"An Unholy Union of Stealth-Based FPS and Weird Western Horror" - Blood West Review

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An unholy union of stealth-based FPS and weird western horror works like dynamite in Hyperstrange’s. With the game now releasing after almost two years spent in Early Access, the final version delivers a substantive, often grueling action-RPG experience with some light survival horror elements, all presented in gloriously low-rez 3D. The eye-catching gritty aesthetic pairs beautifully with the macabre country atmosphere, and fans of horror games, challenging Soulslikes, and the classic series (Stephen L. Russell incidently joined the game's voice cast recently) will not be able to tear themselves away.

A lightly animated cutscene introduces the main character, an unnamed dead gunslinger incidentally brought back to the mortal plane by an Indigenous shaman. Nudged onto a path of violent righteousness in this second chance at life, he’ll journey through devastated wild west environs, decrepit towns and spans of wilderness filled with all manner of undead beasts begging to be sent back to the soil.

Limited HP, stamina, and ammo resources secure ’s considerable challenge and survival horror themes, but a healthy armory of special weapons and gear meets the game’s evolving difficulty. Careful stealth is often all but a requirement, along with a vigorous dose of -style inventory management.

kicks off in a dusty gold-rush-era canyon, then moves to a bayou in the second chapter before finishing off in a mountain range. While these biomes represent well-trod territory in games, each chapter is stuffed with content, be they alternate routes and tunnels or run-down wooden structures hiding piles of hidden loot, all surrounded by menacing enemies which slowly repopulate when the player dies. The setting may appear familiar, but