WESTSLINGERS

Games dead and unfinished why is it still on steam?

This is a fun little tactics game. If you like the combat in games like Rimworld, then think of this as a set of scripted missions using that sort of gameplay. Missions can be tackled in a variety of ways, and your gang members have unique talents and abilities that you can upgrade as they level up. I particularly liked the "pocket sand" ability, that lets you blind enemies within a certain cone. On normal difficulty the game is not particularly difficult, I ended up completing the campaign losing only 2 gang members, while using the same 4 gang members to complete most missions. That said I did make thorough use of the "tactics mode" which lets you pause time and plan out your actions carefully. Completing the enjoyable campaign on normal difficulty took me a good 6 hours, I feel it's worth the price.

This tactics game that mostly runs in real-time, but it has a pause mode where you can be more precise with your plan in critical moments. You start with a single outlaw and grow your gang by rescuing members from jail and unlocking more recruits as your gang notoriety grows. The better you do in each mission, the more notoriety and bounty you'll earn to recruit additional members. Each gang member has four random skills that unlock as you play, and you can use each skill once per mission to give you some kind of advantage. The missions themselves are fairly difficult if you Rambo your way through the map, but if you exploit enemy line of sight and make use of cover then things will go a lot better for you. Wanted status is also important to watch for. In many missions no one will give you trouble as you walk around the town, but as soon as you're reported for doing something wrong you'll be Wanted and the law will shoot you on sight. So if you see some farmer running for the sheriff you might want to gun him down before he can expose you. My biggest complaint is that some of the controls and mechanics weren't obvious at first. I finally noticed the link to the full instructions in the quick guide and that did a pretty good job of explaining how stuff worked.

Interessantes Indie-Spiel, weil ich dieses Setup mit "Wilder Westen" und "Gang aufbauen" echt total spanennd finde. Habe davon auf YT auch ein erstes "angezockt" veröffentlicht. Leider habe ich nach zwei gespielten Missionen noch kaum taktische Elemente entdecken können. Eigentlich soll man seine eigene Gang aufbauen, aber am Anfang stürmt man am besten den Raum und ballert gleich los. Unbeteiligte Menschen sollte man auch gleich mit in die ewigen Jagdgründe schicken, da sie schnell zum Sheriff laufen und einen verpetzen ^^ Sicherlich ein "nettes" Spiel, die Schwierigkeit dürfte im Laufe der Zeit deutlich steigen und die bis zu fünf Gang-Mitglieder wollen irgendwie gesteuert werden. Dafür gibt es dann den Taktik-Mode, mit dem wird das Spiel sofort eingefroren und man kann seinen Leuten neue Anweisungen geben. Ich weiß, es ist vielleicht etwas hart ein Indie-Spiel gleich von Anfang an negativ zu bewerten. Aber es ist "nur" ein Single-Player-Spiel. Die beiden Anfangs-Missionen lassen in der Spielabfolge auch kaum Alternativen zu. Sie haben übrigens immer den gleichen Aufbau! Kein Random, keine Überraschungen. Und ja: Es geht eigentlich nur um Erschießen oder erschossen werden. Eine Kommunikation mit den Neutralen oder den Gegnern findet außer "Hm?!" nicht statt. :-/ (Man hätte ja wenigstens ein paar kleine Fragen einbauen können, z.B. an neutrale Personen: "Haben sie den bösen Halunken XY gesehen?" Und und und... Auch ein echter Gang-Aufbau über die ganze Map quasi als Open-World wäre richtig toll gewesen. Einfach selber bestimmen welche Typen, wann und wo zur Gang gehören. Von daher - es fällt mir nicht leicht - muss ich leider den Daumen vorerst nach unten senken.Für mich ist das Spiel (da es ja gerade fertig scheint) derzeit keine 15 Euro wert. Klingt vielleicht hart, ist aber meine ehrliche Meinung. Bei einem EA-Titel wo nach und nach noch weitere Möglichkeiten dazu kommen würden, ja dann... aber so, nein sorry, für 15 Euro ist das Spiel doch recht oberflächlich. Realistische Preis/Leistung würde für mich bei ca 6 bis 8 Euro liegen, aber niemals fast 15 Steine... sorry. Update: Rechtschreibung und Ergänzungen

Cross Frozen Synapse with Rimworld style graphics, add in some Django Unchained and strip everything else and you get this fun, bloody little game. Only lasts around 5 hours (unless you like replaying for better scores) so might be a tad expensive but I had fun the whole time. Very quick missions, pausable real time combat, not a lot of options but surprisingly deep and nuanced under the hood. What it ends up doing really well is making you feel like an outlaw gang trying to get out of town after a score, or staging prison breaks and ambushing rival gangs. There's no narrative sense to it, just excuses to put your little band in iconic western scenarios. Pros - super bloody, satisfying combat - captures the chaos of western fights perfectly - surprising tactical depth and nuance - forces great running battles where you react to the town - difficulty ramps up a lot with higher difficulty levels - default difficulty felt just right for me (I don't like repeating levels too much) Neutral - very streamlined, boils down to just mission after mission - light RPG elements but no actual choice when leveling or customizing - cutsey flash type graphics (think zoomed in, more detailed Prison Architect) Cons - only 3 items of equipment, no customization, no loot - only brief mission descriptions that don't link together - more expensive than most games that give such a short playthrough (5 hours) [url=https://oldgrizzledgamers.com/reviews/westslingers/]Full review[/url]

Dev abandoned it.

The game was fun while it lasted, but the developer seems to have killed it.

This is my favorite game that I've picked up in the past few months - I'll definitely be playing it for awhile. It's like a mix between Starcraft and Hitman! Starcraft because of the action sequences, the controls, and how each building has a purpose that you can use strategically. Hitman because the entire game has this really quality simulated AI, so they react to your characters in interesting and realistic ways. You can case the joint out (Hitman / Payday style) before executing on your master plan. And of course, you can always pause the game during the action to get your bearings if things go haywire. Which they will. In terms of game length and replayability - I definitely think it's there. I'm about 7 hours in and I'm taking it slow. Getting gold on every mission before moving on, which means first learning everything about the mission, then perfecting your strategy for the speed run. Because of the quality AI, every run is somewhat different so it's actually really fun to play a mission over and over to squeeze the best time out. And have an enemy scare the crap out of you when he does something different this time around! There are plenty of elements of the game I haven't even scratched the surface of yet (like special abilities and the advanced tactics of all the buildings). So there's a ton of depth and plenty more to learn. So, definitely recommended if - you like games with emergent playstyles, you like thinking-man games where tactics actually matter, and if you like shoot-em-up Westerns! Be warned - you are eased into the action a bit but there's still a learning curve to get past. The basic commands are easy to pick up but it's strategy that takes awhile to sink in. But when it does and you get those "ah-hah" moments - the best feeling in the world! I ran across this game on Reddit and I'm definitely glad I tried it out. Looking forward to playing this a lot more and also seeing what's next from Tailwind Games!