His main method of pain is the gauntlet which does expand to be fairly nuanced through perks. There are no ammo counts to keep track of as Jesse simply reloads or the bullets reappear at a set rate. The most fascinating difference is that Evil West’s combat relies on various cooldown meters that get to be a little much by the end due to the sheer amount of actions available while allowing more advanced gunslingers to enter a zen state of death. It definitely is inspired gameplay-wise by 2018’s God of War, right down to the way Jesse punches open chests but there are enough differences to keep veterans of that particular type of combat hooked throughout. Fans of the films “Van Helsing (2004),” “Wild Wild West,” “Desperado,” “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” Underworld, or “I, Frankenstein” should absolutely spend a weekend playing this game. The result is an action game that boxes well above its weight class, despite weird editing in the story, overly serious tone, and the occasional missteps in technical performance and encounter balancing.Įvil West is reminiscent of several films and titles throughout the 2000s while pulling from the general backdrop of gunslinger pulp fiction. Options expand throughout the entire bloody campaign, constantly enticing players to move forward. The result is a third-person theater of violence where players get to wield everything from a power fist with “Rentier Institute” stamped across the knuckles to a flamethrower to dynamite to a laser beam of death. Resolute in the eradication of these “Ticks”, the hilarious way the good guys talk about these creatures, Jesse steadily increases his abilities through electrically powered tools of murder and takes the fight to the source as things get personal. As a part of an organization dedicated to the protection of America’s people from creatures of the night, known as the Rentier Institute, a regular hunt bleeds into something more as the group discovers a sinister plot from an ancient family. Players wear the hat of Jesse Rentier, a dutiful slayer of all things fanged and clawed. Cowboys vs Vampires is the fundamental way to describe Evil West but there’s a lot of creativity to be found, culminating in one of the most dumb-fun romps I have played in a long time. Evil West is that – an action title from Flying Wild Hog and Focus Entertainment mimicking the mechanics and even demeanor of God of War to create an experience that leans into the ridiculousness of its twisted creatures, gruff heroes, and blood-soaked sunsets. Sometimes all it takes is smashing together two seemingly polar opposite ideas to make something wacky and fun. Genre blending is one of my favorite things in media.
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