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El Hijo: A Wild West Tale
El Hijo is a spaghetti western, indie stealth game. The game is set in a mythical place of the 19th century that very much resembles the American west, as we know it from Sergio Leone‘s westerns, taking some of its most popular characteristics of outlaw gangs, saloons, cunning, sarcasm, irony, etc. There is no indication of a specific time, or plac...
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El Hijo is a joy to play. Despite the occasional wobble, it's a rewarding and remarkably serene stealth tale with plenty of heart.
El Hijo: A Wild West Tale is a challenging and fun stealth puzzle solving platform game produced by an indie developer with an obvious love for the Spaghetti Western genre. If this review strolled into your local saloon and piqued your interest, you will not be disappointed by what the game delivers.
The release of the surprisingly interesting Chicken Police: Paint it Red! put HandyGames, a THQ Nordic subsidiary, on the WTMG’s staff’s radar. We are always captivated by AA publishers releasing smaller yet creative titles, so I was eagerly awaiting for their next outing. This ended up being a cartoonish stealth game set in a wild west environment, called El Hijo.
If you’re in the market for a good old-fashioned stealth adventure, El Hijo – A Wild West Tale is certainly worth a look – just don’t expect it to wow you in any way. Its charm, while initially strong, soon starts to wear thin, while its repetitive gameplay may eventually struggle to hold your attention. Throw in some unnecessary frustrations, and you have a game that will occasionally delight, but rarely truly impress.
El Hijo - A Wild West Tale is really not all that wild. Unlike most stealth puzzle games I've played, getting caught doesn't end in bloodshed, and there's no option to kill your would-be captors to avoid detection. Instead, the whole point of this game is to be sneaky. Is that enough?Read More
El Hijo is the latest indie stealth and adventure game developed by Honig and Quantum Frog Studios. Set in the old wild west, El Hijo focuses on the journey of a 6-year-old kid who has been separated from his mother and wishes to reunite. The game was released earlier this month on December 3 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch. We were privileged to be provided a review copy by HandyGames.