El Paso, Elsewhere – the ultra-stylish “neo noir” motel-in-hell shooter from developer Unusual Scaffold – is getting the film therapy following its acclaimed launch final 12 months.
El Paso, Elsewhere takes gamers into the bowels of a actuality shifting Texan motel – and throughout the boundaries of hell itself – as they seek out their vampiric ex-girlfriend earlier than she will finish the world. Sadly, a complete supernatural military of werewolves, fallen angels, and different damned creatures lies in the way in which, resulting in some severely intense shootouts in what Unusual Scaffold calls a “vivid gradual movement love letter to motion classics.”
It is mesmerising, nearly overwhelmingly trendy stuff, so information there’s an El Paso, Elsewhere film within the works is not all that surprisingly. As per Deadline, Academy Award nominee LaKeith Stanfield (Get Out, Uncut Gems, The Ebook of Clarence) is in talks to provide and star within the characteristic, hoping to take the lead position of James Savage. “Whereas recovering from a poisonous relationship,” explains Deadline’s synopsis, “[James] confronts each his internal demons and enigmatic ex-girlfriend, Janet, earlier than she executes a world-ending ritual.”
“James navigates her reality-bending universe of ethereal monsters whereas dealing with the reality of his personal addictions and skewed sense of self-worth,” the synopsis continues, “studying that the one route to like is thru therapeutic.”
There’s not a lot else to report simply but, however should you’re intrigued by El Paso, Elsewhere and have not but given it a go, it is positively price a glance. “It is trendy and intelligent and placing in a approach that few video games are,” Eurogamer’s Christian Donlan wrote in his 4 star overview, “and it feels each very previous and totally of the second. At occasions it is so hectic that it is best to simply change to invincible and blast your approach by way of, having fun with the splendidly horrible surroundings with its cumbersome props and classic music video mists. At others, there is a thrill to juggling ammo, bullet-time, stake rely and the advancing horde, and this thrill is so sharp it is well worth the restarts. And sure, at occasions, the entire thing flung a lot on the display screen that my PC really could not take it.”
