That feeling of tension will stem in part from that very unique setting: “You’re doing something bad, after all,” she said. With that in mind, it’s impossible to judge Hello Neighbor based on this clearly unfinished demo.Īfter all, Resident Evil 7 ’s opening hours are arguably its best, and a whole game built around that kind of tense stealth horror - not jump scares, Vakhrusheva told me - could be great.
Giving pre-alpha demos to supporters on your website is one thing, but the pressure’s exponentially higher when you’re on the floor at E3 next to Xbox games like Forza Motorsport 7, Sea of Thieves, and Minecraft. This is the danger of showing off a game that clearly isn’t ready for public consumption. I tried to open a door by throwing the key at it - because I had no idea what to actually do - and the key disappeared, rendering me trapped outside forever. When I finally made it to the next scene, I found myself stuck in the front yard. It doesn’t provide enough feedback regarding what is or isn’t interactive, and the very idea of dropping a key into a suitcase so you can open your own front door has zero logic to it. In this state Hello Neighbor feels unintuitive, unfinished, and uninteresting, despite its poppy cartoon visuals and unique concept. While poking around you’ll eventually find a key that you have to place in a briefcase to progress through a door, and on to the rest of the game. Instead, we played a brief tutorial section where we learned the basics of interacting with Hello Neighbor ’s world. We didn’t get to witness that during my demo. When your neighbor finds you, he gives chase, and he’s apparently hard to escape. It sounds ambitious, and it’s the kind of thing that’s hard to demo, given that the whole system won’t unveil its potential until you’re hours in. His AI detects paths you take and objects you interact with, then sets traps or tries to otherwise impede you in dynamic ways based on your own actions and choices. As you hunt around the house searching for clues about your neighbor, he’s doing the same to you. Vakhrusheva said the antagonist uses “an advanced self-learning AI which progresses along with the player” and “learns from the player’s actions.” Watching some of the trailers and other videos the developers have released so far can bring to mind the early sections of Resident Evil 7, where an invincible, creepy hillbilly man stalks you through a mystery-filled house.Ī key point in Hello Neighbor, though, is t he intelligence of your creepy stalker. TinyBuild Business Development Director, Yulia Vakhrusheva, said the focus is on tense, stealth-based horror. A key point in Hello Neighbor, is t he intelligence of your creepy stalker.
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