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Hard West

Gambitious Digital Entertainment, CreativeForge Games
Nov 18, 2015 - PC
Fair

OpenCritic Rating

71

Top Critic Average

38%

Critics Recommend

PC Gamer
61 / 100
Game Rant
3.5 / 5
IGN
7.3 / 10
Eurogamer
No Recommendation
GameSpot
7 / 10
Destructoid
5 / 10
TheSixthAxis
7 / 10
IGN Italy
8.1 / 10
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Critic Reviews for Hard West

The presentation is aced, but Hard West's turn-based combat is too rote to be engrossing.

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Hard West delivers a new setting for turn-based strategy fans, bringing X-COM style combat to the Wild West with fun (and difficult) firefights but little replayability.

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Hard West isn't the deepest game of its kind, but it does a good job of walking the line between cold, hard tactics, and Weird West-style personality. Its mystically-inspired abilities add a fun twist to the X-Com formula, even if they do remove some of the need for tactical forsight. A richer world outside of combat would have been nice, but as is, Hard West still presents a fun, unique take on turn-based tactics.

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Eurogamer

No Recommendation / Blank
Eurogamer

Rough round the edges and clunky in parts, Hard West's refreshing take on turn-based strategy is still worth saddling up for.

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Hard West is a satisfyingly creepy mash-up of six-gun horror and tactical combat.

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This is a world worth exploring, and I have a feeling we'll be seeing more of it. Maybe that'll be in the form of a huge patch that puts this broken machine back together, or a sequel that brings the best of Hard West to the forefront. What I'd really like to see is a tabletop game in this setting, because it honestly feels like it might be better suited in that realm. Either way, I hope there'll be a reason to come back. 

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Hard West gets a lot of things right, with a number of clever ideas that help to broaden the scope of the standard turn-based formula it draws upon, but a lack of checkpointing and other game design faux pas can spoil the fun.

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Lovecraft meets John Ford and they duke it out in a turn-based western-style shootout. Cowboys and demons for a game with a strong narrative bent and solid, if a little too by-the-numbers, tactical combat.

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