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El Hijo – Adventure Game Review
El Hijo is a Adventure/Family game from www.handy-games.com GmbH, first launched in 25th January 2022.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 16+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes El Hijo Stand Out
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, becomes more cunning, and, along with it, finds more schemes to get past his foes. His epic journey will lead him through 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 are attacked by bandits who raze their farm to the ground. The mother decides to leave the boy at a secluded monastery to protect him. However, the place doesn’t feel right and he plans his escape.
“El Hijo – A Wild West Tale” is a non-violent stealth game in which you rely on the mischievous, playfulness of a young child. Using the shadows to his advantage is the core element of the game, as “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 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 desperados
- Inspire other children towards the path to freedom
- Enjoy the gripping storyline of a brave son searching for his mother
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This Adventure game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, El Hijo is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 7th April 2022
Recent improvements include:
Fixed some Korean localization issues
Fixed a problem with child interaction in level 14
Download & Availability
El Hijo is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We enjoyed the game for the most part, but had similar issues to others with lagging and crashing (on iPad 5th Gen, so hardly the latest model: thats why we didnt take away more stars). Mostly, the lag issues combined with the small action icons combined with a very finicky interface led to a lot of undeserved captures. In particular, trying to stand in the correct place to push a movable ladder (as opposed to climb it) or to hide in a movable ours cart proved unnecessarily difficult, especially when you have fat fingers and cant tell because of lag whether youve actually hit crouch/hide or not. Performing actions in quick succession (such as the sequence required to inspire the final child in The Inauguration) was nearly impossible. There were also a surprising number of places where it was possible to get stuck and be unable to move at all, requiring a level restart/reset. And the level of precision needed for the final challenge of The Farm was just cruel. That said, apart from those issues, it was a fun game, and a lot longer than we were expecting, though we wish the finale wasnt so abrupt (we finished The Uprising without even realizing we were at the end!). Nice job, devs.
The controls could really use an improvement. The game has a tendency toward sluggishness. Plus having an option to move the controls to a better location on the screen would help a lot. Having the primary motion control located to the left of the action makes it very difficult to operate the character when one is right handed.
We are stuck on only level 3 and cant proceed. Halfway through the level, the controls and our character disappear. All we can do is to completely reset the level and start again. This has been brought to your attention over a year ago already, however no update since then. Is this game abandoned.
We love this game but have only been able to play for aboutn15 minutes as it keeps crashing. The controls disappear and the game freezes.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.3
- Size: 1,236.79 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: BG, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, HU, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, RO, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, VI
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: www.handy-games.com GmbH
Last updated: 7th April 2022 | Genre: Adventure, Family | Developer: www.handy-games.com GmbH