El Paso Elsewhere Tells a Stylish Story

Shooting For Love In all the Wrong Places

El Paso Elsewhere is all about love — from a love of rap and hip-hop, Max Payne-style shooting, and the love of messy relationships. When the game hits its target, it can be great to play, but I wish it happened a little more.

Savage Reading

Our story is about John Savage who has come to the town of El Paso to stop his ex, the vampire queen Draculae from ending the world. Standing in his way is the mysterious void, monsters, and the fact that he may still have feelings for the woman who broke his heart…metaphorically. The story leans heavily into the style of Max Payne, as John (wonderfully voiced by writer/designer Xalavier) muses about what’s going on, the fact that he’s on a murderous rampage, and what this means for the woman he once loved. Despite the cutscenes featuring mostly still shots, the voice acting and angles all give it a beautifully stylized appearance.

Slo Mo Shooting

The nods to Max Payne don’t stop at the story, as John will be going into bullet time, diving around, and using a variety of guns to stop monsters from taking a bite out of him, all to a hip-hop horror-infused soundtrack. The structure is that each stage has hostages that need to be rescued to access the…