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Weird West: Definitive Edition

Interesting concept HORRIBLE CONTROLS

I played this game on the XBox Series S and while I like the concept.. it's quite immersive...there are major flaws in the control scheme and the gameplay. I played games with similar (and better designed) schemes as this game (Too Human for instance), and had no problems. But this game makes something like aiming too twitchy (and in the heat of combat, you can target your companions.) The difficulty starts reasonably well, but it almost vertically ramps up after a few locations. Random encounters on the main map can be everything from animals to bandits to other things I won't mention in order to avoid spoiling the game. They ALL move faster than you. In some fights, you can be behind a rock that you cannot shoot over yourself (even without crouching), yet the enemy can from the same level ground as you. The enemies, bar none, can dodge bullets like Neo. Even at close range, I found myself missing. Ammo is scarce, and it takes too many shots to kill common bandit enemies, much less things like bears and other violent creatures. Your main source of non-story income is a bounty. The system is flawed in that it places time limits on bounties located at places you haven't even found yet. Miss the bounty and they become enemies with a "vendetta"... meaning in other locations, they might show up randomly to do you in while you're fighting off other enemies (that works well for those you rescue, but the vendetta is annoying at best.) Money is hard to come by even stealing things. People seem REALLY aware you're in a locked room stealing gold with the door closed. Of course even in "story" mode (the game's easy mode)... none of the difficulty is reduced... you just regenerate health and AP over time. That's another aspect that is vastly out of whack too. You have too little in the heat of combat, and reloading is a chore that you can't 'pass' as an action while shooting. The game mechanics take away from an interesting story. Hard pass.

37 gamers found this review helpful
Wasteland 3: The Battle of Steeltown

Hopefully they will put out Linux DLC

Not thinking that this would be a Windows/Mac only DLC (since I've been playing the LINUX version), I bought this DLC. It HAD, before I purchased it, a little Tux in the list of OSes. And when you go to download it, there is a Mac *pkg file instead of an *sh for the Linux download. Reselecting the Linux pulldown (which was most certainly there) returns you a "no match for English and Linux". When I reloaded the page (after I had to jump through hoops just to mention this to support), I noticed the Tux is gone. No fanfare. No notification. Just taking my dollars and leaving me without DLC. Sure I can install it under WINE and play that way, but that wasn't the point. There WAS a Tux there, and now he's gone. I have bought over 1,000 games from this site, and this is the first time I've felt the need to mention something. But beware the icons... they are not ALWAYS correct.

33 gamers found this review helpful