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All
guns blazing
Volume
48, No. 3, March 9, 2006
Guns
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Shoot-em
up: Guns, a good game that’s light on content.
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The
game:
You are Colton White, a gunslinger, living in the Old West the way
it should have been – violent and short. After White’s
mentor, Ned, is killed, he makes his way to Dodge City to fulfil
Ned’s dying wish – and settles a few scores along the
way.
The
play:
Gun is fast paced and unfortunately over before you know it –
this is a rainy afternoon waster. The plot is good but too short,
needing a few more twists and turns in order to lengthen the gameplay.
There are plenty of enemies and you’ll play both sides of the
law to achieve your missions and of course there are side missions
that allow you to earn more cash to upgrade your weapons –
letting you kill faster.
Run around on foot or grab a horse and shoot, trample or blow your
enemies into their wooden boxes using your quickdraw, which enables
a slow motion feature where you can fire at normal speed against
your slowed opponents.
A nice addition to the game is the free-play format allowing you
the ability to interact with the environment, for instance you can
ride into a town and just shoot somebody without reason, bringing
the town patience meter into play. Empty the meter and you’ll
have a local posse chasing you, which is actually quite funny.
The
terrain:
The graphics are good, the sound effects are good and the voice-overs
are good – not exceptional, but all are of a good quality.
The soundtrack plays more like an action-packed epic which is a
little odd considering it only took five and a half hours (on normal)
to finish the game. The cut scenes are impressive, adding value
to finishing each level and leading to White’s next challenge.
Fighting on horseback, on foot or on a wagon, the terrain-changing
is smooth and there’s a reasonable array of weapons –
pistols (unlimited ammo), rifles, shotguns, bows, dynamite, Molotov
cocktails, cannons, hatchets and knives – you can actually
scalp your victims but I’m still not sure why, for there’s
no benefit in terms of the gameplay for doing it and it’s not
recorded as a stat.
The experience:
A good game that’s too light on content. Nevertheless it’s
worthy of a look if you’re keen on this era. –
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SQNLDR
Nick Hogan
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