The discount is great, but I would recommend this one at full price
El Paso, Elsewhere is Fix Gaming Channel’s Game of the Week #69, and this is about as bulletproof a game recommendation as I can give.
Last week’s Game of the Week #68 went to Sunken Realms, a solo-developed dungeon crawler heading toward its September launch.
This week I am going back to 2023 for a game that I think is simply too good to ignore.
El Paso, Elsewhere is currently 50% off on Steam, but the sale is not why I am recommending it. I would happily recommend this game at full price.
If you have never played it, check this one out.
El Paso, Elsewhere Launch Trailer
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Slow motion, monsters and a motel that should not exist
El Paso, Elsewhere comes from Strange Scaffold and takes the foundations of a classic third-person shooter into a supernatural neo-noir nightmare.
Somewhere in El Paso, Texas, a three-story motel has somehow gained another 46 floors underground. James Savage has to descend through them while fighting werewolves, fallen angels, vampires and other creatures on his way toward Draculae, lord of the vampires and the woman he once loved.
Then you throw slow motion into the middle of it.
Diving through the air while unloading into monsters is a huge part of the combat, alongside stakes, guns, destructible objects and Molotov cocktails filled with holy blue flame.
Slow-motion dives and dual-pistol gunplay are central to the combat in El Paso, Elsewhere.
The fully voiced neo-noir story and original hip-hop soundtrack push it even further away from feeling like another straightforward shooter.
It knows exactly what kind of game it wants to be
What I like most about El Paso, Elsewhere is how much identity it has.
The low-poly presentation, supernatural horror, strange motel, slow-motion combat and soundtrack all fit together. You can look at a few seconds of gameplay and immediately know what game you are watching.
El Paso, Elsewhere combines bullet-time movement with fast and chaotic supernatural gunfights.
That matters.
We have highlighted very different games through Game of the Week. Hell Let Loose earned Game of the Week #67 because of the way its huge battles rely on communication and teamwork. Last Drop became #66 because its ridiculous 1994 Finnish sandbox already had a personality of its own.
The same goes for Metal Garden, our Game of the Week #58. Different game, different kind of shooter, but another smaller release that knew exactly what it wanted to be.
El Paso, Elsewhere earns its spot for the same basic reason: it stands out.
50% off makes an easy recommendation even easier
At the time of writing, Steam has El Paso, Elsewhere at 50% off until September 11.
That is a very good deal.
But I do not want the discount to become the reason you buy it.
I think this game is worth buying at full price.
Steam players have responded strongly too. It currently holds a Very Positive overall rating, with 90% of more than 1,300 user reviews recommending the game.
The sale just turns something I already recommend into an even easier purchase.
Why Game of the Week #69?
This one does not need a complicated explanation.
El Paso, Elsewhere is a gem.
It has great slow-motion action, a memorable supernatural setting, a strong soundtrack and enough personality to feel completely comfortable doing its own thing.
The fact that it released almost three years ago does not matter. Game of the Week is about games worth putting in front of people, and good games do not suddenly stop being good because something newer arrived.
So if you have somehow missed El Paso, Elsewhere, I recommend checking it out. Take advantage of the 50% Steam discount if you can, but I would tell you the same thing at full price.
El Paso, Elsewhere is Fix Gaming Channel’s Game of the Week #69.
El Paso, Elsewhere
Release: September 26, 2023
Genre: Action, Third-Person Shooter, Bullet Time, Horror
Developer / Publisher: Strange Scaffold
Platforms: PC — Steam, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5
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