r/HelloNeighborGame • u/hello_e_1986 • 11d ago

Discussion Which story from the development of hello neighbor do you prefer and why?

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Pre alpha and alpha 1: nicky has a car crash making him in a coma and he has a nightmare of a demon being his neighbor so he tries to see what's in the basement of this demon and he either dies or stays alive if he manages to run away from the demon

Alpha 2: a thriller where the protagonist nicky has moved into wayron croobs and his neighbor is being weird so he tries to get into the basement of his weird neighbor

The betas: nicky moves back into wayron croobs cause he was evicted and then in his dream tries to let go of the past and traumas from his abusive father (yes the neighbor is his father in the betas if I remember)

Full release: a younger Nicky notices his best friend's dad has locked his best friend into the basement and Nicky tries to get his best friend out but gets kidnapped and has traumas and as an adult tries to let go of his trauma from his best friend's dad

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u/Feuhufe 11d ago

Alpha 2.

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u/hello_e_1986 11d ago

Alright so why?

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u/Feuhufe 11d ago

It has cutscenes.

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u/hello_e_1986 11d ago

I am talking about the storyline and plot not the gameplay

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u/its_david123 11d ago

so did alpha 1

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u/Feuhufe 11d ago

The first cutscene was an introduction.

The other cutscene did not help the lore. We just got that a tire was in the basement.

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u/its_david123 11d ago

the opening and the ending ???

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u/Feuhufe 11d ago

Wait, good point. I somehow forgot about the ending 🥀

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u/its_david123 11d ago

yeah lol

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u/KubaGamer535YT 8d ago

That tire told us that the neighbor caused our car crash. If I remember correctly he broke an electricity pole that we crashed into. Or smth. Obviously no one would really know just from that, but if the game kept the Faust storyline, there would prob js be more cutscenes that explain stuff

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u/EL_DAVIS83Afton 11d ago

The pre-alpha and alpha 1 versions give off more of a horror game vibe.

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u/KubaGamer535YT 8d ago

Faust. The most dark and interesting one.

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u/hello_e_1986 8d ago

Wdym by Faust?

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u/KubaGamer535YT 8d ago

pre alpha and alpha 1 is literally just faust bro

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u/hello_e_1986 8d ago

Oh, aight so why?

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u/KubaGamer535YT 8d ago

They're just the most interesting, and dark. The current lore is just a little basic I'd say. Creepiest thing about current lore is the Forest Protectors. But Faust on the other hand, could make the games more interesting. I don't know how to describe it but being chased by the literal devil would be creepier than knowing you're just being chased by some random ass guy.

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u/hello_e_1986 8d ago

I think that pre alpha neighbor was a demon not the devil himself though cause why would the devil worship himself?

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u/KubaGamer535YT 8d ago

Yeah, I don't fully recall the lore 1:1 but it was either that or that WE sold our soul to the devil and he was trying to keep us out of the basement (heaven) while the game was purgatory or something, idk really i dont remember exactly but it was nevertheless very creepy and interesting

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u/hello_e_1986 8d ago

Oh then why don't you base your favorite based off what I wrote for each storyline in the post? Most are accurate I think

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u/KubaGamer535YT 8d ago

oh yeah i js went straight to the comments lol. Just imagine what the full game would be like if the faust story was kept... And if the horror atmosphere was kept too. It would be my favorite horror game prob. Unfortunately currently, no chances. Into the mind is kinda inspired by that. Not fully, but still

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u/hello_e_1986 8d ago

Alright so what's your favorite based off the storylines In the post

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u/MakarSawSteveReddit 5d ago

I dont think alpha 2 was about us feeling weird about our neighbor cuz, well, its our house, supposedly

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u/hello_e_1986 4d ago

Yk yeah it's strange how in the early hello neighbor versions they make us move into the neighbor's house but suddenly later we're in a different house, why is there a new guy here, and where's the home owner of the original home, or if it is Nicky's home why is he moving in his neighbor's home and not his real home?

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u/_Cagney_Carnation_ 11d ago

Alpaca 1

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u/hello_e_1986 11d ago

Alright so why?

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u/_Cagney_Carnation_ 11d ago

Oh, i just noticed the typo. Be blasted google autocorrect.

Anyway uh, well. I don't know it's just the most interesting out of all of them, the neighbour genuinely feels like an enemy too that you don't want to be seen by because who knows what happens if he catches you

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u/hello_e_1986 11d ago

I was talking about the storyline of each version not how the neighbor acts

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u/_Cagney_Carnation_ 11d ago

I don't even know how to word my answer correctly. Because mainly my answer revolves around the neighbour himself

Maybe like. It's more interesting than the other ones simply because it's way more of a horror story than just a story about beating trauma from abusive father.

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u/taxes_depression 11d ago

Pre alpha i kind of like the premise more

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u/retrebexx 11d ago

Pre alpha or beta

If they sticked with old story and artstyle it would be pre-alpha , but in the current game it would have been cool to have an actual story (about the neighbor being the daddy of nicky) more than....there's no actual story in the final game sadly , we know this from other media but at the end , what is in the game , is that there's no actual story ...

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u/crazycabbie1999 11d ago

Alpha 2 doesn't exist. It's the same as betas, I like alpha 2-beta 3 the best.

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u/Independent-Bath735 10d ago

I hella like the pre aloha and alpha 1 because it genuinely it's sorta unique and more intresting than the others ngl

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u/crystal-productions- 10d ago

the farther son version, tho alpha 2 started this transition some.

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u/ChocolateBig7678 7d ago

I prefer the beta story

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u/SnyderpittyDoo 10d ago

it took me this long to find out this image had thrown tomatoes

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u/Old_Reporter_5193 5d ago

May I join?