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El Hijo: A Wild West Tale

by Honig Studios, Quantumfrog·published by HandyGames

3 December 2020E24
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7.4/ 10

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El Hijo - A Wild West Tale is an exciting spaghetti-western stealth game, in which you guide a 6-year-old boy on his quest to find his mother.

As a six-year-old, "El Hijo" must always sneak past the dangers of his world. As he overcomes his challenges, he gains self-confidence and cunning and with it more schemes to get past his foes. On his journey, he will find himself in a remote monastery, a harsh and unforgiving stretch of desert and a frontier town rife with crime and villainy.

The journey begins when a farmer and her son El Hijo are attacked by bandits who raze their farm to the ground. The mother decides to leave "El Hijo" at a secluded monastery in order to protect him. However, El Hijo decides that the monastic life is not for him and decides to escape. "El Hijo - A Wild West Tale" is a non-violent stealth game. Violence is instead exchanged with the mischievous, playfulness of a young child. Shadowplay is in the core of the game and "El Hijo" will often have to hide. Without needlessly adding new mechanics, the gameplay is extended naturally, as variations of existing mechanics are gradually introduced and then combined with each other to increase the challenge. These twists on familiar mechanics are often a product of the varied, increasingly dangerous environments that "El Hijo" must traverse to reach his ultimate goal.

Features:
  • Survive the Wild West with the cleverness of a young hero

  • Explore dark monasteries, deserts and boomtowns in a spaghetti-western world

  • Merge with the shadows to hide from the lawless

  • Solve playfully tricky environmental puzzles

  • Use a playful arsenal of tactical toys to bypass and distract diverse desperadoes

  • Inspire other children towards the path to freedom

  • Enjoy the gripping storyline of a brave son searching for his mother

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Engine

Unity

Included in

Indie All Star Bundle vol. 4Award Winning Game PackAward Winning Indie Gems 4-in-14-in-1 Award Winning Indie Gems

Languages

24 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
Chinese (Simplified)——
Chinese (Traditional)——
Czech——
Danish——
Dutch——
English——
English (UK)——
Finnish——
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Hungarian——
Italian——
Japanese——
Korean——
Norwegian——
Polish——
Portuguese (Brazil)——
Portuguese (Portugal)——
Russian——
Spanish (Spain)——
Swedish——
Thai——
Turkish——
Vietnamese——

Also known as

El Hijo — Abbreviation

el-hijo.exe — Windows Executable

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Facts

Developer

Honig Studios, Quantumfrog

Publisher

HandyGames

Released

3 December 2020

Platforms

PCWindowsPlayStationPS4XboxXbox OneNintendoSwitchStadia

Age ratings

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Standing

Top 92% by 24hr peak players

Tags

Diagonal-down2D scrollingPuzzle elementsStealthWestern