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West of Loathing

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4.3

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West of Loathing
Description
Say howdy to West of Loathing -- a single-player slapstick comedy adventure role-playing game set in the wild west of the Kingdom of Loathing universe. Traverse snake-infested gulches, punch skeletons wearing cowboy hats, grapple with demon cows, and investigate a wide variety of disgusting spittoon...
Genre:
Adventure - Role-playing - Comedy
Tags:
Adventure, Indie, Story Rich, Role-playing, 2D, show 9 more... Turn-Based, Puzzle, Great Soundtrack, Choices Matter, Funny, Point&Click, Open World, Comedy, Western
Critics reviews
91 %
Recommend
PC Gamer
88/100
Polygon
9/10
RPG Fan
95%
User reviews

4.3/5

( 56 Reviews )

4.3

56 Reviews

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Product details
2017, Asymmetric, ...
System requirements
Windows 7 / 8 / 10, 2.8 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo or better, 2 GB RAM, 512 MB, 4 GB...
DLCs
West of Loathing: Reckonin' at Gun Manor
Time to beat
7.5 hMain
12 h Main + Sides
20.5 h Completionist
11.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Description
Say howdy to West of Loathing -- a single-player slapstick comedy adventure role-playing game set in the wild west of the Kingdom of Loathing universe. Traverse snake-infested gulches, punch skeletons wearing cowboy hats, grapple with demon cows, and investigate a wide variety of disgusting spittoons.

Talk your way out of trouble as a silver-tongued Snake Oiler, plumb the refried mysteries of the cosmos as a wise and subtle Beanslinger, or let your fists do the talking as a fierce Cow Puncher. Explore a vast open world and encounter a colorful cast of characters, some of whom are good, many of whom are bad, and a few of whom are ugly.
  • a sprawling open world, chock full of danger, quests, puzzles, and mysteries
  • lush hand-drawn black and white graphics
  • full stick-figure customization
  • thousands of jokes, gags, and goofs
  • crunchy turn-based combat (but only if you want it)
  • liberal use of the Oxford comma
  • over 50 hats
  • disreputable saloons
  • several gulches
  • a drunk horse

Copyright 2017 by Asymmetric Publications, LLC

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Discover 37 map locations out West
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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
7.5 hMain
12 h Main + Sides
20.5 h Completionist
11.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Adventure - Role-playing - Comedy
Tags:
Adventure, Indie, Story Rich, Role-playing, 2D, show 9 more... Turn-Based, Puzzle, Great Soundtrack, Choices Matter, Funny, Point&Click, Open World, Comedy, Western
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04), Mac OS X (10.9+)
Release date:
{{'2017-08-10T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Company:
Asymmetric / Asymmetric
Size:
204 MB
Links:
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Overlay
Single-player
Languages
English
audio
text
DLCs
West of Loathing: Reckonin' at Gun Manor
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Critics reviews
85
Top Critic Average
91 %
Critics Recommend
OpenCritic Rating
PC Gamerby Christopher Livingston
88/100
The turn-based combat isn't the best, but it's a delightfully written RPG absolutely packed with humor.
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Polygonby Noah Caldwell-Gervais
9/10
Asymmetric Then there's the lore. West of Loathing takes place after a major magical disaster: the Day the Cows Came Home. Portals to hell turned the cows demonic, and great darkness spread across the West. West of Loathing elicits this powerful emotional connection with stick figures. It bonds you to its world with nothing more than doodling and dialogue. There's a pretty good turn-based adventure game there, under the hood, but West of Loathing's many strengths are all personal: connections made between developer and player when you both laugh at the same time. Absurdism aside, there's something fundamentally human and direct baked into the game's whole design from aesthetic to script. On top of it, you can dunk your hand into a spittoon of caustic toxins to pull out an enchanted sword. That's the kind of player choice I didn't even know I wanted in a Western RPG.
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RPG Fanby Jonathan Logan
95%
One of the funniest RPGs ever made, West of Loathing combines a unique visual presentation with outstanding roleplaying.
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Posted on: October 29, 2020

TheUniporn

Games: 101 Reviews: 100

Quick thoughts:

- Very funny. - Relatively fast paced. - Funny does not necessarily mean easy. - Very accessible even for casual, and first time RPG players. - Played like half a game before realizing that you can jump. - Not well balanced but it’s not a real issue as you can grind XP and money(meat). - The comedy as good as it is, is the only thing keeping the game together. So, there is a risk the game gets old at some point. https://pixelloot.com

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Posted on: March 22, 2023

zpangwin

Verified owner

Games: 373 Reviews: 4

Funny. Works on Linux

If you've ever played Kingdom of Loathing... well, then you probably know about what to expect. Some similarities that you'll learn in the first few minutes: Meat is still the currency, still stick-figures, still Muscle/Mysticality/Moxie-based classes. Some differences you'll learn in the first few minutes: unlike KoL you're not limited by adventures per day, your character is animated/moves around If not, KoL is a free online game but you are limited in turns per day. This you pay up front but can play as much as you want. Other: If you are playing on Linux and the shortcut/launcher for this game appears to do nothing, as mine did on Fedora 37, you can fix this very easily. Simply open the game's install dir then into the "game" subfolder and find the execuable "West of Loathing.x86_64". You need to set the executable bit so it can run. You can do this graphically from your file manager (in Cinnamon desktop: right-click > Properties > Permissions tab > check the Executable box on the "owner" row). Or from terminal, run chmod u+x 'West of Loathing.x86_64' The launcher shortcut / game should work perfectly after that

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Posted on: June 4, 2021

mediocre_dad_gamer

Verified owner

Games: 296 Reviews: 15

I love these guys

I love Kingdom of Loathing. I played a lot of Kingdom of Loathing way back in the day. I thought I would love this. I kinda did. Kinda... I think I'm just too old and this game is too much "of the age" for me to get really into it. I think they nailed it, and I love their work. I'm absolutely pleased as punch to own the game, but I just couldn't get into it like I did with Kingdom of Loathing.

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Posted on: August 11, 2018

13hirteen

Verified owner

Games: 808 Reviews: 2

Funny, compelling, runs on Linux <3

An offline game spawned from classic browser RPG Kingdom of Loathing, West of Loathing hits the hitherto unknown sweet spot between comedy, dramatic tension, stat building and interactive fiction. It's not the longest game in the world, particularly as you'll want to charge through it like a raging cow, but it's perfectly formed, with plenty of replayability. A must-play addition to any RPG fan's library. And thank you, Asymmetric, for the Linux support.

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Posted on: August 20, 2021

klampshaw

Verified owner

Games: 54 Reviews: 36

It's fine, really...

DLC finally came to GOG so I bought it. Fortunately, the writing is excellent, and the game is legitimately funny. However, game becomes very easy very quickly if you are doing a lot of side quests. I'm in the second area of the map, and things are starting to get rather repetitive; it mostly boils down to talking to alot of people and doing fetch quests. I'll probably finish it eventually, but I'm not in any rush to do so. Your mileage may vary.

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