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It's not perfect, but it sure is something

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 23 / 26
Date: January 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Gun is one of those games that you just have to play to believe. Despite some lofty promises that it doesn't fully deliver, Gun is the best western video game to come out in years (and certainly better than Red Dead Revolver) and features some of the grittiest and grisliest action you'll encounter in a video game that doesn't come from Rockstar. You play as Colton White; a tough hombre who's looking to avenge the death of his father. Throughout the game's story, you'll meet a deranged preacher, a kindly prostitute, an insane Civil War veteran, and the railroad mogul behind the devious plot. In between all that, you'll be able to go on side missions, ranging from playing Texas Hold 'Em poker to earn some cash to picking up bounties and acting as a law man to max out your stats. You'll fight Apaches, thugs, and killers along the way as well, but the main problem with Gun is that it's too short. Side missions and all, it won't take you long to beat the game, which is a big disappointment. Not to mention that the gameplay elements can appear really linear at times, throwing out the notion that Gun could be GTA with a horse. The storyline is entertaining enough, but the violence and language can be a little too over the top at times. Despite all that, Gun is still a great game thanks to the atmosphere, excellent music, solid graphics (mostly), and the great team of voice actors which include Tom Jane as Colton, along with Lance Henriksen, Brad Dourif, Ron "Hellboy" Perlman, Tom Skeritt, and Kris Kristofferson as well.

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.

A fun simple Western

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: January 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Gun is not a huge game, it's not a very unique game, and it's not really that noteworthy. It is, however, very fun. Like most people, I had no idea what this game was, because the only thing commercials showed were the cut scenes. I wondered why were they hiding the game play? I don't care about some Hollywood reject making his pixelated story, I want to play.

So, I gave it a chance by renting it, and it was pretty darn good. You're in western area, reminiscent of HBO's Deadwood. You travel town by town, participating in gun and horse fights with Native Americans and Cowboys alike. You also have side missions, like the Pony express, hunting a wanted criminal, playing poker, or stopping crime. The game play is neither frustrating, unintuitive, nor gimmicky. It's basically a third person shooter where you can also ride on a horse.

Despite my hatred of cut-scenes, the videos in this game provide the perfect compliment. Neither too long or too "artsy", they give proper reason and explanation as to what mission you are on.

The main complaint I hear from people is that it's not very long. Technically, that's not quite right. There is not much repetition. So, while the game only takes 10 hours for the story missions to be completed, about 8 hours is original gameplay. Most 15 hour games only really have 7-8 hours of original gameplay. Gun is actually nice enough to not let you repeat the same stuff over and over again.

If you want a fun game to play, then this is really the best choice out there.

Pros:
Fun gameplay
FMV and gameplay mixed in well

Cons:
Not very original
Not much to explore

Difficulty: Low (easy level).

Frustration Level: Low

Hours to Complete: 12 hours (including some side missions)

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.

Western Shootout!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: March 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I friends love Western themed games.

I must say this got me glued to the PS2.
It is not fair to say it is better than Red Dead Revolver.
RDR had a lot of features that GUN did not. Eg: The slow motion gun showdown.

OK as for GUN, The only two Cons are that is short. Two It is relatively easy. But please note there are:
1. Variety of missions.
2. Variety of cool weapons.
3. Interesting Game story.

I only more games of that genre come out, It seems to be popular.

Thanks,
Nawaf

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!

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.

With "Gun," it's a love-hate form of relationship

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: July 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

It's obvious, "Gun" isn't for everyone; I really enjoyed it, as did a friend of mine, but I've read many reviews (both on this website as well as elsewhere) with thoughts that have been quite unlike my own. I've read that gamers thought the controls were too sinewy, or that the storyline wasn't interesting enough, or even that the "Western" genus alone isn't worth a game being made about it . . . and personally, I think that's entirely untrue.

Okay, for one: this isn't exactly the type of "Western," or even close to what you're familiar with regarding Clint Eastwood, or John Wayne - no, this one is entirely different. This is among the new breed of the "Western" genre that we've never seen before, where it more negates the predominant hero and focuses solely on the brutality that was the West. Much like the HBO series, "Deadwood," "Gun" not only brings us a vivid new creation into the eyes of an unsympathetic frontiersman, with delightful mechanics such as riding horses, firing bows and engaging in a more-or-less "duel" in the thoroughfare of whichever town you're in, if you anger the townsfolk enough. I think this sort of cruelty can not only be admired, but enjoyed immensely, if the right gamer will only give it a shot and get to know the controls. The setting is fresh, its many intricate greed-driven plotlines causing for much distress for the lonely horseman, and I think the music scored for this game only vitalizes the objective.
And two: the sound, which ties in with the game's score, is just as powerful as it is heart-warming. I've never enjoyed firing a six-shooter so much in a game, but granted, there haven't been many opportunities for me to try one out, which is another reason this game makes for such amazing gameplay: it's never really been done before. If given time, I'm sure I could come up with a few games that have been Western-based, but none as intriguing and tongue-dissolving as "Gun," and I think even those who didn't like could agree with me on that. In short, it's just a beautiful game, albeit with many areas that need improvement, but overall plentifully satisfying.

There are a few issues, though: one; the length of this game is dreadfully short. With as many opportunities as this game was given, I would think the creators would turn it into a twenty-five or thirty-hour game, or at least give the gamer more sub-missions to allocate his time to; but in the end, this game falls short of true masterful selection, for those little tidbits that just didn't make the grain. It was a great game, for as long as it lasted, but unfortunately that just wasn't very long. With hope, they'll create a sequel, but I pray it'll be longer and much more enjoyable, in that the horses will be as innate and fun to ride.

In all, though, I still say "Gun" was a supreme achievement. I have enjoyed playing it, and although it was incredibly short, I still found it pleasant regardless because in the end, playing the rugged protagonist that is only seeking revenge is often implemented in videogames, but I can scarcely think of many that are better than Colton White . . . well, maybe Kratos from "God of War."

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.

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.

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