Weird West: Definitive Edition - top-down immersive sim action-RPG from Arkane founder Raf Colantonio

[Wirdschowerdn]

 

[kangaxx]

I'm tentatively really looking forward to this.

 

[Infinitron]

Also on GOG: https://af.gog.com/game/weird_west?as=1649904300

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1097350/view/3088899947850496059

Weird West Rides Toward a January 11th Launch

Hi everyone!
WolfEye and our slack-jawed deputy Devolver Digital have decided to announce that our upcoming action RPG experience set within a surreal vision of the developing frontier, Weird West, is launching on January 11th.

With that announcement out of the way, we are ready to open pre-orders now! As a bonus to all of you who decide to support us early on, we will furnish you with a horse named Calamity.

Calamity is a dependable mule that provides leg up at the beginning of their adventures by doubling your inventory size, allowing you to escape locations even if enemies are chasing you, and faster travel to avoid missing out on timed objectives. Calamity’s saddlebags will also be stocked up with essential items, including lockpicks, bandages, tools and a Golden Ace of Spades upgrade token.

Coinciding with this news, we have released the first part of a brand new video series which sees WolfEye Studios creative director Raf Colantonio walk through an overview of the game in the first of a series of deeper dive videos. Check it out below.

 

[serch]

I hate nowaday ARPG dying systems, much more prefer saving (at fixed points, events or exiting game) and reloading (Diablo 1). I wonder what they did here, but not holding my breath

 

[Belegarsson]

God, I wanna board team Raf but the game is more expensive than Age of Empires 4 in my country :/

 

[Roguey]

I hate nowaday ARPG dying systems, much more prefer saving (at fixed points, events or exiting game) and reloading (Diablo 1). I wonder what they did here, but not holding my breath

Already discussed earlier in the thread. No reloading, you respawn on death.

As an immersive sim, Weird West doesn’t allow players to travel backward in time or undo any action, even if it resulted in the death of a compatriot, the ire of an entire village or a failed mission. Players can die in the game, but anything that happened before death will remain true at respawn. Time marches on.

 

[serch]

Already discussed earlier in the thread. No reloading, you respawn on death.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Looks a bit like a dumbed down blend of Desperados 2 and Diablo.

Waiting for proper previews.

Also it can't be an immersive sim 'cause nothing's hidden in iso view.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Hate the art style.

Probably wouldn't look as bad without the obnoxious outlines, I always turned that crap off in Borderlands games.


Looks like Hard West will remain my favorite western-themed RPG.

 

[Ismaul]

Probably wouldn't look as bad without the obnoxious outlines, I always turned that crap off in Borderlands games.

It's the "drawn" look, like from a comic. It's not automatically terrible IMO, it's a stylized presentation rather than realistic, but it really depends on how it looks in motion.

 

[Roguey]

It's a real time game, so immediate readability is important.

 

[Ismaul]

It's a real time game, so immediate readability is important.

And do you mean having outlines makes everything more immediately readable, or less?

IMO it depends on execution, which is why I think we need to wait until we see it in motion, in a bigger format than small twitter clips.

 

[Roguey]

It's a real time game, so immediate readability is important.

And do you mean having outlines makes everything more immediately readable, or less?

IMO it depends on execution, which is why I think we need to wait until we see it in motion, in a bigger format than small twitter clips.

Outlines make things more readable.

Also there are hd videos on youtube where you can see for yourself https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...ming-january-11th.130814/page-13#post-7573582

 

[Ismaul]

Also there are hd videos on youtube where you can see for yourself

Yeah, looks pretty readable.

 

[JDR13]

I love the setting, but I hate that they went with an isometric view here. I'd rather be closer to the action for something like this.

 

[kangaxx]

God, I wanna board team Raf but the game is more expensive than Age of Empires 4 in my country :/

It'll probably be better. It'll certainly show you something different, whereas AOE sounds like a cash in.

 

[kangaxx]

Looks a bit like a dumbed down blend of Desperados 2 and Diablo.

Waiting for proper previews.

Also it can't be an immersive sim 'cause nothing's hidden in iso view.

I'm pretty sure there will be the drawers and cupboards to rifle through that you crave.

 

[vortex]

 

[Infinitron]

Another preview bonanza:

https://www.ign.com/articles/weird-west-first-hands-on-former-arkane-developers
https://www.pcinvasion.com/weird-west-preview/
https://cogconnected.com/preview/weird-west-preview/
https://www.gamespew.com/2021/11/weird-west-preview/
https://techraptor.net/gaming/previews/weird-west-is-rough-but-packs-some-heat
https://www.well-played.com.au/weird-west-preview-redead-nightmare/
https://www.pcgamer.com/weird-west-hands-on-preview/
https://www.gamingbible.co.uk/featu...-are-out-sarky-cursed-statues-are-in-20211101
https://press-start.com.au/previews/2021/11/02/weird-west-preview-a-dustland-fairytale/
https://screenrant.com/weird-west-game-preview/
https://monstervine.com/2021/11/weird-west-preview-the-good-the-bad-and-the-weird/
https://www.shacknews.com/article/127438/weird-west-hands-on-preview-cowboys-and-cosmic-horrors
https://www.gamesradar.com/weird-west-hands-on-preview-wolfeye-studios/
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/weird-west-is-a-smooth-smooth-ride-through-a-rough-rough-place
https://www.gameinformer.com/preview/2021/11/01/hands-on-with-weird-west-a-frontier-worth-exploring
https://eip.gg/news/weird-west-first-impressions/
https://www.heypoorplayer.com/2021/11/01/weird-west-takes-cowboys-into-a-dark-fantasy-nightmare/
https://www.gameonaus.com/general-gaming/weird-west-a-hands-on-preview/

 

[Roguey]

Weird West doesn't overburden the player with a progression system. You won't spend hours staring at a character sheet redepositing talent points. Instead, I found troves of purple "Nimp Relics" on my journey, stashed away like Zelda chests, which could be spent to unlock a variety of special powers. Within a few hours of play, my bounty hunter could lay down shrapnel mines, fasten a silencer to her rifle, and chuck the bottles and crates she found lingering around the arenas at a terminal velocity. You also uncover the occasional Golden Ace of Spades that are cashed into a perk system for some more conventional bonuses — faster reload speeds, more max health, and so on. It's possible to minmax out an impeccable build in Weird West, but thankfully, nobody will have to calculate any percentages.

Warren Spector would approve.

The gunplay is visceral, but the controls could be a little tighter. A number of my firefights devolved into both sides circle-strafing around each other, waiting for someone's health to drop to zero, which doesn't encapsulate the high-minded tactical flair that Wolfeye is going for.

That sounds about right.

 

[agris]

Weird West doesn't overburden the player with a progression system.

I feel a bit like the The Wall saying this, but surely this is a sign of the decline of western civilization. The burden of a progression system. Holding within one's mind a conceptual framework that is the game's rules and mechanics, and building your character within that framework, is burdensome.

 

[Roguey]

I feel a bit like the The Wall saying this, but surely this is a sign of the decline of western civilization. The burden of a progression system. Holding within one's mind a conceptual framework that is the game's rules and mechanics, and building your character within that framework, is burdensome.

It's the Warren Spector school of design https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...ted-posts-allowed.57009/page-441#post-2371746

Spending a lot of time fiddling with crap in menus like some nerd = not ideal. For real-time action games like this, I can understand why they chose this as a design goal. Turn based, real time with pause? Fiddle away.

 

[ADL]

I don't want to watch game journos play immersive sims. Arkane had the right idea with their Death of the Outsider marketing campaign. Shame they didn't do it again with Deathloop.

Give stealthgamerbr access right now.

I just checked his twitter, this dude can make anything look fun.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

It's official: Banal Boring Shit.

Nice setting though.

 

[cyborgboy95]