Hard West 2

Hard West 2

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Ice Code Games · Turn-Based Strategy · Aug 4, 2022

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $29.99. It has been as low as $5.99.

82%
Very Positive
3k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 171 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 76 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise30% are divided20% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Each map is divided into a square grid, and your party of four characters have action points to move, attack, activate special abilities, and use items such as medkits and dynamite.
171 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay is enjoyable (as a turn base strategy game), can make a lot of different strategies depending on party members, story is decent - not loaded with details, just enough to make you locked in, characters are in the most part interesting, each with a little background, some variations on the side quest endings.
76 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
+ Better visuals.
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
• Voice acting is good, but only some lines of dialogue are voiced, with the rest being text only.
40 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
Considering the release date, better handheld optimization is expected.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters171 reviews
Gameplay76 reviews
Graphics44 reviews
Audio40 reviews
Optimization7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat103 reviews
83%
Difficulty64 reviews
84%
Interface10 reviews
80%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes12 reviews
58%
Bugs8 reviews
63%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

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Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $5.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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Player review score
82%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
38
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