The unusual home-invasion simulator, Hello Neighbor, has managed to bag itself a sequel, set to launch subsequent yr. From what I do know of the primary one, you play as a nosy baby who won’t cease breaking into a person’s home, irrespective of what number of creepy stuff you uncover in there. Hello Neighbor 2 is plonking you again in that very same neighbourhood, besides this time it’s an open-world game the place you’re stalked by *checks notes* some type of “raven-like” creature with self-learning AI… what?
How did we go from an odd and potentially-murderous man attempting to entice a nosy baby, to being chased by a straight-up supernatural being?
…I don’t like the best way that it strikes.
The game is being developed by Eerie Guest Studios (previously generally known as Dynamic Pixels), the identical of us that did the primary one. In it you play as a journalist, presumably looking for out what on Earth is occurring on this freaky city. The neighbourhood is a giant ol’ sandbox you could discover freely, however all the time you’ll be adopted by this unusual creature. I’m getting large Alien Isolation vibes.
“Unlike the original, where the AI navigated by manually placed waypoints, Hello Neighbor 2 features an AI where navigation patterns are fully dynamic,” the devs say. “The mysterious creature will observe the player’s movements and actions and will use that knowledge to prevent players from figuring out the secrets lying within the house and its surroundings.”
No, thanks!
Having had one other watch of the trailer, that bird-thing doesn’t truly appear to be supernatural in any case. There’s a suggestion that it’s truly Mr. Peterson (the neighbour himself) in a masks, but additionally there’s a newspaper clipping suggesting he’s gone lacking? Game idea YouTube is gonna have a subject day with this one.
How Hello Neighbor obtained a sequel is past me, however you already know what? I can see myself including this to the record of dumb horror games I play on Halloween with my buds.
It’s price noting this game might be the identical as Hello Guest, which they announced last month. It featured the identical creepy hen besides it was alleged to be set in a theme park. The Steam web page for Hello Guest redirects to Hello Neighbor 2 now, it appears they’ve simply modified path a bit and kinda warped it right into a barely completely different game. The website is still up for Hello Guest although, so not completely certain what the state of affairs is on that one.
Hello Neighbor 2 might be launched someday in 2021 for PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X. There’s an alpha you’ll be able to join proper now if you wish to see it early – discover it on Steam, or take a peek at the website for more information.
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