![]() For the first time (I think ever) in my gaming career, I didn’t see a “normal” difficulty or something equivalent. I knew something was up with the gameplay the instant I loaded a new game and had to choose between “easy,” “hard,” and “nightmare” difficulty. I’d look like that, too, if I had to sell these boring-looking guns all day. Each location has a relatively amusing aside from the central plot, adding some degree of flavor to the overall experience. ![]() Most of the time, they’re either linear or branch in terms of which ally the player wants to build loyalty with. Few of these interactions offer any meaningful choice. Landmarks are typically highlighted with a large, white question mark, and a dialogue box with artwork takes over the screen when entering. The overworld is a pleasant, albeit benign, landscape that seems to try to create a sense of place. Gin’s journey takes place in two gameplay formats: overworld exploration to locate and enter important (and unimportant) sites and a range of grid- and turn-based battlefields, including towns, mines, and trains. After an unfortunate end to the introduction, Gin finds himself soulless and seeking revenge. Something goes amiss, though, as Gin and company somehow boarded a Ghost Train with a devil named Mammon at the engine. Hard West 2 follows Gin Carter and his band of hired mercenaries as they set out to rob a train. ![]() Weird West had a fantastic story with extremely weak gameplay, while Hard West 2 has an okay plot and not-so-great gameplay they average about the same in terms of overall quality. While Hard West 2 departs from its counterpart in terms of how dark it is, it shares one fatal flaw: it can’t quite stick the landing on gameplay. Hard West 2 comes hot on the heels of Weird West, another rootin’, tootin’ gunslinger of a game featuring an isometric camera and dark themes. Something about westerns just screams “occult,” I guess.
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