Hard West 2 Review (PC)

What a Wild West look like when overrun by demons and undead? Pretty grim, as shown by the folks at Ice Code Games, the studio behind Hard West II, tactical turn-based game that mixes supernatural and RPG elements.

Our story starts with a failed train robbing operation and evolves into a race against time to recover … your lost soul. Although the story is told from Gin Carter’s perspective, a notorious outlaw with a reputation of being very dangerous, you’ll be controlling an entire posse throughout the entire campaign.

Hard West II is perfectly suitable for fans of XCOM-like games, but it’s important to mention that the game does offer that needed twist to make it standout from XCOM and other games in the same genre.

That twist is called “Bravado,” a combat mechanic that replenishes your entire action points upon killing an enemy (or an ally!). Just like in most turn-based games, you have a certain number of action points (in this case 3 points), which you can us...