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my expectations were too high

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: November 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Up until this game came out I thought it would be one of the best games this fall. Although it's not bad, it's just not what I was expecting. The gameplay is fairly simple. The missions pretty much just entail shooting whoever the bad guy in the area is, moving barrels, following a train...those I'm fine with. The story based missions are great in my opinion...very well written. The side missions that you do to boost your stats, to me, are a waste of time. Just the same variation of the same mission over and over. For instance, Pony Express missions pretty much are just picking something up and dropping it off to someone else. The item usually changes, but other than that, nothing special.

Graphics aren't bad. The cut scenes I was impressed with. Just looks like your normal PS2 game graphics. The controls are easy to learn. No big deal there.

Overall I think the game is okay, but too repetitive for my taste. I'm glad I rented it and didn't buy it, but it's worth the rental just to see if it's your thing.

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!

Lotsa Guns, so few Roses...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: November 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Not a bad game. The world itself is beautiful, often times finding myself in awe as I rode on horseback (which is extremely realistic) and gazed into the western sunsets... The fighting is very good and fastpaced. Enemies are intelligent.

I did not like the mission-style gameplay. I prefer open-ended RPG's... However, the missions were immersive and had different objectives.

Easy learning curve, but not for children.

Again, biggest plus about Gun was the voice-acting, story, and world. However, it's extremely short for a game, and needed more of an open-ended feel. You literally need to stop and at the top of the screen it says, "Continue "here" and talk to "bob"", completely ignore the message and continue to explore if you want to see anything other than where the missions take you.

Just wish there was more advancement, but all in all, good game. Just not fantastic, would recommend to anyone as there are some very fun and exciting missions!

Gun, Gateway to bigger Western Games

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 15 / 15
Date: December 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Neversoft, the developers who brought the world Tony Hawk Pro Skater(and related) have FINALLY decided to bring the world a new Western genre game. I'm a fan of the Western Genre, but it's seriously lacking on all current systems. With the only other western game being Red Dead Revolver, Gun has no oppistion. Neversoft took a gamble on a completly different genre than the one they're used to, and, while they didn't lose, they really only broke even.

The game is solid. The gameplay, the story line, the voice acting and the charectors are all well designed. The only thing that suffers is the graphics, which, while not being bad, they aren't great. But the game suffers little from glitches, so what it lacks in beauty, it makes up for in seam-less play.

The game follows Colton, a leather faced, ornery looking man, who oozes cool like a fat guy with the runs. Colton gets in deep trouble, loses his father and has to hunt down a one eyed villian by the name of Magruder. The story is VERY good and you won't know where the storyline is taking you until the end. You actually WANT to know what is going to happen, a rare thing these days.

The game itself takes place in the old west. Now, the map isn't huge. Infact, it's a little smaller than GTA3's Liberty City, but the terrain and things to see and do make up for it. The side missions are fun, but there aren't many of them, and once you max out your stats, there's nothing to do, except start again.

But you can do things like hunt down wanted felons, taking them Dead or Alive of course. You can run for the Pony Express, be a deputy and clear out the lawless out of town, or, my favorites look for gold or hunt the great beasts. Looking for gold is fun, not to mention it makes you rich, and hunting is challenging and takes practice.

But these things end quickly, and when you finish the game, you'll wish there was more to do and more to buy.

The game is still solid and extremly fun. Using QuickDraw to kill your opponents is not only fun, it's essential and it's the only way you can kill a whole army of enemys in 5 seconds. Every feature in the game is fun and usefull, which is ALSO very rare these days, as most developers like to cram as many useless features into games as possible.

This game may be short, but if it takes off, it may inspire other developers to drop their Plasma Cannon's in favor of a revolver.

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

Totally a rental

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I liked the idea behind this game and it's great to see horse-riding finally done well, but the targeting system while you're walking really sucks. The controls are something to get used to and still they kind of annoy. I'd be running someplace and have to make a turn, but if I don't use the right analog stick to turn the camera with my body, I'll be looking one place and running another. Grand Theft Auto it isn't.

I love the voice acting and the side missions. I played Texas Holdem in a bar and racked up a lot of cash - I'm a good player in real life and this version is scaled down for novices, so I got paid!

Nice graphics and though it seems free-roaming, invisible walls often stop you in your tracks if you run or ride too far out into the plains.

It's short too. If you want to just breeze through a game, pick this up at Blockbuster or someplace over the weekend.

Rented it, and was pleased, but

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is just way too short. Everyone is right. I rented it and saw for myself.

The game takes place in the wild west, and it does a good job of recreating the feel of western movies. Walking around in Dodge is great, as it feels real.

The fighting in the game is fairly good for the most part. Once you get cooler guns it gets better. Also, if you ever feel mad you can go on killing rampages and kill everyone in town. The showdowns would be better if you could pick up shotguns and stuff off corpses, but you can't. It seems the creators want you doing the missions rather than killing random people.

The game suffers from length. It also suffers from some slowdowns. Occasionaly my game will slow down during a gun fight and I'll watch my health go down to zero.

The best part about the game is the story and voice acting. The game feels like a movie more than a game, and it's interesting to watch it unfold.

This is a renter, but absolutely not a buyer.

GOOD GAME

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: December 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought the game a day or two ago and i have beat it already. Yes it is a short game but it is so much fun. I have already started a new game on it. If you are one of the people who like to beat a game and then sell it this muight not be for you just go out and rent it but for me i keep all my games. Oh ya and i am not 13 or under 13 i am 15 im just to lazy to make an acount.

Pretty good, but lacking

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Overall gameplay for this game is good. Aiming/shooting reticles are clear and precise. Physics are pretty good. (being thrown against the wall, or up into the air when you get hit with a sticck of dynamite is really cool, even though you are dead) the realism for the guns is pretty good, except for the final gun which you get for beating the game...a shotgun that shoots 500 yards? I dont think so. Horse physics are great and make the only source of transportation in the game much much better. Being able to shoot defensless animals (including, but not limited to: Dogs, horses, buffalo, cows, pigs, and birds) and also random people is pretty cool, too.

The world in which you are playing could be much bigger. There could be more things to see and do...it is the old west afterall...where is the OK corral, etc?

Basically, if you are looking for a GTA of the west, this is not it. Rent it, or buy it cheap.

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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