
On a positive note though, matchmaking is pretty much instant, with minimal wait times, at least if you opt for the default game mode. We suspect this may be a tactical choice, to allow the Neighbor to blend in more with the crowd, but it’s hard to confirm with certainty. You can choose which child to play with from a small selection of different characters, but we often saw people choosing the same type of character. Playing as a kid or the Neighbor himself is completely random when matching. There’s also a ton of motion blur, which you can thankfully turn off or off entirely, because Wow, it is incredibly annoying in its default settings. By default the movement can be quite clunky, with super slow sensitivity that you’ll want to increase significantly in settings (while also reversing the Y-axis, because that’s the right way to play any first-person game fight with me!). The main gameplay remains the same as its predecessor: taking place from a first-person perspective, you are encouraged to explore every corner of the dark and dank house, which means that the controls should be as fluid as possible. The capture? One of the children is secretly the disguised neighbor, who must do everything in his power to dissuade the children from his target and ultimately capture them all. Peterson’s sinister house to rescue one of their own from the basement.

Secret Neighbor is a multiplayer spinoff title in which several children must infiltrate Mr. However, despite poor critical reception, Hello Neighbor found its audience and, by extension, its success, spawning a number of additional titles and even an animated series.

Of all the indie games released over the last decade, you’ll be forgiven for thinking the stealth horror game Hello Neighbor is one of the lesser-known creations, one that got caught up in the onslaught of, let’s face it, better games. Captured on Nintendo Switch (Portable / Undocked)
