New to town, are ya?
Let me clue you in.
Now, bringing a club to a gunfight might not seem like the smartest idea.
Hard West 2 isn’t an open-ended tactical strategy likeXCOMorPhoenix Point.
If that sounds limiting to you, fret not.
This is where Bravado comes into play.
Either a character gets Bravado, giving them another three actions points, or they don’t.
Regarding which is better depends on what you want from a tactics game.
Luckily, Bravado is not the only tool in your arsenal.
All characters can perform trickshots with pistols, ricocheting bullets off metal objects to circumvent enemy cover.
In addition, each character has a unique skill that can help even the odds.
But the complexity of the combat system also make battlefields hard to read.
Buildings and elevation also affect visibility and shot change in ways that aren’t always clear.
Indeed, readability is a problem in general for Hard West 2.
The trickshot system is similarly unpredictable.
Hard West 2 also has a couple of annoyingly arbitrary smaller features.
Worse, though, are the missions that stipulate “all posse members must survive”.
Considering the precision Hard West 2 often demands, such problems can make the game intensely frustrating.
The strength of this hand denotes the number of bonuses your character unlocks.
These side quests are entirely text-based, which initially was disappointing.
But I quickly learned to appreciate the change in pace they offer over the main missions.
All told, I like Hard West 2.
