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Survive and unveil the mysteries of the Weird West through the intertwined destinies of its unusual heroes in an immersive sim from the co-creators of Dishonored and Prey. Discover a dark fantasy reimagining of the Wild West where lawmen and gunslingers share the frontier with fantastical creatures. Journey through the story of a group of atypical heroes, written into legend by the decisions you make in an unforgiving land. Each journey is unique and tailored to the actions taken - a series of high stakes adventures where everything counts and the world reacts to the choices you make. Form a posse or venture forth alone into an otherworldly confines of the Weird West and make each legend your own.

First and foremost, always keep a save at the beginning of each character's story. This will allow you to replay the entire story and get anything you missed if you make any mistakes with the saving/reloading. I'd also keep a second save right before finishing every chapter which will allow you to work on any miscellaneous achievements in the list.

Next, take great care in reading each chapter's road map overview fully before diving in. Many of the chapters are linked very closely and you must do one action in one chapter and complete it in another. At the same time, individual chapters will have branching options and you'll need to save/reload inside the same chapter to get both choices complete - but be wary of which final choice you go with so you can ensure the best outcome later on.

Lastly, if you recruit any of the characters from previous chapters (which you should, they are very powerful and will have their entire inventory available to you, including weapons, bandages, lockpicks, Nimp Relics, and Golden Aces) make sure they do not die. There is an achievement for making it to the end of the game with all of the story characters alive. Also be wary of the NPC Essex Mast who can also die and is needed for multiple achievements late in the game.

As for the game's difficulty, that's up to you - but feel free to play on Story difficulty as no achievements are tied to playing the game on any higher difficulties.

Sometime during this chapter, you should have a random encounter called A Witch at the Crossroads when travelling from one location to the next where you will meet The Heathen. This character will give you a box and tell you not to open it. Make sure you obey! Do not interact with the box in your inventory and during Chapter 5 (The Oneirist) you'll see the payoff for this in What’s in the Box? (15G). If you reach the end of this chapter and still don't have the box, keep travelling until the encounter happens.

When you get to Quickbend in the story, make sure to release Essex Mast from his cell so he will be alive later in the game. There are two mutually exclusive achievements in this chapter. You will want to save when you get to your husband in the Quarry to rescue him and obtain Out on the Ebb Tide (15G) first by killing Shelby, then reload your save and get The Great Escape (15G) by ignoring Shelby and have this be your official choice.

This chapter is a great one to work on as many of the game's random miscellaneous achievements as possible, and start working on doing side-quests, reading books, etc. There are a lot of achievements where you'll want to save prior and then reload, such as going to jail, stealing, killing an entire town, etc. You should be able to knock out nearly all of them before moving on to the next character.

This chapter is fairly short and straight-forward, but does have some missable achievements, and some setup to future achievements. Be sure to do Workers' Rights (15G), Turning the Tables (15G), and recruit Jane for Through Their Eyes (15G). You should get a side-quest from Essex Mast pointing you to Jane, which will confirm he survived Chapter 1. Since we did not kill Shelby last chapter, he should be available as a bounty for Elusive Prey (15G).

Before completing the chapter, ensure you have done the "Bard's Bargain" side-quest which is given automatically after during the story at the Pit. At the end of the chapter when speaking to the tree, choose to free all the Pigmen. Doing these two things will setup the ability to play poker against Pigman Joe for Hog Wild (15G) starting next chapter. Not doing either of those things will not allow Joe to show up.

This chapter has one of the more lengthy and complicated missable achievements for Dirt and Blame (15G). As suggested in the tips section above, you should keep a save right at the beginning of this chapter and ignore that achievement for now, coming back to it after completing the game's entire story.

When you arrive in Heronwall Summit for the story you should find Essex Mast here, once again confirming he is still alive, and ensure you get the book from the scholar for him. Make note of the achievements Fallen Star (15G), Healing Old Wounds (15G), and Hog Wild (15G). Since we turned Ruth into a pigwoman last chapter, she will be available as a bounty for Monster Hunter (15G).

There is one achievement here that you'll want to save prior and reload after, and that is Moon Hunter (15G) so you don't permanently transform one of your posse into a werewolf, especially if you use the character from Chapter 1. Other than that, be sure to get Loyalty to the Pack (15G), Power Behind the Pulpit (10G), and Moondrunk (20G) at some point before finishing this chapter.

During the story when you return to Absolution Hall, you should find Essex Mast talking to Franciscus, once again confirming he is still alive. It is at this point you should get the Trapping Souls side-quest to unlock The Philosopher’s Stone (15G). At the end of the chapter, make sure you choose to destroy the blood moon so you can recruit the werewolf in the last chapter.

Inside this chapter, you will want to first prioritize speaking to all the previous story characters so you can properly unlock Getting the Gang Back Together (30G). Also check the Knuckle Sandwich (30G) achievement so you can loot the Amulet of the Open Palm and unlock that the next time you meet The Heathen. You'll also unlock What’s in the Box? (15G) when you meet her again, assuming you didn't open the box from Step 1 like I suggested!

You'll also need to unlock Mystery Machine (15G) (make sure you don't decline this encounter!), Explorer (15G), Winter Has Come (15G), Who You Gonna Call? (10G), and Eternity Can Waits (10G) during this chapter - this should be the final confirmation that Essex Mast has survived the entire game.

Once you reach the end of this chapter, there are two separate achievements for the ending. An auto-save happens right before the choice, so you can answer with feelings for There is Hope (90G) and then reload and answer without feelings for It All Dies (90G).

At this point, you *should* only have one achievement left to become a Wiindigo, and you *should* have a save right at the beginning of Chapter 3: The Protector. Load that up and follow the steps in the guide to unlock that now. If you have any other achievements left, you should also have saves at the start and end of every chapter, so you can access any part of the game to help with them now.

Weird West is quite the game. It blends a lot of different genres and has a really cool aesthetic, though the isometric view and the aiming of ranged weapons is a little finnicky. The achievements are also quite complicated in some portions, though good use of saves and reloads will be your friend. This launches on Game Pass and is quite worth a try if you like the western theme, RPG elements, and lots of choice - you can sneak and knock people out or go on killing rampages, there are multiple ways to complete quests, and even if you kill story NPCs you can still complete the story in other ways.