Oh, my! Am I having fun with this or what?
Hard West
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You got me. This is on my must play list now.
I got it off of Steam last week for $19.95. There is a DLC I'm going to pick up as well.
Done! Worth every penny.
I'm sure I missed a lot of stuff, but chose not to spend time trying to find a walk through and reading about every detail. Something to be said for that nowadays.
I also bought the DLC for $3 and found it to be more challenging than the original game. There was one battle, The Quarry I think, where I lost 15 times before getting through it. Came close to hitting <delete>. LOL!
Hope they make some more.
Onward to M.A.X.
I'm sure I missed a lot of stuff, but chose not to spend time trying to find a walk through and reading about every detail. Something to be said for that nowadays.
I also bought the DLC for $3 and found it to be more challenging than the original game. There was one battle, The Quarry I think, where I lost 15 times before getting through it. Came close to hitting <delete>. LOL!
Hope they make some more.
Onward to M.A.X.
On sale for the next 20 hours or so, very aggressive price on Steam
Got it and the DLC for $12.
Nice!
I promise, you won't be disappointed. Although you were a bit slow to get on board. 
Oh, my! Am I having fun with this or what?
I am enjoying the game!
;D
So, reading the user manual over lunch at work. Specifically luck and combat:
"As stated before luck is one of the three fundamental attributes of characters in Hard West. Above all it is a layer of protection. In Hard West’s combat there is no randomness, instead, the target’s luck is reduced by the shooter’s chance to hit and only if the target’s luck hits zero the character is hit":
Makes sense. But I know for a fact, say in the first mission (defend the homestead), that I've killed a number of Bandits with the first shot, with say 67% chance to hit. In say XCOM, that makes sense; I had the equivalent of rolling 1-4 on a 6 sided die, and dealt say 4 damage (they only had 3HP).
But in HW, according to the above (and assuming they start with 100% luck?) I should have reduced their luck to say 33/100, and therefore no damage with that first shot?
Confused?
I am enjoying the game!
;D
So, reading the user manual over lunch at work. Specifically luck and combat:
"As stated before luck is one of the three fundamental attributes of characters in Hard West. Above all it is a layer of protection. In Hard West’s combat there is no randomness, instead, the target’s luck is reduced by the shooter’s chance to hit and only if the target’s luck hits zero the character is hit":
Makes sense. But I know for a fact, say in the first mission (defend the homestead), that I've killed a number of Bandits with the first shot, with say 67% chance to hit. In say XCOM, that makes sense; I had the equivalent of rolling 1-4 on a 6 sided die, and dealt say 4 damage (they only had 3HP).
But in HW, according to the above (and assuming they start with 100% luck?) I should have reduced their luck to say 33/100, and therefore no damage with that first shot?
Confused?
No idea how that actually works, and gave up worrying about it. I just thought of it as armor and kept shooting.
Have you figured out by now that you can grind the AI down by always moving just enough to retain defensive fire and ALWAYS ending a character's turn behind cover?
Have you figured out by now that you can grind the AI down by always moving just enough to retain defensive fire and ALWAYS ending a character's turn behind cover?
I started playing this and one thing is bothering me. Why do my characters never seem to take reaction shots, even if I end the turn without doing anything? It has been a basic strategy in turn based combat games like this to leave "action points" so that your characters can take opportunity fire at enemies that move into your field of view. This never seems to happen in Hard West. Am I missing something?
You must be. I only survived by saving enough points almost every turn to make sure I had enough for defensive fire.
Any chance it has something to do with the direction your people are facing? Ammo perhaps?
Any chance it has something to do with the direction your people are facing? Ammo perhaps?
Nope. Since my previous post I watched a review on YT and it clearly stated there is no opportunity fire (for players.....the AI seems to take advantage of it, at least at close range). Perhaps you played an earlier version?
Anyway, I'm going to continue on. The new combat model encourages more movement and less "hunkering".
Anyway, I'm going to continue on. The new combat model encourages more movement and less "hunkering".
Wait! That's right. The most important thing for the Human player is to end his turn behind cover, full cover if possible. Do that even at the expense of a possible better offensive turn. Unless, of course, you have a safe and easy kill. Full cover will keep you alive almost indefinitely. Sorry, been a while since I played.
I'm really having fun with this game. Love the "weird west" atmosphere.
So this is like a XCOM in the weird west. So is it like Desperadoes? I loved that game and boy was it hard to beat. Hard West is on sale for only 8 bucks (10 for DLC too). It's either that or Just Cause 3. Already got the new Doom and now playing Witcher 3. God damn these Steam sales, too many games and not enough time. :shocknaz:
As previously noted, I really liked HW. Fun, challenging and different. Certainly well worth it for the price you are quoting (and more).