![]() The residents of Wellington Wells don’t take very kindly to Downers. He has the option to pop another pill and forget about his past or he can be labelled as a Downer at great peril, and try to find out what happened to his beloved sibling after the Germans took him away (Heads up…I made the mistake of deciding to take another Joy, which promptly ended the game and the credits rolled!)Īfter completing coming off of Joy, Arthur catches a glimpse at just how dreary this dystopian 1960’s England can be. Despite the chemically induced happiness, the image of his beloved brother triggers something inside him, and he reminisces about a very tragic event. High on Joy, he happily works away scrolling through articles, until he comes across an article about his him and his brother Percy. ![]() You begin the game as Arthur, an employee of the government to who is tasked with censoring newspaper clippings. Everything is wonderful, and no one is aware of the awful decay that surrounds them. They wear masks with smiles to show everyone just how happy they are. Everyone is high on Joy, the drug prescribed to all to alter their perception and help them forget the past. The area left in ruins, but no one really seems to notice. Taking place in an dystopian 1960’s England, past conflict with the Germans weighs heavily on the residents of the fictional Wellington Wells. Two years later, after a drastic change to the gameplay, We Happy Few has finally made it’s much anticipated debut on PC and Xbox One. But after an early release preview back in 2016, Compulsion Games found that gamers weren’t interested in the survival gameplay, but instead wanted a more narrative experience. It was initially developed to be a short, roguelike survival game with very few story elements. We Happy Few has quite a story behind its development.
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