Still, it ticks all of the expected boxes and takes you on a ride through saloons, horse chases, stand offs and duels.Ī Western Drama is broken up into six chapters, following the rookie Wade (you) and his master Drake as they chase down bounties and work their way up to the ultimate prize, the supposedly reformed criminal now land-magnate, Seth Milton. There’s nothing here that’s going to make the writers of Deadwood or Westworld panicked, and it leans a little too hard into the Western cliches on occasion. But there’s the occasional character that wanders in and hams it up, feeling like they were ported in from Blazing Saddles. Most of the characters, particularly the main ones, are working from the same script and have a low, southern drawl that suits the genre. The voice acting is a little spottier, but it’s never less than clear.
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Plus the music is pure Ennio Morricone, which is a very good thing indeed. You can peel back the layers one by one: the wind, the vultures and wolves in the distance, the footsteps of your character, the swoosh of your trenchcoat, etc. It has an exceptional audio design, with multiple audio layers to make the American West feel immersive. The Spaghetti Western music, the crunch of boots on gravel, the clunks and whirrs of a pistol: there’s so much there to play with, and A Western Drama duly obliges. Outside of possibly a film noir, there is no film or game genre that has such an immediately recognisable audio signature. Choosing a Western as a setting feels perfect.