The fake tanks are interesting as its a real thing that happened during WW2. Inflatable, wooden and cardboard armies were made to look real from the air
@@Ivan-om9sp it was the British. They used fake armies to make it seem like they would invade at Calais where the channel is the narrowest rather than Normandy which is actually quite funny considering the British royal family can be traced back to Rollo of Normandy a Scandinavian born vikinger by trade who was awarded Normandy and title in exchange for protecting France from his fellow vikingers so by landing in Normandy in a round about way they were invading the land there ancestors swore to protect from invasion.
I really don't like this half arsed story, I mean... He knew, THEY knew that there were no tanks, so why did they go along with and work with the germans to give up the kids?
@@TheWoWisok Germany was winning, even though the tanks were fake, they wouldn't be if they refused, the adults knew this, they would have been bombed or taken over if they didn't give up the kids. Sure they knew the tanks sent were fake as hell but it was more of a show of how much power they had, a cruel joke of sorts, a "we invaded your country and we don't need to send a battalion to know you'll do what we say, you are surrounded."
@@poptarts8278 you literally don't because there's no way to know what actually would have happened for all we know it was one German officer who's a pedophile who's just asking for the kids and everyone else is too scared to say no
@@poptarts8278 Unlikely they would have just cooperated. I think they would have rather died in a fight rather than let the Germans take their children.
@@TheRealNinja5704 Thats just a matter of opinion. Not ever Brit was a Churchill and the mass population would have most likely wanted to protect their families in a hope to live versus die in constant fire fights and mass round ups.
The fact that the tanks were fake is one of the worse things in the game; as it means the kids leaving wasn't necessary and we and the characters don't know what happened to the kids. It makes me wonder how Aurthur is feeling about everything after learning that the tanks weren't real.
well knowing how the nazis treated even the children during the holocaust, it's safe to say that when they knew they were losing, they offed the lot of them.
@@bluelightstudios6191 no the nazis were very picky when they killed people the people killed in the holocaust were mostly people the nazis deemed as subhuman or basically traitors to germany like romanis, jews, certain slavs, homosexuals and communists Since these children were from Britain and thus the race in western Europe in nazi ideology was considered pure they definitely didn't kill them but they could've been part of the germanization program that some soviet or Yugoslav children have been put up to
I played Arthur’s story through 100%, I would spend HOURS playing every day. I completed every single side mission and it was completely worthwhile to me. Sally’s story was incredible, learning about her past, and getting to see Arthur through her eyes. Ollie’s story was the most shocking to me, that ending learning that Margaret wasn’t his, I had to pause the game and collect myself. Every part of this game was a masterpiece, from the main story to the DLCs.
@EvenBadWolves Gaming Plus, you can piece together names. If you pick up the letter at the train station that has the lists of children's names who were supposed to go to Germany, it has Margaret's on the bottom crossed out, Margaret Worthing. Then, when you look at the achievements, you see Ollie's achievement for finishing his story is called The Ollie Starkey. And then you hear Jack Worthing and you can go oh boy-
I've been thinking a lot myself how great it could be as a play too. Especially if it was a musical, since we've already seen them design such amazing in-game songs, and the design of the settings, especially the village and places like hayworth labs, would be super cool to see turned into theatre sets. I can imagine the lighting being used to show the intense contrasts between being off joy and on joy and so on. Though I think the story would have to be shortened or altered significantly if it was to be a musical or play, given that it's so long we wouldn't have enough time to tell the whole story properly. Still, if there was a way to make a concise storyline in the world of We Happy Few for a play, I would do anything to go and see it. Same goes for a movie or show too, I just want to see more of this franchise really.
I remember seeing some youtuber play it but stopped recording it after few videos. Ever since i sometimes wondered what happened to it but never really cared about it to do research (besides, i was a kid so of course i never did any research)
A good game, maybe Although some tasks get repetitive, the end result is always nice. The We all fall down DLC was awesome. Shows the effects of stopping joy in the city. To those who haven’t played it yet, do it!
And also gives a nice ending to the story, at least for wellington wells, for everything else, we'll just have to wait and see if the devs can drum up enough support for a sequel
Sally's storyline was my favorite! I heard people didn't like it because of the constant need to take care of a baby but I didn't have an issue with it.
I loved Sally’s story but I hated the totems. The first time I started her story I got stuck trying to steal the Uncle Jack records because I couldn’t find a bobby pin in any of the houses in the garden district so I kept getting more and more totems while I had to keep searching because without the record I couldn’t get the milk to feed Gwen so there was nothing I could do for her.
The only issue I had with Sally's storyline is how much it changes/interferes with Arthur's. Arthur already has his dark past and terrible decisions, then they make out like his even worse than what you see and it really annoyed me. Like some of Sally's side quests are just undoing stuff he did. Like the silly teddy bear I think developers sometimes forget that when you play as a character for so long, you begin to see yourself in them or just care about them greatly. Then whatever you do to that character is akin to doing it to the player. Other than that though Sally's whole story is good.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming oof, sounds rough. Yeah the game can be a bit bugged unfortunately. I might have tried to go back to the village and see if I can't get Bobby pins there or buy them from a store
@@frankyhorn2475 I agree, when I played indigo prophecy/Fahrenheit you play as the "m.u.r.d.e.r.e.r." and the police. Because of this I would actively sabotage the police side to help the "main" side. Having stories intertwine is fun but making one side have to "sabotage" the other is not...
I dont think Arthur found Percy but i do think all three managed to leave and make a new live Arthur is way too sneaky Sally way too intelligent and Ollie ... is ollie he`ll manage
Ollie survived for years in the garden District whilst also suffering from diabetes.... That boy is sturdy and will probably do better than Sally and Arthur combined
All the kids who were taken on the train were _killed in a bombing run._ Just as the Allies retook the area. In the following years, Wellington Wells started mass-producing Joy, sealed itself off, and banned new kids for being reminders of the Very Bad Thing.
It's a tad sad that the We Happy Few movie never finished production. Each act could easily be it's own movie. Perhaps maybe also a TV series? "We(llington Wells's) Happy Few". Each episode stars a different character faced with their own problems in Wellington Wells. This can go from the garden district, maindenholm, appleholm, the parade, practically every corner of wellington wells. Each episode will have at least some connection or subtle nod to the main characters and/or their story. And at the end of every single one of the episodes, the character we follow will always either die, become a downer, or made character development only to lose it all to Joy OD. Just for that extra bit of dystopian depression. Maybe break the mold for a few episodes but always add a twist to it. One character actually succeeds with great sacrifice, another reaches their goal only to find out it's not all it's cracked up to be, etc.
I like the game overall but I found the running back and forth tedious after a while and there are a couple mechanics that seem designed to just slow down the player which became annoying.
That scene of the wellies being upset and dropping their masks breaks my heart ☹️ but in my head, after Victoria cut off joy, they started a new wellington wells, free of joy.
I just love this flawed game so much . I got completely obsessed with discovering every single square inch of it, that I logged an insane amout of play hours. ❤
I think this is where the one of the DLCscome into play (specifically the one with miss byng) it shows what happend when the story got pushed out, everyone was in a panic, death littering the streets, Ollie making her go off her joy made her realize that everything is fucked up and it needs to be shown
I wonder why its different for each character like their interactions like instead of being in Sally's house arthur is on a swing I'm thinking that it's like one of them has a bad memory so only one of the interactions are correct
For as Janky and Overpriced as the game was i still adore its storytelling; compellingly flawed characters and superb world building really got me through it.
Of the DLC only one story could be considered canon, the woman Ollie forced off her Joy is the protagonist of that story and does what she can to try to save Wellington Wells... then herself. The Rest of the DLC is one artist's fatal drug trip, and a "What If" that still dooms Wellington Wells (to save a race of Sentient/Sapient Machines from another dimension).
I played the entire game + the DLC fully and i enjoyed the game. Would recommend but it's kinda sad many people didn't finish it. Ig because the mayority bought it during its alpha stage at the time and it didn't had a full story yet. The only complaint i got was a few bugs that they haven't fix and the occasional frame rate drops. The story in the otherhand it's very interesting and good but there are some plot holes between 2 characters story. Kinda similar to the plot hole in RE2 Remake.
Or just an entirely different game if we played as characters (like Ollie) who had found out that the tanks were fake and were trying to get the information out to the public at the time.
People overhyped about it all over the roof and then ruthlessly diminished it under their feet once the wind turned. The only problem I had with it is that Arthur finding out his past just around the time the town could no longer last was still a big coincidence. It would be nice if they could make this more organic. Otherwise, it's not Shakespeare but certainly serviceable, maybe even on par with Pathologic. The gameplay, tho, there's that...
Arthur remembering his past at the same time is a coincidence, but it could make sense in the game world that this would be when he remembered - i.e. when the Joy is starting to go bad. Maybe he came across other reminders of his brother before but it didn't trigger anything because the Joy was still overpowering him.
This game has a great story, captivating atmosphere, and amazing graphics. It’s downfall was that the gameplay just isn’t fun. It’s very repetitive, and although I appreciate the procedural generation it just leads to it feeling like you’ve seen everything 100 times and exploring and searching for mission items just isn’t fun. I’d say 5/10: it could’ve been so much more even though I greatly appreciate the small development team’s true passion for creating something different.
I could do that. It won’t be for a while though. I have a few other videos I’m working on now and I would want to have more of a subscriber base before trying more ‘let’s play’ style videos.
Here’s my take on Arthur’s story: Arthur sent Percy to a concentration camp that would eventually lead to him getting gassed. Percy and the other children died once they got to their destination because if we look at the history of Hitler’s Germany, anyone that wasn’t “arian” he wanted gone. The UK, not being “arian” would help support that idea. As to why they left adults and kids above the age of 13 alive could be because they could build machinery, and other things that would help their war effort. If they didn’t have kids, then it would only be a matter of time before they all died off, and with the plague that would speed up the process, and with everyone so drugged up on joy, no one cleaned up anything, so it spread even faster. Arthur would search for his brother till he eventually finds that out, and probably through his own selfish guilt probably end up taking his life because he couldn’t live with the guilt. Now let’s go to the girl’s story. She got in a boat to escape wellington wells. Only one problem. In this world, Germany won the war, which means every country was taken over by Nazi Germany. So no matter where she goes, the rest of the world will probably be in a similar situation, and once her child is discovered, she and her child would meet a terrible fate. Ollie, makes it back to Ireland, only to find they have their own version of joy as well. He has the option to either continue to be drugged up, or live with the fact that he got his neighbor’s daughter killed. The Pressure and guilt would overtake him and he would eventually take his own life as well. In the meantime England is off their Joy and slowly rebuilding as best as they can, but I think overall they can’t and they all fall to their “downer” life With that all being said, it’s excessively dark I know… but wwii wasn’t exactly rainbows and peace either. It was the world fighting against an evil it had never seen before.
Germany was actually defeated in the Universe of the game in 1949, there are references to Russia liberating Germany. So by the time Arthur, Sally and Ollie leave Wellington Wells they would be entering a post Nazi world. Plus from the Epilogue (and from General Byng) we know that there are children in England outside of Wellington Wells so Gwen being discovered outside of Wellington Wells shouldn't be a problem. (Also Ollie was Scottish, not Irish)
Adolf himself doesn't fulfill the aryan ideal and resembles the people from the UK. Doesn't mean the germans didn't gas people but the idea of going after british people is suicidal extreme, even by their standards.
Just wanted to say you produce some really good content mam..interesting and great narration..you can tell how much work you put into your videos...so major credit to you..
While Arthur’s play through was more linear and story based like bioshock, Sally’s play through was more open world and had a cooler story and characters. I feel like Olly’s act was a little dumb with the insulin parts lol, but at that point you just wanna know how the story ends! Definitely flawed, but very intriguing and beautiful
I hope Compusion goes on to do some great things. Sure, this game was a bit of a rocky start for them, but it's inventive and there's always room for growth.
Probably, could be that the same thing happened to the children of Wellington Wells as actually happened with the Polish children taken by the Nazis - being stripped of their identities and placed with Germany families or in schools to Germanize them. So at least some could have survived.
Actually no, it's revealed on Sally's act that Joy is a contraceptive, as "breeder riots" (people getting irrationally angry at the thought of a child being born, while theirs are gone) have spiraled out of control and unhappy memories resurface every moment a "child" is mentioned. Arthur meeting the child was OUTSIDE of Wellington Wells.
I didn't find it all that surprising, because he saw the child after he had left Wellington wells, I don't believe joy was outside of the islands. what does get me though, is how Sally is the only one with a child when the joys going bad. cause like, we know from all the people in the garden district and from the story itself that there's lots of people no longer on joy, and joy was a contraceptive. and you know... people gonna do the do regardless, so how come the wastrels werent with children? you know lmao? another thing is, with sallys child and her pregnancy, it's because (as we find out from the witches or a memory, don't remember) Sally wasn't taking the normal joy. so, if Sally was taking BlackBerry we'll say (we don't find out if she was, or if she was generally just off joy(also confusing lmao)) then wouldn't everyone else taking BlackBerry also be able to have kids? we know the police take BlackBerry and from the beginning we know that she also sells it to civilians like Spud, so it's insanely strange for sally to be the only one with child while no one else AT ALL is or has been
A large portion of this game is just a bunch of fetch quests separate from the main story. I hate it when game developers do that, it just feels like needless padding.
I liked this game. I'm interested in a sequel to learn more about what's on the outside of Wellington Wells. An entire town and infrastructure and government with police force, in the middle of England, doesn't just "exist" without there being more to it. Are all cities like Wellington Wells? Why were the people being kept there and unallowed to leave? Who initially forced people to take Joy? There are a lot of interesting possibilities I'd be interested in seeing these three united again traversing whatever lies outside of Wellington Wells. We still never know WHY the Germans wanted the children. Lots of questions but I'm excited for them to be answered (hopefully) one day
The Germans taking children actually happened though mostly with Polish kids who were used for labour and experiments unless they were considered ‘Germanic’ enough to deserve to be Germanized by forcibly adopting them into German families. The question about the Joy is answered in the We All Fall Down DLC - General Byng ordered a drug be produced to keep people happy and compliant and Victoria Byng suggested Joy be initially introduced to the water supply to get people to start taking it. Britain as a whole is meant to be in pretty bad shape though not much is known except that there are children in other parts of Britain demonstrated by the child Arthur runs into in the epilogue. I would love to see a sequel with more of Britain, maybe London itself being introduced to Joy by Verloc returning to London after the destruction of Wellington Wells.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming Is it possible that: 1) Wellington Wells is a prison colony for what they did, capitulating to the Germans? or 2) Wellington Wells is an experiment chamber for Joy or 3) The rest of the world is destroyed and Wellington Wells is the only remaining bastion of civilization? What confuses me is "The Garden District" which seems outside of the purview of the government. WHy aren't those people leaving? Or was the Garden District also enclosed within the "entirety" of Wellington Wells?
@@snackdaddygames the whole of the game takes place on a series of islands that are practically all cliffs-no easy escape. Downers are too depressed (& starving!) to even consider building ways to escape. I think that's why they stay
@@snackdaddygames I wouldn't think it was a prison colony - if it was I dont think they would have the same bobbies who were responsible for rounding up the children still in positions of authority. Verloc could be using the town as an experiment and planning on going back to London at some point (if allowed to leave). The rest of the world wasn't destroyed - the US and Russia ultimately beat Germany so we can assume those countries are still ok and I'm pretty sure Australia would be ok too 🙃 It seems like the only way out of Wellington Wells (or at least the only way out by land) is the bridge. It could be that people in the garden district could escape by boat if they could make one, but they may not think there is anywhere to go.
I had a different ending with arthur he met the police officer that stopped him getting on the train has a realisation that it’s pointless him escaping as he’ll never find his brother then they both walk off down the bridge together
This might be my favorite game in general, the second place being Dark Deception (my favorite horror game and overall favorite piece of horror media in general)
I LOVE this game. One of my all time favorites. I played it through a few times. Sadly too many played the early release when it was mostly a survival thing and then don't want to go back which is SUCH A shame! Everyone should try it!
This video didn't explain the main thing I was left wondering about unfortunately, which is what is the outside world like? Is it in ruins? How could wellington wells stay so isolated unless everything outside is destroyed too? I just finished this game and it's interesting to hear it didn't get received well. I actually think it had some truly exceptional moments despite some flaws. Really memorable!
There isn’t a lot said about the outside world. The UK was occupied by the Germans and its implied it still hasn’t recovered by the events of the game even though Russia and America had defeated Germany in the end.
Many 1984 references as Arthur is similar to Winston who is the main character in 1984 and Wellington Wells is a nod to Orson Welles, the AUTHUR of 1984
I just finished arthur’s chapter and I have so much to say about this game lol. The story is amazing and it has so much potential overall it’s like they’re almost there but not quite there yet 🥺I hope they make another similar game.
This game is a beautiful piece of satire targeting British society. Today, the Brits are extremely sensitive, to the point that they arrest people for “grossly offensive statements” on social media. They will literally arrest people for “causing anxiety”. This is very similar to the way the bobbies behave in the game, eliminating any source of anxiety or “downer” attitudes. if you don’t fall in line and go with what the mob wants, you’re done. Not only that, but Victoria Byng’s reaction to reality is very similar to the screeches of the mob when confronted with things that don’t fit their narrative. They don’t care about reality as long as they can dream up that everything is good.
The most unrealistic part of this game is everyone just swallowing huge Joy capsules without any liquid Jokes aside, I loved the atmosphere of this game. Thanks for posting!
I find it weird that in the trailer the “Old women” enemy’s within the game actually got involved with combat with the other citizens. But through all three Acts I only saw them screaming and alarming the citizens and bobbies around her to come and exterminate the player. It may be used in the trailer to show what happens if you didn’t take your joy. But I still find it funny thinking about the old women hitting you in the face with a rolling pin.
the only thing i don't like about this game's story isn't even really about the story itself, its about how the game marketed itself. "3 bad people" implies that sally is a bad person, but i don't understand how anything she did in her past or present makes her a bad person, at least in comparison to someone like arthur.
I had to get the platinum trophy for it and honestly by the end, I hated it. Such a buggy mess, although the bugs sometimes helped, it was so broken. Such a shame bc the game and concept is sooo fun😩
What an incredible and underrated game at the same time. Great story and art design put together with different ambiances. Completely astonishing. Right as rain!
Honestly the game definitely has a special place in my heart but it's also dark to see what it was like in those times of World War II but most importantly the saddest story of the mall was down to the T is Sally's and second place would have to be Ollie's.
I think the reason so few people got to the end is because...quite frankly the story is great but it is lost on a subpar game. The combat is terrible, and the game is advanced by an endless list of fetch quests. The map isn't particularly interesting either
Reminds me of my life where I'm forced too take psych meds all my life it's not a good life I live it's horrible nightmare it's crazy they put in a game reminds me of the same shit he goes too people still want too force medication on me tho
the only game where its canon and reasonable for a game not to have kids. Its always weird not having kids in movies and games especially in the middle of the town/city. also "Pepie meshei" lol
This game and it's story, along with others (slime rancher comes to mind) make me heart sick from the cliff hanging plot. I understand the player is meant to be left wondering. But the turth is I just wanna know. where did Arthur end up? Was Gwen and Sally okay? could they have worked together? I'm too much of a sap to really play these games, they make me think too hard.
I've replayed this on a gaming laptop, and while I know it is a gaming laptop. It has a 3060 and an i7 with 32gb ram and struggles to run the game at a consistent 60fps. In some areas is gets as bad as 40 or 30. It's still better by a LONGSHOT than what it was my first time on a first gen xbox one. It's been fun though, the game has good things I didn't give it credit for before, but that doesn't come with newfound bad things to say about it. I'm just hoping for a goated remake in like 5 or 6 years from now. Cause this universe and cast of characters definitely deserve it.
I would have never known about sally or the other guy, for some reason i get distracted and walk away. I always found this game interesting i bought it before it was even released and played the demo. Im just bad at games
I wish there was more punishment for the older citizens, like anyone above the age of 50, since the youngest citizens that survived are about 30 (since it’s been 17 yrs), they were all KIDS, their parents and townfolks failed them
You can get empty gelcaps in different colors. A pink and a red cap combined makes the perfect Strawberry Joy prop I'll have to do something with that at some point
I am playing this for the 1st time, well third to be more exact I started playing a long time ago but for whatever reason I just stopped I recently came back with a fresh perspective and am loving the game I didn't even know Sally had her own story I'm kind of curios as to who's perspective is more correct, to me it seemd odd Sally was able to find Arther in the garden district so easy and he's also wearing a suit which would lead to him getting attacked but I'm aware of the story telling concept of unreliable narrator so they could both be wrong and right to a degree who knows
The fake tanks are interesting as its a real thing that happened during WW2. Inflatable, wooden and cardboard armies were made to look real from the air
I believe it was the British that did it actually
@@denisofirst6701 they used them to trick the Germans to where they were going to land on d-day
@@denisofirst6701 I think so too or just any other allied power
@@denisofirst6701 it was part of operation Bodyguard
@@Ivan-om9sp it was the British. They used fake armies to make it seem like they would invade at Calais where the channel is the narrowest rather than Normandy which is actually quite funny considering the British royal family can be traced back to Rollo of Normandy a Scandinavian born vikinger by trade who was awarded Normandy and title in exchange for protecting France from his fellow vikingers so by landing in Normandy in a round about way they were invading the land there ancestors swore to protect from invasion.
The fact that the tanks were fake the entire time is just heartbreaking
I really don't like this half arsed story, I mean... He knew, THEY knew that there were no tanks, so why did they go along with and work with the germans to give up the kids?
@@TheWoWisok Germany was winning, even though the tanks were fake, they wouldn't be if they refused, the adults knew this, they would have been bombed or taken over if they didn't give up the kids. Sure they knew the tanks sent were fake as hell but it was more of a show of how much power they had, a cruel joke of sorts, a "we invaded your country and we don't need to send a battalion to know you'll do what we say, you are surrounded."
@@poptarts8278 you literally don't because there's no way to know what actually would have happened for all we know it was one German officer who's a pedophile who's just asking for the kids and everyone else is too scared to say no
@@poptarts8278 Unlikely they would have just cooperated. I think they would have rather died in a fight rather than let the Germans take their children.
@@TheRealNinja5704 Thats just a matter of opinion. Not ever Brit was a Churchill and the mass population would have most likely wanted to protect their families in a hope to live versus die in constant fire fights and mass round ups.
The fact that the tanks were fake is one of the worse things in the game; as it means the kids leaving wasn't necessary and we and the characters don't know what happened to the kids. It makes me wonder how Aurthur is feeling about everything after learning that the tanks weren't real.
well knowing how the nazis treated even the children during the holocaust, it's
safe to say that when they knew they were losing, they offed the lot of them.
@@bluelightstudios6191 no the nazis were very picky when they killed people the people killed in the holocaust were mostly people the nazis deemed as subhuman or basically traitors to germany like romanis, jews, certain slavs, homosexuals and communists
Since these children were from Britain and thus the race in western Europe in nazi ideology was considered pure they definitely didn't kill them but they could've been part of the germanization program that some soviet or Yugoslav children have been put up to
@@bluelightstudios6191 the kids were probably fine, stop pretending it was that bad.
@@dagothodros641 what wasn't that bad? The fucking holocaust? Cuz what your saying sounds really insensitive man.
@@dagothodros641 the kids were probably dead
I played Arthur’s story through 100%, I would spend HOURS playing every day. I completed every single side mission and it was completely worthwhile to me.
Sally’s story was incredible, learning about her past, and getting to see Arthur through her eyes.
Ollie’s story was the most shocking to me, that ending learning that Margaret wasn’t his, I had to pause the game and collect myself.
Every part of this game was a masterpiece, from the main story to the DLCs.
The Margaret reveal was amazing though in hindsight there were clues -she doesn’t look or sound anything like Ollie.
@EvenBadWolves Gaming Plus, you can piece together names. If you pick up the letter at the train station that has the lists of children's names who were supposed to go to Germany, it has Margaret's on the bottom crossed out, Margaret Worthing. Then, when you look at the achievements, you see Ollie's achievement for finishing his story is called The Ollie Starkey. And then you hear Jack Worthing and you can go oh boy-
The three storylines were all great, but the gameplay became annoying after Arthur.
This game deserves to be either a show or movie, but not a lot of people know about this beautiful game
It would have been a great movie... maybe one day.
I've been thinking a lot myself how great it could be as a play too. Especially if it was a musical, since we've already seen them design such amazing in-game songs, and the design of the settings, especially the village and places like hayworth labs, would be super cool to see turned into theatre sets. I can imagine the lighting being used to show the intense contrasts between being off joy and on joy and so on. Though I think the story would have to be shortened or altered significantly if it was to be a musical or play, given that it's so long we wouldn't have enough time to tell the whole story properly. Still, if there was a way to make a concise storyline in the world of We Happy Few for a play, I would do anything to go and see it. Same goes for a movie or show too, I just want to see more of this franchise really.
@@mikealheit8116Yes
I remember seeing some youtuber play it but stopped recording it after few videos. Ever since i sometimes wondered what happened to it but never really cared about it to do research (besides, i was a kid so of course i never did any research)
This game was low-key lame ASF js
A good game, maybe Although some tasks get repetitive, the end result is always nice. The We all fall down DLC was awesome. Shows the effects of stopping joy in the city. To those who haven’t played it yet, do it!
And also gives a nice ending to the story, at least for wellington wells, for everything else, we'll just have to wait and see if the devs can drum up enough support for a sequel
I definitely think that the story was the best part of We Happy Few. It's just too bad that there were things like gameplay that were keeping it down.
Yes I’m really hoping one day we’ll get a remake that fixes the gameplay issues.
Sally's storyline was my favorite! I heard people didn't like it because of the constant need to take care of a baby but I didn't have an issue with it.
I loved Sally’s story but I hated the totems. The first time I started her story I got stuck trying to steal the Uncle Jack records because I couldn’t find a bobby pin in any of the houses in the garden district so I kept getting more and more totems while I had to keep searching because without the record I couldn’t get the milk to feed Gwen so there was nothing I could do for her.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming Gwen just starves lmfaooo
The only issue I had with Sally's storyline is how much it changes/interferes with Arthur's.
Arthur already has his dark past and terrible decisions, then they make out like his even worse than what you see and it really annoyed me. Like some of Sally's side quests are just undoing stuff he did. Like the silly teddy bear
I think developers sometimes forget that when you play as a character for so long, you begin to see yourself in them or just care about them greatly. Then whatever you do to that character is akin to doing it to the player. Other than that though Sally's whole story is good.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming oof, sounds rough. Yeah the game can be a bit bugged unfortunately. I might have tried to go back to the village and see if I can't get Bobby pins there or buy them from a store
@@frankyhorn2475 I agree, when I played indigo prophecy/Fahrenheit you play as the "m.u.r.d.e.r.e.r." and the police. Because of this I would actively sabotage the police side to help the "main" side. Having stories intertwine is fun but making one side have to "sabotage" the other is not...
I dont think Arthur found Percy
but i do think all three managed to leave and make a new live
Arthur is way too sneaky
Sally way too intelligent
and Ollie ... is ollie he`ll manage
don't worry about ollie he hits harder than most people.
Ollie survived for years in the garden District whilst also suffering from diabetes.... That boy is sturdy and will probably do better than Sally and Arthur combined
All the kids who were taken on the train were _killed in a bombing run._ Just as the Allies retook the area.
In the following years, Wellington Wells started mass-producing Joy, sealed itself off, and banned new kids for being reminders of the Very Bad Thing.
@@JoshSweetvale where on earth was that ever confirmed? What?!
Don't make stuff up and claim it as canon, dude
Iirc, there's a news article you can find in game that implies that the kids died-i think in byng's office maybe?
It's a tad sad that the We Happy Few movie never finished production. Each act could easily be it's own movie. Perhaps maybe also a TV series? "We(llington Wells's) Happy Few". Each episode stars a different character faced with their own problems in Wellington Wells. This can go from the garden district, maindenholm, appleholm, the parade, practically every corner of wellington wells.
Each episode will have at least some connection or subtle nod to the main characters and/or their story. And at the end of every single one of the episodes, the character we follow will always either die, become a downer, or made character development only to lose it all to Joy OD. Just for that extra bit of dystopian depression. Maybe break the mold for a few episodes but always add a twist to it. One character actually succeeds with great sacrifice, another reaches their goal only to find out it's not all it's cracked up to be, etc.
I thought it finished
the what.
“Sit Back and Pop a Joy”
You should go to see a doctor sir
Have you taking your joy
Your not a downer are you?
Dammit, they are here.. i'm not sure i can stay under the radar of the constables much longer.
Wow! That was a great in depth story review... good work... I don't know why people say this game is so bad, I'm 12 hour in and having a blast.
I like the game overall but I found the running back and forth tedious after a while and there are a couple mechanics that seem designed to just slow down the player which became annoying.
When it first released it was extremely laggy, quests broke constantly and enemies had a teleporting problem
performance issues, it was nearly unplayable on my Xbox One in 2020
That scene of the wellies being upset and dropping their masks breaks my heart ☹️ but in my head, after Victoria cut off joy, they started a new wellington wells, free of joy.
They probably didn't, considering only five people actually survived the riots that ensued
I just love this flawed game so much . I got completely obsessed with discovering every single square inch of it, that I logged an insane amout of play hours. ❤
Same here
The fact this game was considered mediocre and completely passed over very quickly is a crime
We Happy Few deserved to get remake and sequel.
Agreed! I really wish they would remake it and fix up the gameplay issues so more people could appreciate the lore.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming Yeah! That will be great!
I think this is where the one of the DLCscome into play (specifically the one with miss byng) it shows what happend when the story got pushed out, everyone was in a panic, death littering the streets, Ollie making her go off her joy made her realize that everything is fucked up and it needs to be shown
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This game had a great story, and I love the aesthetics. Too bad it was so buggy.
Salli is the one that hit me the most. Having a baby, without the authorities to know about it. Regarding Arthur... I think it just stays there.
What Ollie did was unforgivable. Truly horrendous.
I don’t think Ollie could ever forgive himself for doing what he did
I wonder why its different for each character like their interactions like instead of being in Sally's house arthur is on a swing I'm thinking that it's like one of them has a bad memory so only one of the interactions are correct
I think all of the characters' memories are probably affected by their past Joy use.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming explain that to the map😂
@@frog2603 lol I'm pretty sure the map knows
@@frog2603 The map is pointless here, the only important aspect is the conversation. Because that how memory works.
For as Janky and Overpriced as the game was i still adore its storytelling; compellingly flawed characters and superb world building really got me through it.
Of the DLC only one story could be considered canon, the woman Ollie forced off her Joy is the protagonist of that story and does what she can to try to save Wellington Wells... then herself.
The Rest of the DLC is one artist's fatal drug trip, and a "What If" that still dooms Wellington Wells (to save a race of Sentient/Sapient Machines from another dimension).
Appreciate all the effort you did for this video. great work
Thank you 🙂
I played the entire game + the DLC fully and i enjoyed the game. Would recommend but it's kinda sad many people didn't finish it. Ig because the mayority bought it during its alpha stage at the time and it didn't had a full story yet. The only complaint i got was a few bugs that they haven't fix and the occasional frame rate drops.
The story in the otherhand it's very interesting and good but there are some plot holes between 2 characters story. Kinda similar to the plot hole in RE2 Remake.
We happy few would be a lot shorter if they found out that the tanks were made out of paper way back then.
Or just an entirely different game if we played as characters (like Ollie) who had found out that the tanks were fake and were trying to get the information out to the public at the time.
I adore this game. I know they’ve said they’ll never make a we happy few part 2 but I can wish lol
The game story is interesting but the game play is awful. Still i wonder what happened to the kids after they got traded to the germans
I love this video, WeHappyFew was a game I loved and played all the way!
Thanks for the great vid
People overhyped about it all over the roof and then ruthlessly diminished it under their feet once the wind turned. The only problem I had with it is that Arthur finding out his past just around the time the town could no longer last was still a big coincidence. It would be nice if they could make this more organic. Otherwise, it's not Shakespeare but certainly serviceable, maybe even on par with Pathologic.
The gameplay, tho, there's that...
Arthur remembering his past at the same time is a coincidence, but it could make sense in the game world that this would be when he remembered - i.e. when the Joy is starting to go bad. Maybe he came across other reminders of his brother before but it didn't trigger anything because the Joy was still overpowering him.
Such a pretty game, really pretty message
I was so mald when all my favorite youtubers tried it ,but just never went more than ~2hours in the game
This game has a great story, captivating atmosphere, and amazing graphics. It’s downfall was that the gameplay just isn’t fun. It’s very repetitive, and although I appreciate the procedural generation it just leads to it feeling like you’ve seen everything 100 times and exploring and searching for mission items just isn’t fun.
I’d say 5/10: it could’ve been so much more even though I greatly appreciate the small development team’s true passion for creating something different.
ngl if you were to just do a relaxed playthrough with live commentary I'd be very inclined to watch x
I could do that. It won’t be for a while though. I have a few other videos I’m working on now and I would want to have more of a subscriber base before trying more ‘let’s play’ style videos.
Here’s my take on Arthur’s story: Arthur sent Percy to a concentration camp that would eventually lead to him getting gassed. Percy and the other children died once they got to their destination because if we look at the history of Hitler’s Germany, anyone that wasn’t “arian” he wanted gone. The UK, not being “arian” would help support that idea. As to why they left adults and kids above the age of 13 alive could be because they could build machinery, and other things that would help their war effort. If they didn’t have kids, then it would only be a matter of time before they all died off, and with the plague that would speed up the process, and with everyone so drugged up on joy, no one cleaned up anything, so it spread even faster. Arthur would search for his brother till he eventually finds that out, and probably through his own selfish guilt probably end up taking his life because he couldn’t live with the guilt.
Now let’s go to the girl’s story. She got in a boat to escape wellington wells. Only one problem. In this world, Germany won the war, which means every country was taken over by Nazi Germany. So no matter where she goes, the rest of the world will probably be in a similar situation, and once her child is discovered, she and her child would meet a terrible fate.
Ollie, makes it back to Ireland, only to find they have their own version of joy as well. He has the option to either continue to be drugged up, or live with the fact that he got his neighbor’s daughter killed. The Pressure and guilt would overtake him and he would eventually take his own life as well.
In the meantime England is off their Joy and slowly rebuilding as best as they can, but I think overall they can’t and they all fall to their “downer” life
With that all being said, it’s excessively dark I know… but wwii wasn’t exactly rainbows and peace either. It was the world fighting against an evil it had never seen before.
Germany was actually defeated in the Universe of the game in 1949, there are references to Russia liberating Germany. So by the time Arthur, Sally and Ollie leave Wellington Wells they would be entering a post Nazi world. Plus from the Epilogue (and from General Byng) we know that there are children in England outside of Wellington Wells so Gwen being discovered outside of Wellington Wells shouldn't be a problem. (Also Ollie was Scottish, not Irish)
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming i havent gotten that far yet, so that makes sense.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming I know it’s unlikely because I do bet majority of the kids are dead by now but I do hope he finds him
Adolf himself doesn't fulfill the aryan ideal and resembles the people from the UK. Doesn't mean the germans didn't gas people but the idea of going after british people is suicidal extreme, even by their standards.
I think they are still alive hitler considered the british natural allies of Germans even tried to ally with them irl.
Just wanted to say you produce some really good content mam..interesting and great narration..you can tell how much work you put into your videos...so major credit to you..
While Arthur’s play through was more linear and story based like bioshock, Sally’s play through was more open world and had a cooler story and characters. I feel like Olly’s act was a little dumb with the insulin parts lol, but at that point you just wanna know how the story ends! Definitely flawed, but very intriguing and beautiful
I hope Compusion goes on to do some great things. Sure, this game was a bit of a rocky start for them, but it's inventive and there's always room for growth.
I'm sure they will and I hope they come back to We Happy Few and give it the remake it deserves.
Ollie really wasn’t a good person before he took Oblivion
No he really wasn't 😥
I know bad things probably happened to all the taken children.
Probably, could be that the same thing happened to the children of Wellington Wells as actually happened with the Polish children taken by the Nazis - being stripped of their identities and placed with Germany families or in schools to Germanize them. So at least some could have survived.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming okay that makes me feel better, I was genuinely crying about this 😅
First time watching this channel, and I'm already happy I found it! Thanks for the explanation, finally it all makes sense.
I'm happy you found my channel too, thanks for watching!
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming I already subscribed, this is exactly what I was looking for. Great job. 😊
Thank you I waiting for a long time. For someone to explain the story in detail THANK YOU!!!
You're welcome, I'm glad you liked it 😊
I remember walking around and hearing a guy crying about paper mache it was confusing until I fell into the tanks.
what rreally suprising in arthur ending is the fact he met a CHILD , since people can have child with joy i think
Actually no, it's revealed on Sally's act that Joy is a contraceptive, as "breeder riots" (people getting irrationally angry at the thought of a child being born, while theirs are gone) have spiraled out of control and unhappy memories resurface every moment a "child" is mentioned.
Arthur meeting the child was OUTSIDE of Wellington Wells.
I didn't find it all that surprising, because he saw the child after he had left Wellington wells, I don't believe joy was outside of the islands. what does get me though, is how Sally is the only one with a child when the joys going bad. cause like, we know from all the people in the garden district and from the story itself that there's lots of people no longer on joy, and joy was a contraceptive. and you know... people gonna do the do regardless, so how come the wastrels werent with children? you know lmao?
another thing is, with sallys child and her pregnancy, it's because (as we find out from the witches or a memory, don't remember) Sally wasn't taking the normal joy. so, if Sally was taking BlackBerry we'll say (we don't find out if she was, or if she was generally just off joy(also confusing lmao)) then wouldn't everyone else taking BlackBerry also be able to have kids? we know the police take BlackBerry and from the beginning we know that she also sells it to civilians like Spud, so it's insanely strange for sally to be the only one with child while no one else AT ALL is or has been
This seems like a mix of 1984 and brave new world in setting
Yeah, there's quite a few references to 1984 throughout the game.
I think everyone pulled through. They may not have had happy endings, but they would get back up
A large portion of this game is just a bunch of fetch quests separate from the main story. I hate it when game developers do that, it just feels like needless padding.
I liked this game. I'm interested in a sequel to learn more about what's on the outside of Wellington Wells. An entire town and infrastructure and government with police force, in the middle of England, doesn't just "exist" without there being more to it. Are all cities like Wellington Wells? Why were the people being kept there and unallowed to leave? Who initially forced people to take Joy? There are a lot of interesting possibilities I'd be interested in seeing these three united again traversing whatever lies outside of Wellington Wells. We still never know WHY the Germans wanted the children. Lots of questions but I'm excited for them to be answered (hopefully) one day
The Germans taking children actually happened though mostly with Polish kids who were used for labour and experiments unless they were considered ‘Germanic’ enough to deserve to be Germanized by forcibly adopting them into German families.
The question about the Joy is answered in the We All Fall Down DLC - General Byng ordered a drug be produced to keep people happy and compliant and Victoria Byng suggested Joy be initially introduced to the water supply to get people to start taking it.
Britain as a whole is meant to be in pretty bad shape though not much is known except that there are children in other parts of Britain demonstrated by the child Arthur runs into in the epilogue.
I would love to see a sequel with more of Britain, maybe London itself being introduced to Joy by Verloc returning to London after the destruction of Wellington Wells.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming Is it possible that:
1) Wellington Wells is a prison colony for what they did, capitulating to the Germans?
or
2) Wellington Wells is an experiment chamber for Joy
or
3) The rest of the world is destroyed and Wellington Wells is the only remaining bastion of civilization?
What confuses me is "The Garden District" which seems outside of the purview of the government. WHy aren't those people leaving? Or was the Garden District also enclosed within the "entirety" of Wellington Wells?
@@snackdaddygames the whole of the game takes place on a series of islands that are practically all cliffs-no easy escape. Downers are too depressed (& starving!) to even consider building ways to escape. I think that's why they stay
@@snackdaddygames I wouldn't think it was a prison colony - if it was I dont think they would have the same bobbies who were responsible for rounding up the children still in positions of authority.
Verloc could be using the town as an experiment and planning on going back to London at some point (if allowed to leave).
The rest of the world wasn't destroyed - the US and Russia ultimately beat Germany so we can assume those countries are still ok and I'm pretty sure Australia would be ok too 🙃
It seems like the only way out of Wellington Wells (or at least the only way out by land) is the bridge. It could be that people in the garden district could escape by boat if they could make one, but they may not think there is anywhere to go.
For a game with the drug joy it’s a fuckin downer lol
A bit like 1984. At least Arthur's job is.
I had a different ending with arthur he met the police officer that stopped him getting on the train has a realisation that it’s pointless him escaping as he’ll never find his brother then they both walk off down the bridge together
DUUUUDE ive been waiting for someone to make a video like this for SO LONG
Glad I could oblige 😊
This might be my favorite game in general, the second place being Dark Deception (my favorite horror game and overall favorite piece of horror media in general)
I LOVE this game. One of my all time favorites. I played it through a few times. Sadly too many played the early release when it was mostly a survival thing and then don't want to go back which is SUCH A shame! Everyone should try it!
just finished the game and had some open questions, this was a cool video thanks
This video didn't explain the main thing I was left wondering about unfortunately, which is what is the outside world like? Is it in ruins? How could wellington wells stay so isolated unless everything outside is destroyed too?
I just finished this game and it's interesting to hear it didn't get received well. I actually think it had some truly exceptional moments despite some flaws. Really memorable!
There isn’t a lot said about the outside world. The UK was occupied by the Germans and its implied it still hasn’t recovered by the events of the game even though Russia and America had defeated Germany in the end.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming thanks for the response!
Many 1984 references as Arthur is similar to Winston who is the main character in 1984 and Wellington Wells is a nod to Orson Welles, the AUTHUR of 1984
Tons of subtle references, and the very unsubtle 1984 exhibit.
1984 was written by George Orwell.
@@whowantsabighug omg hahaha. Yo I got square brain. I always mix those two up. I am so sorry
We Happy Few is a flawed but still awesome game.
Also the kids were sent to the Germans on trains. They got gassed.
@@HeroRareheart that is never mentioned in the game. That’s just your head-canon
I would of thought playing for the first time that they were using the kids to make joy like in a pure joy comes from child like wonder type thing
It would have been an interesting way to go and even more dystopian than what they went with.
I just finished arthur’s chapter and I have so much to say about this game lol. The story is amazing and it has so much potential overall it’s like they’re almost there but not quite there yet 🥺I hope they make another similar game.
This game is a beautiful piece of satire targeting British society. Today, the Brits are extremely sensitive, to the point that they arrest people for “grossly offensive statements” on social media. They will literally arrest people for “causing anxiety”. This is very similar to the way the bobbies behave in the game, eliminating any source of anxiety or “downer” attitudes. if you don’t fall in line and go with what the mob wants, you’re done. Not only that, but Victoria Byng’s reaction to reality is very similar to the screeches of the mob when confronted with things that don’t fit their narrative. They don’t care about reality as long as they can dream up that everything is good.
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The most unrealistic part of this game is everyone just swallowing huge Joy capsules without any liquid
Jokes aside, I loved the atmosphere of this game. Thanks for posting!
This game was so good ugh I loved all three storylines and honestly the plot was amazing
Saw a Tylenol commercial during this video, uh oh
I find it weird that in the trailer the “Old women” enemy’s within the game actually got involved with combat with the other citizens. But through all three Acts I only saw them screaming and alarming the citizens and bobbies around her to come and exterminate the player. It may be used in the trailer to show what happens if you didn’t take your joy. But I still find it funny thinking about the old women hitting you in the face with a rolling pin.
Not my cup of tea, but surely a good watch…
My boyfriend and i played some of it.
I likes the Demo, but the actual game didnt get me.... After this video i might give it a chance :)
I actually really love this game, bugs and repetitive mechanics and all. I’ve played it numerous times just for fun lol 😅
the only thing i don't like about this game's story isn't even really about the story itself, its about how the game marketed itself. "3 bad people" implies that sally is a bad person, but i don't understand how anything she did in her past or present makes her a bad person, at least in comparison to someone like arthur.
I had to get the platinum trophy for it and honestly by the end, I hated it. Such a buggy mess, although the bugs sometimes helped, it was so broken. Such a shame bc the game and concept is sooo fun😩
Great video thanks for making it!
Underated game deserves a remastered version where the change some of the stuff😊
What an incredible and underrated game at the same time. Great story and art design put together with different ambiances. Completely astonishing. Right as rain!
Whoa, Arthur is actually *REALLY* fucked up
This game is hands down my favorite game I’ve ever experienced. Love it!
this was amazing thank you!!! though couldn’t stop a chuckle from how many people broke into sallys apt lol
Thanks and yeah you’d think a dealer with a secret baby would have better security.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming lmao like during your summary of Sallys story "and when she returned , x had broken into her apartment hahahah
i have 67 hours on this game, i'm glad it's been getting some coverage lately, it's a personal favorite.
Why don’t they just make more children?
This game was great
Honestly the game definitely has a special place in my heart but it's also dark to see what it was like in those times of World War II but most importantly the saddest story of the mall was down to the T is Sally's and second place would have to be Ollie's.
thanks for making this video i love this game and no one else made a full story video
Why exactly did the executive committee decide to give the kids up? They knew the tanks were fake so why’d they give them anyway?
It was Byng who decided to do it in collaboration with the Germans in order to prevent any rebellion against the German occupation of England.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming so was bygn German or bribed?
@@Theonlypik he wasn't German as for whether he was bribed for his cooperation or just believed it was necessary for stability is unclear.
I think the reason so few people got to the end is because...quite frankly the story is great but it is lost on a subpar game. The combat is terrible, and the game is advanced by an endless list of fetch quests. The map isn't particularly interesting either
Sally said she hadn’t been intimate in 10 years yet she has a baby? 🥴
I'm just wondering which Doctor would bring this world down. My gut pulls me toward either Colin Baker or Christopher Eccleston.
Enjoyed this video! Keep it up!
good editing and good game choice, big respect from Spain, keep it up!! 🏆
Thank you for the encouragement ☺️
I have been a looking for a video of this game for soooo looooong
Glad I could help 😊
Reminds me of my life where I'm forced too take psych meds all my life it's not a good life I live it's horrible nightmare it's crazy they put in a game reminds me of the same shit he goes too people still want too force medication on me tho
I really thought this was gonna be a new bioshock tbh
the only game where its canon and reasonable for a game not to have kids.
Its always weird not having kids in movies and games especially in the middle of the town/city.
also
"Pepie meshei" lol
This game and it's story, along with others (slime rancher comes to mind) make me heart sick from the cliff hanging plot. I understand the player is meant to be left wondering. But the turth is I just wanna know. where did Arthur end up? Was Gwen and Sally okay? could they have worked together? I'm too much of a sap to really play these games, they make me think too hard.
Such an underrated channel
I've replayed this on a gaming laptop, and while I know it is a gaming laptop. It has a 3060 and an i7 with 32gb ram and struggles to run the game at a consistent 60fps. In some areas is gets as bad as 40 or 30. It's still better by a LONGSHOT than what it was my first time on a first gen xbox one. It's been fun though, the game has good things I didn't give it credit for before, but that doesn't come with newfound bad things to say about it. I'm just hoping for a goated remake in like 5 or 6 years from now. Cause this universe and cast of characters definitely deserve it.
I would have never known about sally or the other guy, for some reason i get distracted and walk away. I always found this game interesting i bought it before it was even released and played the demo. Im just bad at games
I wish there was more punishment for the older citizens, like anyone above the age of 50, since the youngest citizens that survived are about 30 (since it’s been 17 yrs), they were all KIDS, their parents and townfolks failed them
You can get empty gelcaps in different colors. A pink and a red cap combined makes the perfect Strawberry Joy prop
I'll have to do something with that at some point
Love (God) = courage (subconscious truth)
False humility (man’s wisdom/heart) = dead works (conscience living)
I love this game. I'm doing a perma death run. On Sally's story at the moment. Hello from Perth 😊
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I am playing this for the 1st time, well third to be more exact I started playing a long time ago but for whatever reason I just stopped I recently came back with a fresh perspective and am loving the game I didn't even know Sally had her own story
I'm kind of curios as to who's perspective is more correct, to me it seemd odd Sally was able to find Arther in the garden district so easy and he's also wearing a suit which would lead to him getting attacked but I'm aware of the story telling concept of unreliable narrator so they could both be wrong and right to a degree who knows