- Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Action, Horror
Blood West is an immersive stealth shooter taking place in a nightmare version of a classic wild west setting. The player takes on the role of an outlawed gunslinger brought back to live by strange native spirits to find the root of a curse that has befallen the land.
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Unpretentious, plot-driven, bleak and grave.
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- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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God is a GeekLyle CarrDec 20239/10Blood West doesn't pull any punches and is more than happy to kill you over and over again, but it makes overcoming the odds so satisfying.
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Screen RantLeo FaiermanDec 20234.5/5 starsBut perhaps Blood West’s strongest component is its exploration, and the pull to devour every inch of its creepy map design can be reason enough to turn the game into a 30-hour experience or more. The amount of that time spent dying and backtracking are all part of the hellish journey, but the difficulty is balanced such that gamers of all stripes should find enough equipment and upgrades to power their way through. For a combat-heavy horror game, Blood West focuses on the most important details and leaves the rest to rot, and their full release version delivers one of the year's best surprises.
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PlayStation UniverseJohn-Paul JonesOct 20258.5/10A breath of fresh malodorous air, Blood West's take on ponderous demonic murder in a Wild West that is as weird as it is wild feels overdue for a setting that has otherwise stagnated with traditional open world efforts and fairly dunderheaded shooters. Sure, it's a little rough around the edges and the low-poly, retro 90s visuals invariably won't be for everyone, but there's an old-fashioned earnestness to its design and approach to progression that is almost overwhelmingly endearing all the same.
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Niche GamerFingal BelmontOct 20257.5/10Blood West offers flexible, skill-driven mechanics. Whether players approach it with stealthy backstabs or gunslinging headshots, the open-ended levels encourage creative approaches in an imaginative setting with plenty to see and do. It isn’t the most polished or evenly balanced, and the tone can feel more comedic than horror. It feels more like Evil Dead than Bone Tomahawk.
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
- Developer
- Hyperstrange
- Publisher
- New Blood Interactive
- Released
- December 5, 2023
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person
- Engine
- Unity
- Time to beat
- 20 h main story
IGDB rating 8.3/10 from 21 ratings.
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