I’m going to kick-start this community with my favorite Weird West work. Darkwatch had everything I wanted from a Weird Western: a vampire gunslinger shooting monsters at night. Sure, the gameplay could’ve been better (a lot better) but the world-building was so fun I loved it anyway.

I don’t know if I could handle playing the game again today; it got mediocre reviews even when it was released and the game mechanics are even more dated now. But I’ll always have a soft-spot for it and would love a sequel in this world.

Here’s a trailer showing just how ridiculous the game was.

  • Telstarado@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Still love this game. I fire it up on my ps2 emulator every once in a while. Still have a working ps2, but I can crank up the graphics/resolution on the emulator so that it looks better than the original experience. It is pretty dated now and had some silly stuff (like ghost Cassidy as a guide) , but I really enjoyed the core gameplay mechanics and setting.

    Haven’t looked at them in ages but I also have the Art of Darkwatch book and a copy of Heavy Metal magazine that covers the game. There were some cool weird west levels in Red Dead Revolver too.

    • JerichoCross@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I don’t know what you’re talking about. This is just a standard uniform all Darkwatch members wear when hunting monsters.

      Oh. And there’s this…

      Tala was featured as a digital pinup in Playboy’s Girls of Gaming issue in 2006.

      Yeah… definitely a game of its era.