The makers of West of Loathing just launched a new stick-figure RPG. Shadows Over Loathing is out now on Steam. Surprise!
have been writing, coding, drawing stick figures, and saying absolutely nothing about it for half a decade. No teasers, no press releases, not even a name.
Until today! Asymmetric's secret new game has a name: Shadows Over Loathing. And not only has it just been announced, but it's actually just been released. Shadows Over Loathing is out on Steam.If you haven't already gone scampering over to Steam to check it out, here's the skinny. In Shadows Over Loathing, you've traveled to Ocean City at the request of your Uncle Murray, who would like your help running his antique shop. But by the time you arrive, Murray has vanished.
I've been lucky enough to play an advanced build of Shadows Over Loathing for the past week, and fans of West of Loathing will feel right at home. Explore the charming, quirky, black-and-white open world, discover new locations, chat with oddball characters, solve puzzles, and have turn-based battles with gun-toting fairies, xylophone-playing goblins, junk-hurling robots, and old-timey gangsters.
Once again the economy is meat-based, there are all manner of bizarre weapons and gear to find , and there's a complicated mystery to unravel. And of course there are loads of hats.