Evil West

Excellent GAME!!!

Evil West is a decent game. No magnificent, not bad. That can immediately throw away most of the interested players. It is not an experience that will change your life, nor is it a boring time. Even so, I really appreciate this kind of games. AA (Well, much closer to AAA); that feels like the kinda games we used to receive in the early 2010s: Some good action, some REALLY COOL ideas, and some holes to poke at. But, overall, a good game. I would say that in the graphics standpoint is quite solid. The game looks really nice, maybe it did not represent the "Next gen" that was developing during its release, but I would say it suffices and manages to portray a great art and concepts of the world, in my opinion. The animations are indeed solid, and the visual effects are delightful... for the most part. Then at some points it feels like your eyeballs are gonna pop out of your skull but the amount of particles and lighting going around everywhere. But that´s not really an issue. What I do have an issue with, is its narrative. Don´t get me wrong: The world, its lore, and just its own concept, have a whole lot of potential. The problem is listening to the characters: Most of them felt really tedious. The voice acting was good, but damn those Marvel jokes all over the place really threw me off. I don´t believe there´s a rememberable character, sadly. Now, what suddenly turns the other way around this depressing review, its the combat on itself. The feeling of if, its gunplay, the reaction of the enemies, the sheer speed at which it occurs, the cannonballing, the balanced use of both ranged and melee weapons, and the constant offering of now gameplay variations with your arsenal are magnificently brought. It´s what makes the game worth playing. The variety of enemies is not massive, but suffices the duration of the title. The idea of weak points, blocking, taking advantage of electricity and smaller enemies to damage larger ones, or heal yourself, make every single encounter thrilling. It has a low but, tho: The difficulty is intense since the beginning; and then there´s a spike halfway through that makes most enemies of harder difficulties massive sponges. In my case I found a build which made me not thing so much about this, for the exception of all bosses or their derivatives. Still, its really satisfying to use the gauntlet. Now, with such spike of a challenge, I quite don´t get why does the game try to be soo accesible. Most people that play this are fans of old-school single player campaigns that are flawed but have soul. So, the amount of visual queues, messages and stuff its baffling... luckily, all of that can be changed on settings anyways, its just an odd thing. So, I do consider Evil West a good game. The flaws are evident, true. Sadly, this has thrown way down its chance to shine. This is a fun time: Really frenetic, solid and creative combat with lots of cool gameplay executions. A lame story, but such a fascinating world with quite a lot of potential. Maybe if it had potential sequels it would be able to fulfill its shortcomings.