'In just a second, I will show you how you can use Bravado to totally overturn the situation.'īravado is a new addition to the Hard West series, but the way it refuels your posse's action points on KO-ing an enemy will be instantly familiar to anyone who's dabbled in recent strategy games such as Gears Tactics or Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters. 'In any XCOM-like, when you see that many enemies and that much firepower, in that good a position, you think, okay, I'm fucked up,' he tells me. He takes a moment to consider his approach, but he begins his assault with confidence. The bank is well guarded, with at least half a dozen gunslingers staking out the doors at the front, and untold numbers waiting in hidden nooks and crannies further back. In an exclusive demo for one of the later levels in Hard West 2, the upcoming sequel to the 2015 turn-based tactics original, Ice Code Games' chief technology officer Mateusz Pilski is starting to feel the heat a bit.

At least when your heist strategy's going according to plan, that is.

Whether you're up to no good in Red Dead Redemption 2 or stealing from the rich to (sort of) give to the poor in the original Desperados, these temples of cash have long been the scenes of messy shootouts, upturned tables, and big, golden pay-outs.

Xcom 2 demo release date