Hard West - A Tactical Turn-based Western

I've been waiting a long time for an RPG set in the Old West. While this isn't exactly what I would have envisioned, it looks pretty good.

Squad-based combat, exploration, and stealth mechanics makes for a lot of potential. I'm going to wait and see what the next few updates reveal, but I think I'm going to back this.
 
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The project is off to a really good start. Looks like they have a good chance of hitting the goal if they stay strong another couple days and get the usual surge towards the end.
 
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you said:
My only real concern is that for $70K it seems the game would be very limited in scope.
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They address that in their latest update. Basically the $70K isn't their entire budget and they will use funds they receive from the previous games as well as various potential investors.
 
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SonOfCapiz said:
my wife and I are always on the lookout for games we can play coop so I for one hope it's in. But joxer has a form of dyslexia that reads multiplayer as mmo and phone/tablet compatible as casual phon/tablet crap :D
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Unfortunately this syndrome is based on past experience. So many projects start as one thing and then someone says. . "What if we could capture the app market too!" It's all downhill from there.
Instead of having a great experience on one platform, many platforms end up with a mediocre experience.
 
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JDR13 said:
I've been waiting a long time for an RPG set in the Old West. While this isn't exactly what I would have envisioned, it looks pretty good.

Squad-based combat, exploration, and stealth mechanics makes for a lot of potential. I'm going to wait and see what the next few updates reveal, but I think I'm going to back this.
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Hmm... maybe I missed it, but seems to me it's not 'squad-based', more like character vs. world, or did I miss it? If it's squad (party) based, will there be classes for different members in the party?
 
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wolfing said:
Hmm… maybe I missed it, but seems to me it's not 'squad-based', more like character vs. world, or did I miss it? If it's squad (party) based, will there be classes for different members in the party?
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Near the top of the Kickstarter page…

In a nutshell, Hard West is a turn-based squad tactical with adventurous world exploration. Think X-Com combat with Heroes of Might and Magic world map.
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kacper_szymczak said:
Thank you all for your comments!

Made an update, just for you!
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The last update made me less interested. I've already pledged and I won't withdraw my pledge, but to control as different character in every scenario? I was hoping for something close to sandbox gameplay were you get to control your own character. Jagged Alliance in with cowboys. If it's a linear game with different scenarios with different characters then it doesn't sound half s fun to me as the original pitch did.

As for "over the top" though, fine with me. I don't want a historical simulator.
 
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