We Happy Few Is Nothing Like Bioshock, Avoid Disappointment

Pixelgate writes:

''We happy Few has seemingly got many people confused. When ever you see a gameplay video or Early Access lets play, you’ll be sure to see someone mention Bioshock. The unfortunate thing, at least for them, is We Happy Few has little to no shared Bioshock vibes.''

[no_more_heroes]

The devs have also stated that BioShock wasn't even an inspiration for the game.

[PixelGateUk]

and yet people, including sites, keep linking the two. It's so weird

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

I see art-styles similarities between We Happy Few and Bioschock (as well as Dishonored); nothing else screams strongly alike though.

[NukaCola]

Unreal Engine + Dystopia theme

[jb227]

They do share some devs don't they? I thought I had read that some of Corruption is made up of former Irrational devs.

I think what really has people making that connection though is the E3 demo...that section was markedly more Bioshock-like, all the way down to the button prompts, but it is in no way really indicative of the core gameplay & was only a playable prologue, it was weird for the devs to lead with that...kinda seems like they are leaning into that Bioshock connection in order to get eyes on the game, but it's a little disingenuous to lead w/ something like that to me. The final game may be great, I haven't played it yet & survival type games aren't typically my bag, but the marketing is just a little off. Good work informing folks though, people are going to be disappointed when they expect one thing & end up w/ another, even if that wasn't the devs intentions (although it kinda seems like it was to me)

[darthv72]

I get a sort of clockwork orange vibe from it.

[raWfodog]

I don't know why some gamers have this need to compare games to one another, specifically with basing their enjoyment of a game on whether its like another game. I know we all have our favorites but I believe you should really judge a game on its own merits (or lack of). I think this is a trend many game reviewers are also guilty of.

[BongSmack]

I think I know why: It's an easy way to describe something to someone who hasn't experienced it.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed. I've never heard this team EVER state this was suppose to be like anything BIoshock. Many in the media kept painting that picture, not the team.

[starbuck]

I've been enjoying it

[ShadowKnight]

Not me. Very disappointed.

[wheresmymonkey]

a creepy first person adventure made with the unreal engine, set in a dystopian alt 1960s setting in which the denizens of a society are addicted to a made up drug ( not Cake) ... Am i talking about Bioshock or We Happy Few?

[Hoffmann]

I predict a lot of 6/10 scores.

Where are the reviews anyway? The game is out since days already.

[PixelGateUk]

it's a early access build, not the full game http://n4g.com/news/1936807...

[Hoffmann]

ah, okay

[Kirchh77]

U can tell the ppl that write these articles are obsessed Bioshock fans looking for an exact clone of the game. It's not like Bioshock after all? Oh wow I already knew that 6 months ago bc I paid attention to the game. Btw Bioshock isn't even that good. A bit overrated.

[PixelGateUk]

It's literally the only post on the site talking about the topic dude

[s45gr32]

I really wished Bioshock was a survival horror game as opposed to a shooter game. Its shooting gameplay mechanics did not gel with the story being told. As a survival horror gameplay mechanics would of suited more to Bioshock. Able to explore or run away from say crazy citizens. The main character having trouble killing say deranged citizens and overcoming that fear in the middle of the game would of made Bioshock go from a good game to a masterpiece.

[rainslacker]

I actually never heard of it before E3, and I thought it looked interesting. At no point did I think Bioshock though. I was kind of surprised when I saw the articles on here cropping up about how people were assuming they'd be similar.

About the only thing similar is they're both 1st person, and they share similar themes....but even the themes aren't exactly alike as I don't recall the denizens of Rapture being all happy and weird like they were in WHF.

[s45gr32]

I am glad is not a shooter 😋. Also glad is not about shoot at anything that moves.

[EDKICK]

Anyone paying real attention to the game already knew it's not just like Bioshock.

[r3f1cul]

prime example of someone blaming their lack of research and stupidity on someone/something else ... you know what they say about assumptions right? lol sadly this can end up being the downfall of the game just like battleborn when people assumed it was like overwwatch when they are 2 of the most different games they could possibly be lol

[PixelGateUk]

Not sure how this posts means i've done no 'research' given i never claimed or agreed the game was like Bioshock. Unless you just reacted to the title of the post

[r3f1cul]

i was talking about the general gaming population thinking that it was like bioshock for whatever reason "just because of glance or hearsay" i wasnt even really commenting on your post in the slightest as much as i was the fact of the matter of people misconstruing what the game was about without doing the research to begin with...

[BongSmack]

The article: "You, as the player, weren’t part of Rapture’s population, you were merely a visitor." ..........That's not right.

[Trekster_Gamer]

The E3 presentation felt like they was going for a BioShock Vibe and not succeeding..
At least for me.