Evil West
Reddit take
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Pros
- Evil West felt like one of those "gamey games" you'd play as a kid. Pure spectacle but in all the best ways.
- Evil West - 8/10 ... I'm not normally one for cowboy games, but I do love cowboy games with aliens, monsters, and vampires, and this is all about busting up the latter, which I love.
- I personally loved this one. Took me back to the 360 era.
- I really enjoyed this one, second half of the game lacked some serious polish but in general it was really fun and a throwback style of gameplay I hadn’t seen in awhile.
- I bought it when it first came out and I really liked it. Was thinking about playing it again soon.
Cons
- Played it with my GF but we stopped after around 75%. The enemies got to repetitive and the level design got worse by the level, there were a lot of places that looked accesable but weren't. We had fun times tho, as you said they needed...
- I wanted to love it, but the story and characters weren't compelling to me, and the gameplay wasn't engaging. I bounced off it, but glad to see folks liked it!
- Parent context: What did you think of the actual mechanics? Reply: The clunkiness I referred to in the post was predominantly about the movement and targeting, so those areas definitely could have used some improvement imo. Melee combat...
- Overall, an enjoyable game if you're into the style I've described and can tolerate a bit of AA jank from time to time. Ultimately I'm giving this one a 7.5/10, but a bit more time in the oven could easily have bumped that up a bit.
Sentiment
6 positive (60%) · 3 mixed (30%) · 1 negative (10%)
Trust + time weighted score: +46% · raw score 50%
What redditors said (10 of 10)
Played it with my GF but we stopped after around 75%. The enemies got to repetitive and the level design got worse by the level, there were a lot of places that looked accesable but weren't. We had fun times tho, as you said they needed more time to cook.
Evil West felt like one of those "gamey games" you'd play as a kid. Pure spectacle but in all the best ways.
Evil West - 8/10 ... I'm not normally one for cowboy games, but I do love cowboy games with aliens, monsters, and vampires, and this is all about busting up the latter, which I love.
I wanted to love it, but the story and characters weren't compelling to me, and the gameplay wasn't engaging. I bounced off it, but glad to see folks liked it!
I personally loved this one. Took me back to the 360 era.
I really enjoyed this one, second half of the game lacked some serious polish but in general it was really fun and a throwback style of gameplay I hadn’t seen in awhile.
I bought it when it first came out and I really liked it. Was thinking about playing it again soon.
Parent context: What did you think of the actual mechanics? Reply: The clunkiness I referred to in the post was predominantly about the movement and targeting, so those areas definitely could have used some improvement imo. Melee combat and use of tools/alternate weapons felt pretty good though, mostly smooth and with some good heft to them. I guess overall I would say it was a mixed bag.
I really liked this game and wished there were more like it.
Overall, an enjoyable game if you're into the style I've described and can tolerate a bit of AA jank from time to time. Ultimately I'm giving this one a 7.5/10, but a bit more time in the oven could easily have bumped that up a bit.
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