Evil West

If you’re looking for: Old-school action action
Available on: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series X/S, PC

Perhaps you’d like an action game that’ll take you back to a simpler time. Have open worlds, endless fetch quests, needless crafting systems, and perpetual loot grinds burnt you out? Well, if you’re down with killing vampires in a suitable getup, check out Evil West. As Kotaku’s Zack Zwizen described the game in his review:

…what really helped me fall in love with Evil West isn’t the heavy, solid combat. Nor was it the horror-infused western vistas and locations, though those are nice, too. No, what I love about Evil West is that it’s just a (Hank Hill voice) simple, honest-to-god, linear and fun, goddamn video game. There’s no battle pass or microtransactions. No crafting and no loot to collect, upgrade or trade. No MMO-lite features or other players running around doing things. No copy-paste side quests or giant, but empty open worlds. It’s a 16-mission linear action game with some simple skill trees to make your character better and that’s it.