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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Fun in the Old West, November 14, 2005

By	Lisa Shea "LisaShea.com" - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)

Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars

Gun for the XBox lets you become Colton White, the 20-something gunslinger who is out to avenge his father while tracking down a mysterious object.

In essence this is an action-RPG with you moving from mission to mission, learning more as you go, gaining skills and new weapons. Most missions involve shooting down waves of bad guys with your rifle or revolvers. There are numerous side missions, from pony-express relays to poker playing and tracking down wanted men.

The game is pretty typical of its genre. Pony express missions involve "go here! No, go there! Wait, go to a third spot!" within a time limit. Hunt-and-find missions abound. The plot is also pretty standard. You start with Colton and his "dad" out tracking some game. "Dad won't last more than one mission," says I. Sure enough, in the very next area he's slain. Life was cheap in the Old West.

The graphics are sort of a mixed bag. On one hand they don't look "stunning" in some parts, at least as high-quality as you've come to expect from recent XBox releases. On the other hand, sometimes when you're riding your horse across the desert and the sun is setting behind rock formations, it is simply *gorgeous*. I also have to comment that the horse movements are really nicely done. The way the horse's muscles move and the various gaits are right on.

The sound is reasonable. The voice acting isn't bad, and beyond that you just get the shot noises from the various guns. It's not in your face, but really it doesn't need to be. Being in the west was about being in a vast landscape with silence around you.

There were a few glitches with the game. If bad guys were up on the second floor of a building, you could often see their shadows *through the floor* to know where they were. Also, the red dots on the mini-map to point out enemies was nice, but it also gave you a sort of xray vision to pinpoint their locations even if you couldn't visually see them.

I know this is a mature title, but I found the excess of blood spurting and obscene language to be a bit much. This was the Old West, and yes, there was blood. It doesn't need to rain across the entire screen. Yes, they were cussers. But the language they used back then would have been different than some of what they say in the game. I'd much rather have had authentic badmouthing than to have them use some of the nasty phrases the game features.

That all being said, I did have a lot of fun playing this, even if at times it felt a bit like I was Link riding all over Hyrule doing my various quests. We'll have to see what Gun for the XBox 360 is like next!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Fun, but to plain, November 12, 2005

By	Triple A "Aaron" (Fresno Ca, USA) - See all my reviews

Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars

Before this game came out I thought it would be one of the best games of all time. I'm not saying this game is bad, it's just not what I was hopeing for. The gameplay is pretty simple. The levels pretty much just killing whoever the enemy in the area is, moving explosive barrels, tracking a bad guy...those I'm fine with. The story based missions are okay, very well written. The side missions that you do to gain more stats, to me, are stupid. Just the same variation of the same mission over and over. The 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, just catching a bad guy from a wanted poster.
Graphics aren't bad. The cut scenes are pretty good. Just looks like your normal X-Box game graphics. The controls are easy to learn.
Overall I think the game is pretty fun, but too repetitive. You'd be glad you rented it and didn't buy it, but it's worth the rental just to see if it's your thing.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Ride Into The Sunset, August 26, 2006

By	coopertex (CA United States) - See all my reviews

Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars

Gun is a third person shooter for the XBOX. You play a gunslinger out to avenge the death of your father, who was murdered by outlaws. You go From town to town and accomplish missions which propell the story or take a side-quest to earn more money and develope your skills. The best way to describe this game, is Grand Theft Auto meets the old west. You have huge free-roaming levels. First let me get the negatives out of the way. When you travel through towns you will find NPCs (non player characters) walking about, chatting, there is even random crimes taking place. All these are nice touches and add the atmosphere of the gameplay, but the towns feel a bit empty. You will see rivers and lakes in the levels, but you cannot go swimming. Walking to certain areas of the map will be blocked by an invisible barrier; which subtracts from the fantasy. Although the game is free-form, there are a few linear missions, you have to finish through. Negatives aside, GUN this is still excellent and should not discourage you from making a purchase. There has so many fun things to do; you can ride any horse that is not being used, you get an assortment of weapons like, pistols, rifles, shotguns, dynamite and bow with arrows. You can make stealthy kills with a knife and cut people's throats, become a deputy keep the peace in town, be a bounty hunter and bring down outlaws, hunt bears or wolves, do side missions for other characters or just follow the storyline. There are a lot of elements which will remind you of GTA; except of course you're a cowboy instead of a gangster. Shootouts can be bloody at times as you can make headshots and blow people's brains out. Kids should not be playing this; for adults only. Hurting innocent people causes the law to come after you, but killing criminals is loads of fun (no pun intended). GUN can be exciting, or it can also be laid back if you choose to play that way. So if you like old west actions or western movies and wished a good game existed; this is the one for you!

Pros:
+best cowboy game available
+free roaming levels
+excellent story
+excellent voice actors
+excellent level design
+excellent action
+excellent controls
+excellent sound effects
+excellent music
+excellent A.I.
+fun side quests
+weapons can be upgraded
+blood and gore

Cons;
-some towns feel a bit too empty
and needs more people
-some levels are linear
-a few areas have invisible barriers
to prevent you from roaming too much
-you cannot swim.