I get the shadow flickering issue too, setting shadows to low helps the problem (it flickers far less often) but doesn't completely eliminate it. I've been playing this game and I love it. Together you will need to make divisive choices to uncover the ultimate plans of the ancient powers at play, as you unravel a deep narrative storyline featuring multiple endings depending on the choices you make during the game. Journey deeper into the world of Hard West and meet a colorful cast of playable characters whose fates are intimately intertwined with yours. Because in this world, death is a constant presence and the black pacts which you make with forces beyond human comprehension will forever haunt all those around you.įight and survive through 8 unique story-based scenarios, and try your hand at 40 individually designed turn-based combat missions. Follow Warren on his descent into the darkest recesses of the human soul, and try to survive in a world full of hard choices and even harder consequences. When a tragic turn of events sets one man down a path of supernatural chaos and revenge, he must brutally hunt down all those whom wronged him. Welcome to the Wild West like you’ve never seen it before. If you're a fan of strategy games, but want something a little different I can recommend Hard West, but you may want to wait for a few patches for a more stable experience. I would much prefer being able to manually remove them, or have them stacked up somehow.įinal thoughts: Nothing like I expected, but actually quite interesting to play. The notifications you along the right side of the screen vanish too quickly sometimes for me to read what I've been given, or what I've gained. I didn't even notice they were there at first, as nothing pointed them out to me. One of the things I dislike about the battle system, is how small the arrows are to switch between enemies. I wouldn't go starting a mission if you need to go and do anything soon, as there's no saves available during missions which is damned annoying. Be careful though, losing certain characters will result in an instant loss, and you will need to replay the mission. The battles are actually quite good, not as in-depth as XCOM, but you do have access to 'cards' you can equip to each character to give them unique abilities, like longer sight which is extremely useful. Honestly, at first I didn't like the map view, but it grew on me quite quickly as I started to really ponder my choices at each place I visited. There's strategy to it though, as some mines are quite deep so you can keep going using different tools you acquire from people, but you could risk injury to characters. It felt like it suddenly turned into some sort of adventure game. It's a simple 'click here, read the options, pick an option' and then see what happens. It's quite different, and I'm not sure if it was all that fun clicking different areas of a map to travel to.

Outside of battles you have a weird map-view where you travel around excavating gold.

Honestly, Hard West is nothing like I expected. While it has turn based combat, the feel of it is different too with it being much faster paced. I was expecting it to be like XCOM, but it's really quite different. The second run seemed much nicer, and I didn't get a crash, so I was able to get a much better feel for the game. I sent this issue, and the shadow flickering to their official support email they advertise on their Steam forum, so hopefully they can track it down. Not exactly the experience I was hoping for in a game as interesting as Hard West. I completed the initial tutorial level, and the game instantly quit to the desktop. As beautiful as the mostly orange, yellow and brown theme is anyway, but I think it looks quite nice. The map isn't all that much to look at, but the battle areas are actually quite beautiful I thought. Graphically, I'm pretty damn pleased with the game. Performance wise I have no issues with it, everything on High seems to give me a very good and playable experience. You will need to exit back to the main menu to do any settings changes. The shadows on High settings flicker a bit, which is annoying, and it seems you cannot change graphical settings during the gameplay at all, so that's quite frustrating. I'm guessing I turned down another game at somepoint that shows up with the same generic name, so try that if you also see the issue. View cookie preferences.Īccept Cookies & Show Direct LinkHard West is a game I've been really looking forward to, as it blends XCOM style strategy with a really interesting setting.įor some reason the game had no sound at the start, when I opened PulseAudio Volume Control the 'FMOD Ex App' was turned right down. YouTube videos require cookies, you must accept their cookies to view.

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