The genre of third-person action games reached its peak two generations ago, when great games like Gears of War, Binary Domain or Alpha Protocol, among many other examples, came to Xbox 360. However, since then , it seems that the genre has been losing exponents over the years due to other more popular genres today, such as Souls-like.
However, the people of Flying Wild Hog seem to want to remedy this, as the studio tries to offer a third-person gaming experience similar to what was seen a few years ago, but with frenetic action everywhere, with Evil West. Recently we have been able to have access to the game, and that is why today we bring you our first impressions of evil west.
non-stop action
Precisely following the path marked by some of the references mentioned above, Evil West offers us a very similar game in terms of the construction of its environment. The title gives us an adventure in which linear scenarios are a trademarkbeing able to find some secret areas if we investigate well the surroundings of the stage, remembering what is also seen in games like Devil May Cry.
However, the game will not only propose us to advance as if it were an elephant entering a china shop. Also a series of puzzles will be present that we will have to solve to activate certain parts of the stage, such as an elevator or the tracks of some forklifts, and that have left a good taste in our mouths, although it will be necessary to see how common and elaborate they end up being in the final version.
But if someone is interested in Evil West it will not be because of its structure, but because of the action it offers us. The title ingeniously mixes the parts third person shooter and the hand-to-hand combat in the confrontations that we will have against our enemies. Although it is true that we consider that the shooter aspect is a little better achieved, the melee movements also offer a satisfactory sensation at the controls.
As you will already know if you have seen any trailer of the title, powers will be present in the work of Flying Wild Hog, among which we can use blocks, hooks or electrifying shots, with which in addition to knocking out our enemies, we will also apply a greater amount of damage to them. Throughout the adventure we will be able to unlock new ones of these powers, which far from being acquired only through the typical skills purchase menu (which is also present), it will be necessary that we previously find them throughout the stage.
This causes the combat system is quite deep in these first hours of the game (although it remains to be seen if it increases over time), and makes us find ourselves before a title with a really frenetic and fun combat system, where we can combine the use of our fists and canyons, which causes truly spectacular postcards at certain times.
As for the enemies, in these first impressions of Evil West we can say that they will be a challenge. In addition to finding more than enough variety, there will be times when we will have to face quite numerous hordes, with enemies that will attack us in all possible ways. However, it should be noted that there have been occasions where this has caused we have some other problem with the camera.
A devilish western
Evil West is set in a dystopian old west, where the demons will try to invade America. This decision causes us to find ourselves before a title that, despite not having the best graphic finish we have seen, enters very well through the eyes. The steampunk setting is fantastically achieved, with some scenarios that offer us a really disturbing and wild aesthetic finish, which will cause us to have some fantastic prints of its scenarios.
As we have commented, the game is not an exponent in the technical aspect, but the truth is that it has worked quite stable, despite having hardware that is already in need of an update (these impressions of Evil West are being written relative to its PC version, with a GTX 1070 playing high in 4K). In addition, we must add a sound section that we liked a lot in this first contact, with a dubbing that suits the protagonist like a glove, and a soundtrack that can give the occasional fantastic moment.
Now, all that remains is to wait for next November 22 so that we can definitively test this Evil West, which a priori seems to be one of the great surprises of the year, as far as action and adventure games are concerned.