Fatshark’s title looks and feels like a Team Fortress set in the Wild West and its biggest drawback is the lack of horses: you can’t really feel like a cowboy without riding a horse, right? Except for that, everything is how it should be and everybody will have fun after a few training matches to get used with the controls and learn the Pro’s and Con’s of each class.
Because, yes, there are more character types you can impersonate: the Trapper which is the precise sniper armed with a hunting rifle, the Deputy which is perfect for mid-range combat and the best choice for mid-level players, the Gunslinger is the lethal close-range fighter while the Blaster is the slow yet powerful and explosive Battle Tank.
And like this was not enough already, it’s worth noting that each character has some special abilities they can use in the game, like laying traps, tagging enemy players and revealing their location on the map, throwing “grenades” and so on… All these details meaning that Lead and Gold can become a game where a team’s strategy and blending counts a lot when playing against other teams.
Game modes wise, you’ll also be very pleased with Fatshark’s creativity: you have the classic modes where it’s team vs. team, but also some Western-inspired modes, such as Robbery or Powderkeg, where team play is once again extremely important since the player carrying the robbed gold (or the powder keg, depending on the mode) can’t run nor shoot, so it’s up to the other players to protect him or her. The game maps also look pretty nice and wild west-style but really there should be some horses somewhere and at least a few cans of beans every here and there!
Other Cons include the lack of more weapon choices for your characters and the lack of a clear leveling-up process and ranking system, but as you can see we’re not talking about major deal breakers here, especially for a game that can be purchased for less than 20 bucks.
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