We Happy Few: The Story Explained 

The fact that the tanks were fake the entire time is just heartbreaking

The fake tanks are interesting as its a real thing that happened during WW2. Inflatable, wooden and cardboard armies were made to look real from the air

The fact that the tanks were fake is one of the worse things in the game; as it means the kids leaving wasn't necessary and we and the characters don't know what happened to the kids. It makes me wonder how Aurthur is feeling about everything after learning that the tanks weren't real.

I played Arthur’s story through 100%, I would spend HOURS playing every day. I completed every single side mission and it was completely worthwhile to me. Sally’s story was incredible, learning about her past, and getting to see Arthur through her eyes. Ollie’s story was the most shocking to me, that ending learning that Margaret wasn’t his, I had to pause the game and collect myself. Every part of this game was a masterpiece, from the main story to the DLCs.

This game deserves to be either a show or movie, but not a lot of people know about this beautiful game

A good game, maybe Although some tasks get repetitive, the end result is always nice. The We all fall down DLC was awesome. Shows the effects of stopping joy in the city. To those who haven’t played it yet, do it!

Sally's storyline was my favorite! I heard people didn't like it because of the constant need to take care of a baby but I didn't have an issue with it.

It's a tad sad that the We Happy Few movie never finished production. Each act could easily be it's own movie. Perhaps maybe also a TV series? "We(llington Wells's) Happy Few". Each episode stars a different character faced with their own problems in Wellington Wells. This can go from the garden district, maindenholm, appleholm, the parade, practically every corner of wellington wells. Each episode will have at least some connection or subtle nod to the main characters and/or their story. And at the end of every single one of the episodes, the character we follow will always either die, become a downer, or made character development only to lose it all to Joy OD. Just for that extra bit of dystopian depression. Maybe break the mold for a few episodes but always add a twist to it. One character actually succeeds with great sacrifice, another reaches their goal only to find out it's not all it's cracked up to be, etc.

I definitely think that the story was the best part of We Happy Few. It's just too bad that there were things like gameplay that were keeping it down.

That scene of the wellies being upset and dropping their masks breaks my heart ☹️ but in my head, after Victoria cut off joy, they started a new wellington wells, free of joy.

I think this is where the one of the DLCscome into play (specifically the one with miss byng) it shows what happend when the story got pushed out, everyone was in a panic, death littering the streets, Ollie making her go off her joy made her realize that everything is fucked up and it needs to be shown

We Happy Few deserved to get remake and sequel.

“Sit Back and Pop a Joy”

I just love this flawed game so much . I got completely obsessed with discovering every single square inch of it, that I logged an insane amout of play hours. ❤

I liked this game. I'm interested in a sequel to learn more about what's on the outside of Wellington Wells. An entire town and infrastructure and government with police force, in the middle of England, doesn't just "exist" without there being more to it. Are all cities like Wellington Wells? Why were the people being kept there and unallowed to leave? Who initially forced people to take Joy? There are a lot of interesting possibilities I'd be interested in seeing these three united again traversing whatever lies outside of Wellington Wells. We still never know WHY the Germans wanted the children. Lots of questions but I'm excited for them to be answered (hopefully) one day

For as Janky and Overpriced as the game was i still adore its storytelling; compellingly flawed characters and superb world building really got me through it.

Salli is the one that hit me the most. Having a baby, without the authorities to know about it. Regarding Arthur... I think it just stays there.

What Ollie did was unforgivable. Truly horrendous.

Of the DLC only one story could be considered canon, the woman Ollie forced off her Joy is the protagonist of that story and does what she can to try to save Wellington Wells... then herself. The Rest of the DLC is one artist's fatal drug trip, and a "What If" that still dooms Wellington Wells (to save a race of Sentient/Sapient Machines from another dimension).

Wow! That was a great in depth story review... good work... I don't know why people say this game is so bad, I'm 12 hour in and having a blast.

I dont think Arthur found Percy but i do think all three managed to leave and make a new live Arthur is way too sneaky Sally way too intelligent and Ollie ... is ollie he`ll manage

This game had a great story, and I love the aesthetics. Too bad it was so buggy.

Appreciate all the effort you did for this video. great work

I love this video, WeHappyFew was a game I loved and played all the way! Thanks for the great vid

I adore this game. I know they’ve said they’ll never make a we happy few part 2 but I can wish lol

I played the entire game + the DLC fully and i enjoyed the game. Would recommend but it's kinda sad many people didn't finish it. Ig because the mayority bought it during its alpha stage at the time and it didn't had a full story yet. The only complaint i got was a few bugs that they haven't fix and the occasional frame rate drops. The story in the otherhand it's very interesting and good but there are some plot holes between 2 characters story. Kinda similar to the plot hole in RE2 Remake.

Thank you I waiting for a long time. For someone to explain the story in detail THANK YOU!!!

I wonder why its different for each character like their interactions like instead of being in Sally's house arthur is on a swing I'm thinking that it's like one of them has a bad memory so only one of the interactions are correct

People overhyped about it all over the roof and then ruthlessly diminished it under their feet once the wind turned. The only problem I had with it is that Arthur finding out his past just around the time the town could no longer last was still a big coincidence. It would be nice if they could make this more organic. Otherwise, it's not Shakespeare but certainly serviceable, maybe even on par with Pathologic. The gameplay, tho, there's that...

First time watching this channel, and I'm already happy I found it! Thanks for the explanation, finally it all makes sense.

What an incredible and underrated game at the same time. Great story and art design put together with different ambiances. Completely astonishing. Right as rain!

This game has a great story, captivating atmosphere, and amazing graphics. It’s downfall was that the gameplay just isn’t fun. It’s very repetitive, and although I appreciate the procedural generation it just leads to it feeling like you’ve seen everything 100 times and exploring and searching for mission items just isn’t fun. I’d say 5/10: it could’ve been so much more even though I greatly appreciate the small development team’s true passion for creating something different.

I LOVE this game. One of my all time favorites. I played it through a few times. Sadly too many played the early release when it was mostly a survival thing and then don't want to go back which is SUCH A shame! Everyone should try it!

I was so mald when all my favorite youtubers tried it ,but just never went more than ~2hours in the game

DUUUUDE ive been waiting for someone to make a video like this for SO LONG

This game was so good ugh I loved all three storylines and honestly the plot was amazing

We happy few would be a lot shorter if they found out that the tanks were made out of paper way back then.

Great video thanks for making it!

Just wanted to say you produce some really good content mam..interesting and great narration..you can tell how much work you put into your videos...so major credit to you..

Such a pretty game, really pretty message

thanks for making this video i love this game and no one else made a full story video

what rreally suprising in arthur ending is the fact he met a CHILD , since people can have child with joy i think

just finished the game and had some open questions, this was a cool video thanks

Thank you for putting all the work in to make this video. I’ve had a fascination with this world ever since I watched the Kickstarter trailer in 2015. Not enough content observing what actually happened in the game’s story out there, so again thank you!

i have 67 hours on this game, i'm glad it's been getting some coverage lately, it's a personal favorite.

I hope Compusion goes on to do some great things. Sure, this game was a bit of a rocky start for them, but it's inventive and there's always room for growth.

I think everyone pulled through. They may not have had happy endings, but they would get back up

While Arthur’s play through was more linear and story based like bioshock, Sally’s play through was more open world and had a cooler story and characters. I feel like Olly’s act was a little dumb with the insulin parts lol, but at that point you just wanna know how the story ends! Definitely flawed, but very intriguing and beautiful

ive loved we happy few for literal years and for some reason my love of it just got reignited and lile this video was so interesting to watch i havent seen any we happy few content in like over a year but im thoroughly enjoying it again i literally love the plot, its really similar to Brave New World, which i actually heard from a creator of We Happy few that they based their game partially of that book which is so cool

this was amazing thank you!!! though couldn’t stop a chuckle from how many people broke into sallys apt lol

I just finished arthur’s chapter and I have so much to say about this game lol. The story is amazing and it has so much potential overall it’s like they’re almost there but not quite there yet 🥺I hope they make another similar game.

I own the Time Capsule and I've played this game to completion. People can say what they want it is one of the greatest games I've ever played. I listen to the record almost daily.

This video didn't explain the main thing I was left wondering about unfortunately, which is what is the outside world like? Is it in ruins? How could wellington wells stay so isolated unless everything outside is destroyed too? I just finished this game and it's interesting to hear it didn't get received well. I actually think it had some truly exceptional moments despite some flaws. Really memorable!

Thank you for this. I really wanted to play this game but the motion sickness kicked in just after a few minutes of playtime.

Huge work summing things up

That was really interesting. I appreciate this video.

This game is hands down my favorite game I’ve ever experienced. Love it!

I love this game and the story. They really need to make this into a film. A film for Arthur’s story and shows for Ollie and Sally’s story and then maybe another movie set in the DLC and we could see if Arthur ever finds his brother

Very thorough. You covered all the important points. Well done.

I remember walking around and hearing a guy crying about paper mache it was confusing until I fell into the tanks.

I had a different ending with arthur he met the police officer that stopped him getting on the train has a realisation that it’s pointless him escaping as he’ll never find his brother then they both walk off down the bridge together

Uncle Jack's last broadcast is a masterpiece. So well done. Honestly I thought this game was awesome but they could have gone a lot deeper in the lore and mechanics and by the time I was more I started Ollie's story I kind of just wanted to finish the game. If I fumbled into millions of dollars, I would 100% finance the sequel and call it "We Happy Many"

This seems like a mix of 1984 and brave new world in setting

Honestly the game definitely has a special place in my heart but it's also dark to see what it was like in those times of World War II but most importantly the saddest story of the mall was down to the T is Sally's and second place would have to be Ollie's.

A large portion of this game is just a bunch of fetch quests separate from the main story. I hate it when game developers do that, it just feels like needless padding.

Such an underrated channel

good editing and good game choice, big respect from Spain, keep it up!! 🏆

The most unrealistic part of this game is everyone just swallowing huge Joy capsules without any liquid Jokes aside, I loved the atmosphere of this game. Thanks for posting!

ngl if you were to just do a relaxed playthrough with live commentary I'd be very inclined to watch x

Here’s my take on Arthur’s story: Arthur sent Percy to a concentration camp that would eventually lead to him getting gassed. Percy and the other children died once they got to their destination because if we look at the history of Hitler’s Germany, anyone that wasn’t “arian” he wanted gone. The UK, not being “arian” would help support that idea. As to why they left adults and kids above the age of 13 alive could be because they could build machinery, and other things that would help their war effort. If they didn’t have kids, then it would only be a matter of time before they all died off, and with the plague that would speed up the process, and with everyone so drugged up on joy, no one cleaned up anything, so it spread even faster. Arthur would search for his brother till he eventually finds that out, and probably through his own selfish guilt probably end up taking his life because he couldn’t live with the guilt. Now let’s go to the girl’s story. She got in a boat to escape wellington wells. Only one problem. In this world, Germany won the war, which means every country was taken over by Nazi Germany. So no matter where she goes, the rest of the world will probably be in a similar situation, and once her child is discovered, she and her child would meet a terrible fate. Ollie, makes it back to Ireland, only to find they have their own version of joy as well. He has the option to either continue to be drugged up, or live with the fact that he got his neighbor’s daughter killed. The Pressure and guilt would overtake him and he would eventually take his own life as well. In the meantime England is off their Joy and slowly rebuilding as best as they can, but I think overall they can’t and they all fall to their “downer” life With that all being said, it’s excessively dark I know… but wwii wasn’t exactly rainbows and peace either. It was the world fighting against an evil it had never seen before.

This might be my favorite game in general, the second place being Dark Deception (my favorite horror game and overall favorite piece of horror media in general)

I actually really love this game, bugs and repetitive mechanics and all. I’ve played it numerous times just for fun lol 😅

Something tells me joy will never die someone or something will always find a way to revive joy and it doesn't matter how much heros can defeat them it will always find a way back

I have been a looking for a video of this game for soooo looooong

Hi, thanks for the video, I upgraded my PC and was excited for playing this game and went through a good portion of Arthur's story... but even ignoring the bad combat and stealth mechanics, the game proved itself being just a lot of fetch quests one after another and the distances were so far away I hated it lol decided to drop it and just watch this.

You can get empty gelcaps in different colors. A pink and a red cap combined makes the perfect Strawberry Joy prop I'll have to do something with that at some point

One of my all time favorite games!!

For a game with the drug joy it’s a fuckin downer lol

Saw a Tylenol commercial during this video, uh oh

I find it weird that in the trailer the “Old women” enemy’s within the game actually got involved with combat with the other citizens. But through all three Acts I only saw them screaming and alarming the citizens and bobbies around her to come and exterminate the player. It may be used in the trailer to show what happens if you didn’t take your joy. But I still find it funny thinking about the old women hitting you in the face with a rolling pin.

Hey does anyone know the song in the background?

Many 1984 references as Arthur is similar to Winston who is the main character in 1984 and Wellington Wells is a nod to Orson Welles, the AUTHUR of 1984

I wanted to play this game but never got the opportunity. Hearing the story just renews my interest in playing. This popped up in my reccomended, and now have watched a few of your videos. They're quite good, I'll definitely be hitting that subscribe button.

I had to get the platinum trophy for it and honestly by the end, I hated it. Such a buggy mess, although the bugs sometimes helped, it was so broken. Such a shame bc the game and concept is sooo fun😩

So how long until this is adapted in to a tv series

My boyfriend and i played some of it. I likes the Demo, but the actual game didnt get me.... After this video i might give it a chance :)

Enjoyed this video! Keep it up!

I would of thought playing for the first time that they were using the kids to make joy like in a pure joy comes from child like wonder type thing

I just finished this game. I loved it. I hope the dlcs are worth it.

Ollie really wasn’t a good person before he took Oblivion

Underated game deserves a remastered version where the change some of the stuff😊

@EvenBadWolvesGaming can you please give me the name to the song playing in the background?

We Happy Few is a flawed but still awesome game.

the only thing i don't like about this game's story isn't even really about the story itself, its about how the game marketed itself. "3 bad people" implies that sally is a bad person, but i don't understand how anything she did in her past or present makes her a bad person, at least in comparison to someone like arthur.

It’s such a shame that the gameplay was boring and a letdown while the story and characters were beautifully written and executed. The VAs really sold the emotion in this game as well.

Is the beginning video a trailer(First time seeing it)? I kind of finished it. But still collecting achievements, with all the bugs around. Staff replied with email saying,"Could you list every single bug with the number and details. " Where the F is their debugging/quality-test team!?

I love this game so much! I feel so lucky that the game starts off on Oct. 10th, my bday haha

This game was great

Hi, when are you going to upload the video where you explain why only 1.6% of people finished the game? I would be really interested in completely finishing it :)

1. Arthur find his brother 2.sally and gwen had a new life 3. Olliy made it home 4. The people come to the end of their time