We Happy Few was one of 2019’s more exotic video game products, especially sitting among the AAA packaged-for-retail crowd. Set in an alternate 1960s England, its story of forced conformity mixed with RPG mechanics and first-person stealth made for a disorienting experience. But at least we can’t say there wasn’t anything new out there.
In We Happy Few’s latest expansion, the We All Fall Down DLC, players take on the role of Victoria Byng. We’re introduced as she finds herself starving and suffering from the withdrawal symptoms of the psychedelic drug, Joy. During this newfound lucidity, she realizes Wellington Wells is falling apart at the seams. Food supplies are dwindling rapidly and plague has found its way to multiple neighborhoods in the city. Victoria is sure she can convince her father, General Byng, that the citizens need to be freed from their drug-induced haze. With clear minds, everyone will be able to rally together to save Wellington Wells. If she can’t convince her father to help, to what lengths is Victoria willing to go in order to save and free the citizens?
The team at Compulsion Games has been hard at work improving We Happy Few and is today launching a set of major optimizations called the Clockwork Update, which introduces a new tutorial area, improved encounters during conversations and quests, a visual overhaul in the village of Hamlyn, and more. You can check out the trailer for the Clockwork Update, as well as the patch notes, below.
In yet another round of delays, SCE Worldwide Studios and developer Evolution Studios have confirmed delaying the launch of DRIVECLUB, a PlayStation 4 launch title, until early 2014.