Far Far West is off to a strong start after it hit Steam in early access this week. The co-op shooter from Evil Raptor and publisher Fireshine Games sold more than 250,000 copies in its first 48 hours. It typically costs $20, but there’s a 10 percent launch discount until May 5.
As a robot cowboy, you can play solo or form a squad with up to three friends and go bounty hunting. You’ll hunt down elusive, dangerous targets in order to take them out and scoop up the rewards.
You’ll encounter undead enemies such as skeletons and vultures, as well as haunted mines and ghost trains. There’s an extraction element to this (you can try to complete extra objectives for better rewards), though it seems more along the lines of Helldivers 2 than a more survival-oriented experience like Arc Raiders. You can use your loot to upgrade your loadout with new guns, abilities and spells. You can customize your cowboy and steed too.
I really dig the pixel-art look of 2D hack-and-slash adventure SoulQuest. The animations (which are said to be frame-perfect) in the trailer are super slick, which makes sense given that combat is built around combos of light and heavy attacks. You’ll have magic powers and ultimates at your disposal too.
You play as Alys, a recently widowed warrior who refuses to accept her husband’s fate and sets out to reclaim his soul. A soul quest, if you will. It took the small team at SoulBlade Studio seven years to bring the game to fruition and seven seconds for me to add it to my wishlist.
