quite nicely marries the mythology of the old west with the unreality of video game action. what transpires between cutscenes is not exactly real. the stories silas tells are not exactly real. never quite goes all the way to illustrate how mundane silas' activities may have truly been but then it's still silas telling a story so he's always a video game esque one-man army. it's a cute narrative device that most games don't take advantage of.

overall, nice music. nice pulpy, meaty shooting and violence. has a really nice writerly quality just with the narration that kept me hooked. a very singular experience overall.