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Wednesday 6 February, 2008
Summary
GUN is a third person shooting game set in a western, free-roaming land. Colton White, the main character of the game, embarks on a journey throughout the Wild Wild West after an incident on the river boat, resulting in his father death. As Colton journeys through the land and completes more missions, he comes one step closer in figuring out his mysterious past, discovers an even bigger mystery that is linked to his father, and finding the Holy Grail, an item of limitless fortune.
Gameplay#1
I have found this game to be a western version of Grand Theft Auto. The game begins with the story of a man named Colton White and his father Ned White. The game is similar to Grand Theft Auto because there are different scenes of the storyline where it’s like a movie. Then the gamer gets to play, shooting different enemies with a pistol or a rifle. After you’re done killing everyone or your current mission, the game goes back to the story. So far, the game is pretty violent. There is not much censoring and it shows heads blowing off, blood spewing everywhere, and limbs being severed.
What I like about it so far is that the game teaches you how to play the game, shows you which buttons to use, and how to ride a horse. It has the player practice shooting a pistol and a rifle on different animals. It also teaches you how to use “quickdraw” mode, a mode similar to The Matrix where everything slows down so it gives the gamer an advantage in shooting more targets. Currently, I have finished all the tutorials and am currently on my way to Dodge City to find the Preacher who led the attack on the Riverboat. What is most interesting so far are definitely the cinematic features.
Gameplay#2
So far I have been playing this game for about two hours and I must admit it is pretty enjoyable to play. I love all the blood and gore but that is not what is fun about this game. What’s cool about this game is the wide selection of weapons. You can choose from pistols, to Winchester rifles, bows and arrows, crossbows, swords, Indian axes, dynamite, flammable flasks, sharpshooters, shot-guns, etc. The game provides the gamer with a sense of excitement while playing because the game is filled with so much action and mystery.
The game does not provide much strategy or puzzle, rather it is more of a missions game. You mainly just kill a lot of people, Indians, and Chinese people. To me, I thought this game was a little offensive to Indians and Chinese people because they referred to them as “redskins” and chinamen”. But then I realized that they were called those names back in that time, which aids in the authenticity of the game. There are also a lot of side missions such as a “wanted list” where you go about the land and hunt down wanted outlaws.
Design
The design of this game was pretty good. The sound effects of the game were really on point, meaning the galloping of the horses, the sound of each weapon is accurate. Also, the land in the game of GUN is very spacious like Grand Theft Auto. The game has many free roaming animals such as dogs, sheep, horses, and buffalo. There are grassy plains, Rocky Mountains, blue rivers and water falls, western towns, and farmlands. There are not levels but when completing a certain number of missions, your weapons get upgraded and also your health. The game does provide a challenge because sometimes you are bombarded with so many enemies. Also, the bosses are difficult to beat because they have a really high health and their weapons are even stronger. Overall, this game is very enjoyable due to its interesting story and provides a lot of action and excitement.
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