As for whether it holds up, my litmus test is to have someone who never played it when it was new try it now since their opinion will be untainted by nostalgia. In this case, I’m that person who never played it until recently. I emulated it on my Steam Deck and I have to say it’s pretty great. The moment the horse gets bit by a vampire and then becomes a vampire horse was when I was hooked.

The gameplay holds up really well in my opinion. This is back when console shooters were finally figuring themselves out. Some stumbled but the rest just copied Halo.

Still love this game. I fire it up on my ps2 emulator every once in a while. Still have a working ps2, but I can crank up the graphics/resolution on the emulator so that it looks better than the original experience. It is pretty dated now and had some silly stuff (like ghost Cassidy as a guide) , but I really enjoyed the core gameplay mechanics and setting.

Haven’t looked at them in ages but I also have the Art of Darkwatch book and a copy of Heavy Metal magazine that covers the game. There were some cool weird west levels in Red Dead Revolver too.

I just remember the game had boobs