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High Expectations

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I had very high expectations for this game when it was released. It has been a long time since "Outlaws" came out, and it is time for a decent first-person Western to be on the market.

The designers said they were trying to capture the feeling of the Old West and listed realism as high on their goals list. They did okay on the first part, but missed badly on the second.

The storyline is good, with some twists and turns, but most of the characters aren't around long enough to really contribute much to the story, which is very short.

This game goes to the old-fashioned standby technique of making the major villians nearly invulnerable (or in one case, absolutely invulnerable) to any weapon you can bring to the fight. That is okay when you're dealing with aliens, but these are supposed to be humans.

The game saves are a bit painful, and don't always work exactly like they should -- when you load a saved game, you are often restored to a place in the storyline, not necessarily the location where you last saved or with the equipment and skills you had. Yes, the game is short, but if you have a bad restore experience you can wind up playing through several hours of it more than once.

Another major reality hit comes from the way items are handled in the game. You can pick up ammo (sometimes) from fallen characters, both friends and enemies but not the weapons. Oddly, the ammo is always the right caliber for whatever weapon class (rifle, shotgun, pistol, etc) even if the weapon description says it shouldn't be. There are many, many games out there that do this part better. New weapons are handed out by defeating major enemies; there is no store you can go to to buy a new rifle, a horse (you just steal horses and nobody complains, by the way), a stick of dynamite, ammunition or anything else. The only thing you can buy is upgrades.

This is definately not a game for kids. I'm not squeemish about blood in video games, but this is more graphic and pointless than most. Your character has the option of scalping people who're incapacitated but not dead. In fact if they are dead, the scalping option is gone. If you could sell the scalps, or if they were required to complete some missions at least there would be a point.

So this game was a pretty serious disappointment. If you've just gotta have it, wait until it is under $20 or so. In the meantime, you might give "Mafia" a try if you need a first-person shooter.

Great Rental

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: April 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Gun isn't a game that I would suggest you buy, the reason is that it's pretty short. You can probably finish it in a week. The graphics are good and the sound is awesome on surround sound.

20 weapons
30 upgrades
good graphics
hunting side mission
lawmen side mission
pony express side mission
ranch hand side mission
bounties side mission
44 gold to find
enemies tear apart
blood and gore
poker tournaments
not a lot of story levels
interesting story
interesting characters
slow motion shooting with pistols

A fun, entertaining game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This was one of the first games that I had played on the PS2. I have had alot of fun with it! There are a lot of possibilites, and you can really have alot of fun with it. The horses are cool, and with realistic moments. The guns are neat-o. And you are not restricted to ONE area of game play very often. You can go and wonder around... Thats fun!

Note to players, be sure to do ALL SIDE MISSIONS possible! (Wanted posters, etc...) Very important!

The only thing that I don't really like is the swearing. There isn't a whole lot of swearing, but enough to make one roll their eyes. But that is the era that it is based in.

Overall, this is a fun game worth the money!

Awesome shooting game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

A must have game!!! Although its too short, money is worth it. The game is western-themed action adventure. You can complete the game in no time or you can take your time by playing pokers, chasing bandits, and so on.

Very well done, decent game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is perhaps the best western themed game I've ever played. The horseback riding is extremely well done; I was expecting the horseback riding to have a tacked-on feel but it really was executed in a very playable manner. The list of things I liked is pretty long; how the controls were done for the gun fights, how the missions were set up, how the action flowed, the scenary, etc. Like others have said, this game is short compared to the big epic games like Final Fantasy X or GTA (it took me about 15-20 hours to finish all the missions) but I didn't feel cheated. The game delivered enough fun that I felt I got my moneys worth. The one complaint I have with this game, which is minor in light of all the other stuff that was done so well, is that the big story arc mission was out of place. I don't want to spoil the big story arc so I can't go into details, but it felt like it should be in a different game. Everything else was western action in the theme of "Deadwood" or "Unforgiven", but the big story arc felt more like "Raiders of the Lost Arc" - it wasn't bad, it just didn't fit.

short and ok the game was fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: December 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this game is short and the side missions lack fun but the storyline like you have heard is great this a game that you really have to know the story or you wont sleep good at night vso just play it on easy and rent it so thats basiccicly it

Fanstasimically awesome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: November 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Gun is a typical western, with guns, native americans, trains, horses, but what sets it apart from other westerns is the story. It brings a new life to the intense gameplay, diversive missions, and incredibly fun horseback combat and side missions. The voice acting is a piece of amazing work, as are the graphics (eccspecially cutscenes). Buy this game if you're old enough!

short game but fun

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I would recomend this game to anybody who likes games that
only take 5 days to compelete if you like more challenging
games then this is one you might like some of the levels are quite a bit complcated and hard to beet otherwise if you like longer games that take about 2 to 3 weeks to beet you should find a different game to play.

Fun And Historically Detailed But Not Enough Places To Explore

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: June 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

"Gun" is a Western-themed game that features a young cowboy, Colton White, on the search to discover the secrets of his past. The most impressive aspect is that the game is surprisingly detailed in its historical depiction of the "Wild West". For example, the game shows the effects of railroad expansion on the American Indians, while also including the Chinese coolies that worked on these railroads. On the other hand, the geography is way off, as Colton can ride on horseback from Dodge City, Kansas to Empire, New Mexico in a matter of minutes.

Of course, what really matters in a video game is how much fun it is to play and in this "Gun" receives fairly high marks. The game is primarily mission based. Colton must complete a variety of tasks both to advance the story line and to build up his stats through a series of side missions, such as riding the pony express and catching outlaws. I also enjoyed searching for gold mines. However, I wish the game allowed more free exploration. For example, the towns are full of buildings. But it's really not possible to explore them except for the casino and a few others. The game is also a little on the short side. But still it's a fun gaming experience that's worth buying.

Great Buy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: December 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

yeah this game is a great buy, its a fun game and if you can seriously beat this game on easy, normal, hard and insane in seven hours and that includes dinner and bathroom breaks then i salute you.

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