A short western game with some redeeming qualities and great horse back riding.
Not really, Gun is an epic tale about a man out to set things right for his family.
Through some great story telling, some fantastic voice acting, some cool lookin' buffalo, and a lot of horses, it'll be sure to please your single player adventurer for at least a short while.
The story lasts about 7 to 8 hours, depending on the difficulty. Difficulty levels are really broken up as well, playing on easy can pose a challenge to some, and the "insanity" difficulty level is on par with CoD2 on veteran. Insane difficulty is really, well, insane, but very rewarding when you beat it.
After playing the story there are plenty of side missions to be played as well (or even along with the story for that matter.)
Most of them are pretty fun, but some are more annoying and tedious than anything else, especially the pony express missions. I thought those would be the best since they're pony, but noo.
Anywho, moving past that lame joke, the side missions are in 5 different forms.
In one you basically grab a horse, run somewhere as fast as you can, and talk to somebody.
The second you play Texas Hold Em.
The third you do all the work for a police officer, that lazy son of a gun, i swear..
The fourth, you prove yourself to the Indians by hunting.
And finally the fifth, you help out a rancher on his farm.
Most of these side missions are very short, only taking a few minutes to do, but all together take about an hour to complete each category, give or take.
The good thing about most of these missions is none of them are very repetitive, each category is based around the same idea but they're all still very fun.
The graphics are really nothing special, looks pretty much like an original xbox game with some minor improvements. Although it does have some issues, like glitching through the heads of buffalo. But that's just funny and kinda cool, and when did graphics become the most important thing anyway, right?
As for the achievements (for those that like them, and who doesn't?), most are fairly simple. The most difficult ones are beating the story 4 times since they're non-stackable, and mining all the gold. All the others are really based around the story and doing all the side missions. If you're worried about the Texas Hold Em one too, don't worry, I literally have no idea how to play and i beat all the tournaments in about 40 minutes.
SO, to sum up, GUN is a great, yet short, story driven game with great horses, great voice acting, average graphics, and plenty to keep you busy for a weekend rental. If you can find it in your bargain bin though (I bought it for $10) i'd recommend it. It's fun for what it's worth.