Hitting all the right notes with me

When I first clicked on theHard WestKickstarter, there was a twinge of disappointment that this wasn’t a game about Kanye. I got over it quick, though.

I like Westerns, and I like all the reference points this video was making:XCOM, David Lynch, Stephen King,No Country For Old Men. Surprised there’s noHigh Plains Drifternote, especially given the intruding nightmare bits. And the mechanic with the sun (particularly casting long shadows to give away position) is real neat.

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Hard Westcomes from people that worked onCall of Juarez,Dead Island, and (eventual cult classic?)Hard Reset.

John and Molly sitting on the park bench

Close up shot of Marissa Marcel starring in Ambrosio

Kukrushka sitting in a meadow

Lightkeeper pointing his firearm overlapped against the lighthouse background

Overseer looking over the balcony in opening cutscene of Funeralopolis

Edited image of Super Imposter looking through window in No I’m not a Human demo cutscene with thin man and FEMA inside the house

Indie game collage of Blue Prince, KARMA, and The Midnight Walk

Close up shot of Jackie in the Box

Silhouette of a man getting shot as Mick Carter stands behind cover