Review of Hello Neighbor

HELLO NEIGHBOR was a fun game though not really extraordinary in my opinion. I personally played this with a group of friends (it's not a co-op or multiplayer game per say, but it was pretty fun to pass around the group). The story was very subtle and the game mechanics were pretty fun. It was a cat/mouse, hide-n-seek style game that was interesting because of the games AI which learns from the player, changing up its methods and responses to your actions. I really enjoyed that aspect as it made things much more unexpected.

I honestly didn't think of it as a horror game, but rather a bit of a sillier game with some suspense elements. It definitely has some darker subtext going on, what with the premise being about a young boy that finds his neighbor highly suspicious during a time when children are going missing. This game wasn't a traditional horror game and often I forgot it was one, supposedly, but there were some definite susensful moments scattered throughtout, and kudos to the game devs for trying to break the jaded horror mold. However, I think I would be disappointed if I had bought this with the intention of playing a more legit scary horror game. Overall it was a fun game. Not as bad as everyone says for sure.

STORY: 6/10 GAMEPLAY: 7/10 GRAPHICS: 6/10 ART DESIGN: 9/10 MUSIC: 7/10 OVERALL RATING: 7.0.