Tag: West of Dead
West of Dead review: Unfinished business
West of Dead has everything it needs to succeed, and yet it remains stuck in its own little limbo - forever moving forward but never getting anywhere.
The roguelike genre is on fire. It presents indie developers with a priceless opportunity to take a familiar and beloved formula, and use it to innovate with new mechanics, stories, and settings. We've...
West of Dead beta takes you to hell, and you’ll never want to leave
West of Dead, the twin-stick roguelike shooter by developer Upstream Arcade and publisher Raw Fury, is now in open beta on PC and Xbox One.
The game takes you to the grim and gritty world of Purgatory, where you step into the shoes of dead man William Mason. Why you're there, and where "there" is, are unclear - all we know is that...
West of Dead takes us to a Wild West Purgatory with Ron Perlman
West of Dead is a procedurally-generated supernatural twin-stick shooter, starring none other than Ron Perlman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asBRKYTqG5g
As Ron Perlman (or William Mason if you insist on using the character's actual name) you'll stride through Purgatory, Wyoming, and gun down lost souls. It's still unclear why you're shooting everything that moves, but it makes some sense in a Wild West setting.
But we...