANTÍSIMOS bugs y una IA tan nefasta (es difícil en ciertas ocasiones porque los enemigos son tontos hasta para perderte el rastro). Aún así su historia y originalidad me hicieron disfrutarlo y aguantar estos aspectos del juego hasta el final. Una idea muy buena ejecutada muy mal. Ojalá hubiera recibido algo más de cariño, puesJamás pensé que llegaría a terminarme un videojuego con TANTÍSIMOS bugs y una IA tan nefasta (es difícil en ciertas ocasiones porque los enemigos son tontos hasta para perderte el rastro). Aún así su historia y originalidad me hicieron disfrutarlo y aguantar estos aspectos del juego hasta el final. Una idea muy buena ejecutada muy mal. Ojalá hubiera recibido algo más de cariño, pues prometía mucho más de lo que ofrece. Recomiendo pillarlo barato (yo lo conseguí por unos 6€).… Expand
  2. lxsthighway
    Apr 15, 2023
    0
    completely unplayable for me on ps4. I tried deleting it and starting over and same gamebreakinig bug at about 8 hours in
  3. GlarkCable
    Mar 19, 2023
    7
    Flawed for sure, but saved by its fairly unique concept and its (occasionally) fun gameplay.
  4. Earthian
    Oct 28, 2022
    1
    Loading here, loading their, loading everywhere and then sometimes it crash and you need to open the game again and then wait all the loadings. Open the game, loading... at the game menu screen, loading... "Press x to start", lag... "resume game" lag... and the long loading. when in the game if you run fast sometimes it crash and automatically exit you. I thought this ge is nice. but itsLoading here, loading their, loading everywhere and then sometimes it crash and you need to open the game again and then wait all the loadings. Open the game, loading... at the game menu screen, loading... "Press x to start", lag... "resume game" lag... and the long loading. when in the game if you run fast sometimes it crash and automatically exit you. I thought this ge is nice. but its boring. You always run here run their . this is my first time rrating a videogame. and disappointed. when i first s… Expand
  5. davidr555
    Sep 3, 2022
    10
    One of the best games I've played. A well done twisted, dark story line. If a good story line is important to you, this game won't let you down.
  6. vicwolk
    Aug 24, 2022
    4
    Crashes really drain the **** out of the "joy" of playing this game. Background story is cool, game is interesting. Mechanics are ok, too, but it seems to be poorly ported (yes, I'm talking about the clumsy L1 mechanics -- ever heard of ability/item wheels? Well, they didn't). Music is week or nearly non existent.

    Overall, I will stop playing after the third crash in the same part of the    Crashes really drain the **** out of the "joy" of playing this game. Background story is cool, game is interesting. Mechanics are ok, too, but it seems to be poorly ported (yes, I'm talking about the clumsy L1 mechanics -- ever heard of ability/item wheels? Well, they didn't). Music is week or nearly non existent.


    Overall, I will stop playing after the third crash in the same part of the village. Maybe played it for 15-20h, but I can hear my PS4 not being able to handle the poor optimization of this game before every crash. Yes, these PS3 graphics are not running smoothly on PS4, as one would think they should.    … Expand
  7. davidthesloth
    Aug 1, 2022
    7
    Huge potential and interesting game undercut by how underdeveloped and unoptimised it actually is. First off, loading screens are a complete joke! I kid you not, it takes more than a minute for the main menu to boot up for some reason and another minute to load into the game and this was on a PS5! Framerate was horrendous and choppy while gameplay was buggy and glitchy. However despite itsHuge potential and interesting game undercut by how underdeveloped and unoptimised it actually is. First off, loading screens are a complete joke! I kid you not, it takes more than a minute for the main menu to boot up for some reason and another minute to load into the game and this was on a PS5! Framerate was horrendous and choppy while gameplay was buggy and glitchy. However despite its unpolished flaws, this game's story, characters and acting is what you stay for. The grim bleak tone juxtaposed bright vibrant cities and landscapes it really captures your attention.

    DLC is very fun and a joy (pardon the pun) to play especially the last DLC "We All Fall Down". Really fun, light and investing gameplay. The game immediately attained my attention by creating unique side stories of the already established narrative with an interesting spin on things. All playable characters are well written except for the gay couple featured in the "We Came From Below" additional content as it depicts their relationship as tumultuous, petty and stereotypical that adds very little plot wise and more of a burden/hindrance on the game as whole.

    Overall fun game but very poorly optimised. Definitely recommend a play through if you're a fan of Fallout or Bioshock or even dystopian/Orwellian settings.    … Expand
  8. Cdinnes11
    Jul 10, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is by far the worst game I have ever played. It's sad because the story is unique and I loved the story. But the gameplay mechanics are extremely unfair, stupid hard, and ridiculously annoying. Jesus christ I have never hated a game this much.… Expand
  9. Zakis1991
    Jul 8, 2022
    0
    Ну ребят, не стоит покупать даже на акции. Игра линейна, и сырая все еще. Не знаю, плохо, однообразные противники, геймплей такой же. Короче все с игрой плохо.
  10. M41_SPNKR
    Jan 3, 2022
    5
    This is the the first PS4 game that I couldn't bring myself to finish. While the premise is interesting, there are simply too many missions that devolve into fetch quests. The performance on PS4 is subpar; the load screen time is too long and quite often, my game will suddenly start to stutter and then pause and enter into a another load screen as if to save my PS4 from crashing. ExceptThis is the the first PS4 game that I couldn't bring myself to finish. While the premise is interesting, there are simply too many missions that devolve into fetch quests. The performance on PS4 is subpar; the load screen time is too long and quite often, my game will suddenly start to stutter and then pause and enter into a another load screen as if to save my PS4 from crashing. Except that sometimes even after exiting the load screen my PS4 does in fact crash!… Expand
  11. borla
    Nov 7, 2021
    3
    The idea is really fantastic, but it is bad constructed. A lot of bugs on ps4 game and sometimes the pill thing it's really boring
  12. Mr_Toast735
    Jun 7, 2021
    9
    I get why people didn't like this game. And at first, I didn't like the game. But I went back and realized that this game is amazing. Its funny, its witty, its interesting, and its probably one of the most creative games I've ever played. Play it! Its pretty cheap now!
  13. Steyraus
    May 24, 2021
    2
    The only thing I liked was the look of the outside world. Hated the characters, story, tone, visuals.. Just trash to the core..
  14. arashmirzai
    Dec 26, 2020
    10
    That game is awesome is lot of beautiful place and joy medicine challenge but not combat System very well but this game is awesome
  15. kruci
    Dec 12, 2020
    7
    Nie jest pozbawiona błędów. Zalatuje drewnem, w pewnym momencie staje się powtarzalna. Ale na koniec dnia sprawiła mi sporo radochy. Grałem za darmo w game passie, wiec lżej podchodzę do tematu niż osoby kupujące w pełnej cenie.
  16. OldAndCynical
    Dec 3, 2020
    8
    I honestly liked this game. The game world turned out to be nicer than I expected, and bigger, making for really interesting and fascinating exploration. The game also has some nice new concepts. Sure it aint perfect, and there are still various issues, but on the whole, it is recommended for people who aren't afraid to be challenged in a bioshock/dishonored style environment.
    What I    I honestly liked this game. The game world turned out to be nicer than I expected, and bigger, making for really interesting and fascinating exploration. The game also has some nice new concepts. Sure it aint perfect, and there are still various issues, but on the whole, it is recommended for people who aren't afraid to be challenged in a bioshock/dishonored style environment.
    What I especially like about the game is how it reflects the mores of our current society.
    Today, all negativity is instantly removed and modded away from online sites, and people who insist being negative are permabanned at record speed.
    Well, the society in this game functions in similar manner; people in it pretend to be happy all the time, because if you're negative, the 'mods' of the game world are on to you like fleas on something fresh and smelly. And people who just aren't capable of happiness are either medicated, or thrown outta the society, forced into a exile pariah lifestyle.
    It is a state that many real world societies thru history have found themselves, and it is a state our western society is going towards if the current trend of deleting all negativity is continued and reinforced on and off line...
    But anyway, the game deserves 8/10 just for having the guts to take a stand against constant medicated happiness.    … Expand
  17. Ziopickalod
    Oct 28, 2020
    5
    We happy few has an interesting premise but ultimately fails to entertain enough past the opening sequence. 52/100
  18. JasonGold
    Oct 10, 2020
    0
    One of the only games I have ever played that I could not finish due to technical bugs. The game is riddled with bugs, but for the most part was still playable. It was frustrating having to reload after a crash (5-6 times) and the slow downs and pauses in game play for various reasons but I got through all that and kept going. I kept playing because the story was good and the somewhatOne of the only games I have ever played that I could not finish due to technical bugs. The game is riddled with bugs, but for the most part was still playable. It was frustrating having to reload after a crash (5-6 times) and the slow downs and pauses in game play for various reasons but I got through all that and kept going. I kept playing because the story was good and the somewhat repetitive gameplay was still good. I would have gone to the end except for the one mission that was broken and could not be completed. The Ex Cathedra mission in Sally’s play through was broken. The key you need to exit the mission was not where it should have been and I was apparently screwed. I went back to all previous saves, even before beginning that mission, but it still happened. This is a known bug fixed years ago and yet it happened to me in 9/2020 and ruined the mostly broken game. You can read about the many many many flaws in this game and how broken it is, memory leaks, repetitive play, few character sounds and animations, but to not be able to finish… unbelievable.… Expand
  19. Epic-jakeyo
    Sep 22, 2020
    10
    I absolutely adore this game, there's some seriously harsh review bombing going on here. Can we take a second to think about the fact an indie studio is producing better quality games than AAA developers (I'm looking at you Bethesda and bioware)
    The are style and sound design in this game is up there with the greatest, the world is amazing and a joy to be in. It's not without its faults    I absolutely adore this game, there's some seriously harsh review bombing going on here. Can we take a second to think about the fact an indie studio is producing better quality games than AAA developers (I'm looking at you Bethesda and bioware)
    The are style and sound design in this game is up there with the greatest, the world is amazing and a joy to be in. It's not without its faults but I'm many many many hours in and really enjoying it .    … Expand
  20. PictoPirate
    Aug 21, 2020
    5
    I have such mixed feelings around We Happy Few. The world is absolutely fantastic, the voice acting is top-notch, the story is great and some of the missions are gloriously insane. Unfortunately, despite being two years old the game is still a buggy mess.

    One mission is completely borked and if you don't do the right thing first time the item you need to progress vanishes and you're    I have such mixed feelings around We Happy Few. The world is absolutely fantastic, the voice acting is top-notch, the story is great and some of the missions are gloriously insane. Unfortunately, despite being two years old the game is still a buggy mess.

    One mission is completely borked and if you don't do the right thing first time the item you need to progress vanishes and you're trapped forever and I lost count of the number of times the game just blue screen of deathed halfway through a mission losing me tons of progress. The criminally long load times, terrible pop-in and glitchy AI I could live with but come on guys you've had two years to make this stable enough to play!

    It's such a shame too because the game itself is brilliant fun when it is working, it just doesn't work enough to allow me to recommend it.    … Expand
  21. Turudihan
    Jul 28, 2020
    8
    Except of bad optimization and odd storylines croosing realization this game is gorgeous masterpiece, not gonna lie. The story is brilliant, character is colorful and rememberable. And music... oh that music... That music Will stay in your head for a long time, cause its so wonderful. So, lovely day for it!
  22. sleepycentuar
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    a Really fun and difficult game with a good story and game play with a amazing environment
  23. Imtia
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    The game together with DLC shows some stellar performance. Gameplay is a bit outdated but makes up for it with the exceptional story/character and voice acting. Compelling story indeed by Compulsion Games. The game design also shows some amazing levels. A bioahock game without its fancy gun and fantasy setting. Highly recommended
  24. Daniel0809
    May 30, 2020
    5
    I bought this game in 2018 when it came out and I returned it back to gamestop within a few hours because the game had so many bugs I just didn't want to waste my time. Now here in 2020 ive kinda wanted to go back to the game and see if anything has changed so I can maybe give a better rating.
  25. matzonine09
    Mar 6, 2020
    9
    I loved this game all the way through but I feel there is one thing halting this game from a 10. That is progression because some missions end quickly others become travel to the other side of the map. But other than that its a great play.
  26. Dr-SAM-BHR
    Dec 14, 2019
    5
    NO SPOILER:- The game is fun especially the gameplay, its the best in this game, the story is just OK, graphics is cool considering its indie game. BUT, the thing that made me hate this game and give it 5 out of 10 is because the loading is sooo annoying in this game, there's loading screen everywhere, when you walk in cities there's loading and sometimes it takes soo long and gamers hateNO SPOILER:- The game is fun especially the gameplay, its the best in this game, the story is just OK, graphics is cool considering its indie game. BUT, the thing that made me hate this game and give it 5 out of 10 is because the loading is sooo annoying in this game, there's loading screen everywhere, when you walk in cities there's loading and sometimes it takes soo long and gamers hate waiting. the drop frame also is a huge problem, whenever you run too fast will will absolutely gonna face drop frame issue. i played it for more than a week, 5 hours a day, i was liking it at the beginning but now i just want it to END.… Expand
  27. Carennas87
    Dec 1, 2019
    2
    Game was fun for a little bit, albeit NPC's and buildings are copy and pasted all over the place with a heavy lack of diversity, annoyingly tedious at times with quests and objectives not being streamlined (I try to follow the main quest when I don't want to do side quests but it doesn't tell me which quests/side quests have to be completed first since they aren't even in order in theGame was fun for a little bit, albeit NPC's and buildings are copy and pasted all over the place with a heavy lack of diversity, annoyingly tedious at times with quests and objectives not being streamlined (I try to follow the main quest when I don't want to do side quests but it doesn't tell me which quests/side quests have to be completed first since they aren't even in order in the Quests menu page, resulting in online searches with scarce results to choose from and tons of backtracking/extra marathon runs around the map,) map is not very user friendly (can't tell if joy booths/workbenches are easy to get to or concealed in a building/hatch, certain icons like a workbench inside a hatch leads you to exactly where it would be on the outside map but doesn't lead you to its hatch first in order to get to the bench, etc..,) not being able to save for no reason (sometimes if you wait in the paused menu long enough, the greyed out Save Game will turn black even though it wasn't in the process of autosaving,) and of course the crashes upon crashes as Sally, most prominently in St. George's Holm, and the fewer crashes as Arthur and Ollie, but you get the idea. It's kind of like, "Look at this cool game! I threw the instructions out but included some somewhat useful and some not-so-useful tips throughout the load screens. Thanks for your money and try not to mind the crashes and bugs!"

    This game is not close to being worth the $79.99 I paid. At that price, this game should be on par with Game of the Year games like Horizon Zero Dawn and Fallout 3 and 4. I'm so disappointed that I didn't get the same great experience that left me longing for the next game to come out like those ones do, and I love post-apocalyptic/dystopian games and movies. My biggest disappointment is that I didn't buy the hard copy game (bought it through the PS4 store,) so I can't even sell it to get at least some money back.

    If they get around to making a second installment, I hope they take notes from award-winning games of similar genres and ditch the current infrastructure they used for this one. It had a chance for greatness but I get the feeling they wanted to differentiate themselves and make it their own too much which came at the cost of quality.

    Final words: save your money for something better.    … Expand
  28. lostsol
    Nov 25, 2019
    6
    This game has so much potential if it was in the right hands. Slow based, story that lakes polish, games play optimized for keyboard and mouse, but not supported on Xbox or PS4.
  29. sityoazzdown
    Nov 5, 2019
    7
    Pretty good game that was ultimately marred by techincal issues and gameplay that didn't have much legs over this 20-30 hour game..give or take. This game has a very interesting world with pretty good strories and likeable characters. I also respect how there are multiple ways to attack a mission..almost rpg like. The gameplay consist of melee combat, stealth gameplay, and looting sourcesPretty good game that was ultimately marred by techincal issues and gameplay that didn't have much legs over this 20-30 hour game..give or take. This game has a very interesting world with pretty good strories and likeable characters. I also respect how there are multiple ways to attack a mission..almost rpg like. The gameplay consist of melee combat, stealth gameplay, and looting sources to craft items/weapons. The twist is that you must be conform to the world, if you're in the city you must take the drug joy to blend in, and if you're out of the city, you must act like a bum or you will be attacked. I found the gameplay loop of story/side missions, combat, light puzzle solving, to be initially unique and interesting, but it waned slowly; however the story carried me throughout even though the gameplay loop got stale. I also think this game was marred by technical issues, game frequently crashes, framerate chugs along pretty frequently, some bugs, etc. Other cons include a bloated crafting system with alot of items you will never or even need to use. Gameplay also never truly evolves (apart from some unique side missions), you'll be doing the same thing (gameplay wise) first mission as last. Also this game bugged out on me, 3/4 of the way through arthurs campaign (there are 3), I no longer needed to take joy, as bobbies and civies did not get mad at me while I was in the city (but down dectectors still went off). My glitched game aside, the joy mechanic was a hit or miss, unique.. but also annoying.
    Pros: Very interesting world, pretty good stories, likeable characters, unique gameplay.
    So-So: side missions are decent, survival elements
    Cons: a lot of technical issues, gameplay gets stale quick, joy mechanic and restrictions like running and jumping, going out at night is really annoying (in the city).
    This game has potential, they just need to iron out the technical issues, improve gameplay diversity and mission diversity. This game is more fallout than it is bioshock, but it is still a good one with a lot of potential to grow into something big.    … Expand
  30. Kanjatee
    Jun 9, 2019
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I like this game. Its not perfect and have seen few crashes. Its not easy and you need to use your brain. It cant be played like gta. World is very twisted and funny. It have some problems but its not too difficult in cities (like some reviews say) if youre not stupid. This game is not for everyone but if you like challenge,humour and not afraid to do some missions few times just test for yourself.… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. GameCritics
    Oct 2, 2018
    50
    Overall, there are some incredible ideas in We Happy Few‘s dystopian world, but the tedious gameplay gave me the feeling that a project like this has more potential as a story-driven adventure in a more compact world. With greater focus on its excellent narrative, sound and visuals, and an addition of moral choices, it would rise above the unsatisfying mixed-genre affair that it currently is.
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  2. Gaming Nexus
    Sep 17, 2018
    65
    The ideas of power, giving in to hegemonic cycles just to feel safe, and other gameplay systems are unfortunately overshadowed by the technical hiccups found in the game's software. It's a shame, because this game could have been good.
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  3. Video Chums
    Sep 7, 2018
    58
    We Happy Few is an ambitious title with an interesting premise but it fails to deliver on the things that make a video game fun to play.
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