The WhatsNext verdict
For Players who enjoy stealth tension, a dusty western mood, and a story told through a young boy's eyes: Sneaking past gangsters and monsters with a six-year-old's improvised tools turns each room into a small puzzle of timing and distraction, set in a painted western world you will remember. Tradeoff: A single detection can send you back a long way, so players who want fast, forgiving action may find the pace too deliberate.
What it does best
puzzle
strategy
stealth
kids
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What you are walking into
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 place. It could be everywhere and anywhere. You guide 6-year old boy El Hijo on his quest to find his father, by escaping a monastery, fighting his way through the desert and avoiding monstrous creatures, and outsmarting horrible gangsters in the saloon of a villain town.
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