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Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!
Blood West is a fps, open world and western game
developed by Hyperstrange
and published by New Blood Interactive .
Released on December 05th 2023 is available only on Windows
in 5 languages: English, German, Polish, Russian and Hungarian.
It has received 4,644 reviews of which 4,197 were positive and 447 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 12.49€ on Steam with a 50% discount.
The Steam community has classified Blood West into these genres:
System requirements
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit or later
- Processor: Intel Core i5-7500 or Equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Additional Notes: I LIVE AGAIN.
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Blood West is a STALKER-like FPS, with a light Immersive Sim bent. It's a fun, heart-pounding time. But some structural elements bring it down, and it is by no means for everyone. Combat is slow and deadly. Reload times are painfully long. The game STRONGLY incentives stealthy takedowns with silent weapons like melee and bows. The game introduces a "stealth bar" that fills up to show how alert an enemy is. Nothing ground-breaking, but by being very forth-coming with the stealth mechanics, the player is empowered to make much more informed decisions about movement and positioning than your average stealth game. Combat itself is satisfying and crunchy, but the checkpoint system is frustrating and makes me not want to engage with the enemy at all. Basically, you have no quick-saves and quick-loads. You die, and you're sent back to the checkpoint, of which there is usually a single one, sometimes a LONG walk back to where you were. Additionally, you are not reverted to your last save, you respawn, having used up your limited ammo and potions. While, thankfully, only some monsters respawn when you die, this makes death feel like a massive set back, and makes it foolish to use any of your consumables or ammunition, since they just get flushed away forever. Making death EVEN MORE punishing is a debuff that you get when you die. These range from, pretty small and forgettable, to big deals like a big cut to your stamina or health. The same debuff can get applied three times, where only THEN are you able to take on a quest to get rid of it. I'm explaining all this not because I think it makes the game terrible, but because I know a lot of people would absolutely hate these punishments. But if you're a glutton for punishment, and the idea of a STALKER western with big open levels and exploration appeals to you, you'll probably have a great time. Just be aware this game likes to be a jerk to the player, and I could handle the antagonistic design for the first two episodes, but ended up tapping out in the third, as the game introduced some more and more tricky enemies
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Blood West is great! It's a stealth horror western with some immersive sim and rpg elements. Enemies are not very smart so you can toy with their AI a bit. There is a pretty big roster of different monsters and creatures to fight, almost everyone of them look gruesome and attack deadly. Maps are huge and filled with secrets, level design is interesting. Guns are also loud and fun to use.
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Honestly one of the coolest games I've ever played. Very challenging at the begining but after you learn the mechanics it gets really fun to play. + For the world-building and atmosphere that is so well done. Can't wait for the DLC.
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TLDR: Loved it. It's a single player, FPP stealth with some RPG mechanics sprinkled in. Easy recommendation if you like stealth games and you're in for a bit of a challenge. Most of the time you'll be skulking around the map, scavenging for resources and eliminating enemies along the way. Character progression is earned through unlockable perks + the weapons and artifacts in your possesion. Clues, under the form of logs lying around, will add flavour and guide you to quest items and artifacts/weapons. Scattered around the region there are a few characters essentially serving as vendors and quest givers, they are quite "mono-dimensional" but the voice acting is good enough. At the end of each map (quite big maps actually, the game calls it regions) you'll need to kill a boss to pass on to the next. Plenty of weapons with good variety in terms of stats and features. Great western-horror atmosphere and overall art style. Stephen Russell voicing the protagonist is a big plus in my book. I'd like to point out that, albeit well balanced, this is a moderately hard game. Not everything is well explained. At the start of each region the new enemies will be more powerful than the previously encountered foes, you'll find yourself outgunned until you'll acquire the next tier of weapons and artifacts. This will force you to change your playstyle and experiment a bit. While i didn't mind these sudden shifts in gameplay terms, it means that you won't be able to lean hard on a specific playstyle. Speaking of difficulty, there's a unique death mechanic: every time you die, unless you have a specific consumable "enabled" you'll get a flaw. These flaw are essentially debuffs, that will get stronger with each death. There is a way to get rid of these debuffs, so i didn't mind it too much but if you're having a hard time with the game, it makes it harder to recover, especially since there is no difficulty setting. In conclusion i want to underline that this game is very well polished. In conclusion I'd say that the devs love for the craft is apparent, therefore they earned themselves a fan. Will gladly buy any future DLC or game.
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Skin is the prison of the soul! Blood West is a survival horror immersive sim in a weird west setting that never leans too hard into either game genre. This can be disappointing to some, but despite that the game honks. Set across 3 chapters and maps, Blood West is a bigger game than first glance. Once you get the first map you might be a bit disappointed at the size of the level, but as you explore you quickly learn it is deceptively big, with lots of tunnels, caves, towns, and more to explore. The level design is reminiscent of the best in the immersive sim genre, however it ultimately falls a bit flat with the intricate level design being meaningless. Yes, there are multiple paths through a level, but it is never guided by the skills I choose or how I play the game like the best immersive sims. Despite that I enjoyed thoroughly exploring all 3 maps and every zone within the maps. Finding new weapons, ammo, potions, and talismans kept it rewarding. The combat is quite intense at first and things can quickly get out of hand throughout the entire game, but the enemy AI is easily gamed. Regardless, sneaking around to stab someone in the head or landing headshots with a punchy revolve always felt incredibly good. If you aren't scouring every inch of the map ammo might become scarce and you're forced to sneak and stab. There is a good variety of enemies, a good number of them being re-skins/modified enemies from the first chapter, but I never got bored fighting them even with the AI issues. The inventory system could be handled better. The survival horror inspiration is evident, but things like windows not being on a consistent side, having to run back to your stash, and auto sort only working in the main backpack was frustrating. The inventory management/ammo scarcity is a good idea, but there's so much ammo in each map it doesn't reach it's full potential. This is where the game falls flat in terms of its survival horror inspiration. On the subject of survival horror, the game isn't scary! Blood West is obviously horror themed with ghouls, monsters, and demons, but the game lacks scares. I don't necessarily think the developer was going for scares, but I think the game would have benefited from some more tension. While this review is full of criticism, I really enjoyed Blood West. The gunplay felt good, the gameplay loop was satisfying, and the art style was great. Don't go into this game expecting a super deep or well written story. If you're into horror themed westerns and maybe are a bit intimidated by survival horror or immersive sims, Blood West is a great starting place.
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Online players
57
Developer
Hyperstrange
Publisher
New Blood Interactive
Release
05 Dec 2023
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