![]() ![]() Combat is fluid, forcing you to aggressively move between cover to outflank enemies rather than staying out of harm's way. In the end the only way I could progress was by enabling some helpful gameplay mods such as turning off enemy reaction shots until I got my skills up. It does have a tutorial of sorts, and its mechanics are not all that complicated, but it demands a level of confidence that is hard to come by when you are dying so much. If it were a horse I would say that it tried to buck me at every possible opportunity. Hard West took great pleasure in proving me wrong. Having just finished the Shadowrun series, I figured I was ready to try my hand at a little strategic gunslinging. What follows is a twisting multifaceted tale of demonic intrigue with no real discernible heroes or villains.ĭeveloped by Polish based CreativeForge Games and funded through Kickstarter, Hard West is a turn-based tactical game that takes heavy inspiration from titles such as Jagged Alliance and X-COM. Still, even a game like Hard West that wears its inspirations on its sleeve still feels the need to hide some of its more archaic aspects by staying within the Weird West sub-genre. Perhaps this has more to do with the shift in perception away from Westerns in the popular culture than it does with video games themselves, not that they have ever been known to shy away from controversy. Instead the industry became dominated by sword and sorcery and science fiction. With its violent themes and iconic imagery the genre would have appeared a shoo-in to appeal to the next generation of trigger happy gamers. The genre dominated the launch of almost every other medium Gunsmoke remains the longest running American prime-time drama to this day, starting out on radio before eventually making the move to television. It is amazing that there are so few Western video games. ![]() Weblinks: Official Website, Steam, GOG.com
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