Evil West

Evil west is an action third person game with excellent combat a very deep story and lore.

Graphics are pretty good in motion. There are a few weak textures here and there but the character design and enemy design and overall world/level design is very good.

Sound is a definite plus with a very epic score (Western style) and the sound effects of the weapons, creatures and action when its in full swing are all very good.

Gameplay is very enjoyable this is a very power fantasy type of game and what I mean by that is it makes you feel like a bad-ass. In super short time you'll be uppercutting vamps and other creatures 30 feet into the air and then firing your six shooter into them. This type of gameplay never gets old and is just so much fun.

Levels are pretty linear with a few side areas for those who like to explore and it has a few puzzles that are easy to solve but it's old school as not all games need to be open world and have you spend dozens of hours collecting bits of tat to make the game with run times of 100 hours (assassins creed)

Overall its a great game and a fair price for a AA game that has the odd tiny bug but compare that to many AAA titles that get released for double the money and ten times the bugs I don't think we can be too critical.

Where do I start with this game. It was a free monthly game from Sony so that right there should tell you it's not great. Cowboys and vampires ok. Looks decent and characters are somewhat interesting. Combat. Yeah the combat isn't bad until you get further into the game. Has an aim assist that works fine until you will never hit what you want. Without the aim assist, you still can't hit what you need to because the opportunities are so short that you need the aim assist to snap to the target quickly. Thing is, there are so many enemies that you will always snap to something you are not trying to shoot at. So either way, you can't hit what you need to. Dodge mechanics are awful. The button combos are just awkward and blend together so that you will be activating combos or actions you are not intending to. Could have been fun, but it just isn't. Do not spend money on this game.

What this game isn't:

• story-rich (boring)
• open-world (boring)
• riddled with pointless side quests (boring)
• driven by a serious narrative with complex characters in order to avoid what many game journalists call "ludonarrative dissonance" (boring)
• a walking simulator with a dark and eerie atmosphere, packed with cheap jumpscares and unnerving suspense that feels almost as if the devs were desperately trying to hide the fact you could probably beat it in two hours if the protagonist could run (boring)
• gameplay flow constantly interrupted by pointless looting, crafting, upgrading, following an NPC character for twenty minutes, dialogue that progresses the story, etc. (BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING)

What this game is:

• full of gore (fun)
• full of gunplay (fun)
• full of melee (fun)
• full of bloodthirsty savage beasts that pack a punch and want you dead (fun)
• with an over-the-top cheesy story about a badass cowboy that has to slaughter a ton of vampires and save humanity (fun)
• full of enemies, takedowns, action, boss fights, etc. (FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN)

Just play the game if you want to feel like it's 2010 again. When you were younger and eager to go home and play. When video games were short, but amazing. When you sat down for half an hour and 5 hours later you had no idea you were playing for so long. When games had gameplay, instead of microtransactions, trailing missions, "realism" and all that other trash they're stuffed with now...

The graphics are really mixed bag. The unreal engine 5 just looks bad on PS5 and the depth of field, They are using just makes everything look blurry.

The bloom just makes everything look overly tintet, and it looks like they just gave the graphic engine the colors instead of an artist.

The gameplay reminds me of God of War 2018, but just without the Punch and without the satisfying animations. I can really feel they made shooting game before this, because it feels weak. When they are in this field, They are not used to.

Character designs look so overly bassy with so many do stuff that it's hard to find the shape. And the enemies look so uninspired and busy.

It's just not entertaining to play, would not recommend.

This game definitely needs more attention, than it's been getting since release. Don't get me wrong, it's not "best game ever" and it's never been "game of the year" candidate. But it's a really solid B-Game. You know, like B-Movie, but a game.

The story is... There. It's ok, do not expect any plot twists here, characters are flat and, to an extent, stereotypical. Main villain is just a brat and is just annoying. The lore, though, seems interesting by itself, I would not mind exploring some proper RPG in this world, and the fact that it's also a western with vampires - it just adds more to it. But it is more about experience, I think. It is extremely linear, but environments do feel relatively unique, and they do present quite a few moments, that just feel good.

What is really worthy in this game is combat. Yes, it's not Devil May Cry, not even by a longshot. But it does involve juggling between melee combat and several types of range weapons. What's more it feels satisfying. Like there is this "oomph" to your actions. You also feel a bit more vulnerable than Dante or Nero, so you may want to be a bit more strategic.

It does have a few issues. Bugs with some achievements (I had one), low-resolution models inside the game (when you look at your character or weapons), periodic dips in performance... The switching between weapons is also kind of inconsistent: in some cases press of a button switches between several weapons, in some you literally "equip" a weapon, in some you just press a different button. You do get used to that, but something tells me it could have been done better, still.

Overall, I am not sure if this game is worth replaying with its New Game+ mode, but as a one-time fun experience - definitely worth the time. Probably, at a discount in terms of price, though.