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Wild Bastards isn’t quite the game I expected.

It’s a significant change of emphasis, and at first, Ihatedit.

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But this proved a premature reaction.

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But the maps are dotted with ‘roadblocks’ set up by Chaste henchmen you’ll need to fight through.

This is the part of the game that I initially recoiled from like a branding iron.

Fortunately, Wild Bastards has a couple of aces up its sleeve.

Wild Bastards

Teamwork

The other key twist is your own posse.

By ‘unlocked’ I mean ‘revived’.

It’s important to do this, because each character brings new weapons and abilities to the battlefield.

Wild Bastards

Spider Rosa is an arachnid gunslinger who wields twin pistols and can deploy enemy-distracting decoys.

Teamwork plays an important role both on and off the battlefield.

There are also a couple of other interesting ideas that emerge as you play.

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Teamwork plays an important role both on and off the battlefield.

The final point worth noting is the narrative potential of your posse.

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