[grim dawn] one of the more fun things this game does with the diablolike default assumed dark fantasy setting is when it briefly becomes a western

in act 1 you're cutting through a fallen city full of skeletons and zombies and ghosts to kill a corrupted prison warden in the catacombs beneath the city

in act 2 you go out into the badlands to hunt down Darius Cronley and the Cronley Gang

instead of elite enemies having names like Barroth the Defiled they have names like Victory "The Rat" Barry and Moneybags Martin

as you gather dynamite to blow open barricades and break into the mines he's turned into his bandit hideout

it feels fresh

vaporizing old west bandits with my aether lance like god intended

sometimes mashup settings are just fun

then you find Darius and he's covered in evil crystals like oh right this is a fantasy setting