The Wild West-themed turn-based strategy game from Ice Code Games is also coming to consoles courtesy of Klabater and Good Shepherd Entertainment.
You are Gin Carter, a notorious outlaw whose reputation is as dangerous as the frontier itself. While on the hunt for a big score, you hear that the legendary Ghost Train, loaded with federal gold, is heading your way. This is it. You swiftly assemble a posse of outlaws, some armed with guns and others with supernatural abilities that can silence a saloon in an instant. Night falls, and your posse rides out, silhouetted in the moon’s ghostly light. Together, you transform the prairie into a land of the damned, echoing with gunfire and the screams of the hunted. Once on board the train, however, you discover that it’s not named the Ghost Train for nothing. What follows is the fight of your life through the uncharted badlands of the Hard West, propelled by bullets, witchcraft, and your pursuit of personal salvation at any cost. Chase down the devil himself and reclaim what he stole – your soul.
Folktales of the Far West collide with the darkness of the occult in an unforgiving land riddled with as many demons as there are bullets. Explore the far reaches of the Wild West in a desperate fight to save your soul. Learn more about your posse as you journey through snow-covered vistas and frontier towns, struggling to survive in a merciless world. Make brutal choices and learn to live with the gruesome consequences. Accumulate kills to activate your Bravado State and replenish your Action Points as you roam the land, taking down anyone – or anything – that gets in your way. Chain together stylish kills of multiple foes to extend your streak and bolster your reputation as a legendary gunslinger.
Uncover mysterious playing cards to build your posse’s poker hands. Kit them out with more powerful guns, explosives, trinkets, or a hearty meal of beans and whiskey to keep them in top shape. Whether you like it or not, you are responsible for your growing posse of gunslinging outlaws, teleporting witches, and other mysterious beings. But be careful who you listen to and what you ask them to do. Making the right choices will earn you more Loyalty Points and useful new skills for your allies, but making poor choices will test their commitment to your cause. In the turn-based combat, projectiles of lead and witchcraft fly through dynamically shifting environments, keeping your brain as busy as your trigger finger. Let your imagination run wild with Westerns, from horseback chases to tense train hold-ups, as you hone your strategic skills.
Hard West II was released for PC on August 4, 2022. It is currently being developed for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series, but the release date is still unknown.
Source: Gematsu
