![]() Instead of the somewhat confusing nature of the system in the first game, it’s been distilled purely to: if you’re hit you gain luck and can use luck to boost critical hit chance on your turn. First off, the luck system got a hell of a lot simpler. It makes you think a bit more before just assigning cards willy nilly.įans of the first game will either be happy or disappointed to hear that developers Ice Code Games have heavily streamlined the game’s mechanics and UI a lot for the better. As you play the game you’ll come across a variety of playing cards that have varying effects like granting health regeneration or increasing a particular stat, but it goes further than that in that you can earn bigger bonuses if you equip a character with (for example) three of a kind. You’ve got your posse that you can deck out with gear you’ll find while playing, and no perma-death (as far as I’m aware), along with playing cards that can alter the way a character plays. It made me excited to see more moments like that in the game and hope other developers pull from it as well. My build opened with my posse robbing a train while on horseback, and while the game is still turn-based, the environment itself continued to stay in motion which added a drastic level of gravitas to the encounter. One thing Hard West 2 does that I’ve never seen another tactics game do before is have a dynamic environment. Playing similarly to an XCOM or any of its like, Hard West 2 is a turn-based tactics game, and while I would’ve really liked to have seen it take some cues from its peers that have improved on the genre, it still plays pretty well. If you played one tactics game you’ve played ‘em all and Hard West 2 is no different. ![]() It’s a pretty typical setup for a western, but part of the first game’s entire appeal was the supernatural/occult element at play and I’m eager to see if the sequel doubles down on it more. After barely escaping with your lives, your gang decides to get payback on the devil and take their souls back. Little do they know, however, that the train’s “ghost train” nickname is actually quite literal as you make it to the conductor to discover it’s actually a devil who steals your souls. Hard West 2, a sequel to the incredibly fun 2015 game Hard West, opens with the appropriately gruff sounding Gin Carter who, with his posse of questionable outlaws, seeks to rob a train. ![]() (Make sure you have the latest iTunes on your computer.It’s a hard life out there in the west, and a ghost train that’s controlled by a devil who took your souls doesn’t help things either.
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