![]() It’s actually an intriguing idea if players are having the story being told to them by Death, is not their actions by default futile, and why would you play on? The fellow doesn’t miss a beat in his storytelling, regardless of the actions that players take, too, which only further emphasises the inevitability of it all.Īnd yet, there we are, playing along with Death’s tale and… well, trying to keep our characters alive. Death himself recounts the tale at key points as if the events themselves have already come to pass, and sets up a chilling premonition of what is to come. ![]() Hard West does justice to the Old West narrative. It’s not hard to see why it’s such an appealing setting, either, between the real historical characters that were a fascinating bunch, the unique aesthetic of the West and its general lawlessness, this was always been a world where everything that could happen, would happen. The Old West has traditionally held huge potential for a wide variety of tales from the classic Spaghetti Westerns to a reworking with a new context of classic films such as what we saw when Seven Samurai became the Magnificent Seven. You can read Matt’s review of the iPad port of that game here. Related reading: This game borrows heavily from the systems that the recent XCOM reboot set up. ![]() ![]() Luck, supernatural elements, and pure skill with a lead thrower will be the only things standing between the very fine line of life and death. Hard West is an intriguing turned based strategy title that plays on the grittier aspects of the Old West. ![]()
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