Evil West

I had some fun with this, but ultimately I can't recommend it, and I think there are games that do what it does better. Pros: I liked the aesthetic and overall style. The story isn't anything too special, but it has some fun characters. There were a good amount of items to unlock and they were spaced out well. Decent enemy variety - at some point, the game stops adding new types and just changes the mixup in the fights. But for the length of game, there's a reasonable catalog. They also do a thing where the "boss" creature of earlier levels joins the standard mobs in later levels. I didn't get the chance to try the co-op, bult I like that it was an option. Cons: The exploration felt forced and pointless - but it still felt like you had to do it to get money for upgrades. At the same time, they needed the extra length, or it would have been even shorter. It simply wasn't very fun to always be trying to find every dark corner where something could be hiding. It becomes very formulaic: traverse an area, fight guys in an arena, repeat. It is pricey for its length. $50 for 12-15 hours is pretty bad. Get it on sale. I had stuttering issues even with well past the minimum specs. The fights were a bit too chaotic - especially towards the end when going against the larger enemy groups. It gets to a point where there is too much stuff being thrown at you simultaneously. You just have to spam dodge and chip damage when you have space. Some of the enemy types have too much health. Once you learn their move set, it's easy enough to deal with them - it just takes way too long. The final boss fight is a huge difficulty spike out of nowhere.