Acceptable hyper-linear action game that is frustrating and monotonous at times but generally makes up for it with aesthetics and the above-average combat.
This game has a story too but it's not anything to write home about. The main attraction of Evil West is it's combat, following the somewhat outdated but traditional style of enemy encounter --> linear transition point with a puzzle --> enemy encounter ad infinitum until the end of the game with skill trees to work through. I think the right kind of person could be REALLY into this game, I thought it was just alright. Combat is quite fun at times and frustrating at others (I played on Hard). You have quite a few different items and abilities to use in battle, so the staleness generally comes from the repetitive enemy encounters that, near the end of the game, start to consist of nearly dozens of mini-bosses all somewhat haphazardly thrown at you at once. Generally you will have enough to deal with this, and the game is somewhat forgiving, but it can become exhausting after awhile.
Regardless, the combat can be quite satisfying and there is certainly an acceptable level of depth to it from what I discovered, especially near the end of the game. I was honestly hoping for a bit more from Evil WEst, but it is passable as a modern linear-action game. Just do not expect anything revolutionary in any regard.
7/10
This game has a story too but it's not anything to write home about. The main attraction of Evil West is it's combat, following the somewhat outdated but traditional style of enemy encounter --> linear transition point with a puzzle --> enemy encounter ad infinitum until the end of the game with skill trees to work through. I think the right kind of person could be REALLY into this game, I thought it was just alright. Combat is quite fun at times and frustrating at others (I played on Hard). You have quite a few different items and abilities to use in battle, so the staleness generally comes from the repetitive enemy encounters that, near the end of the game, start to consist of nearly dozens of mini-bosses all somewhat haphazardly thrown at you at once. Generally you will have enough to deal with this, and the game is somewhat forgiving, but it can become exhausting after awhile.
Regardless, the combat can be quite satisfying and there is certainly an acceptable level of depth to it from what I discovered, especially near the end of the game. I was honestly hoping for a bit more from Evil WEst, but it is passable as a modern linear-action game. Just do not expect anything revolutionary in any regard.
7/10