Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness
In a world where psychological states can be quantified, every choice has consequences, victims can become criminals, and the very nature of truth can warp and shift. Can detectives Nadeshiko Kugatachi and…
Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness is an adventure developed by 5pb., released 28 May 2015 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One and Android.
What Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness is
Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness is an adventure game developed by 5pb. and released in 2015. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity. It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
2112, Tokyo. Two new detectives have been assigned to the MWPSB Criminal Investigation Department Division 1. Nadeshiko Kugatachi is an Inspector whose memories were wiped, while Takuma Tsurugi is an Enforcer who is searching for his missing childhood friend. Calm, serious, and unable to comprehend human emotions, Nadeshiko meets Tsurugi, a hot-headed man determined to become a tough detective. Once they encounter each other, the gears of fate begin to turn. The story takes place somewhere far away from Tokyo in the once futuristic Sado Marine City. What will their answers be when they reach the "truth"...?
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 36 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Core i3 (Haswell), 3 GB RAM and VRAM 2GB (or Intel HD Graphics 4000). At 3GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness launched on 28 May 2015, within three weeks of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Splatoon, Heroes of the Storm and Project CARS. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Splatoon, Heroes of the Storm, Project CARS.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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