El Hijo
Adventure
Ratings
Age
9+
Category
Adventure
Languages
English
Thu Apr 07 2022
Fixed some Korean localization issues
Fixed a problem with child interaction in level 14
El Hijo: A Wild West Tale is an award-winning stealth game where you use the innocence of a child to outsmart your foes. After his mother leaves him at a monastery for protection, El Hijo decides to escape and find her. Navigate through monasteries, deserts, and boomtowns using shadows to hide. Instead of weapons, use your slingshot and various toys to create distractions. It’s a peaceful yet tense puzzle-stealth experience with a breathtaking cinematic art style.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
El Hijo is a stunningly atmospheric stealth adventure that proves you don't need violence to create a compelling game. Playing as a young boy searching for his mother in a spaghetti-western world, the game emphasizes ingenuity and environmental awareness. The 'non-violent' approach is refreshing—you aren't taking down guards; you're distracting them with toys or slipping through shadows.
The art style is the standout feature, with warm, sun-drenched environments that look like a moving painting. The level design is clever, introducing new mechanics like using shadows to hide or directing sunlight to blind enemies. The transition to mobile is flawless, with intuitive touch controls that make the precise movement required for stealth feel effortless. It’s a touching, high-quality indie title that rewards curiosity and cleverness.
Features
Stunning spaghetti-western art style
Innovative non-violent stealth gameplay
Challenging environmental puzzles
Heartfelt and emotional narrative
Tips & Walkthrough
Always stay in the dark areas! Guards have a 'vision cone' that shrinks significantly when you are in a shadow. You can use your slingshot to break lamps and create new shadows to sneak through previously guarded areas.
Gameplays
Toys like the 'Wind-up Soldier' move in a straight line and make noise. Use them to draw guards away from doors. While the guard is investigating the toy, you can slip past them in the opposite direction.
Screenshot
Q&A
No, the game focuses entirely on stealth and distractions; if you are caught, you must restart from the last checkpoint.
Ratings & Reviews
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Tech/Design Issues Make a Great Game Merely Good
Tue Feb 13 2024 AllTh3N1cknamesRTakenI 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: that’s why I didn’t 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 mine cart proved unnecessarily difficult, especially when you have fat fingers and can’t tell because of lag whether you’ve 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 I was expecting, though I wish the finale wasn’t so abrupt (I finished The Uprising without even realizing I was at the end!). Nice job, devs!
Beautiful game but keeps crashing
Mon Jan 31 2022 Anile,I love this game but have only been able to play for aboutn15 minutes as it keeps crashing. The controls disappear and the game freezes.
Good Game But…
Mon Sep 19 2022 Memnet 4The 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.
Almost unplayable due to crashes
Sat Dec 02 2023 RedriojaI am stuck on only level 3 and can‘t proceed. Halfway through the level, the controls and my character disappear. All I 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?
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El Hijo - A Wild West Tale: iOS/Android Gameplay Walkthrough Part 1 (by HandyGames)
El Hijo - 4K Mobile iOS Android - iPhone Pro Max - HandyGames - Review Gameplay Walkthrough - YouTube
El Hijo - A Wild West Tale // Mobile Release Trailer - YouTube
El Hijo - A Wild West Tale Gameplay (Android,IOS) Part 1 - YouTube
EL HIJO gameplay: Gorgeous Wild West Stealth Game! (PC, Stadia) - YouTube
El Hijo - A Wild West Tale // Mobile Release Date Trailer - YouTube
El Hijo - A Wild West Tale Gameplay (Android,IOS) Part 7 - YouTube
El Hijo - A Wild West Tale - YouTube
El Hijo - A Wild West Tale // Mobile Release Stream - YouTube
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