Far Far West

I came across this game thanks to a twitch stream by the guys at Ghost Ship Games (Deep Rock Galactic).. It looked so interesting and fun that I decided to pick up a copy and give it a try.. I'm now responsible for the sale of 5 copies of the game... 3 within my family, plus a couple of my DRG buddies, who bought it on my recommendation. It's absolute peak!! I've over a 100 hours in the game now and I've still not fully tried all the weapons / spells / loadouts and I'm not yet tired of the game loop.. where you drop in to a landscape, complete an objective, a few side-quests, then a boss fight and a final race to extract. Given that the game is only just out in Early Access, there is a ton of content already.. 7 biomes, 4 bosses, 8 different main objectives.. 5 primary weapons, 5 secondary weapons.. 4 utilities (grenade replacements.. think Payday 2's ammo/doctor bags).. 5 spell classes, with 5 unlockable spells per class. Plus the elemental effects from the spells and weapons can be combo'd together for some really fun and cool interactions. There's also a joker system (rogue-lite cards) with 6 tiers for weapons and 5 tiers for heroes.. some of these can be equipped pre-mission as you upgrade your hero and weapons.. as well as getting them in-mission as rewards, drops etc that only apply for that mission. The game features a very well fleshed out difficulty system too.. with 5 difficulties: Easy; Normal; Hard; Very hard; and Nightmare... I've played roughly equal numbers of Hard and Normal missions (depends on who I'm playing with).. with only a small number of Easy missions. and just 1 beaten on VHard. I love the movement in the game too... it's so fast and fluid.. and when you unlock extra jumps and dashes and lower gravity you can basically feel like you are flying... or at least bouncing very high... plus the horse system is incredible.. you just whistle and your robotic horse is immediately there to transport you across the map at break-neck speeds. Overall this is a fantastic co-op shooter which has quickly become our go-to game.