It's a really fun concept, and I didn't mind the controls.

I found the story to not be as engaging as I wanted, and found the maps to kind of all feel the same.

also, about halfway through the game, there is a massive difficulty spike that i couldn't figure out the source of.

Don't bother bringing companions anywhere, as they'll just get themselves killed no matter if you upgrade or not.

All in all, cool world and concepts, but the rest of the gameplay left a lot to be desired.

This game shouldn't have been an immersive sim. The locations are bland and copy-pasted. A linear game would have worked better, or maybe some king of rogue-like.

Aiming is janky with a controller.

The fights are messier than tactical. Wouldn’t turn-based combat have worked better ? Or pausable real-time combat with squad management mechanics ? You have no control over your brainless teammates.

The playable characters are mostly the same, they only got a few unique abilities. They all use the same weapons in the same way. So, the first thing you do when you switch to another one is to retrieve your previous weapons.

In Red Dead Redemption, we had magical horses and it wasn’t even the main theme of the game.

There are a few story choices, but it’s far from enough to have a good replay value. No factions like in Fallout New Vegas.

The weapon upgrade system is uninteresting, tedious and absolutely not realistic. Who the hell want a golden revolver and why should it make more damage ? Give us scopes, explosive ammos, silver bullets, crossbow, blessed arrows, poison, traps, hexes. And why the hell does this have an “armor” upgrade system, clothes can’t stop either bullets or werewolves bites. Not all RPGs should share the same mechanics.

I'm okay with representations of minorities, but I'm not sure if depicting a version of the Wild West with no racism and sexism is a good idea. It feels like some cheap preaching at the expense of world building, which in turn feels unsubstantial. Would the Wild West still be wild with social justice ?

If you want action, play Red Dead Redemption. If you want strategy, play Desperados 3. But this game got questionable design decisions and feels like a missed opportunity. The developers clearly tried to chew more than they could bite. But maybe when the full moon will come, we will get to see their full potential in a new game.

Quirky as hell in the best possible way - I loved this game. Easily the best ending of any immersive sim.