Hard West

Even though I am far from an expert, I really like turn-based tactical games like XCOM. The same goes for western themed games and Hard West does a good job using XCOM-like gameplay in a western setting. It took me some time to get into the whole supernatural story but once I got used to the dark, horror-like scenarios I really enjoyed it, mainly because of their presentation and the gritty narration of the story. The exploration mode can be a bit of a drag but it contains a few intriguing parts and nice ideas. The music fits the atmosphere but gets repetitive pretty fast. That being said, the game is far from perfect but charming and satisfying enough to keep you playing until the end. Should there ever be a sequel I'd certainly check it out.

This game can be fun and engaging but the frequent glitch of getting caught on a barrier indefinitely and forcing you to redo missions is blatantly disrespectful. I am a streamer and have been getting into this live, viewers have endured theor share of restarts but they have also enjoyed the story. As much as you can get into this game the broken nature of it will pull you out. This game was abandoned to work on a sequal I will never buy if I cannot even get through the first installment.

Story isn't bad, however gameplay is sluggish and restrictive. Check second game in series instead.

Is pretty good. Didn't want to type but GOG made me.

There's no real player agency when it comes to meaningful choices in Hard West. While the Narrator is addressing you directly. You do this, You do that. What he means is the character does this or that. A character you have no influence on other than helping it with fights. Seems like the devs wanted to be puppeteers and forgot they were making a video game. I could have forgiven them for wanting to be puppeteers, if they didn't write it like I was making the choices. The constant you do this, or that, infuriated me. No, I didn't do all these things. I would never do these things. They went far with the hard sell, and the experience was terrible for it.