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Best, But Bloody

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: July 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I havent played much of this game. But what I have played is Marvelous. Thats really all I have to say. But, this game does have a dark side too. All the blood, Gore, And some maneuvers Were just not exceptable. But other than that, I still give this game a 5 STAR rating.

Yours truly,
Anonymous

Cool game...for its time

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: September 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

With all the new graphics and what-not out there, this game is worthless. But if you have a bad PC and would like a little fun, buy this game. 5 years ago I would give this Game of the Year

CHEESY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 13
Date: July 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Rotten graphics and gameplay. Do not waste your time! I was dissapointed!!

Old School - But still quite entertaining

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The cell-shaded (cartoon-style) graphics are comical and fun. The fun gameplay and integrated cut scenes along with the sound and the music make this game a classic. You will be forever hearing taunts like "Where ARE you marshall!" rolling around in your head after you play through this game.

The Intelligence of the computer opponents is rather weak - and the game physics can be less than accurate, but the game is still lots of fun to play. For $10 or so you can have a great time with this LucasArts game - I recommend it if you have some time to kill - or have a lower-end machine that can't run some of today's graphic's intensive games.

CLASSIC!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Hey George Lucas any day now. Get off your duff and make the sequel to the best game ever created by LucasArts. Enough is enough. No more Star Wars games.

Breathtaking

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I reccomend Outlaws to all my friends. They made this game in the late 90's so it is extremely hard to find in stores. If you like adventurous, shooting games with overall PERFECT music, then get this. The levels gradually get harder and you will find yourself looking at a strategy guide once in a while. An awesome game.

A Darn Good Time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought Outlaws when it was released some years ago and was hooked almost immediately. At the time, games such as Quake and Halflife were making waves, so it seemed as though Outlaws would get lost in the shuffle, but it definitely carved its own little niche in the first-person shoot-em-up genre.

Gameplay is smooth, the story is clever and thoughtful, and the music is simply incredible. I honestly have never found another game with a better soundtrack.

Best still is multiplayer Outlaws, which is addictive, to say the least. I don't know if any of the communities still exist (the Zone seemed to vanish awhile ago, for example), but check out IRC or somewhere. You never know!

This is one of the best games I've ever played, hands down.

This Pistol Has A Little Rust

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

When it comes down to basic FPS concepts that "Doom" and "Duke Nukem" and "Star Wars: Dark Forces" invented and reinvented, "Outlaws" doesn't really change much. But like those other three games, what distinguishes "Outlaws" is that while the basic gameplay doesn't change, the gaming world is still unique. The riveting music, the colorful scenery, and the heart-thumping sound effects all give "Outlaws" its own identity. However, like most FPS games released in the late 1990s, this one barely stands the test of time.

GRAPHICS
---The animated cutscenes are just as good as they were back when this game first came out. The actual game footage, though, doesn't hold up. Although "Outlaws" doesn't have a choppy feel and flows really nicely, the character models weren't that good to begin with. The environments look really nice, and are diverse enough to keep the experience fresh (trains, towns, waterfalls...this game has all Western settins imaginable), but it's the character graphics that don't hold up. Overall, good but not great.

SOUND
---The music, as I said earlier, is terrific. There are those quiet tracks of sadness, and loud ones to get your trigger-finger quicker than a jackal. The voice-acting is top-notch, as only LucasArts could pull off back in the day. The dialogue actually has a wicked tongue to it, as there are some bad guys just in dire need of a bullet. The gun effects all feel authentic (though, I'm no firearms expert). No complaints here.

GAMEPLAY
---The controls are all customizeable, but the default setup is perfect. I'm more of a keyboard-and-mouse player myself, but joystick and controller players should feel right at home. The level design is diverse, and there are even some tricky puzzles occasionally thrown in. However, this is a shooter - plain and simple. There are no time limits, hostage scenarios, civilian complications...nothing. You will shoot bad guys, find the keys and occassional items, and shoot more bad guys. You won't even find different enemy types, just different gun-toters. There aren't any horse-riders, but at least there aren't any crazy machines or anachronistic villains like that. This game is very fun, but this game came out just after "Star Wars: Jedi Knight", which reinvented FPS games to me. This game was slightly outdated even back then, but it's still good fun to shoot some villains.

OVERALL
---I don't think this game is required gaming, but it won't be a waste of your time. The multi-player isn't outstanding, but for its time, this was pretty good gaming. I don't think any Western games have come even close to matching this one, but that doesn't mean that this game is a classic.

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