History VideoGame / BloodWest

* SinisterMinister: In Chapter 2, you meet a 'priest' who's as corrupt as they come. He used to be a rich aristocrat who bought his way into the priesthood, but developed a fatal, boil-growing disease. He funded an expedition of ChurchMilitia for a cure, smoking and drinking all the way while hypocritically claiming the holy importance of his crusade. When things came to a head, he fled instead of fighting evil, and then spent most of his time looking for a 'relic' that turns out to be a moonshine distillery. His former partner really hates him.

* {{BFG}}: The buffalo rifle (a Sharps rifle) deals the most single-shot damage in the game, doing slightly more damage than a high-end shotgun, essentially being the game's equivalent of a sniper rifle. You can turn this already potent weapon into a full BFG by loading it with nitro rounds; these are not Nitro Express (elephant gun) rounds, these are rounds ''loaded with nitroglycerin'' that turn your sniper rifle into a Wild West rocket launcher. Taken even further with the Call of the Abyss, a ''revolver'' multi-shot buffalo rifle you can purchase from the Undead Cowboy in chapter 3 for a whooping $18,000 (which you'd have to essentially 100% chapter 1 and 2 to be able to afford). Not only does it deal more damage than a regular buffalo rifle, it will randomly deal critical hits and also does bonus headshot damage. A single critical hit headshot from it can take off more than 1/4th of the FinalBoss's lifebar.

* SuspendSave: Your save file autosaves periodically and also whenever you exit the game. There's no going back to a previous save, and the game autosaves when you die to prevent SaveScumming.

* TreacherousQuestGiver: [[spoiler:At the end of Chapter 3, the Totem of Souls betrays you and becomes the game's FinalBoss. From context this seems more like a spur-of-the-moment impulsive opportunistic action rather than part of any grand scheme. The Undead Cowboy even warns you the Totem is made up of thousands of unstable souls and its actions can be unpredictable. In the end, it's not even clear whether the Totem is the source of the Curse of the West or just another symptom of it (from context it seems the Totem is a master Evil like the Mother of Roots or the Giant, it just happens to be the one who's your boss).]]

* {{BFG}}: The buffalo rifle (a Sharps rifle) deals the most single-shot damage in the game, doing slightly more damage than a high-end shotgun, essentially being the game's equivalent of a sniper rifle. You can turn this already potent weapon into a full BFG by loading it with nitro rounds; these are not Nitro Express (elephant gun) rounds, these are rounds ''loaded with nitroglycerin'' that turn your sniper rifle into a Wild West rocket launcher. Taken even further with the Call of the Abyss, a ''revolver'' multi-shot buffalo rifle you can purchase from the Undead Cowboy in chapter 3 for a whooping $18,000 (which you'd have to essentially 100% chapter 1 and 2 to be able to afford). Not only does it deal more damage than a regular buffalo rifle, it will randomly deal critical hits and also does bonus headshot damage. A single headshot from it can take off more than 1/4th of the FinalBoss's lifebar.

* InformedSpecies: The giant "leech" enemies in the swamps look suspiciously reptilian and nothing like leeches, and are more like zombified baby crocodiles. They suck your blood if they manage to attach themselves on you, albeit with tentacles instead. The codex notes called them Depth Dwellers and suggest they're part alligator, part leech, and possibly even part human. The hellbats in chapter 3, conversely, are much more like leeches with wings rather than bats.