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One of the better release titles, an unexpected pleasure.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 49 / 52
Date: December 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm going to preface by saying that I saw the negative reviews for this title here on Amazon before ever trying the game, and went in with relatively low expectations. People knocked it for being a Red Dead Revolver clone, or they knocked it for not being like the Grand Theft Auto franchise, or they knocked it for being like the Grand Theft Auto franchise. You can see below, some call it boring, they ramble incoherently about gnomes (or 'knomes', perhaps they were going for something else), and generally pan the title. Certainly, as reviews are the opinions of those writing them, some diversity in terms of the overall appreciation for a given title is to be expected. But in this case, I think the game is taking hits for all the wrong reasons.

My sole substantiative complaint about Gun, is actually something of a positive testament to how fun I found it. I feel it's too short. I wish the storyline and the experience as a whole had lasted a little longer. I'd have also preferred to go without the constant in-your-face encouragement to race on to the next mission, but that's hardly unique to this title. I would have liked to have seen a lot more to do in terms of side quests (although, to be fair, there's already a ton). In particular, I would have liked to have seen the towns and frontier a little more 'alive' affording unscripted fun off the beaten path, and away from the main attractions. On the next to hardest difficulty level, there's maybe 18-20 hours of game play here, including getting all the side quests to 100%. So if I'm going to offer any bit of advice to prospective players, it would be that you go no lower than that level, or perhaps play on 'Insane' (the highest) in order to pace yourself.

One caveat about Gun, is that it is absolutely a mature title. Those familiar with the HBO original series 'Deadwood' would find that in parts, Gun manages to offer an equal or greater degree of explicit situations and dialog. There are a number of scenes that are surprisingly graphic. It is all part of the aesthetic though, all fits in well, and none of it came off as gratuitous. In fact, and this is an area that will certainly vary with taste, I thought it really added to the game. There were a few points where I stopped sneaking up behind someone to take them out, because I was too interested and/or amused by something the guy was saying or singing. Certainly this is a title where taking your time can yield some unexpected laughs and double-takes.

I'll leave the other standard game review fare to others for the most part. Suffice it to say that the audio and visual presentation are exceptional. Is it making full use of the 360's potential? I suspect not, particularly since it also arrived on the previous generation consoles -- but few/no launch titles ever do. The game is not lacking graphically, and visually it's clear that some really talented artists worked on the skies, landscapes, characters, towns, etc. It's as nice to look at as it is fun to play.

Within Gun, you will be a law man, a hunter, you will ride for the Pony Express, you will be an outlaw, a prospector, a rancher, a man seeking revenge and answers, and you'll even get some Texas No Limit Hold'em in along the way. You'll carry rifles, revolvers, shotguns, bows, dynamite, tomahawks, knives and swords -- all in the name of surviving, hunting, defending, and seeking justice. To offer too much about the story line would just take away from your experience, should you choose to rent or purchase, so I'll simply say that while some elements are almost cliche or very common to the Western genre, it was still completely entertaining.

I didn't expect to like Gun anywhere near as much as I have. I'm writing this just after finishing the game, and I'm entirely comfortable saying that I'm sorry it's over. Here's one consumer hoping more titles like this are developed. How about a sequel, Neversoft and Activision?

I'm glad I own this one, glad I played it, and unlike a few other release titles, I intend to hang on to this one for future replay. It is absolutely worth a rental, and I personally find it entirely worthy of purchase.

Mucho Bueno Chica Amigo Tacos!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 15 / 20
Date: November 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is excellent. I own it on the classic Xbox and had to try it out on the 360. I was suprised to find that it does look considerably better, but disappointed to find no additional content.

THREE VITAL FLAWS with this game, and that's it:
1. The map's too small! I want to ride across a Morrowind-sized map on my horse, encounter random Indian raids, etc. etc.
2. Waaay too short.
3. 90% of the missions are, "go here and kill this guy". A little variety would be nice.

Overall though, this game's a BUY.

Oh yeah...and when did "product review" become a blog for nerds? Take a hike, dweebs.

Gun - Worth the Money

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: December 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I just spent about an hour watching a friend play Gun for the XBOX 360. Then i got to play for a few hours. While it is disappointing for the graphics not to be better on the new system, i think we all need to remember that this game was not designed or built specificly for the 360. As with all new systems, it takes a few games before designers are even beginning to tap the potential of new hardware.
This game is downright FUN! While it is indeed too short (only about 5 hours or so) if you just play through the story mode, but if you do the side missions and actually care about completeing a game, then GUN is a great buy. You can spen hours alone playing in the card games to earn money for upgrades and such. Also, while the first few bounty missions are extremely simple, they do get harder, and if you try to "subdue" rather than just kill to get extra money it can indeed be challenging at times. The graphics, while not designed for 360, are still very good. The attention to detail is great, when you shoot a guy in the head a piece of his skull will fly off from the side you shoot him on, meaning there are numerous different death or wounding patterns to see and make happen. My favorite from a few minutes ago was shooting a guy in the side of his head and having his eye fly from the socket. Overall I would buy this game, because i am willing to spend the time completeing the game and exploring it for all it is. In fact, i'm going to go out and get it now.

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.

Gun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: November 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have the game for Xbox and i am thinking this will be amazingly good! If some new side missions are added, even better!
Gun is a western game, but dont let that get you down. Gun is one of the best games ive ever played. The only thing i have with this game is this lack of multiplayer in any form. Basically in gun, you do a series of missions in the beginning to establish a story line, but then your free to go where you want. By picking up a horse (dont worry not hard to find them roaming around) you can ride between towns, at each town there are side missions and the main story line. Side missions have you doing everything from duels at midday to horse chases, to collecting bountys on wanted posters.

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

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).

Very cool western game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I had read a few reviews back when this game came out on xbox and because of the reviews I had never played this game. Then christmas rolled around and I wanted some new games to play on my 360 so I asked for it for christmas. I played a few hours and then went back to perfect dark. Now I'm back to playing this one again and wow is this game amazing. I'm really enjoying it more than I did perfect dark or call of duty. Its just a really neat game with lots of different things to do. I heard that it was short so I've been doing every side mission I can and I am really trying to take my time with it. I really don't understand all the gripes about this game. Are the graphics next gen? Um no but they're not bad like some people say. The graphics look great on my widescreen monitor. But the biggest thing I don't understand is the gripes about the controls. There's nothing wrong with the controls. I think that too many people got used to halo controls and expect exactly the same thing which they're close to the same controls. Either way I think this is a great game even if you do decide to rent it. Its different, its fun, and the story is very engaging. I'm praying that they'll make a gun 2 and just make it bigger and longer. I'm really enjoying my time with this game.

Great game , so many different elements are done masterfully.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Loved this game, people say its short but thats because there is no filler. Th story moves along at a good pace. Alot of really good gaming moments in this. Also not that it is a big deal, but the voice acting is superb. It helps the story so much. I love this game and I can see me playing it again. I can play good games over and over, with maybe a small break. Ths is one of my favorite games on the 360. Such great style. Musc = very good, voice acting = never seen better in a game, Gunplay = entertaining.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game and has a great plot to it. It is also very fun because you can go where you want when you want.

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