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Don't waste your money, Get Call to Duty 2 instead

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 19
Date: December 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is awful. The gameplay sucks and its just plain boring. I really expected a much better game. Big waste of money. I suggest you try it before you buy it if you can.

Rezet's Xbox 360 Game Review: GUN

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 17
Date: December 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The Gun seems to be one of those games that receives either all high reviews from some people and all bad reviews from the others. And once you play it, you understand why. The game itself isn't a mindless shooter like "Serious Sam" but feels more like "Grand Theft Auto" in the mid-west when "law" was something people only read in the books. Ahh well, who am I kidding!? They didn't read books there.

The game is set in a relatively free roaming world in the wild west where the job of a main character varies from simply surviving an ecnounter with a crazy drunk with a gun to bringing down one of the most wanted enemies. There are plenty of missions to do of a few types, but they all mostly evolve around shooting or running/riding... much like "GTA" if you think about it.

The idea of the game seems relatively fresh (at least setting wise) and there are certainly some good points about the game. Riding a horse for many missions certainly is a highlight of the game. But there is a reason why [in my opinion] this game only gets 2 stars.

To begin with, the graphics in this can at most be considered mediocre, and at worst... well simply poor. While environments seem pretty interesting and well enough made, the character models are some of the worst you will see in the current Xbox 360 games. Quite frankly the quality of the character models seems of a good Dreamcast game, or a poor PS2 game. Which leads to the next point - why pay extra ten dollars for the game that looks and plays pretty much identical to regular xbox and very close to PS2 versions? Some may say it's worth it for a HDTV support, but [in my opinion] this is pretty foolish. Even 1080i will not give you much joy if the characters up close look like they were rigged by a high school student messing around with 3D Studio Max.
The animation is also very poorly done. Not only there is a huge lack good looking effects, but when a shooting breaks out, it seems like the enemies steps and moves don't even match what's going on the screen. (If you thought sliding feet against the floor was bad, wait until you see these NPCs' moves)

But graphics aren't the most important part in the game right? Right! But the biggest offender in this game is not poor looking graphics but rather poorly designed controls. From the very start a player is taught the basic controls with small hunting missions (which I must admit, are very well blended into the storyline). But soon it becomes quite clear that shooting and aiming is rather frustrating than fun. And although GUN uses similar idea of "Bullet Time" from Max Payne game for a "Quick Draw" (slow motion shooting) it is poorly executed. Left analog stick cycles the targets that are near your view but adjusting the view is nearly impossible manually in that mode beaceuse camera barely moves. Which leads you to constantly switching from "Quick Draw" to adjust the camera.
Although the storyline is certainly there and it blends quite well into the game overall, dealing with some individual missions is just tedious. Anytime you are attacked by the NPCs, you can count on dozens of them coming out wave by wave for a shootout. They die from one or two shots usually and don't possess too much danger if you get used to controls, but after a while you just start to wonder, when the wave of mindless enemies will be over already!? Some enemies can pack a punch, espcially bosses, but at the same time, you can heal instantly by drinking out of the bottle right there in combat. Silly? Yes. Majority of my mission failures were caused either by not knowing what to do, mostly due to poorly provided objectives, or simply by messing up because of horrible aiming and shooting controls.

At the end, unless you always wanted to play a step down version of Grand Theft Auto but set in the wild west, stay clear of this game. You will do yourself a huge favor if you still decide to check it out if you rent the game first. And even if it happens that you like it, save yourself some money and buy an Xbox or a PS2 version instead (if you have either of those two consoles).

So awesome, I'm cool

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 56
Date: November 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

After many hours of playing, I really enjoyed this game. It's a very cool game. Lots of fun, and really cool graphics.

I would highly recommend this game, as it's really cool. It's so much fun to play I went without sleep for 14 days, and spent 2 nights in the hospital because I stopped eating because there was no time as I was playing this totally cool game.

Thanks for reading my review. I am #1!

too short

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 13
Date: November 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

the game was definitely too short to buy. fun game to rent but i beat it in just a few days.

Almost good...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: December 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was excited.I reserved my 360,got it from my local game stop,and picked up Gun and call of duty 2.i played Call of duty 2 and i was blown away.I played Gun and was dissapointed.here is my review

Graphics 2/5
sound 3/5
controls 3/5
fun factor 2/5

overall 3/5

Why would you pay $60 for this game on the 360 when you could get the same game on x-box.the 360 version only has Slightly better graphics.you can hardly tell the diffrence between the two

Okay shooter

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Gun is what I expected, but I had hoped the graphics would be better for the 360. It was okay for a while.

a good game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I thought this game would be good, after all it's for XBOX 360! But, the graphic dissapoint me. I thought they would be better. The game play is fun and it has a nice story line i just wish the graphics were better.

very fun but too short and too small

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is very fun but the map is too small and the game is to short and not enough side missions. I really liked it and would recommend it for under 10 bucks or as a rental.

A mediocre run 'n' gun shooter in need of improvement

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Western games, it's one of the genres we rarely see in video games, and it's one of my personal favorites. Anyway, when I finally got my 360, about 5 months after it came out, GUN was #1 on my rental list, because I wasn't sure about it. The game was practically no where to be found in Blockbuster or Hollywood Video. So I ended up buying it. GUN was a great game...before I beat it the following day.
Basically, you play as Montana hunter Colton White who he and his father Ned hut game, until one day the steam boat they were traveling was ambushed by renegades. Before Ned was killed in the attack, he told Colt that "He ain't his father", and then threw him off the boat. Now Colt is on a quest for vengeful justice. That's basically the whole story in a nut shell. And now Pros & Cons

-THE GOOD-Free roaming old west: good graphics: horse back riding and combat: loads of different, interesting side missions: realistic western age weapons: perfect voice overs: "QUICKDRAW"-a feature that allows you to slow down time and accurately take out multiple enemies at once: virtually no learning curve: save anywhere

-THE BAD-Enemies can almost kill you in a couple shots: Just how unoriginal and stereotypical is this story?: The graphics look good, only from a last-gen perspective: A bit short: overly gory and messy for a game of this genre: boss battles are basically the same, shoot them full of lead until they die

-THE UGLY-Worst free-roaming game ever, the area is like a small, free roaming path: What? No classic western Standoffs like in Red Dead Revolver? Music is cheap: A casual gamer can beat this game 100% in about 3 to 4 days: Story is seriously derived: Why is that my pistols have infinite ammo, but my rifle, sharp shooter, shotgun, and bow do not? Absolutely, positively no multiplayer what so ever

I really wish I rented this game when I had the chance. Now I'm just playing it to unlock the achievements, then after that, trade it or sell it. If you have a PS2/PS3, Xbox, or a 360 that can play Xbox games, try out Red Dead Revolver. I found that game a lot more satisfying than GUN (plus it has mulitplayer, Standoffs, and a cooler name for the slow-motion feature, Dead Eye). GUN is a definite rent.

NOTE TO PARENTS: This game is seriously not for children, it's more bloody than a SAW film, there are many sexual references, some gambling is involved, and the characters curse and swear constantly.

A good deal at bargain bin prices

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Picked this up at a big box electronic retailer for 16 bucks. At that price, it is worth it. I'm glad I didn't pay 50 or 60 bucks for it when it was new, as full priced games like Gears of War and Forza 2 really put the quality of this work to shame.

However: at this price it's a fun, mindless little distraction from your better, more expensive games. Bored with Gears? Tired of racing? Gun's a nice, inexpensive way to get some shooting action in. Not as complicated as some of the other shooters out there.

I'm just sorry for the folks who bought it full price at launch.

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