Weird West

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  • Summary: Survive and unveil the mysteries of the Weird West through the intertwined destinies of its unusual heroes in an immersive sim from the co-creators of Dishonored and Prey. Discover a dark fantasy reimagining of the Wild West where lawmen and gunslingers share the frontier with fantasticalSurvive and unveil the mysteries of the Weird West through the intertwined destinies of its unusual heroes in an immersive sim from the co-creators of Dishonored and Prey. Discover a dark fantasy reimagining of the Wild West where lawmen and gunslingers share the frontier with fantastical creatures. Journey through the origin stories of a group of atypical heroes, written into legend by the decisions you make in an unforgiving land. Each journey is unique and tailored to the actions taken - a series of high stakes stories where everything counts and the world reacts to the choices you make. Form a posse or venture forth alone into an otherworldly confines of the Weird West and make each legend your own.… Expand

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 52
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 52
  3. Negative: 1 out of 52
  1. IGN Japan
    May 11, 2022
    90
    While being presented in the format of a traditional RPG, Weird West has shoot-outs that feel that they come right out of a cowboy movie, and offers quests with a ton of freedom. While the gameplay itself is simple, seeing the crazy Western setting through the lens of five different main characters is fascinating, and the mysterious story wraps up in an interesting way.
  2. GameCritics
    Apr 19, 2022
    85
    Weird West is a truly special experience. While each one of its stories is compelling in its own right, when put together they transform into something fantastic. This is a game that shows its monsters and asks the player to be disgusted, and then turns them into a monster and asks if they feel the same way. As such, every one of the journeys contained within is worth taking, but it’s only once players have trod all of those roads that they’ll appreciate just how amazing Weird West‘s accomplishments are. It’s deep, it’s fascinating, and it’s full of the kind of storytelling that resonates for a long time after credits roll — truly an incredible experience from beginning to end.
  3. GameStar
    Apr 1, 2022
    83
    The fast-paced action RPG blends Wild West and Dark Fantasy. The game world changes due to your activities. Slight control quirks.
  4. Game Rant
    Mar 31, 2022
    80
    Wolfeye’s attempt to bring the immersive sim genre to an isometric game works well overall, albeit with a few hiccups in handling combat and looting. Fans itching for a game that allows freedom of choice in both story and gameplay at every turn should look no further than Weird West.
  5. Checkpoint Gaming
    Apr 1, 2022
    75
    Overall, Weird West dishes up an alluring world that you can explore to your heart’s content. Its story structure and procedurally generated travel encounters will keep players on their toes and ensure that no two playthroughs are the same. Even though there are a few glitches and the game’s camera can feel a little clunky at times, the visual style and depth of Weird West’s world more than make up for it. If you have a soft spot for comic books, interesting stories, and dynamic characters, Weird West will be a great addition to your library.
  6. Gamer Escape
    Apr 7, 2022
    70
    It’s buggy, the balance is off, and a good 80% of the locations only really serve as random sidequest destinations. But the storytelling drew me in, the stealth worked rather well, and on the occasions when I felt like I had resources to burn it was just so dang satisfying to slow motion dive out from behind a corner while blasting a barrage of shotgun shells.
  7. GamesHub
    May 6, 2022
    40
    It’s a shame that the weirdest thing about Weird West is how boring it can often be.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 27
  3. Negative: 4 out of 27
  1. rcohen
    Apr 2, 2022
    10
    A unique masterpiece! So immersive and full of ambiance. Love the twists and turns.
  2. StrangeMan303
    Sep 15, 2022
    10
    Shockingly surprised in a good way. Impulsively purchased it on sale without prior research and lots of expectations, however, I just couldn’tShockingly surprised in a good way. Impulsively purchased it on sale without prior research and lots of expectations, however, I just couldn’t believe my eyes once I first launched the game.

    First of all, design is stunning. The unique comic art style is quite bold and along takes the lead in vibe setting, while complimenting colour palette is eye catching.

    The introduction phase of the game is intuitive and doesn’t leave the newcomer struggling, yet, it takes it easy and lets the player soak in the atmosphere of setting. Its pleasant, that developers didn’t follow modern trend of games literally pulling players immediately into action without proper prelude just for the sake of being engaging. User interface and hints are very intuitive, colourful and well animated. Asking user to press escape key to read some hint then to press escape key to close it is perfect example since it’s not pulling out the player from action mid game, yet assures user will read information at some point. Default key binds are amazing and didn’t have a need to reassign anything so far. Intentionally won’t cover storyline for this review not to fall under spoiler, however so far it has been able to keep me interested and reading every dialogue available. As a person who walked through Red Dead Redemption 2 completely I can definitely pledge this game easily beats Read Dead Redemption 2 storyline, which would be predictable, repeatable, lacking logic and infantile in comparison to storyline of this masterpiece.

    This game is definitely going to be in a handful list of memorisable games for me. I would be really humbled and heart touched to see project growing and evolving without taking detours to toxic practices, such as NFTs, micro-transactions, packs, cash grabs and other practices which ruin gaming industry for both players and developers. Instead, I believe physical merch, and a dozen of DLCs would impact this marvellous project quite positively.    … Expand
  4. Vini_sunday
    Aug 22, 2023
    9
    Weird west is a game that's was created to finish the "gamer syndrome", He is a Good Game where your decisions could change the end and theWeird west is a game that's was created to finish the "gamer syndrome", He is a Good Game where your decisions could change the end and the story, your story maybe take a little longer to get on rails but when it get you feel curious about the plot and, honestly, I liked to the plot twist. The combat and gameplay are fluid and exciting for a RPG, this game deserves a chance and your time!… Expand
  5. O3liveon
    Dec 18, 2022
    7
    I liked this one quite a bit. I didn't finish it, but sunk quite a few hours into it. I enjoyed my time with it but eventually, I got to aI liked this one quite a bit. I didn't finish it, but sunk quite a few hours into it. I enjoyed my time with it but eventually, I got to a point in which I just felt... "I've seen enough." I really try my hardest to get to the credits in most things I play and so often times I get to that point. In a shorter game I would've seen it through but I knew I had a long ways to go. So, although I'm happy I spent the amount of time in the world as I did... It kind of fell flat for me and eventually lost me. It lost me enough, to where I'm taking it out of my backlog too. I'm officially saying, this game is good and for those who like this genre potentially amazing! But I'm gonna be completely done with it now. Love you too! Watch the trailers, if you think it looks cool. You will enjoy your time with it. Go play it on gamepass or buy it on a sale. If you watched the trailer and thought it looked dumb... there's a chance it might win you over, but not for very long. Deep sale or game pass.… Expand
  6. x6_Balan
    Jan 3, 2023
    6
    Libertad absoluta, historia decente, mecánicas de disparo y movimiento un poco meh.

    Este mismo juego hace diez años habría sido tremendo,    Libertad absoluta, historia decente, mecánicas de disparo y movimiento un poco meh.

    Este mismo juego hace diez años habría sido tremendo, ahora creo que no puede pasar de ser del montón.    … Expand
  7. tyr8338
    Apr 6, 2022
    5
    First impression is pretty descent but game turns stale rather quick, skills are uninspired, gunplay isnt all that satysfying and level designFirst impression is pretty descent but game turns stale rather quick, skills are uninspired, gunplay isnt all that satysfying and level design is sub par plus there is a lot of reused zones and idead over and over.
    I doubt I will be able to finish this game, it gets too boring after 2nd character with not much variation.    … Expand
  8. behob19324
    Apr 7, 2022
    1
    Weird West is basically Desperados or Hard West with worse story and much worse gameplay. The writing is really thin and strung out; it's aWeird West is basically Desperados or Hard West with worse story and much worse gameplay. The writing is really thin and strung out; it's a lot of time spent with little going on. There are two problems with Weird West: it takes too long to get to the comparatively good parts and the comparatively good parts are actually pretty bad.… Expand

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