Overall Seaming Improvemets + Other Wanted Features (Insights from a Hello Neighbor Defender)

[remote schooner]

There were features that were mentioned in devlogs and features in the alphas that I think would be a nce addition to add back into the game! Those features include:

• The Day/Night Cycle

• The Open-World main storyline + side quests type gameplay that was mentioned in a few videos, and was kinda prominent in the beta

• The Guest being more prominent during the night, and more in the neighborhood instead of just being limited to the forest

• The Neural AI Network (it sounds like it would be cool, but considering the way it would work, that would've killed all gameplay on release, but i feel like you couldve taken all the information needed while just using the current AI system, and implementing the Neural network later on.)

• More characters (There was art of a farmer character, and it would be cool to see Beatrix make a return)

• The way The Guest (I forgot if it was ever given a canon name) threw you out of Mr. Peterson's dilapidated house in the alphas was really neat, and I think having the other characters do that instead of just cutting the screen out and putting you back outside would be a cool touch

----------- Here's where I began ranting about all the other things I want -----------

• MORE IMBIR PLEASSSSSEEEEEEEE

• Gimme the Golden Apple Amusement park as a fully-realized playable map, with all of the key locations from Hello Guest, Secret Neighbor, Hello Engineer, and the show. It would be beautiful

• What happened to that stranger danger lookin guy from Hello Guest??

• Add back the goofy ragdoll tripping from the alphas, it would be so good

• (This is more of a personal note, but the warped twisted look of the alphas honestly looked really friggin cool and it would be awesome to see that worked into more areas of the final game)

• You've shown Mr. Peterson drive, let him drive

• MALL

Anyway thats about it, love the game, love the style, just needs some smoothing out and a bit more content, along with mentioned additions in devlog 3. <3

[lucid cypress]

I think we will "only" get the catacombs, the riuned town and the Guest's shelter (possibly the amusement park and mayak), they will not touch the existing game

but I'm also waiting for this and no more/no less, maybe there won't be an amusement park and Mayak

maybe the Guest's shelter will be really big

and release at the end of August!

The story update

[vocal thicket]

Wait? there is day and night cycle?!

[lucid cypress]

he thought that by default there should be days and nights because now the museum is scripted at night and the other houses are during the day, but I think the way it is now is better because it should not be daylight in the forest, at the museum, and then when he comes in, it will probably be like the catacombs in the daytime, but not you can see forest at night, ruined town at night, guest's shelter at night

[vagrant ledge]

except we already know they've been touching the existing game

[flat walrus]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1137920893885091912/1258911408934883429/GIF_20240705_172415_279.gif

[burnt mauve]

i am totally for adding back the ragdolling

but nothing else

[fervent minnow]

Open world would be completely revamping the game, same for neural network, and the old artstyle, the guest will be more important in act 2, the mall was replaced by the bakery so it’s purposeless, mr peterson driving can’t work, he’s supposed to be hiding from the police, why would he drive around the town, NO MORE IMBIR and beatrix is dead, or at least long gone

[remote schooner]

Yeah, it would be diffuclt to do all that, but they did promise a very different game from what we've got, and I feel like they should own up to that in some way by adding back liked removed features or incorperating earlier promises. The day and night cycle makes sense not being in with the way the game plays today, but it would've made a bit more sense if they kept the more non-linear story gameplay from the beta, same goes with Mr. Peterson driving, it definitely doesn't fit with the current story. There's a lot of characters and places that they featured in videos that I didn't realize got replaced by current places, like the mall being replace by the bakery. I already knew about graymanor being replaced by the museum and stuff. So:

Quick revision after hearing other opinions:

• Needs a little more expansive world building, such as other locations and characters teased for the game and maybe some parts of town only mentioned in the show, such as the hall of records and the department store. It would be interesting to see how a literal public area would work in the game, but they probably won't do that, as it wouldn't fit with the current gameplay loop.

I really love this game, I just have my gripes with how they've handled advertising and selling it throughout the years with features that never ended up in the final game. The final product is still good with the way it's going, and I can't wait to see what new lore the gave will throw at us :)

[vagrant ledge]

Leslie and Keith driving around the town would definitely be possible, though

[remote schooner]

ooh ye

I feel like they could do more with Leslie and Keith as characters tbh

they're police officers in Raven Brooks -- chances are they're investigating or off doing their own weird things

Honestly theres just a lot of scrapped content that makes it hard to know whats still able to be reimplemented in some way or not

[remote schooner]

did a lil bit of searching, and i think beatrix most liely will return in some way in HN2, as shes still a character in the merch line for the full release game

[vagrant ledge]

my honest reaction

"Deadly Hiding"

"Still no word on the missing girl. "We were just playing hide and seek with Beatrix," says her brother Quentin"

[remote schooner]

then why is her adult model used on the posters and enamel pins for the full release merch?

she’s still a character, and if you believe that just cause some is missing then they won’t come back, you may have forgotten the fact that Aaron and Mr. Peterson are legally missing during the game

[vagrant ledge]

nah, nah

i do think there is a slight chance of her coming back

[fervent minnow]

MONEY

[wary schooner]

I personally just want a bigger map, a more rundown look of the town, either with more foliage, missing posters whatever it is, weather, and the guest stalking the player at night. Would also love to see the Mall and NPCs but those I feel are less likely

[remote schooner]

real

[jolly tendon]

Honestly don’t think Beatrix is coming back, more of just a cameo really, and it’s located at the graveyard