While I like this idea in concept, it doesn’t play out all that well given the base time limit is only five minutes. This forces you to return to the tower before time runs out or destroy chaos portals to add time to the clock. You only have a limited amount of time before the world is destroyed which will cause you to lose all your items. The survival element is another key aspect of the gameplay. While you are in the main world, you are tasked with gathering more gears from mini-bosses, gathering resources to continue advancing your spellcasting ability, and building new structures within the tower. The tower acts as both a home base and a safe zone. Wizard With a Gun‘s gameplay is built around an expedition loop that will have you jumping between the real world and an extradimensional wizard tower. While the story is clearly not the focus, there is still effort placed into making the world feel alive with the use of cinematics and musical tracks that deliver on the old west theme. At the start of the demo, your wizard unlocks the power to meddle with time allowing you to continue exploring the world while leveling up your equipment in order to defeat the chaos. Wizard with a Gun takes place in a fantasy realm that has been completely devastated by the forces of chaos. I was excited to give this demo a shot and jump into the stylized world crafted by the developers over at Galvanic Games. Wizard with a Gun was the game that intrigued me the most from this year’s Devolver Direct.

Old wizard with gun