We Happy Few had a messy journey via early entry and a tough launch, however today’s “Arcade mode” update looks like an amazing excuse for me give its psychedelic alt-history dystopia a re-evaluation. The patch sells itself brief with its title, because it goes far past ‘arcade’, including three new play-modes to the game. Odder nonetheless that solely considered one of them may very well be thought-about arcade-styled, whereas the opposite two supply extra open-ended sandbox experiences. Developers Compulsion Games additionally point out that this patch prepares the game for its upcoming DLC.
Today’s free replace for the game provides three new modes: Night’s Watch, Survival and Sandbox. The first of these was previously introduced as ‘Wellie mode’, and is the titular arcade expertise. Playing because the grinning, masked copper Constable Constable (a superb little bit of naming), your aim is to aggressively patrol the streets, brutalise Downers and preserve your self pumped filled with Joy. It’s a wave-based horde/survival mode, mainly. Perhaps an odd match for We Happy Few, however it’s good that they included it, because it’s a free bonus.
More attention-grabbing is Survival, apparently impressed by the game’s early entry days. Before the game grew a mostly-linear story, it was purely a survival problem. The new Survival mode removes the story totally, and will increase the concentrate on attempting to find meals, water and shelter, in addition to crafting gear to outlive. There is an finish aim to work in direction of (escaping the island), some new areas of its personal and even a scoring system. Last up is Sandbox mode, which helps you to tweak the variables utilized in world technology, after which mess around your unusual new land with cheats enabled.
Today’s replace – model 1.7 – is simply the newest in a protracted string of patches since launch, and features a bunch of fixes and efficiency enhancements. It all provides as much as a extra polished game, and one which Compulsion aren’t near being accomplished with. They’ve nonetheless received a complete season go value of DLC episodes so as to add, every of them including one other playable character on high of the three presently out there. Once every thing is launched and the mud has settled, I’m very to see how the ‘final’ model of the game stacks up towards the preliminary launch.
We Happy Few’s “Arcade mode” replace is out now. You can see the full patch notes here. The game is offered on Steam, GOG and Humble for £45/€60/$60, and printed by Gearbox.
