The upcoming "grim and gritty" twin-stick shooter West of Dead appears to have locked in a release date for Switch. According to the publisher Raw Fury, it's arriving this August - although Nintendo of America's YouTube page narrows down the eShop release date to 5th August.
You'll take control of the dead man William Mason (voiced by Ron Perlman) as you descend into Purgatory (one big procedurally generated hunting grounds). The trailer below shows off multiple scenes from this fast-paced cover shooter.
Here's some backstory, courtesy of Steam:
A place of gun smoke and darkness, sin and damnation, wendigos and witches. A shifting, chaotic world that takes its form from the memories, culture or beliefs of the souls who pass through. When a dead man awakens with only the memory of a figure in black, he sets into motion a chain of events that have truly mythic consequences.
Does this look like your kind of twin-stick shooter? Let us know in the comments.
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Ghost rider am i a joke to you?
For me a twinstick shooter needs dozens-hundreds if not thousands of popcorn enemies rather than enemies that take more than 1 hit to die.
Looks nice but I think we are full of indie games. Noone except Nintendo gives AAA titles anymore for the console. Except some multiplatform cutted versions and remakes.
@Flugen
Stop obsessing over the concept of “AAA” it’s a marketing term that nobody ever heard of until the Xbox 360.
I quite like the look of this, pretty atmospheric.
i'm not seeing anything that couldn't be done in gungeon
I'm as much a (Jimquisition voice) "AAA" gamer as a "Hollywood" movie watcher. I occasionally enjoy a good one, but I much prefer a cheaper, more artistic and creatively free project. This game looks perfect for me. I like Western settings, from Hard West to West of Loathing (but I didn't like RDR2, unlike RD Revolver and RD Redemption before it), and I'm currently playing the Motorhead expansion of Viktor Vran mostly as a gunslinger. It also reminds me of Madworld a bit, and that can't be bad. Both visually (a bit) and the fact that one boss fight was against a rollerskating, poncho-wearing cowboy. Ron Perlman is a bonus point and a half.
Devs keep trying but there is a Geometry Wars/Super Stardust-shaped hole in the Switch’s software library that will never be filled
Half way into the trailer and this is already on my watch list. Love the vibe.
@Flugen what a defeatist way to look at thing. Great games are Great games. Indies and AA are marketing terms that you’ve fallen for.
War, War Never Changes... And neither does Ron Perlman being awesome.
Play the demo a while ago on PC and it's pretty fun, despite my dislike of rogue-likes (even though I've grown to appreciate a few), so I'm keen for this release!
I dont really like this style of twin stick shooter. But I'll take it over any boring AAA game.
Looks like Mike Mignola style (Hellboy comic books)
Visually it looks amazing.
That's super Mignola-esque visuals and I love it. Making me wish it was a B.P.R.D twin-stick but I like the original characters too. Very fitting they got Ron Perlman too in that regard, will definitely pick this one up. Shame it's a rouglelike, just hope it's not one of the ones that uses that as a way to pad out the game.
@Ogbert Exactly what I thought. Perlman got a credit at the start and was expecting Mignola's name to pop up in some capacity through the whole thing... really surprised he's not involved given how heavy the aesthetics borrow from him.
@Grayson_ No No and ...No.
When i say AAA i mean in budget terms, not in fun terms.THAT IS THE TERM OF AN AAA game. Of course I have played games with 0.99 that had more fun than games of 20-25 euros and I accept and respect that. What I am saying is just that i would want more BIG BUDGET games. With all due respect. When a game is made with lets say Unreal Engine, has a group of professional Musicians orchestra, has a lot of graphic designers,3d animators, motion recording etc etc. IT is an AAA game. I have fun even with my Wii or Wii U. I bought a Switch for playing games that have a graphic Quality that is better than those.
@Flugen AAA already has a meaning. You do you but it means budget.
Nice artstyle. This looks pretty cool.
Uh. It didn't come out August 5th.
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