Hard West 2

recommended! similar to Mutant Year Zero and Expeditions series

I stopped at about 10 hrs as I did no longer enjoying it. I can't really consider it rpg because there's no character customization, the characters are very very basic and shallow, the story is linear, the choices as to how you'll progress your quest are essentially non existent and generally they've put some random half assed rp elements here and there creating....nothing. The combat, which is the reason why I bought it in the first place, starts interesting but quickly becomes repetitive and boring. You hide and shoot, hide and shoot. The whole system is extremely dependent on bravado which ends up making the combat very deterministic. Bravado is what moves the fights and also what makes them so repetitive. Granted, there are subtle things and choices that make a big difference and I don't deny the strategic level of the game, but this doesn't save it from being unexceting after a few hours in. Chess is also very strategic and yet it's the most boring game created in history. The game it reminded me the most is actually Desperados III (and Blades of the Shogun, obviously), but with turn based combat and faux rp elements. I wanted to like it, but I can't. From me, it's a no.

Sehr schönes rundenbasiertes Taktik-Spiel. Obwohl es rundenbasiert ist, schwingt dabei jede Menge Charme der Deperados-Reihe mit - wer Desperados nicht kennen sollte, dabei handelt es sich um ein Commandos im Wild West-Setting. In Hard West 2 verlieren unsere Protagonisten ärgerlicherweise ihre Seele an Mammon aka als der Teufel persönlich (wer spielt denn auch freiwillig Poker gegen den Leibhaftigen?). Jetzt versucht ihr auf der Jagd nach dem Satan eine ständig wachsende Zahl von Bandenmitgliedern durch allerlei Missionen zu steuern und dabei ihre bemerkenswerten Fähigkeiten zu nutzen. Die meisten Missionen/Kämpfe sind zwar nicht randomisiert, wie in X-Com, dafür könnt ihr die Reihenfolge, in der ihr sie angehen möchtet, meist selbst bestimmen. In Kombination mit Allerlei Schießeisen und einem Poker-Karten-basierten Fähigkeitensystem, macht Hard West 2 sehr viel Spaß, sofern ihr die nötige Frusttoleranz mitbringt, oder euch nicht dafür zu schade seid, auf einem niedrigen Schwierigkeitsgrad zu spielen. ;-) Klare Empfehlung von mir.

get rid of linearity, make modifications worthwhile and introduce alternative paths/styles coupled to that

If you ever liked game called Weird West, then you would love the atmoshpere of this one. This is very similar turn-based game with supernatural and western vibes. However, there is some problems with autosaving, saving fails and takes too much time during combats, so the gaming experience is no longer immersive as I want.