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Hard West 2
Single-player

Hard West 2 is a 2022

Windows. It is the sequel to Hard West
.

Gameplay

Players control an outlaw, Gin Carter, in a

action points, which they can spend on moving, attacking, or using a special ability.[3] Dead characters revive after combat, but some missions require all characters to survive. The game lacks an overwatch mechanic; instead, players are encouraged to aggressively advance on enemies. Characters who make a killing blow replenish their action points, potentially allowing them to continue attacking indefinitely. Trick shots allow characters to ricochet bullets off objects and hit enemies hiding behind cover.[4]

Reception

Hard West 2 was released for Windows on August 4, 2022.[4] It received "generally favorable reviews" on Metacritic.[5]

Rick Lane of Rock Paper Shotgun said he enjoyed the game and its changes to the standard tactics game formula, though he criticized it for having arbitrary difficulty spikes and occasionally difficult controls.[4] In his review for PC Gamer, Ian Evenden described Hard West 2 as "a superb tactics game" whose fun combat makes its other issues tolerable.[3] IGN's reviewer, Jon Bolding, wrote, "Hard West 2 has plenty of little annoyances, but it's a supernatural western tactics game with a lot of style and the substance to back it."[1] Eurogamer recommended the game. Reviewer Christian Donlan believed that the change from two to three action points in a traditional XCOM: Enemy Unknown-style tactical combat game opened up interesting possibilities. Donlan concluded that this made it "a tactics game just built for experimentation".[6] Although he criticized the game's lack of depth when it comes to role-playing, David Wildgoose said the game "gets it right where it counts". In particular, Wildgoose praised the game's tactical combat in his review for GameSpot.[7] At RPGFan, reviewer Bob Richardson wrote, "While I technically enjoyed Hard West 2, the onerous difficulty makes it hard to recommend."[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Bolding, Jon (August 4, 2022). "Hard West 2 Review". IGN. Archived from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  2. Steam Community. Archived
    from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Evenden, Ian (August 11, 2022). "Hard West 2 review". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Lane, Rick (August 4, 2022). "Hard West 2 review: rootin' tootin' tactical shootin'". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  5. ^ "Hard West 2 (PC)". Metacritic. Archived from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  6. ^ Donlan, Christian (August 4, 2022). "Hard West 2 review - absolutely stellar fun". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  7. ^ Wildgoose, David (August 4, 2022). "Hard West 2 Review - Bouncing Back". GameSpot. Archived from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  8. ^ Richardson, Bob (September 18, 2022). "Hard West 2". RPGFan. Archived from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.

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