That setup only really exists as a justification for introducing a range of monsters that you get to fight using era-appropriate weapons – it could have just easily been zombies or aliens.
It’s a silly game, and it knows it, often revelling in its love for man-on-monster violence. Set in an alternate version of America’s wild west frontier lands, the story follows a secretive vampire-hunting order that has been dealing with an evolving threat for generations, while the government covers up their discoveries as viral outbreaks. Evil West is an old-school action game that blends melee combat with firearms a hybrid you don’t often see in the modern era. I thought about that interview as I played Evil West, the new game from the shooter masters at Polish studio, Flying Wild Hog. Their impassionate pleadings question the need for violence, but they’re met with a ridiculing, frustrated: “Because it’s so much fun, Jan. There’s an early 2000s interview with director Quentin Tarantino in which a conservative pundit berates him about the level of gruesome violence in his movies.
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