Move over New Vegas, we just found the new GOAT of Western RPGs!
Actually in all seriousness this game, despite being filled to the brim with gags and humor around every corner, is a reasonable RPG. Able to distribute experience points to any stat or skill you want, but you have to be aware of skill checks that'll allow access to easier, more profitable routes through quests and the environments. Even more surprising is that this game is auto-saving all the time with no way to rollback to earlier saves (just like Dark So- GUNSHOTS). There's many instances of permanently getting screwed out of completing a quest or getting valuable items. No joke, I killed a potential party member at the beginning of the game without realizing it. If this sounds brutal and unforgiving, well bare in mind this is a very short game for a RPG. It's meant to be played multiple times to get the most out of it; though I was plenty satisfied with one playthrough. If anything, all these ways of screwing up adds to the charm of this game. As an example, I got permanently kicked out of the circus area for wearing a polka-dot hat, and they also stole that hat from me. It sucked yeah, but tell me if that has ever happened in any other game before. And the game at its base difficulty is nowhere near difficult enough for stuff like that to cause a dead game, just gotta pull up your boot straps and keep on wandering.
Will say, this game made me nostalgic for all those stick man flash games I played as a kid all the time. I like how dopey and crude everyone, and everything, looks. Especially those hellcows. No I'm not making that up, this game is very silly.
I did also try the DLC which is a two hour adventure game based on solving puzzles in the haunted Gun Manor. Did have to look up some solutions, but it was a nice change of pace combing a larger then normal location compared to every other location in the game which are very dense and tiny.
This isn't a "must-have game" if you like RPGs; more of a suggestion if you want a cheap and short game to make you laugh and leave you baffled by its crazy characters and world.
And hats.
Looooot of hats.
Actually in all seriousness this game, despite being filled to the brim with gags and humor around every corner, is a reasonable RPG. Able to distribute experience points to any stat or skill you want, but you have to be aware of skill checks that'll allow access to easier, more profitable routes through quests and the environments. Even more surprising is that this game is auto-saving all the time with no way to rollback to earlier saves (just like Dark So- GUNSHOTS). There's many instances of permanently getting screwed out of completing a quest or getting valuable items. No joke, I killed a potential party member at the beginning of the game without realizing it. If this sounds brutal and unforgiving, well bare in mind this is a very short game for a RPG. It's meant to be played multiple times to get the most out of it; though I was plenty satisfied with one playthrough. If anything, all these ways of screwing up adds to the charm of this game. As an example, I got permanently kicked out of the circus area for wearing a polka-dot hat, and they also stole that hat from me. It sucked yeah, but tell me if that has ever happened in any other game before. And the game at its base difficulty is nowhere near difficult enough for stuff like that to cause a dead game, just gotta pull up your boot straps and keep on wandering.
Will say, this game made me nostalgic for all those stick man flash games I played as a kid all the time. I like how dopey and crude everyone, and everything, looks. Especially those hellcows. No I'm not making that up, this game is very silly.
I did also try the DLC which is a two hour adventure game based on solving puzzles in the haunted Gun Manor. Did have to look up some solutions, but it was a nice change of pace combing a larger then normal location compared to every other location in the game which are very dense and tiny.
This isn't a "must-have game" if you like RPGs; more of a suggestion if you want a cheap and short game to make you laugh and leave you baffled by its crazy characters and world.
And hats.
Looooot of hats.