Weird West Patch Will Add Reputation Tab, 60 FPS On Xbox, And New Weapon Perks

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It's been a few months since Weird West's debut, and while the game was generally well received, there were a few complaints from reviewers. Real-time shootouts were sometimes more hectic than a player could effectively deal with, while keeping track of everyone who wanted your head required an out-of-game notebook.

Developer WolfEye Studios has been carefully listening to criticism, and now that Weird West's technical issues have largely been solved, it's time to address those concerns in a big way. Update 1.03 was just previewed on Steam, promising to add new features like weapon perks, a reputation tab, aiming options, companion AI improvements, a new game progression system, and hardware optimizations.

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We’ll start with the random perks that are revamping Weird West’s loot system. Starting in update 1.03, "each weapon you find in the world has a low chance of having a random perk attached to it, such as, but not limited to, increasing critical damage against non-human creatures, a chance to poison enemies, the ability to ignore some of the target armor, and more." This new change adds a looter-shooter element to Weird West that promises to make random loot drops more exciting.

The new reputation tab is another exciting development that lets players keep track of Vendettas and Friends for Life for both themselves and their entire Posse. Keeping track of Weird West’s complex social system used to require its own dedicated spreadsheet, so this is a welcome change.

One of the few criticisms of Weird West’s gameplay was its real-time shootouts, which often could leave the player more than a little overwhelmed. To give players an edge. A new Aiming Accuracy