While its story aims for pure farce, the gameplay formula that made West of Loathing such a bizarre charmer carries through here.

Its stick-figure graphics support that feeling too, as does the fact that its overworld maps are presented as doodles on napkins and postcards.

That’s combined with a gleefully childlike sense of humor that makes the adventure feel like it was adapted from doodles in a kid’s notebook. It has the energy of an old LucasArts point-and-click adventure, where any object you interact with will result in some kind of goofy punchline. One minute I’m investigating an occult secret in a church basement, the next I’m trying to recover a geode from a frat house that’s obsessed with rocks. It’s a true screwball comedy that’s simply out to get a rise out of players at every unpredictable turn. It’s all a bit nonsensical - and that’s the point. Along the way, they come up against vampires, faeries, prohibition-era mobsters, gun-toting scarecrows, goblin jocks out to beat up nerds, very annoying cellists, and more. Our stick-figure hero makes their way to Ocean City to meet up with their uncle, only to find themselves wrapped up in a paranormal mystery. Rather than going back to the Wild West, Shadows Over Loathing takes its signature brand of humor to 1920s America. Now available on Nintendo Switch, Shadows Over Loathing is a perfect distraction for anyone who needs a break from their 100-plus-hour RPGs. Though its sequel quietly launched on PC last year, it got a bigger spotlight this week thanks to a Nintendo Indie World stream. It’s not an ironic joke: The title earned a Seumas McNally Grand Prize nomination at the 2018 Independent Game Awards.

Shadows Over Loathing is a follow-up to 2017’s West of Loathing, an oddball Western that combines traditional RPG systems and very untraditional slapstick comedy. Shadows Over Loathing - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

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