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Play Overview
Happy Jack (2019) is a puzzle adventure with running, jumping and fighting. You play as a pumpkin called Jack who lives in Halloweeenville. The Halloween Spirit is corrupting everyone in town and all the candy has mysteriously disappeared. Jack must save the town by undertaking three perilous quests; collect the candy, fight the bosses and solve puzzles. There is also an additional Battle Challenge for those who enjoy the combat parts of the game. There is a lot of variety in Happy Jack with interesting characters and fun gameplay in a colourful world. It is unusual in that the combat is more comical than violent.
The cartoon styled land of the game is Halloween themed but in a child friendly way with cute characters. Even the fighting involves you punching characters until they feel happy and start dancing. There is a lot of exploration to do to complete all your quests which will involve navigating obstacle courses, and enemies to defeat by punching or firing a catapult.
A great game for spooky season, but can be enjoyed all year round.
Our examiner, Andrea Walney, first checked Happy Jack (Dreams) 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 22 months ago.
The cartoon styled land of the game is Halloween themed but in a child friendly way with cute characters. Even the fighting involves you punching characters until they feel happy and start dancing. There is a lot of exploration to do to complete all your quests which will involve navigating obstacle courses, and enemies to defeat by punching or firing a catapult.
A great game for spooky season, but can be enjoyed all year round.
Our examiner, Andrea Walney, first checked Happy Jack (Dreams) 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 22 months ago.
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Age Ratings
Content Rating
User-Generated Content: This game includes content created by other players, such as maps, outfits and items, that are not reflected in the game rating.
Skill Level
8+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Some of the dialogue may be a little more advanced than an eight year old's reading age, so they may require some assistance.
Account Rating
Account required for online play that has 7 years old as minimum age. You must be 7 years old to have a PSN account, which is required to play Dreams. To set this up you need permission from a parent or guardian. Unless the parent or guardian specify not to restrict Network Features | Communication and User-Generated Content, or make an exception for Dreams they will only be able to access games and assets created by Media Molecule (rather than gamemade by the community).
Costs
Happy Jack! Joy-Full Edition
This game is free to play. There are no additional in-game purchases, loot boxes, adverts or subscription costs.
This is an unusual "subscription" as you only need to purchase the Dreams game once on PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5, then you can access all the games for free.
You need to purchase Dreams to play the game on PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5. Once you have Dreams the game itself is free via the about link.
Game Details
Release Date: 13/10/2019, updated in 2021
Price: Free
Out Now: PS4 and PS5
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Action, Platform (Adventure, Collecting, Fighting and Puzzle)
Accessibility: 15 features
Components: 3D Third-Person
Developer: @Dino X Creations (@DinoXCreations)
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