games website Wild West: Gunslinger Review: A tribute to light gun shooting

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2024-10-06

Total score: 8

Recommended crowd :FPS fans (if you have a father who grew up with you to play FC, highly recommend to dad to play, very good!)

Summary: Before talking about the Wild West, let's first review a time-rich genre of games that many gamers of a certain age will not be unfamiliar with, and this type of game is the light gun shooting game.

From the FC "Duck", "police shooting", "Wilderness Shooter", "Mr. Crocodile" and so on to the PS system on the mainframe "Resident Evil: Gun downstream soul" series, "crisis resolution" series, "House of Death" series and so on, so that now the arcade hall (mostly called "video game store" and so on) in the various large light gun games and so on.

As an offshoot of the FPS, light gun shooters have not been well received by the mainstream platform game market, so there is only one series left for console and PC games.

That this time to say "Wild West: Gunslinger" with the light gun shooting game is similar, in fact, this game is to a certain extent to the light gun shooting salute, although the game is still the first person shooting, but in many ways we can see the shadow of the light gun shooting.

The biggest difference between FPS and light gun shooting games is not the difference in shooting methods (FPS can see the gun in the player's hand and light gun shooting can only see a ray), but in FPS, players can move at will, facing the enemy players can use different combat strategies or even direct bypass to avoid fighting and other methods to carry out the process of the game.

In the light gun shooting game is different, light gun shooting uses a similar "clean version" concept, when fighting, both sides are limited to a fixed scene, in this scene the player has little freedom of movement, need to solve all the enemies in front of the next level.

So, do you see the similarities between "Wild West: Gunslinger" and light gun shooting?

In this game, the player has to do is "advance - meet the enemy - hide - kill - advance", and the enemy is also the standard light gun shooting game like that, fierce firepower accurate but IQ catch chicken (like to hide behind the oil barrel to shoot you), often shoot two shots to hide and then constantly switch cover......

See here is not a kind of deja vu feeling, then, quickly pick up the keyboard and mouse to shoot it!

Introduction to the game -- 8.5 points

Developed by Techland and published by Ubisoft, the latest title in the Wild West series, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, will be released on XBLA, PSN, and PC on May 22, 2013 for $14.99 /1200 Microsoft Points.

From dust in a gold mine to barroom banter, Wild West: Call of Juarez Gunslinger is a true homage to the story and times of the Wild West.

When justice is bought and sold, it's more about who draws the gun faster, how freedom and justice will exist.

The game takes the role of legendary bounty hunter Silas Greaves, and unlike previous series Wild West: Narlords, which shifted to a contemporary time setting, Wild West: Gunslinger returns to the series' time setting with plenty of points-based RPG upgrades.

Filled with memorable encounters with some of the West's most notorious characters, such as Pat Garret, Jesse James, and Butch Cassidy, the game blurs the line between the real and the unreal.

Wild West: Gunslinger takes players through the legendary life of the Old West. It's time to fix this!

Summary: The plot of "Wild West: Gunslinger" uses a flashback telling method, the legendary bounty hunter played by the player comes to the bar to brag to the audience about the invincible courage of the year, how a man and a shot to pick through the town.

As a result, there are two effects at the end of each level in the game, the first is that the hero boasts in the bar, in the bullet time to handsomly shoot the various enemies, but actually get knocked down by the enemy and enter the next level.

All kinds of circumstances make the whole game appear American humor wind out of step, flashback game telling way is not new, but also have a different flavor.

2. Game screen -- 8 points

This game also uses a cartoon rendering style of the screen (the game engine is still based on Chrome engine to build), the cartoon rendering of FPS always gives a comic feeling, and can also cover up the jagged and detailed defects on the overall picture of the game.

Although it is a cartoon rendering, the style of European and American comics is overflowing. Extensive use of particle effects, including particles, objects, smoke volume, sparks, blood, and environmental effects.

From the smoke curling up after the gun stops, to the smoke cloud effect after the smoke bomb explodes, and the performance of the smoke fog on some large maps are vividly reflected in the cartoon rendering.

The massive explosion scenes in the game are more than just a flood of male hormones, it is a flood of maximum firepower output with minimum brain capacity.

Different character types with different characteristics, powerful guns and ammunition, endless bullets pouring, non-stop shooting, blasting, making blood boil, it seems that everything can be blown up.

The mindless but still feting, the flying artillery and ammunition, can faintly see the golden age of action films.

The map scene in the game is not large, but the terrain changes quite frequently (which is also a few major characteristics of the light gun shooting game), from the crowded town full of the atmosphere of The Times to the dark cell to the forest and lake terrain, a moment on the house, a moment to climb the mountain, a moment to hide in the wooden house to stick to the position, the scene description is very detailed, the atmosphere of the era is rendered incisionly and vividly.

The light and shadow effect is also good, the bullet feast in the sun, the strong blood with the dazzling sunlight, red and yellow, so that the overall tone of the game becomes so bright.

The drawback is that the detail mapping performance and texture are not too fine, the surface vegetation texture pattern, the folds of clothes, the character's cortex, facial expression, the real gun texture and other multiple texture integration is not as good as those 3A titles, but considering itself is a small download game (XBLA and PSN), the overall performance is still relatively good.

Summary: Comic book style rendering will take you back to the unique charm of the American "Wild West"

3. Game music/sound effects -- 8 points

Mention of American Westerns, everyone will think of such a scene: those who look like "modern knights" western rangers, riding horses to the bar, the habit of first drink a glass of whiskey on the rocks, and then the two of them outside the bar, according to their "rules" gun duel.

Finally, one cowboy fell down, and the other cowboy who was a good shot was the victor and rode away. The western culture of the United States is quite influenced by European culture, but the unique human environment also gives it a wild and lonely style.

Listen carefully to the music in this work, it is also this style, with a strong western regional characteristics of the United States, vividly showing the cowboy bold. Free and gentle and affectionate riding on the Ying posture, or the rhythm of the bright let people blood boil, or the rhythm of the slow let people thoughtful, or humorous let people smile.

The sound is normal, without much highlights, and the sound of guns, shouts, and footsteps in Goldstone firefights is similar to most shooting games.

Summary: Leisure time Comments These gentle lonely music like silk gently floating out, let people feel very warm.

4. Game operation -- 8 points

The standard FPS operation mode, run jump squat and QTE are quite a few, as well as the bullet time (the bullet time slot in the upper left corner of the screen, as the player kills and gets hit, the time to enter the bullet after launching is not necessary to count) and quick dodge Settings.

The feeling of attack is good, with the blood of the large group and the feedback of the different forces of the enemy, so that the player can call it addictive. As mentioned above, explosives such as oil drums can be seen everywhere in the urban environment. Find these items first, and blast them off with a shot when the enemy comes, while watching the bodies flying around and waiting for bonus points.

Summary: Due to the difference between this game and the traditional FPS makes the game more difficult to get started, the number of enemies is large, the firepower is fierce, blindly go ahead and suddenly is suicidal, good at finding cover and curves is king, or you can use this as a first-person shooting template TPS to play......

Game style and system -- 7.5 points

The game has three modes. They are: story mode, arcade mode, duel challenge. The game will get different experiences according to different killing methods, different killing +50, distant/head shot +100, distant plus head shot +150, and there are special killing and killing rewards.

Experience is used to level up to gain skill points, skill points are used to level up skills to unlock weapon skills and so on can make the player shoot more enjoyable. Of course, there are plenty of collectibles for extra experience.

Duel system mixed reviews, I personally (gamepad operation) is still somewhat innovative, it is the duel system that makes this game stand out among many FPS, but the mandatory and difficult easy to make players tired and frustrated.

The lack of COOP in the story mode is understandable, but the lack of two-player cooperation in the arcade mode also makes the game much less playable!