We Happy Few

Realistic UK simulator in an universe, where the cops beat the crap out of you for not doing drugs.
Those in the negative review section are clearly off their Joy.

The best 6/10 you'll ever play.
You might ask why — one word: Story.

This game delivers one of the most intriguing narratives I’ve experienced. The voice acting is a perfect 10/10, and the writing is solid — 8/10 most of the time. The plot twists? They’re not unpredictable in the traditional sense — you know something’s off, but you can’t quite put your finger on it, and that’s what makes uncovering the truth so satisfying.

Honestly, the story is the only thing that kept me pushing through.

The gameplay loop, on the other hand, is a different story. You’ll be wandering around randomly generated maps for what feels like forever, scavenging mostly useless loot. The mechanics? Undercooked. They exist, but you’ll rarely feel the need to engage with them. Ironically, the DLCs removed many of those mechanics — and that’s where the game shines the most in terms of actual gameplay. Yes, the DLCs are worth it.

If you're into mystery, dystopia, and social experiment scenarios, this game is gold. Just don’t go in expecting a polished or engaging gameplay experience. Play it for the story — and it just might stick with you longer than some 10/10s.

To the negative reviews that harshly judge the fact it's a walking simulator, here's what being a Pathologic fan taught me: some games don't have to be good on a technical level to be a valuable experience. Yes bugs are annoying, but they're manageable. Yes it's not the most optimised but I've played Pathologic 2 Marble Nest with a max of 9 fps before and I still enjoyed it. Some games aren't meant for people who value gameplay over story and that's alright, just refund it or don't buy it in the first place if you value gameplay more.

It's not everyone's type of game, but it is mine. And it might end up being yours too.
That being said, do wait for a sale. I personally wouldn't pay that base price for any game.

I'm not joking when I say this is my favorite game despite the glitches and bugs.
The map is fairly big, but it feels empty most of the time. There are only a handful of explorable houses, and most of the size comes from the forest where absolutely nothing happens. Still, I love it all the same.
The story is rich, has that cool and creepy dystopian vibe. Main characters are well-written as well. They are all charming and messed-up but in a good way. I’d recommend playing it on hard mode or setting up a custom game with fewer resources, because otherwise you'll be drowning in loot. Your bag will constantly be full, and you’ll end up stuffing everything into your stash.
And the music? ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. I think all their budget went to the soundtrack and they cooked so hard. I'm a fan of the imaginary band now for years. The Make Believes band is awesome!
DLC are also great and worth playing. Again, this game will have tons of bugs so I think you should wait on sale to buy, but I absolutely implore you to play this game!!

i can see why only 9.6 percent of players got passed sally's witch section. this game is fun until halfway through sally's section and the rest of ollie's. stories brilliant but the gameplay and optimization sucks balls

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☑ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☑ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
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☐ 6
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☐ 10

Conclusion:
We Happy Few has a good story. But the gameplay and some fo the bugs are what's pulling it down. If it were to get an update/remake/remaster that fixes these, the game would be a 9.5/10

This has been on my list to play for years. Was heavily recommended by a friend. Started playing it a few months ago. Had a couple good sessions, story setup seemed nice even if a little slow intially. But I wasnt really getting into it. Had picked normal difficulty and I just had trouble with a lot of the game mechanics to the point it just generally wasn't fun.

I'm very grateful friend checked in again to see if I was playing or had finished it recently. I gave it another shot. Restarted because it had been a few months. Picked easy difficulty this time. And omg it was like a night and day experience. I'm not sure if it was just because the second time experience the starting missions again or that I'm not drinking as heavily now but all of the game mechs started to click. I could actually play the game and had a lot of fun with it. Got incredibly into the story and itching to know any new details that would come up while questing and exploring the world.

Pretty unique game. Fantastic story telling, especially when you get into chapter 2 and chapter 3. Great sound track. Great voice acting. Very nice immersion overall.