GTA+Hang 'Em High=Gun
Gun plays very similar to Max Payne. They're both third person shooters and Gun has it's own version of bullet time, called Quickdraw where all you do is hit the LB button and it goes into first person and time slows down. To pick targets all you have to do is flick the left analog stick which works very well. You are timed in Quickdraw and to increase your time all you have to do is get kills. The gameplay in Gun is fast paced, Colton moves fast, as does his trusty steed and there is always an enemy of some sorts around. After the tutorials Gun is just a roller coaster ride of action and story. The story is well written and you really want to keep playing to find out what happens. The characters are great also, they just have personalities that you want to love or hate. The bad guys are truly evil, a bunch of murders who are in it only for themselves. However the game is very totally linear with no branching paths or anything. this is a game where you are lead along through the story with no choices for yourself. The story doesn't take very long to beat either but there are plenty of side quests that'll keep you busy for an extra hour or two and improve your stats. The side quests will improve your stats and are a fun diversion from the story. The side quests range from protecting Dodge City as a deputy, to playing in poker tournaments, to helping out on a ranch. The world in Gun is small. There are only two cities (Dodge City and Empire), and it takes about four or five minutes to go from one end of the map to another. This makes it easy to remember where everything is though. The world is detailed however and you can get around just by looking at the landscape and landmarks. Outside of the cities the world of Gun seems dead. There is really only two houses with people in them outside of the cities. Even in the cities you can't talk to the people walking around, the only people that you talk to are ones that will move the story along, the shopkeeper, or the ones that initiate the side quests.
The graphics for Gun look great... for a last generation game. I'm pretty sure Activision didn't improve the visuals at all for this version of the game. The graphics are good though, don't get me wrong but there needs to be an improvement of some sort. This was just cheap. The world of Gun is very detailed, as I mentioned earlier you can get around by the landmarks. The characters are very detailed, you can see the layers of clothing they're wearing. The game is very cinematic in its presentation. The cutscenes show off many camera angles and are skip able for those multiple play throughs. the soundtrack is good, it has a "western" feel to it. the voice overs as well are done greatly. You can tell that Neversoft cared a lot about the way each character was presented. Although there are a few characters in the side quests who sound terribly funny. Gun is very violent and there is a lot of expletives flying around throughout the game. The load times are short, no more than a few seconds with no loading once you are in the game. The only time there are load time is with cutscenes and accepting some side quests.
The achievements in Gun are well spread out with the most coming from just beating the game on any difficulty and finishing the side quests. There are separate achievements for beating the game on each difficulty which will be a little time consuming. Also another hard on eis for finding all 44 of the gold mines throughout the world. Other than those the game is full of easy achievements which will boost your score heavily from just beating it.
It is worth noting that I personally think this game has one of the worst final bosses ever. It is so cheap to me. To beat him you have to have dynamite explode under him when he's standing on top of these geysers. You can shoot him in the head and it does nothing, you can have dynamite explode by him and nothing happens since it only hurts when he's over a geyser. He's is wearing a massive golden plate of armor that should slow him down but he's nearly faster than you. He is able to through dynamite at you with pin point accuracy even when he can't see you. Now this might just be me but I really didn't like this boss.
Overall Gun is a good game with little or no improvement for the Xbox 360 version of the game. Although short the story is great with solid gameplay and great characters.