I really wanted to continue my adventure in the Wild West of Hard West 2. What I had seen so far had been more than enough to bring me a very pleasant surprise, but now it was the most difficult part, to see how I was able to climb and maintain those good feelings until the end.
There is a bit of everything in the result, you will see it below, but beyond keeping that Hard West 2 It is not a perfect game, I prefer to focus on the ambition and desire to do something different that it shows to have at every step. At a time when that is conspicuous by its absence, you have to give it credit.
Randomness and Powers in the Wild West
For those who don’t know him, Hard West 2 is an RPG adventure in which the tactical component takes the lead. In true XCOM style, our gunslingers will rob trains, explore mines and enter villages loaded with enemies waiting to be shot with the highest precision possible.
With three action points per turn, this is about spending a little on movement to reach the next parapet and taking advantage of the rest to try to do as much damage as possible. Being able to change weapons, use objects and shoot, the most significant thing about our group will always be the special abilities of each member.
Hard West 2 relies again on the most fantastic side of the Wild West, with ghosts and demons mixing among the already dangerous bandits that we will face, but our characters also have their own touch of the afterlife with special shots with which to kill to several at once, or the possibility of exchanging for another character on the map to create an ambush.
Besides being one of those games that demands almost perfect strategies -much trial and errormore than I would like-, the great asset is in being able to take advantage of its bravado system to chain the more deaths the better.
If we manage to reduce the life of an opponent to zero, our action points will be filled automatically. From there it’s time to see to what extent we can take advantage of the idea in search of trying to clean an area of enemies with the least number of characters and possible risks.
Much more than hitting shots without rhyme or reason
When you are not fighting against the various evils of Hard West 2 You will be walking through a huge stage in which you will move from here to there at the click of a button.
Your goal will be to find towns where you can buy supplies and weapons, lairs where you can hunt secondary targets, and areas where you can find people who need your help with quests that advance the story or bring you money and gifts with which to play. upgrade your troop.
Between one action and another there is the possibility of setting up a camp to heal your wounds and take advantage of the calm to get to know your companions better.
Talking to them or choosing their preferred actions when faced with a dilemma will may our bonds be strengthenedwhich will make it easier for tomorrow to take advantage of their abilities to choose answers that would otherwise be inaccessible.
Coffee for very coffee lovers
It is not the most important part of the game, there are some hard and long fights to prove it, but it provides the typical disconnection that one ends up being grateful for between challenge and challenge. Too bad that, in fact, that menu game how well it suits you to advance your story, has no more importance in the evolution of the encounters.
Despite unlocking new companions, buying weapons and improving skills, the general feeling is that of falling into a deadlock in which the rhythm drops too much once the novelty wears off.
The fights end up choking because, despite the variety of situations and scenarios that it strives to provide, at a playable level it cannot separate itself from what you have been doing for the last few hours, which added to a difficulty capable of putting you on the ropes even at lower levels, it can become coffee for very coffee lovers.
If you marry this you will enjoy it, of course, more of the same in a different setting, but if at any time you end up exhausted by the randomness of your precision or by performing the same special attacks over and over again, Hard West 2 it can end up living up to its name and becoming a tough nut to crack.
VidaExtra’s opinion
After becoming one of those ideas that only a handful of studies proposed to make profitable, the tactical strategy throughout XCOM seems to be experiencing a renaissance in the form of indie games with new and original ideas. Hard West 2 He is one of those who carries that banner with pride for having wanted to go further.
Its value in this sense is undeniable and it is a game that will delight those who are looking for a good challenge, but at times he would have preferred that the luck factor of his combats had been fairer, and that the evolution of his gameplay had had a better adjusted curve. Nothing, in any case, that prevents you from enjoying a remarkable surprise.
Hard West 2
platforms | pc |
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multiplayer | Nope |
developer | Ice Code Games |
Company | Good Shepherd Entertainment |
Launch | August 4, 2022 |
The best
- Good variety of scenarios and enemies
- The RPG roll is a fable
- a good challenge
Worst
- At times it can be a bit slow and repetitive
- The game would improve with a more pronounced evolution