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El Hijo - A Wild West Tale
El Hijo is an exciting spaghetti-western stealth game, in which you guide a 6-year-old boy on his quest to find his mother.
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Mostly Positive (78) - 70% of the 78 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date:
Dec 3, 2020
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Reviews

“Honig Studios’s awareness of the genre it’s stepping into and its visual sophistication suggests good things for a dreamlike spaghetti-western”
Killscreen

“A stealth game set in a spaghetti western setting, developed by Honig studio. It takes place in an alternative version of The Wild West, based on Sergio Leone’s movies.”
Game Pressure

“El Hijo is a non-violent stealth game. Violence is instead exchanged with the mischievous, playfulness of a young child.”
Gematsu

About This Game

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

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Dual Core CPU - 2.6ghz
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GeForce 560 or higher, AMD Radeon HD 5830 or higher
    • Storage: 3500 MB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Dual Core CPU - 2.6ghz
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GeForce 560 or higher, AMD Radeon HD 5830 or higher
    • Storage: 3500 MB available space
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