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STAKES. GUNS. SLOW-MO. Fight werewolves and vampires in a reality-shifting motel. Dive through barricades to escape the grasp of evil puppets. Destroy the villain you loved. A new, third-person love letter to classic shooters. Neo-noir never looked so good.
El Paso, Elsewhere is a bullet time, third-person shooter and cinematic game
developed and published by Strange Scaffold.
Released on September 26th 2023 is available in English only on Windows.
It has received 1,288 reviews of which 1,174 were positive and 114 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 13.65€ on Steam with a 30% discount.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel i5-11600K or equivalent
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 or equivalent
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Sound Card: Yes.
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"El Paso, Elsewhere" is, in short, absolute cinema. But saying that for a game is a bit out there (as is the title itself), so let me say it like this: Lynch fans, Alan Wake fans, boomer-shooter-heads with a taste for the abstract: this is it. Don't pass it by. I once did, but I am now extremely happy to have beaten it. This game is an unexpectedly fun mix between Max Payne and Doom, with a bit of noire for good measure. I came in for the setting: I'm a dude with guns that gets to shoot vampires and werewolves? Hell yeah! What I did not expect, however, is to stay for the presentation, story and music. Gameplay consists of 50 labyrinthine levels, which are expertly crafted, varied and vibalicious. I've got quite a lot of screenshots out of this one (and there isn't even a photo mode). During gameplay, you run around, shoot baddies, rescue survivors, find keys and unlock doors to progress. It's a familiar formula, so let me put it this way: yes, it's one of the good ones. And even if it is not your cup of tea, the myriad options to tune-up gameplay really come in handy when you just want to have a good time. One of this experience's best assets is that you can take the plot two ways: you can revel in the absurdity and just enjoy the ride, or you can take it in, think about it and realize that it's a pretty powerful metaphor. There's a market for both routes, and I really love when games don't beat you over the head with their creative goals. Speaking of, there’s this very raw artistic vision to “El Paso, Elsewhere”. All of its separate components like music, visuals or writing are just peak impressionism. But there’s this feeling of authenticity through and through that I couldn’t help but fall in love with. This is someone’s complete, no-compromises creative vision. It truly does feel like honest art, and it really elevated the experience for me. That being said, it is not a perfect game. There's something wrong here, particularly when numerous - well - particles get involved. The entire game starts chugging, audio included, and it really makes the experience almost unbearable for a bit. Most of the time, it fixes itself by the next level, but I did need a restart a few times. My other gripe was that it was difficult to stick to the game and continue playing. Sometimes I'd feel like I've played for hours, completed maybe 10-15 levels, when in reality I had played 30 minutes and wrapped up about 6 stages. That's not to say that gameplay was boring, but it is to say that the flow of everything is a bit uneven, so it made it difficult to stick to it for longer sessions until the end. My honest opinion is that regardless of the above, "El Paso, Elsewhere" does manage to become truly great. It is beyond me how this title has not garnered more popularity, as it has all the makings of a solid title. I hope it gets the praise it deserves, because it is obvious that a lot more effort and heart went into this one than the generic slop that gets featured on most front pages. Thanks for believing!
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If Max Payne took a wrong turn into a supernatural nightmare of heartbreak and redemption, you'd get El Paso, Elsewhere. This game wears its inspiration proudly—slow-motion dives, gritty monologues, dual-wielded pistols—but it does so with its own unique soul. You play as James Savage , a haunted man chasing down his vampire ex through a dimensionally-warped motel crawling with werewolves, fallen angels, and other hellish creatures. It's noir drenched in blood and existential dread. Think Max Payne meets Blade meets Silent Hill—but make it deeply personal. Gameplay: Bullet time is back, and it's just as satisfying as ever. Leaping sideways through a hail of gunfire, pumping shotgun shells into a pack of monsters, never gets old. Combat is tight, fast, and stylish, with a focus on positioning and timing rather than pure twitch reflex. It doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it polishes that Payne formula beautifully. Presentation: The narration is pure noir poetry—melancholy, bitter, poetic. The lo-fi hip-hop and horrorcore soundtrack sets a somber yet aggressive tone. Visually, it's a mix of PS2-era grit and surreal design, with flickering motel corridors collapsing into abstract horror-scapes. It's janky in places, but intentionally so—it works. Why it works: What sets El Paso, Elsewhere apart isn't just its Max Payne DNA—it's the emotional weight behind it. This is a breakup story turned mythic. It's about addiction, self-destruction, and guilt, wrapped in a supernatural action shell. And somehow, it all lands. Verdict: If you loved Max Payne and want that same noir-soaked action but with more monsters, more emotion, and way more style, this one’s for you. It's rough around the edges, but full of heart—and it absolutely deserves your time.
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One of the most interesting things about indie games is how they can pick up where a bygone generation left off. While nes/snes style games were the hotness for a while, we’re now getting to the point where small teams are pretty faithfully able to recreate the types of experiences we got in the ps1/ps2 era. Although El Paso Elsewhere doesn’t quite live up to the fun I had with the slow motion divey shooty combat of the first 2 Max Payne games, what it lacks in game design, it more than makes up for in narrative and style. It’s refreshing to see a game about relationship abuse, let alone one about a man being abused by a woman. It’s the kind of narrative that makes you wish more games in general dealt with such specific subject matter. And it does so seriously and successfully despite being a pretty silly game in many other ways. The games soundtrack is also memorable, with the protagonists voice actor (also the director of the game) rapping on a number of tracks. The songs themselves are a bit of a mixed bag, there are times where Xalavier Nelson Jr.’s delivery really works and other times when it feels like you’re listening to your college roommates first mixtape. But overall I was so charmed by the novelty and ambition of it all that it really lent to the games character. That’s kind of how I felt about a lot of things in this game, charming sloppiness. Although there are times when that amateur feeling of it all gets in the way of the game actually being fun. Despite incorporating Max Paynes signature slo motion dive, it ends up being a pretty poor strategy when actually playing the game since you’re mostly dealing with melee enemies that run towards you and kick the crap out of you when you land on the floor. Also there were so many times when I was able to pop off enemies from a distance that were standing there waiting for me to enter their field of vision, which definitely didn’t feel intentional. Other stuff like enemies spawning behind you add up to some cheap deaths. But the game never gets challenging enough for the clunkiness to be too painful. El Paso Elsewhere is a game where its creative spirit ultimately shines through its flaws (for the most part).
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Other than the fact that this is a Max Payne-like where doing the Max Payne bullet time dive isn't worth it, this is very good. The combat is snappy, but the real stars are the story, soundtrack and surreal presentation. A game about killing a vampire to stop an apocalypse ends up being an extremely personal tale about an abusive relationship, addiction, and what it means to be a good person. Recommended.
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Better to approach in pieces, the game way overstays its welcome. 50 chapters is a lot for a game that is essentially a Max Payne clone with a more abrupt gameplay loop.
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El Paso, Elsewhere is currently priced at 13.65€ on Steam.
El Paso, Elsewhere is currently available at a 30% discount. You can purchase it for 13.65€ on Steam.
El Paso, Elsewhere received 1,174 positive votes out of a total of 1,288 achieving a rating of 8.64.
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El Paso, Elsewhere was developed and published by Strange Scaffold.
El Paso, Elsewhere is playable and fully supported on Windows.
El Paso, Elsewhere is not playable on MacOS.
El Paso, Elsewhere is not playable on Linux.
El Paso, Elsewhere is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for El Paso, Elsewhere. Explore additional content available for El Paso, Elsewhere on Steam.
El Paso, Elsewhere does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
El Paso, Elsewhere does not support Steam Remote Play.
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Strange Scaffold
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26 Sep 2023
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