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"Retrofuturistic" '60s Game We Happy Few Revealed

The next game from Contrast developer Compulsion has been revealed; watch the announcement trailer now.

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Following an initial tease earlier this month, Contrast developer Compulsion Games on Thursday officially announced its next game, We Happy Few. You can watch the game's debut trailer above.

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We Happy Few is tells the story of "a plucky bunch of moderately terrible people trying to escape from a lifetime of cheerful denial."

The game is set in a "drug-fueled, retrofuturistic" city in an alternate 1960s England. Your goal is to blend in with the city's other inhabitants, people who don't take kindly to those who don't adhere to their "not-so-normal rules."

We Happy Few will make its public debut next week at PAX East in Boston. GameSpot will have more details about the game at that time.

For those who can't make it to PAX East--which is sold out--Compulsion said it will make further announcements concerning how fans can get involved with the project in the near future.

Check out the image gallery below for a closer look at We Happy Few.

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looks creepy in a good way, i'm definitely excited about this

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Looks like your hands can be damaged in fights maybe breaking a couple fingers so you cant hold a weapon anymore or something like that? looks good nonetheless

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Well, it kinda looks nice, but the outside environment doesn't look very '60s retro-like, and nowhere near futuristic. The interiors look spot-on though. Would play.

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It felt very very bioshocky. I'm a huge bioshock fan and no wonder this pique my interest. Are the team behind bioshock doing this? I love that audrey hepburn references.

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Please spend some time to get the controls right! Contrast had an equally compelling story that was made impenetrable by floaty, impossible controls. I had never thought until that time that controls could ruin a game. Please get them right!!

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Bioshocky...

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Very. Reminded me of the first trailer.

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really? no one?
cmon people, it's bioshock budgetless

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<< LINK REMOVED >> yeah the 60's never existed, Bioshock pioneered the idea of them ever happening.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> i'm not talking about the about the decade per se (in fact, bioshock it's portraying the 20's/30's), I'm talking about the gameplay:
- new civilization where everyone's brainwashed,
- setted in a vintage style
- their leader talks to you through screens
- people wears masks (bioshock 1 & 2)
- everyone's seems pretty hostile towards you

so, yeah, to me it seems pretty much like a new bioshock... with worst design

ps: sorry for my bad english

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Bioshock is actually set in the 1960. Cleary says at the start of the game and in the games description you can see anywhere. And those aren't masks they're wearing, it's just face paint.


Although I can see people easily comparing it to Bioshock, I just don't understand the need for people to bash it. It's best to wait to see the gameplay or more information about it before stating it's nothing but a clone.
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You have my interest. Now lets see how it plays

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.........hmmmm. Looks like an interesting FPS. I hope it gets a console release.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> dont think it will be a shooter

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This looks... i don't know what word to use. It's like creepy and interesting, but looks fun at the same time? It's positively weird.

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Some commenter here described it as "bioshocky", kinda hit the spot

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Looks positively creepy. I'm interested.

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Reminds me a bit of A Clockwork Orange. I'm intrigued

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You really shouldn't use "We Happy Few" in the title. I didn't know what the hell you were on about seriously. I clicked on the article just to find out if I was having a stroke or not.

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its like the prisoner isnt it? wich I only know from that Simpson episode

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