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So just what can you do in these side missions? Well they are actually quite diverse. You will end up clearing out opium dens, hunting wild animals, helping a sheriff find a stagecoach, panhandling for gold, defending horses from rustlers, setting up ambushes, gambling or even riding a train or canoe to develop certain skills! Did I mention side missions were diverse? The beauty of these side missions is you have the option of engaging them at any time that you please. You can choose to pursue the storyline first, or you can go after these if your heart so desires. The choice is all yours.

Gun seems to do a lot of things right when it comes to the overall adventure experience. It is indeed a third-person shooter while you’re on foot or horseback, but switches to first-person perspective once you enter Quick Draw mode. Oh wait, Quick Draw, that was mentioned before wasn’t it? Just what the heck is it you ask? Well it’s rather simple really. If you take down enough enemies, execute enough headshots and build up a special meter, you are given the option of unleashing this deadly battle tactic! Quick Draw mode slows down time, enabling you to get a faster draw on an enemy or group of enemies.

Neversoft is actually still playing with how long this mode will last for your advantage, but right now they’re toying with how you can keep the mode going as long as you continue stringing various combos together. With those combos, comes cruelty You can actually shoot the guns out of your enemies’ hands, then shoot those guns across the screen! But why stop there? To make things more entertaining for yourself as well as any that might be watching around you, how about making your enemies do a little “dance?” Why not also try to be a little fancy with your trigger? Show off your skills by tagging people both infront and behind you just by flicking the analog stick!

While you’re on horseback, Quick Draw supposedly works even better. A real time demo that was seen shows Colton using pinpoint accuracy to take down a group of enemies on horseback. Meaning they got hit, then they fell! Your horse will actually also have abilities of its own, which includes a “charging run” and the ability to stomp your enemies into the earth with its hooves!

So just what kinds of weapons can you use to accomplish everything that’s been talked about here so far? Well, this game certainly isn’t without what should make the shooting junkies happy either! .44 hand pistols for the standard gun combat. Rifles, shotguns, and tomahawks are commonly attainable. You can actually dual-wield handguns, use prebuilt gun turrets or cannons and once again, throw dynamite! There are also plenty of diverse areas for you to explore! Whether it’s mines or forests, to canyons and dried out riverbeds, Gun will take you everywhere in the Wild West! You can choose to get to these places on foot, horseback, stagecoach, train or canoe!

Unfortunately this game will be without a multiplayer aspect. But Neversoft is actually doing that on purpose. With not even knowing how this game will do, they are already planning on how they can implement that into the next iteration of this newly born franchise! Gun is simply meant to lay down the foundation for future games, so let’s hope that it turns out that way! But to make up for this, Neversoft is pushing every system iteration to its processing limits! Whether that means smooth, crisp character models and textures or very fluid movement with everything in your environment, they are making sure it looks AND plays beautifully!

So for those of you who were interested and enjoy Red Dead Revolver, or for those of you who’ve desired a western-themed game for quite some time, Gun heads to store shelves this November!