91 percent positive: New Steam hit Blood West looks as old as the hills, but inspires players by the dozen

Taking pictures, sneaking and slaying demons within the Wild West: Blood West, a brand new shooter, has been launched on Steam and has obtained nearly unanimous reward

An “American stalker” was launched on Steam and GOG.com final week, as one tester of Blood West put it on Valve’s on-line platform. Following the discharge, the opinions are “very constructive”, as they have been through the 22-month early entry section – 91 p.c of patrons advocate  the stealth shooter with the Western setting.

The launch trailer offers you a fast overview:

What’s Blood West and why is it so extremely praised?

Let’s take a more in-depth take a look at (the approximately 2,000 Steam reviews) to seek out out who the sport is appropriate for. Gamers additionally (at GOG.com) draw an enormously constructive conclusion with 4.7 out of 5 stars. Developer Hyperstrange (Postal: Mind Broken) advertises Blood West with the declare that the shooter presents over 20 hours of gameplay, unfold over three situations or episodes.

You play a cursed cowboy who’s resurrected each time he dies. Within the sport, you’re solely out and about at night time; the open-world environments may be freely explored and are teeming with the undead and monsters from nightmares and previous Western legends.

Though you’ll primarily be working in stealth and might want to hit the overpowered enemies from behind with a knife or axe, there are additionally plenty of firearms. A perk system permits you to progressively enhance your character; Blood West is a rogue-lite sport during which loss of life is your fixed companion and also you lose your gear if you die.

Person min3r95 writes in his assessment: “An excellent, immersive horror first-person shooter with stealth parts.” CultishEncounters additionally offers it a thumbs up and says: “A mega good sport, I’ve had it for every week and have already got 28 hours beneath my belt.” And Ashur Hart’s conclusion is:

There are additionally unfavourable voices, however these are clearly within the minority. Tonera complains: “You might be punished for each little mistake that alerts close by enemies.” And Tokamatsu states after six and a half hours of gameplay:

“The premise and idea are strong, however the general execution misses the mark. The weapons really feel cumbersome and the injury values are very inconsistent. Loss of life is an pointless punishment as a result of along with dropping all of the sources utilized in that playthrough (potions, bullets and short-term buffs), you get a well being debuff each third loss of life.”

Have you ever already performed Blood West or are you pondering of shopping for it for round 25 euros (at the moment with a 30 p.c low cost to only beneath 18 euros on Steam and GOG.com)? If not, what’s stopping you? Tell us what you suppose within the feedback