Compulsion Games, which is a developer under the banner of Xbox Game Studios, has revealed the first details about its next project following the success of We Happy Few, with the new title set to be a third-person story game.
In an interview with Xbox Squad (transcribed by VGC), community manager Naila Hadjas had the following to say:
“With our new game, a narrative, third person, story game, I don’t think we need any feedback [via an Early Access release]. It’s not like a rogue-like where you replay it multiple times and you need data to make sure the experience is fun.
We Happy Few has evolved a lot, at the beginning it was a rogue-like and then we added a story because people loved the world, the characters, so we said “ok, we’re going to make a game with an end and a story”. The next game is a story, we know where we are going.”
Hadjas also mentioned during the interview that the game is in "full development" and the team has doubled its workforce. In regards to the Xbox partnership, he stated "it’s our first game with Microsoft and we’re learning a lot.”
Compulsion Games joined the Xbox Game Studios family back in 2018, during which time We Happy Few was already part of Xbox Game Preview and preparing for a full release a couple of months later. As a result, this next title will be the first developed from scratch under the Xbox banner, so we're intrigued to see how it turns out.
What did you think of We Happy Few? Excited for this next release? Let us know down below.
[source xboxsquad.fr, via videogameschronicle.com]
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We've been waiting for so many years to hear what Compulsion is working on next and it's great to finally hear about their next project! A third-person story game honestly sounds great, we definitely need more of those on Xbox. Very excited for this, I might have to give We Happy Few a go soon as well.
Of all the Studio acquisitions that MS made, Compulsion Games was the one that I had least 'excitement' over as their games haven't really appealed. To me at least, this was the studio that I have no expectation or anticipation for their next project. That of course could help them and really surprise many of us...
@LtSarge I've got about a third to halfway through We Happy Few so far - got to say it's unsettling as hell in places but really cleverly done and one of those "makes you think" games with its satirical humour.
Gameplay is pretty good and the difficulty levels can make the survival aspect less annoying - I have no idea who the masochists are who are playing it on Permadeath though!
Going to download we happy few and play it, hopefully, soon. Currently juggling a lot of games at the moment. I have a lot of faith in Compulsion games. Don't know why, I just do.
Sounds very promising
I bought We Happy Few way back when the game was still in preview, but never got round to playing it as I was waiting for it to be finished. Really must have a pop at it at some point!
Very interested to see what they do next after the quirkiness of We Happy Few...
Intrigued for sure, can't wait to see what it looks like.
Q) What did you think of We Happy Few?
A) I ultimately didn't get the game but the trailers did have quite an interesting premise and the graphical style was quite pleasing. Their ended up being other games I preferred getting that year and I hear the rogue-like elements ended up being detrimental to the story aspect of We Happy Few.
Q) Excited for this next release?
A) That said, what has already been mentioned about Compulsion Game's next project seems to be a improvement. It sounds like it's not going to be as open and thus not hindering their narrative strengths (again, only from what I've heard regarding We Happy Few). Third person is also more appealing to me than First Person, so this next project has certainly got me curious. I look forward to when they show it off.
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