Evil West is an upcoming Vampire-slaying title from Focus Entertainment and Flying Wild Hog, and will be released on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. As we get ever so closer to the November 22nd, 2022, release date, we’ve compiled a list of everything we know about the game so far.
Here’s everything we know about Evil West So Far
- Evil West contains six missions and should take players between 10-15 hours, depending on if you’re looking to speed through the game or find everything that can be found.
- There will be four levels of difficulty – Story, Normal, Hard, and Evil. Each difficulty will have specific trophies and achievements.
- Evil West is primarily a single-player game but can be played coop. It’s also linear.
- PS5 and Xbox Series X will have a performance and quality mode. The performance mode will be 1080p@60FPS, while the quality mode will be 4K@30FPS.
- Xbox Series S will only feature 1080p@30FPS.
- PS5 Dualsense will have haptic trigger support.
- Jesse Rentier, the game’s protagonist, will be able to wield between 7 ranged and 2 melee weapons.
- There are zero microtransactions.
- Evil West Does not feature cross-play or cross-platform co-op play, nor are there any plans to add it.
- Kicks can stop enemies’ attacks and is the only move that can interrupt special attacks.
- While the game’s store unfolds via cinematic cut scenes, there will also be items found throughout levels that offer bits of story and lore.
- There will be a new game plus mode and a permadeath mode.
- No photo mode as there wasn’t time to squeeze it in.
- Evil West will support Ultrawide screen monitors.
- It has been said the game has both Devil May Cry and God of War vibes and were inspirations for the game.
- Evil West will support Nvidia’s DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) and AMD’s FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution).
- Evil West includes a skill tree that unlocks perks and abilities as the game progresses.
- Asked about the Keyboard and Mouse experience, and while the developers rather play with a gamepad, they mentioned it is there and works well. The dev team has played with both.
- There are female characters in the game – it wasn’t mentioned if this meant NPCs and/or playable characters.
- There will be creatures other than vampires in the game, but they did not want to spoil them.
- While every level will feature a mini-boss, they won’t always include a final stage boss.
Evil West, the game will be released on November 22, 2022, for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Steam).
