The control scheme is wacky and the environment simply doesn’t feel good. In a game as hyped as Hello Neighbor, I really expected to be able to climb a ladder, jump through a window, or stack a box without spending a significant amount of time. In Hello Neighbor you aren’t given any idea what to do, nor are you instructed on how to do it. We all get tired of the super simple tutorials that teach you things that are intuitive. You’re just there, looking at your neighbor’s house. The introduction of the game leads you into a small town and then sets you free. I understand games that try to get you to learn for yourself. Let’s hope there was that much thought involved. Maybe it’s like that movie your super hipster friend got you to watch but now that it’s over you feel like you have to act like you understand it even though you totally don’t. Sometimes you see a cutscene that might have something to do with the story, but never seems to fully make sense. After the fade, you start again.Įxcept… sometimes you don’t. When you get caught, your neighbor just runs up to you and continues running and running and running in place until the scene goes to black. The animations felt disconnected to the story (what’s the story again?) and the way the characters interact is almost non-existent, but it’s flawed regardless. Hello Neighbor simply feels like it wasn’t finished. Wanna throw a lawnmower through a window? Sure! Why not?!īut if you wanna climb a ladder, this probably isn’t the game for you. Wanna hold four things at once? Yep, you can somehow do that too. Wanna throw something? It may take some maneuvering but you can pull it off. While limited somewhat by your controls (we’ll get to that in a bit) there are a surprising amount of things you can do.

The game is as much puzzle as it is exploration, stealth, and maybe even a little horror. Of course, you’re supposed to do this stealthily and with nothing at your disposal but the tools laying around you and in the house.

You see, your neighbor is up to no good, and it’s your job to find out exactly what he is doing. Hello Neighbor was one of my most anticipated games from PAX East 2017 simply because the art style is fantastic and the premise is unbelievably fun.Įssentially, your goal is to get into your neighbor’s house.

Hello neighbor review