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Gun on Xbox 360 (2005)

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Average rating: 63%
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3 stars out of 5
from 2,557 members
 
Certificate: Certificate: 18
Developers: NEVERSOFT
Format: Xbox 360
Number of players: 1
Released: 02/12/2005
Also Available on:  Also Available on: GAMECUBE  Also Available on: PS2  Also Available on: XBOX

Brief synopsis of Gun

Are Wild West games the new World War II games? Were all for a trend allowing us to live out our childhood dreams as gunslingers in the untamed west. And weve now seen two such efforts in as many months, with October 2005 seeing the release of Darkwatch, a cowboy sim with added vampires.

Now Activision has its own outlaw offering, and the good news is its developed by Tony Hawk people Neversoft, and written by a proper Hollywood screenwriter, Randall Jahnson, the pen behind The Mask of Zorros sword.

Gun follows the adventures of Colton White. Poor old Colton pays the price for living on the wild frontier by losing everything he once held dear. And having done so, he does whatever anyone else would do in a land chock full of guns and horses he goes on a rampage in search of the outlaws who need to be taught a lesson.

Therell be plenty of reckons, dyou hears and Yee-hahs as you take to your trusty steed and roam the great American wilderness, a sprawling and varied environment full of canyons, mountains, plains, forests, goldmines and towns, each with its own saloon for drinking, gambling and fighting.

With access to six-shooters, shotguns, gatling guns, arrows, hatchets and explosives, you undertake a mission-based quest to rid the west of all types of scum. Be they cattle rustlers, deputies or the dreaded Injuns, nobody is safe from the vengeful trigger finger of Colton White.

Hang around with whores, play poker, or get up to more energetic activities like robbing trains, collecting bounties and murdering buffalo, a-stealthing and a-shooting as a-appropriate. You may be too old to dress up as a cowboy these days, but that doesnt mean you cant savour the taste of the west, and - if you like - try to win it.

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Rated - 4 starsNot half bad

A customer from England , 29/08/2006

The game captures the atmosphere of the wild west as you gallop across plains on your horse, or take to the dusty streets in a gunslinging duel.

The gameplay is varied, allowing you to fight on foot or on a horse, incorporating gun battles and a little stealth action. Graphically the game does not break any records, but you still get the nex-gen experience with vast outdoor environments.

The storyline is well written and players can advance at their own pace choosing whether to tackle the story mode or try their hand at the huge number of side missions.

Great game.

  14 out of 14 people found this review helpful

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Rated - 5 starsExcellent

A customer from St Albans , 05/04/2006

The game certainly deserves its 18 rating with plenty of hatchet induced bloodshed and dismemberment.

The story moves along at a pretty decent pace (some people feel this makes the game a bit short)but there are plenty of non mission critical sidelines to follow such as a bit of bounty hunting, goldmining, poker playing and so on.

I have not got to the end of the game as yet but it is definately one I will be buying in the near future. Top title, really enjoyed it so far.

  12 out of 12 people found this review helpful

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Rated - 5 starsGun xbox 360

A customer from Essex , England , 09/08/2006

I like the GUN XBOX360 game it about cowboys and indians which I enjoying play it although it very hard on the Insane Level and the rest of level like Normal Hard Level is hard but I ve manage to unlock it all apart of Insane level So will hire it again in future to complete the Insane Level it if I was you it to play on HDTV it awesome view all the way through, I believe to the xbox360 gamers will enjoy play it .

  11 out of 14 people found this review helpful

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Rated - 1 starPathetic

Alan Simmonds from Taplow, England , 13/12/2006

After playing Elder Scrolls: Oblivion for the last few weeks, I received this game and switched it on.

My god, the graphics were disgusting, the gameplay was attrocious. I could winge on here for a good while about how shoddy this game is, but there's no point.

My advice is to never, ever play it.

  14 out of 24 people found this review helpful

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Rated - 2 starsGraphically Disgraceful

A customer from Rugeley , 01/04/2008

It's such a shame, because this game is actually ok. Offering some decent gameplay and a good storyline (voiced by well known actors).

However, Neversoft should be utterly ashamed of themselves. The graphics on this game are absolutely apalling!! I am not exagerrating when I say they would have looked poor on the original Xbox. They are that bad.

They have blantantly just ported an Xbox release and stuck a 360 label (and price tag) on it, just to make a few quid.

Neversoft - take pride in your work. Make the effort to make a REAL next gen version. DO NOT DO THIS AGAIN.

I would like to see a sequel, but with some real care and attention put into the graphics, as they really do spoil the experience of this title.

  3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

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Rated - 4 starsGood game

A customer from Kent , 12/08/2006

This is a very good game and perfect for rentals if you want to send it back quickly for more games/dvds.

Its quick and easy to finish plus it has a good storyline and plenty of side missions which are easy for getting the gamertag achievements

  5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

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