Envisioned by one of the original developers of Dishonored and Prey, Raphaël Colantonio, Weird West stands out even in the admittedly offbeat category of immersive sims. Whereas most of the games that inspired Weird West launch as first-person titles, this game plays from an overhead perspective, and its general strangeness made it a perfect match for the publisher, Devolver Digital.

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The reason Weird West is so strange is that it’s named after a very particular sub-genre in fiction by that same name. Players may soon be able to double down on this surreal title’s core features through the use of modding tools that have come out with patch 1.05. WolfEye Studios has decided to showcase a few early community creations alongside this release, the most important and interesting of which is undoubtedly the first-person mod created by Joe Wintergreen. This mod shifts Weird West into a first-person perspective that the immersive sim sub-genre is known for, potentially increasing the game’s appeal with a number of players who might’ve skipped it due to its base isometric perspective, and it’s available via the mod.io file sharing platform.

WolfEye Studios showed off almost an hour’s worth of Weird West gameplay ahead of its release, detailing the specific features that make this game a true immersive sim. Yet, one may argue that the game’s perspective put a bit of a dampener on its many interactive systems, as playing from an overhead perspective does indeed feel less immersive than playing a first-person game might.

The FPS mod alleviates the aforementioned problem rather elegantly, but proper modding support also opens up Weird West to a number of future community creations that may be coming down the line. GameRant praised Weird West’s immersive sim features, but one of the problems with the game was that some of its mechanics felt clunky and poorly defined. With mods, these issues can be resolved by players themselves, if they so desire.

Camera angles, too, were a major problem with Weird West in some instances, and it goes without saying that the featured FPS mod should fix this at a moment’s notice. The obvious concern, however, is whether the game has big enough of an audience for the modders to truly spread their wings. Only time will tell whether that will be an issue in the long run or not, however.

Weird West is available now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

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