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Fantastic story, writing, humor, and world. Gameplay is great; it's not the main draw, but it is very streamlined and works perfectly for what kind of game it's trying to be.

This game is so funny and I kind of enjoyed that it wasn't a super difficult RPG. It's easy to pick up and hard to put down.

Thinking back, I don't know if I've ever played a funnier game. The first playthough genuinely made me laugh out loud a good amount. The gameplay is rock solid as well, learning to break the hell out of it is super fun too, watch a speedrun if you haven't

A short RPG about stick figures in a comedy western. Not a lot to say about it honestly but it’s a pretty good game despite how it looks, the writing and humor goes a long way in making it memorable and it’s only a few hours so didn’t feel like it was starting to drag on. The turn based combat was easy and nothing special though, but fine for what it was


Got myself stuck playing hard mode where I had no way to continue.

Will probably replay it someday because I really enjoyed what I played.

Silly stick figure game with an even goofier story that I love to bits! :)

A fun little romp that came close to overstaying its welcome but ended just in time

By the same devs behind the classic browser game Kingdom of Loathing, this is a short turn-based RPG that takes place in a comical western setting. The writing is easily the best part of the game, as it's one of the funniest games I've played. Every character, random encounter, conversations, etc. are well worth reading.

Combat is fine, but pretty bare bones. It's your standard turn based battle system with a new coat of paint. Nothing to write home about, but I do have a soft spot for short RPGs that don't waste the players time to hit that 40+ hour mark. (Costume Quest, Penny Arcade games, and others are some of my faves.)

This game was meant to be played multiple times to experience everything. I definitely missed a TON of stuff in my 8 hour play-through so I'll probably play through it again eventually. Definitely recommend this as, once again, some of the most fun & clever writing I've read in a game. ALSO IT'S ONLY LIKE $11.

I don't think this game was made for me. It was good, but, I'm a very boring person, and it seems the humour just didn't hit the right places unfortunately. Not a bad game though! Maybe, check out the reviews of people who are more into this type of thing?

West of Loathing is the kind of game where it's very obvious that they put all their stock into the gags. I mean, every character in the game is a stick figure and the combat is so easy that playing on hard mode is essentially the only way to get a decent challenge out of it.

And the writing and quests are fun, at first. They're clever, cute little romps that usually put a smile on my face and made me chuckle. The problem is that I think the game is too long and complex for something not taking itself seriously: for all the gags of "oh look, this necromancer facility is actually a place you can make chocolate using their chemical stand lmao," it still has puzzles and challenges that require you to either write specific, mission-critical details (that are usually hidden in a paragraph of jokes) down to remember them, or you simply ignore it and try to brute force everything and get unsatisfying conclusions.

So when you couple the fact that eventually the game's biggest strength (the writing) becomes grating after a while, there's not really any reason to keep going. When it all becomes more tiring to figure out what the game wants from you than to enjoy the ride, you're better off just shooting straight for the ending. There's very little reason to replay it, as well, considering there aren't even really "evil" options or ways to do quests differently.

one of the only games ive ever played that succeeds in being funny. but outside of the writing and visual gags, theres not a whole lot here. the rpg mechanics are only really there to put some meat on the game, and thus are pretty shallow.

Effective humor in video games is so rare making it such a pleasant treat when something hits just right. West of Loathing is packed with smart comedy (along with some lowbrow) and the majority of it is quality. It's oozing with creativity and its art style honestly works in its favor, hearkening to XKCD or simpler days of internet comics. I wasn't the largest fan of the battle system, as it was a little bit basic and wasn't really what I was interested in, but it was still fun enough to break up the more adventure game elements.

Funny game, shame about the dev

可能是惟一一款看主角走路都能让人笑抽的游戏。

red dead redemption if it was good

An RPG that is full of humour. Ultimately, the sheer amount of dialogue and side-quests goes against it here, as it becomes hard to track what you were doing over multiple play-sessions.

It would be unfair to mark down an RPG for being too in-depth and I do remember my time with this game vividly and quite fondly, but I don't want to have to keep notes of the game I'm playing so I am marking it down anyway.

Recommended, just maybe come prepared with a notepad.

Going from KoL to this is like seeing a kid grow up to be an adult with poor trigger discipline

This game was a fucking blast. It has some of the cleverest game and quest design I've seen in an RPG. It has quests that will blow your mind and make you cackle with how off-kilter and surprising the connections are. I could go on for hours about the individual quests and how awesome they are but there are just too many. It is short and sweet, but you could play this game for 100 hours and still have more to see. The combat does suck tho.

"When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk." A nebo naopak mluvte dokud nevymluvíte protistraně díru do hlavy. West of Loathing se dá lehce odbít přirovnáním k southparkovským RPGčkům Stick of Truth/Fractured But Whole. Má s nimi společnou strukturu i mechanismy skrze adventurnější průzkum světa versus tahové JRPG like souboje, simplicitní (ovšem koncepčně absolutně dotaženou) vizuální stylizaci i to, že pod parodicko-satirickým odlehčeným hávem se skrývá regulérní RPG. Akorát tam, kde si druzí dva jmenovaní berou na paškál především fantasy/superhrdinská klišé, tak tam první jmenovaný operuje (nejen) s westernem, který je ve hrách stále spíše pole neorané; a v RPG žánru pak tuplem.

Jak již bylo naznačeno v úvodu, tak nejednu situaci můžete řešit konfliktem či disputací na ostré nože. A pro první průchod hrou, který při plnění všeho zabere cca třináct hodin, doporučím druhé jmenované. Ne snad že by to bylo lehčí či že by zdejší soubojový systém nebyl zábavný (byť je časem poněkud jednotvárný a po několika hodinách se přejí; až na několik tužších soubojů), ale proto, že si při něm ještě mnohem více užijete hlavní devizu hry. Humor. Ten je sice ve hře od úvodního menu přes popisy předmětů až po dialogy, ale nejvíce vynikne právě v dialogových přestřelkách.

Autoři se ani nesnaží o humory na sílu a za každou cenu, což nemálo zarazí s ohledem na to, že je všudypřítomný. Převážně se to drží v mantinelech chytré i hravé práce s žánrovými westernově-rpgčkovými klišé. Většina humorů však stojí čistě na textech a v tom má tento titul velkou výhru; jeho autoři umějí psát úderné dialogy i popisy (angličtina tu rozhodně není z nejtěžších, ale hodně sází na různé významy slov, řčení, slovní hrátky apod.), které jsou opravdu vtipné. Zdá se to jednoduché a samozřejmé, přesto devětadevadesát procent titulů, které by rovněž chtěly být tuze moc vtipné, toto neumí ani zpola tak dobře. Co zpola, ze třetiny. Záhy jsem se tedy přistihl, že se culím celou dobu a bezpočtukrát se i rozesmál až k slzám.

Tolik ke stylu hraní a humoru, ovšem to nejsem ani zdaleka jediné klady. Dalším nepřehlédnutelným je hravost a nápaditost jednotlivých lokací. Čekají na vás tucty a tucty lokací, z nichž většina je unikátní a s vlastním nápadem. Kupříkladu se budete snažit lapit gang v Potěmkinově vesnici, která jednak plně dostává svému "názvu" a druhak tím umožňuje jeden puzzle využívající tradiční westernově-groteskové klišé, čeká na vás také überbyrokratické městečko duchů, kde budete běhat od jednoho formuláře pro druhý, získávat razítka, povolení apod. A to nejsou ani ty nejpamátnější lokace, takových tu je přehršel.

Přesto to zápory samozřejmě má. Soubojový systém, který se díky malé výzvě časem stane čistě rutinním, jsem již zmínilh. Horší však je finální akt, kde na velké ploše je jen minimum lokací, což zarazí speciálně s ohledem na to, kolik toho na stejný/menší prostor nabídly první dvě. Ani se zde nerozjede mnoho nových questů a vesměs jde o pokračování již započatých. Ovšem zdaleka nejvíce znát je to na hlavním linii, která má tak nebývale utnuté vyvrcholení, že nad tím kroutím hlavou i po dvou dohráních. Právě kvůli utnutí a prázdné mapě finální akt působí jakoby tvůrcům došel čas, finance či prostě jen nápady, rozhodně však ne jako něco, co je hotové a dodělané.

V kostce se tedy dá říci, že "konec špatný všechno špatné aneb jak pětihvězdičkové záležitosti finálním aktem nohy nedušínovsky podkopnout". Ovšem je to v nadsázce, protože ani onen nedůstojný závěr nepřebije fakt, že tak konstantně vtipnou a hravou záležitost se vám nepoštěstí hrát každý rok.

Your mileage may very but this is one of the funniest games I’ve played. That’s the main selling point of the game, the combat is not well balanced and the art style is intentionally limited.

I had heard good things about this game, specifically its humor. The humor did not do it for me. The RPG elements of the game were uninspiring. I think it has its charm, but I didn't want to spend more time on it when there are other games I would much rather play.


This review contains spoilers

Such a delightful and elegant RPG about my guy ARSTON “Sneaky” MARSTON leaves his hole all the way to the West, visiting Dirtwater and Breadwood and Frisco. I ain’t gon lie, I ain’t even know I beat the game, after beating the train, I ain’t even know that was it.

The game was a fun EASY GOING RPG, easy combat, easy leveling up, goofy writing, random perks and hats you can wear. Everything is black and white and it got a color blind mode and i randomly got a book about walking stupid. The whole game was a random fun adventure that I spent way too much time riding on my crazy eyed horse and CRAZY PETE.

5h
ARSTON “SNEAKY” MARSTON the BEANSLINGER (I learned all the beancraft)
CRAZY PETE (he boosted my stats like crazy)
CRAAAZY the WEIRD EYED HORSE
MUSCLE 41 / MYSTICALITY 48 / MOXIE 21
+3 POISON, SOMETHING ABOUT SPELL DMAAGE AND I RECOVER LIKE 15 HEALTH
UHHH bunch a random other stuff

I just found out there’s a sequel…

The game is just great silly fun don't go in expecting anything crazy but the game itself is pretty comedic and just a great experience

This review contains spoilers

My expectations were very low for this game. I saw a steam review describe it as a new Vegas sequel. And I like that take. The writing is shockingly sharp and funny. I took Doc Alice as my partner and her deep sadness and passion to kill off the necromancer really carried the game. The main plot not so much. As funny as the spitoons are, I wish more parts of the actual main plot got the level of dialogue that the demon circus and ghost bureaucrat town got.

The combat was lame. I spammed the same beanslinger moves the whole game.

Being able to watch the final cutscene early was lame. I really didn’t think the theater would actually show you the final cutscene. The game could’ve stood to have a more final way to end it.

Funny af. More games should be like this. But battles are okay