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GUN Review - Gamespot
- Thread starter Willy Wanka
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The Good: Great presentation features exciting cutscenes and terrific voice acting; intense, gory shooting action; fun horseback riding.
The Bad: Short storyline isn't made up for by shallow side missions; some noticeably undercooked elements of play; some of the violence and profanity feels too gratuitous.
Despite a great presentation that'll likely give a very positive first impression, Gun ultimately offers too little content for it to be a truly satisfying game. Most all of the right ingredients are here in some quantity. But the hastily delivered storyline (which, fittingly, concludes with an incredibly abrupt ending) and the lack of any real depth to the gameworld make Gun much better suited for some quick, fleeting thrills instead of for the long haul.
The Bad: Short storyline isn't made up for by shallow side missions; some noticeably undercooked elements of play; some of the violence and profanity feels too gratuitous.
Despite a great presentation that'll likely give a very positive first impression, Gun ultimately offers too little content for it to be a truly satisfying game. Most all of the right ingredients are here in some quantity. But the hastily delivered storyline (which, fittingly, concludes with an incredibly abrupt ending) and the lack of any real depth to the gameworld make Gun much better suited for some quick, fleeting thrills instead of for the long haul.
Infernal Monkey
Member
What the hell, story mode only lasts about six hours? =\
this seems to be a problem for a lot of games that try to copy the GTA gameplay style... they usually forget that one of the main draws of GTA is the length, the massive environments and the huge amount of side content. you can easily spend well over 100 hours with san andreas for example and still not see and do everything.
i'm a little bit bummed out. i was hoping this would be great.
i'm a little bit bummed out. i was hoping this would be great.
Dr. Strangelove
I'M COOCOO FOR COCO CRISP!
PRICE DROP GET!
Whew, I needed that with the 360 wallet rape looming.
Whew, I needed that with the 360 wallet rape looming.
GitarooMan
Member
Wow, a bit disappointing, I was expecting more length from this game. Reminds me of Ultimate Spiderman, another Activision published game (admittedly made by a different developer, Treyarch), which had an extremely short story mode. I'll probably look to pick this up in the 20-30 dollar range, too much other good stuff to pick up right now....
It isn't like they're gonna be addind any more content. I'm waiting for the 360 verison as well, but the most you can expect is longer draw distance, perhaps slightly higher res textures and improved lighting. Other than that...GDJustin said:Dammit... I was so hyped for this game
Now I just don't know. 7.4 isn't bad... but there's the 360 to think about!
FeedMeAStrayCat
Member
This was a game I was considering buying for my wife's brother for Christmas, but damn.. 6 hours in length. He'll finish that in one sitting. All he does is play games (usually), so yeah.. that would be no problem for him in a day. Not enough replay value (most likely) to keep him satisfied.
Ash Housewares
The Mountain Jew
thanks for looking at the camera Greg
Agent Icebeezy
Welcome beautful toddler, Madison Elizabeth, to the horde!
Taken off of the list
C- Warrior
Banned
Greg gets a little jack-thompson'y' during the review though, but takign what kasavin said in conjuction with many gta-knock offs, the score seems to make sense.
Bauer Action Hour
Member
Very disappointing. 
I was really looking forward to this one...
I was really looking forward to this one...
Kabuki Waq
Member
6 hours is definately not enough for a sandbox game.
Comfort_Eagle
Banned
Reilly said:shut up bitch
Sunset Riders rocked! I still kinda want to buy GUN, though, maybe I will test it out as a rental first.
Ash Housewares
The Mountain Jew
bond with your horse? I suppose actually caring what happens to it would heighten the kind of trade off between health and speed they're going for
now this may not really apply to this review, I don't think he did it in this case, but I don't understand some of these point deductions lately, I should start reviewing games just so I can deduct points from every game that doesn't let you kick elves around a campfire
now this may not really apply to this review, I don't think he did it in this case, but I don't understand some of these point deductions lately, I should start reviewing games just so I can deduct points from every game that doesn't let you kick elves around a campfire
C- Warrior
Banned
raYne said:
Poke'mon...with horses.
Hmmm I saw the Game Makers special on G4 about this game and it had 7.4 written all over it. It looked like it had a few control problems, graphics were so-so, and the horseback looked weird, at least IMO. However, the presentation looked top-notch between the story, voice acting, and cinematics.
Musashi Wins!
FLAWLESS VICTOLY!
ah damn. well...more 360 dough.
Spastic Colon
Member
Oh well.
I've been hearing good buzz about the game based on the upcoming movie "Brokeback Mountain."
I guess I'll get my western fix from that.
I've been hearing good buzz about the game based on the upcoming movie "Brokeback Mountain."
I guess I'll get my western fix from that.
Dark Age Iron Savior
Banned
Ronin said:Wrong again.
bzzt
Ash Housewares
The Mountain Jew
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Dark Age Iron Savior
Banned
Oni Jazar said:YOURE ALL WRONG OUTLAWS FTW
I would've said it - for the Greys alone, it's the winner - but compared to these others, it really isn't all that playable any more.
OUTLAWS 2 PLZ
EDIT: Mobygames has a list of "western" themed games (although it's obviously missing some, like Wild ARMs and The Great Battle V)
Is it too early to start getting excited for Gun 2 instead?
I get a feeling alot of these first wave 360 games are going to be short,short,short on gameplay. Too bad they had to be rushed. Would have liked to see Gun with 5-6 more months of development.
Where the hell is my Wild West MMORPG?! I mean seriously. If any era what be awesome for 'clans' and town raids .. that would be it.
I get a feeling alot of these first wave 360 games are going to be short,short,short on gameplay. Too bad they had to be rushed. Would have liked to see Gun with 5-6 more months of development.
Where the hell is my Wild West MMORPG?! I mean seriously. If any era what be awesome for 'clans' and town raids .. that would be it.
Mr_Furious
Member
I have a feeling other reviews will fair higher. Gamespot is not the gauge of game quality by any means.
Amused_To_Death
Member
This game was supposed to have so much promise, it was supposed to be revive the Western genre, it was supposed to be the biggest game of 2005, what happened?
Reading all these reviews makes me wonder if Neversoft just didn't have the time to implement all they wanted to do in this game and make the holiday release. It's so typical of developers having to cut corners to satisfy the rigid deadlines set by the publishers. I blame Activision for not giving Neversoft the time to truly develop this game to its full potential.
It also shows how easy to throw the word "GTA" around to pump your newest game, but how hard it is to make a true massive sandbox game.
Reading all these reviews makes me wonder if Neversoft just didn't have the time to implement all they wanted to do in this game and make the holiday release. It's so typical of developers having to cut corners to satisfy the rigid deadlines set by the publishers. I blame Activision for not giving Neversoft the time to truly develop this game to its full potential.
It also shows how easy to throw the word "GTA" around to pump your newest game, but how hard it is to make a true massive sandbox game.