I was quite pleased to stumble upon Occidental Heroes recently. From what I can tell it’s an early stage mobile role playing game, which means there are some minor oddities, but also that you have a chance to watch the game develop, which can be great fun.

The writing is entertaining and the game play relatively simple. It’s easy to sit down and play for ten minutes or play for an hour. Overall, I’m seeing a lot of potential.

There are a few things I’d like to see fixed:

1. NPC archers seem to be able to fire in a line that doesn’t follow a direct line of hexes, why can’t I?

2. My bow range sometimes one and other times two. There are times when a target is two away and I can’t fire.

3. In combat, why can’t a character choose to stand still? Like, do I really have to go stand by the bear?

4. The sections of the map that I explored and exposed yesterday have gone back to black upon logging back in.

These are all pretty minor for the potential I see here. There are so many directions they can take it, and it’s a solid base to build from. For example, there’s currently no magic system, no playable female characters and character development is a pretty wide open area they could explore. As it stands, it’s a fun throwback to early PC role playing games, but it’s the potential I’m most excited about.

That said, grab it. It’s free to play, with an odd ad every so often, and is sure to improve over time. I have a feeling this one will still be getting better several years from now.

Dev notes, etc can be found at https://occidentalheroes.com/.