Wild West and Wizards

[h1]Wild Trash & Abandoned..[/h1] [h3] I purchased this in 2020, and since I'm going through my library trying to play games I backed during Early Access, I played some more of this garbage. Which brings me to a unique observation about this developer.[/h3] [h2]Abandoning games seems to be a common theme for Lavaboot Studios.[/h2] First with Salt, then with this. I bought both games to support a Indie dev, bought this one thinking the dev might do better after learning from first experience, add better gameplay, better world development, better level design, etc., but I was wrong on all accounts. This should be a short review, since there isn't much worth reviewing before I bin this game into my "trash" folder on Steam, never to touch it again (getting as much attention as dev puts in his games). [h1]CONS:[/h1] [olist] [*] [b]BORING WORLD[/b]: If you thought that a theme of wild-west & wizards would bring some exciting clash in interesting locales, think again. Truth be told, I didn't really think the premise for this game was anything interesting (found it childish) when I first saw it, but supported the development by buying it, thinking the developer had some unique idea to wow us. But nope. It seems to be a thing, either because "Wild West & Wizards" has WWW in the title or the name just rolled of the tongue quite well enough? Who knows. The point is, this developer somehow managed to turn this unique setting into one of THE most generic settings in existence. You won't find interesting locations, won't encounter interesting enemies, or spells/weapons. The world is mostly a dead, barren wasteland with nary a tumbleweed in sight. How droll. Seems like Salt all over again. [*] [b]ABANDONED DEVELOPMENT[/b]: Playing this game feels like playing their previous game, Salt. It feels like somebody had an idea, but failed to properly put it into action, then abandoned it because of boredom. Like Salt, this whole game feels unfinished, as you keep running around in some of the most boring locations ever, pointlessly killing same boring enemy models over and over again. The feeling of "This HAS to be Early Access" never leaves your mind, as you run around doing some of THE lamest quests Bethesda would be proud of. And in typical fashion. Developer abruptly stopped the development and moved on. Not even pretending to have some interesting content update or DLC planned, just the generic soundtrack DLC indie's bundle to make some extra cash on an already overpriced game ($15, which is a joke for the amount of content and effort this trash of a game has). [h1]Suffice it to say, this will be my last purchase from Lavaboots Studios.[/h1]