There are few moments in Evil West as satisfying as the meaty wet thud of uppercutting a vampire for the first time. Don't get me wrong, I love a well-placed headshot as much as the next third-person shooter fan, but there's something so deliciously, comically visceral about introducing Jesse's gauntlet to the jaw of a Sanguisuge Vessel and watching it stagger back in confusion.
I've had my eye on Evil West since it launched back in 2022. Like many of us with monstrous backlogs, however, I never got as far as clicking "add to basket". Cue my excitement at seeing the rootin' tootin' vampire shooter getting added to the Xbox Game Pass roster last month. I'm on a bit of a cowboy kick, having recently played Red Dead Redemption 2 for the first time as well, but this Wild West is teeming with far more bloodsuckers than Arthur's. Coming off the back of something so intense, I'm grateful for Evil West on many accounts.
