Evil West (Zero Punctuation)
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Oh this oughtta be good
The player on the site for me shows some destructoid video with some other clickable videos under it but no way to get the latest zp.
@@rafaelq.3392 The troubleshooting guide on the site mentions it might not load for several reasons. I have to use an Incognito tab for it to load, or otherwise watch it on mobile. It's been like this for several months.
I’m glad I’m not the only one. This game won me over. It’s super linear, super contrived, does absolutely nothing new, but it’s just a simple straightforward game about cartoonishly grizzled cowboys punching the shit out of vampire monsters and it doesnt try to be anything else. Its short and sweet, a bit broken and janky, but I had a lot of fun with it.
About how many hours is it supposed be? Does it feel like it's worth it? I'm interested in and it is on sale on the PS Store already (and at 20% as well). I'm in the mood of some mindless fun to break up all the FromSoftware darkness and difficulty.
@@SolaScientia 10-15 hr. The higher difficulties are very hard but not unfair
It was the most average game I think I've ever played, so average in absolutely everyway. Combat was fun until you figure out that if you get the right skills you can do nothing but lightning dash enemies repeatedly to rapidly build up your super ability and then just clear everything out. If there isn't boss enemies you don't even have to dodge, the lightning punch combo makes you immune to stuns and almost every enemy drops health so you can just heal through everything, on normal at least. Very boring
Some times doing old things well is all that you need to do, not all games need to be a revolution in gaming.
@@mdd4296 Doesn't sound too bad then and I'm glad the higher difficulties are still balanced and fair. Some games just make the enemies harder without trying to balance anything else on high difficulties.
The least believable thing about this vampire hunting game is the protagonist wearing all that leather in Arizona. He'd be dead in minutes.
A leather shop? In Arizona? Are you insane you’d be out of business in months the market is far too oversaturated
@@bootmanbill2362 I'm guess that they don't stock leather quite that heavy?
The second least believable thing is that vampires would want to set up shop in Arizona.
Unless they're in southern Arizona. It's not as hot down here.
There is like a 3 week period in like April that he'd be fine though.
“I haven’t even gotten to the facetious made up example”
Tremendous line. Literal lol
Haven't played it so I don't know if you get a hedge trimmer, so he basically got through 16 or 17 types of attacks before he could make one up.
I got half way through the game, needed a crossbow and started looking for one. I already had it. I forgot due to the pistol, rifle, shotgun, flame thrower, holy shockwave and the ten melee attacks. Don't worry, I went on to get even more weapons.
"Jesse Rentier" is German for Jesse Reindeer, so maybe this is secretly a seasonally appropriate Christmas game.
And be released around now... the die hard comparison grows stronger.
How is that name not French?
@@dairoleon2682 i could see it being either one
A rentier is a person who doesn't work and gets money by collecting rent on properties or interest on bonds. The gilded era rich guy Jane Austen wrote novels about.
@@massivepileup Or more broadly, any economic actor who doesn't increase GDP but just scarfs a slice of the pie that others make. Most finance guys, in other words.
Making a multiplayer mode that Yahtz enjoys, or even deigns to try out, is the holy grail of game design.
What about a multiplayer game based on BRTV?
"holy grail"
wow, the bar is LOW
He didn't try it tho...
I disagree
So... Call of Duty BLOPS 4? Because he did review Call of Duty BLOPS 4, even though it had no campaign.
The grease gag got me in a way nothing else has this month.
Went looking for a comment like this the moment I came across the line.
@@chrisham3781Wait why is it so funny am I missing something?
Gasoline Tasting got me
Surprisingly positive review. Sounds like there has been a lack of suits managing this game.
Where are all the focus group analyzes and profit engineers? What about that battle pass and miniature transactions! (Miniature are much better than micro, their size for one)
Lacking those Cockthroats is probably what brings new AAA games era for this Cockthroats.
Evil West is basically everything that it was advertised as and nothing more. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Honesty in advertising? Jinkies, I thought they'd made that illegal!
It's literally exactly what I wanted. To the point where I thought to myself early on "This game would be really fun with a parry mechanic," and then right on cue you get a parry.
If... what if the wild west but vampires and punching then I don't know.
No it is in fact a good thing, one that many other devs/publishers should pay attention to
Being able to go into a third person shooter and play it like it's a watered down Devil May Cry was surprisingly fun. actually love this game
More like watered down Bayonetta cause of the ol "Everything, especially the kitchen sink" vibe with the attack selection.
No one realises just how effective the "Angry Cat In A Bag" move really is. Under appreciated but, wow what a rush!!!
Right as Yahtzee said "janky and unrefined," I got a huge audio stutter. I thought it was a great joke until I realized my PC was crashing.
Hahaha that narration about majestic button prompts was great. Just shen you get home from a day at the office its these small moments that makes the evening start out great.
Another ZP that makes me want to play a game I've never heard of.
You should. Buy it as a "Christmas gift to myself" and give ut a go. Just be sure to get the patch downloaded.
I bought it last night, it's good fun. Yahtzee nailed it with the xbox360 comparison - it plays like the character action games I fondly remember from that era, but with a solid frame rate and a few modern design considerations and conveniences. It's SO videogame-y, so silly and brash and dumb ... it's just easy to enjoy, meat-and-potatoes gaming fun.
Its just great, mindless God of War-esque combat where you beat the shit out of bloodthirsty vampires for 10-12 hours
In other words, it is the game 'The Order 1888' should have been.
If The Order 1886 was led by actual game developers and not amateur filmmakers who only comprehend "press buttons is computer movie gamesing".
“I was having fun against my will”
That is exactly my thoughts on this game!
Sometimes you want a 5 star meal. Sometimes you want Taco Bell. Evil West felt like the Taco Bell of games.
Taco Bell now or Taco Bell in demolition man?
As much as it's the typical Yahtzee sass, I appreciate a cowboy game interchanging the english and french pronunciation of things. Makes sense given how much french involvement there was over there.
Soon we'll have the top 5 good, bad and bland, so excited!
Already out
This is the funniest review in a while.
Two thumbs up for the review and five thumbs up for the Blazing Saddles reference in the credits, tbh
THE SHERIFF IS A
@@JJAB91 He said the sheriff is near!
I'm concerned with your biology now
Van Helsing is a criminally underrated action flick.
And top-down dungeon crawler
Well it's pretty fun but I'd say if it's rated as "OK" it's exactly right
@@armelior4610 It's bad in all the right ways.
Nah. Pretty sure criminals accurately rate it as mediocre.
I loved the part where the thing knocked him down and then he got back up, but then it knocked him back down and then he got up again.
Y'know, the _entire movie._
Maybe it's just me but there's something about an earnest 7/10 games that makes them incredibly endearing.
I'm talking about games like this. Ones that shoot for the fences, maybe in spite of their budget, and end up being good but jankey.
I think this is going to be the first time in several years that Yahtzee struggles to narrow his "best games" down to just five. I feel like he's enjoyed/recommended a lot more games than he normally does. It must have been a strong year.
Part of that possibly comes down to things delayed by the pandemic; I think there's just been overall more releases this year
3:35 Love this part so much. "I haven't even gotten to the made up examples yet!!"
That final "nope" killed me in a way I haven't felt in years. A unique feral laughter that can only come about from childhood Me's hatred of multiplayer games pushed through the filter of modern gaming standards
I also had fun against my will 😂 Like so MUCH FUN I was texting the friends I used to play PS2 games with to tell them how much schlocky fun I was having between chugs of Mountain Dew. Sometimes I just want to play a game that doesn’t mean anything, but also isn’t super offensive and isn’t for tiny little babies. This games is basically that and it was scratched an itch I didn’t know I had.
4:53 rare mouth
Looks like a bowling ball tbh
I've been watching Escapist for so long, I just got jarred back to reality. Most youtubers don't write positive reviews like this anymore because the second you say anything negative, even if you like the media, you get a firestorm in the comments
I was so hyped for The Callisto Protocol but then Evil West showed up and I want to play it so much more.
Another top episode, Yahtz. I think someone's earned himself another go on the dolphin.
1:16 Thank you, someone else finally acknowledges how Jesse’s last name is pronounced a thousand different ways in this game
You mentioned this and I instantly thought about darkwatch.
It's a game about a cowboy punching vampires in the face with a victorian car battery strapped to his arm. What's not to love?
"I hope it's as good as the last one!"
0:18 imagining the 'take me away' as per Natasha Bedingfield's Pocketful of Sunshine
So, we already live in an age where we forgot that darkwatch existed???
"Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" tussles with Unreal Engine. The announcer yells "FROM THE TOP OF THE CAGE!". The spotlight shines on Darkwatch as he jumps, twisting and spinning. Vampire Hunter and Unreal Engine hold on to each other and scream in terror as Darkwatch elbow drops them, resulting in a massive explosion.....
EVIL WEST
I mean to be fair, it's not like darkwatch got a big name or anything. felt like a game that only those who played it knows about it.
Weirdly, I too was waiting for that reference or some line of dialog such as "Like Darkwatch except without all the controversy on whether to show a quarter-second shot of Tala's bum"
Was one of my most hyped games this year, I'm a sucker for supernatural wild west horror mashups. Finally picked it up this week and am just plain having fun with it. Playing on hard is giving just enough challenge and the game just feels like a total throwback to older level based action games in all the right ways
It's probably not the best game this year, but it's for sure one of the most unapologetically fun and I'm here for that. Sometimes that really is enough.
It’d be fun to have Yahtzee review choo choo Charles. It’s a surprisingly well designed game for something made by one guy
i really like the "weekly gasoline tasting" joke. with the wine glass visuals too. it just hit
0:49 - Shut up, it adds zest!
I appreciate the _Blazing Saddles_ reference on the end card there.
Oh god, I remembered the Tomb Raider 2012-13 and they had multiplayer option. I did it ones and never again.
I had a few decent sessions with it. Like usual it died pretty fast and only had servers going like evenings on weekends for the longest time.
So what am i, chopped liver?
Sincerely: Hard West I-II
And don't forget Dead West, West of Dead, Hell West, Monkey West, Donkey West, Doom West, Broom West, Dread West, Shooty Bang Bang Yeehaw West, and of course the perennial classic, _West West._
This reminds me of the game Darkwatch where you play a squinty eye cowboy train robber who unwittingly unleashes a powerful evil vampire and becomes kind of a vampire himself who can use some vampire powers that have their own unique skill trees 🌳 as in good vampire powers or evil vampire powers.
This video felt to me like the perfect encapsulation of your brand of humor, and I genuinely enjoyed it more then most games I played this year. Then I realized that you've been making videos of this quality or well over a decade, and man, I have to give you props. Remember when the escapist had that one lady... can't remember her name, but she used to makes songs about video games... then out of the blue she made a song about how much she hated you for some reason, and you just posted the entire song to the end of your next video... ahh, good times. Where is she now, I wonder? Only thing I really remember about her was her hairy armpits.
3:33 that's an Echidna!
This sounds like the Remnant: From the Ashes of 2022 and now I have to buy it
The Blazing Saddles line at the end got me giggling and then saying "you know, morons." I've got this one on my wishlist and I do like what I've seen of the first roughly 2 hours of the game. There was one section after they flee the mansion (that was definitely based off the plantation house frequently used in movies, like Forest Gump and Interview with the Vampire) where there's a massive fight with this one tanky boss/mini-boss, and it took ages and definitely showed how damage-spongy enemies can be.
I specifically came to the comments to see if anyone mentioned the Blazing Saddles reference.
@@Hermititis I was hoping more people would have picked up on it. When I watched the vid last week on the Escapist site and I saw line I burst into immediate laughter.
@@Hermititis Yeah, I was kind of expecting that to be what the very last line of end credits, but instead I finally realized I had never known what the name of the actor who played Hammy Dracula in _Van Hellsing_ (2004) was before today. So I am content even if it's nice to see people talk nicely of it and appreciate it for what it actually is, especially given I have seen a distressing amount of certain people--"you know...morons"--completely misread the movie as racist somehow as of late. This when it's *still* one of the most anti-racist movies ever made and without being "preachy" about it either unless other, far lesser movies like _Crash_ and _Bright_ and so on.
This sounds a lot like Bulletstorm, which I haven't thought about it so long I had to stare at my ceiling for five minutes to remember its name
"You gonna try out the multiplayer?" 'Newp!" - Couldn't have said it better.
Submarine crew with Parkinson's 😂🤣 I laughed too hard at that
Weekly arachniphobia roulette time! Say Bill, what are the odds looking like today?
Well gee Bobby, id say a near 30/60 in favor of no tarantula stock image today. But Yathzee has been known to subvert these expectations many times before!
Thanks for that insight Bill,, Now let's go to the stands and watch the performance live!
Lets head down to our referee Maria on the field. Maria, give us the low down on this week's play, did we lose arachniphobia roulette this week? I had bet that we would, and Bill obviously voted against me.
Sorry Bobby, looks like you owe Bill some cash because there was no spider this week! We came close with a cockroach stock image, but no spider.
Haha, I knew I was right! Suck it Bill, and pay up! Anyway folks, tune in next week for more arachniphobia roulette!
I like the cowboy saying “bugger”. Bugger, y’all.
"You Gonna try out the The Multipla-"
"Nope"
Never Change Yahtzee, Never Change
Having played the multiplayer with a friend I have to say, my favorite bug was the few minutes of noir invincibility. Basically I'd died but the game code didn't fully recognize it, so I was able to keep fighting until I froze up completely.
Honestly, spot on. felt like I'd time-warped back to the mid-2000s when I started playing this.
Was that... an approving review from Zero Punctuation? Truly the spirit of Christmas must be in the air!
Thank you Yahtzee for teaching me the word anorak today. Learning is fun lol
About 4:40... just trust me, it's the sound it makes, you'll never believe it. No sound foley tech could ever replicate that sound.
Damn was kinda surprised he enjoyed given how Gman seemed to be disappointed. But this was made by the original developers of Painkiller so they do have a knack making fun games.
3:29 - That's an echidna!
This and Darksiders 3 make me realize there might just be a market for "New game that feels a decade old".
You should totally try High on Life, really curious what you think of it
I love how Yahtzee's stretch back to an old game that was salike this was The Order 1866. I cant help but think of Darkwatch for the original Xbox when i see this game
Good for you Yahtz, it is always fun to watch your begrudgingly like something 😊
Isn't the multiplayer in Evil West actually co-op?
Do they actually have a hedge trimmer? I could see that one being real.
I believe that this game is proof that the PS3 wave of nostalgia is here. I remember the early 2010s being NES/SNES mid 2010s being 64/PS1 and late 2010s being PS2/Xbox. According to the pattern, in 3 or so years time, it will be time for the PS4/Xbone nostalgia, but those consoles are only just starting to die off and they're not even that different from the newest ones.
Yahtzee Croshaw, once more in credits text showing off just what fine tastes he has. Watching the 2004 Van Helsing movie just for Richard Roxburgh's Dracula performance is actually my winter holiday ritual and I commend anyone else who appreciates it even a tiny bit as much as I do.
When I first saw the game, I was excited for it. Then when I played it, I realized it was a ghost train ride and a brawler (that made me have to take breaks from mashing left click so hard). It's still fun and worth the money because for me, it wasn't glitches on launch and things rendered fine.
I hope “angry cat in a bag” becomes a standard in future ridiculous shooter games.
After playing Weird West and Evil West, I started playing Blood West. I think you should make a video about that too. It was a weird Trilogy and I still don't get it to its fullest, but it was fun :o)
Nope at the end was fantastic
Echos of Painkiller here; Yahtzee had.. fun!
The best way to review a game. Put game in, turn on and play for a little bit. Having fun? Keep playing. Doesn't need a lot of deep thought, There is a reason it is called a game. And I had a lot of fun with this one.
God damn the writing on this one is the best I've seen, and I've seen em' all. I couldn't follow about half of it, but that might just be because I'm still drunk from yesterday.
More confusingly I have been playing a game called "Hard West". A turn based tactic game for the switch that is awesome!!!
(Awkward Silence)
(Game): "U... gonna try the multiplayer mode?"
(Yahtzee - Flips finger): "Nope".
It's does little details.
*those
Pretty much my reaction whenever I see "multiplayer" as an option.
Actually I'm pretty sure I don't even notice when they are there. My brain just skips over the word entirely when I see it in game
5:35 Richard Roxburgh being Dracula in Van Helsing.
A fair point tbh but it's still a good movie with the black werewolf being the coolest one in movies.
Reminds me of darkwatch loved that game on the ps2
I literally thought this was a re-release of a Weird West review
Steph Jim Sterling also lauded the game for being a fun experience that's to the point.
Reminds me of the old Darkwatch game.
The desert gets cold Yahtzee.
My take off this week's episode: Yahtzee is pregnant!
Congratulations and Merry Christmas.
"The common clay of the New West...."
Just got the platinum, a damn good time
OK, so this game sounds enough like Darkwatch that I'm going to give it a shot.
Boy even this review felt like it was from a bygone age of zero punctuation.
"I watched that Van Helsing movie just for Richard Roxburgh tbh."
Fair.
Alternate title *Cowboyvania*
Hey! Yahtzee liked my Game of the Year! Nice! It didn't get fantastic reviews, but I don't know why, the combat is pretty much perfect.
Is this a sign we're getting into a 2000’s nostalgia boom? I hope not; I can't get my hopes up for new Bionicle sets.
There’s been a rumor since October that bionicle is returning 2023!
@@SuperSky9 aren't they the same thing? Only the former has grizzled white guys who rub balls on the chins of their enemies while spouting cringy one-liners, while the latter has grizzled white guys who philosophize on the morality of rubbing ballsacks on the chins of enemies while spouting cringy comedic quips. With a side kick that's a child or a protégé of some sort.
Idk, I didn't like the 00's era of gaming mostly. Late 00's at least.
@@SuperSky9 I guess we must've been the victims of some parallel dimension crossover phenomenon, because I can't claim the same for my reality, whatsoever.
Im surprised you didn't compare this to Darkwatch which is a cowboy vampire shooter
You forgot to add to the list of unnecessary but fun moves:
Punting somone in tha face with a dynamite stick, followed by flinging them in to their neighbors barbecue party.
"You going to try out the......NO!!!!!" Fair enough.
I hope Yathzee reviews Ultrakill one day because I'm 99 sure he'll like it
Was that a Blazing Saddles reference!?!? 15/10, no notes
Being someone who loved Darkwatch, will this fill the space?