Gun
Gun is a Xbox 360 shooter game released in 2005 developed by Neversoft. It centers on combat encounters, story, case, or mission progress, and resource or business management, with controls and information arranged around the Xbox 360 wired or wireless controller's twin sticks, analog triggers, directional pad, and face buttons.
- AI score · out of 10
- 6.9 / 10
About this game
Gun is a Xbox 360 shooter game centered on combat encounters, story, case, or mission progress, and resource or business management. Missions pace progress through enemy waves, routes, objectives, and weapon opportunities, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Aiming feedback, projectiles, hits, and danger zones need to remain readable, while HD video, DVD streaming, surround audio, HDD installs, and television-distance interfaces need to keep action, state, and text readable. The genre-specific limitation is that camera turning, aiming methods, dense encounters, and peripheral support can increase control pressure. Platform conditions also include disc and HDD installation, storage devices, controller batteries, video connections, resolution and frame rate, Kinect space and calibration, and retired online services affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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Xbox 360AI review
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A lively Western adventure that ends too soon.
Gun offers a compact Western adventure built around travel on foot and horseback, quick shootouts, and a range of pistols, rifles, shotguns, and explosives. Its main missions vary their situations enough to keep the revenge story moving. Strong voice performances and choreographed scenes make Colton White and the supporting cast more memorable than the size of the world might suggest. The game ends before its towns, sheriff work, and supporting activities can fully develop. Side missions offer more riding and gunfights but do not sustain the open setting for long after the story. These two catalog records are assessed as their separate original Xbox and Xbox 360 releases. They share much of their mission design, but the console presentation and controls require platform-specific evidence. The later version’s high-definition image issues should not be projected back onto the Xbox game, and the first version’s cleaner appearance cannot simply be assigned to the Xbox 360 release.
Strengths
- Mounted combat, acting, and varied missions.
Weaknesses
- Short story and limited lasting side content.
Who it is for: Players seeking a compact Western action story.
Play notes: Xbox 360 HD output issues reflect contemporary testing; current operation unverified.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension The adventure is brisk but underdeveloped. | Reviewed | 6.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Riding and varied shootouts support a lively action loop. | Reviewed | 7.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Good performances survive a poorly adapted high-definition image. | Reviewed | 6.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Better layout cannot offset the port’s display issues. | Reviewed | 6.8 / 10 | Not provided |
Review sources
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Core information
- Developer
- Neversoft
- Publisher
- Activision
- Release date
- 2005
- Platforms
- Xbox 360
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Shooter · Primary genre
- Tags
- ShootingDodgeFast-pacedResource ManagementPlayer versus EnvironmentStory-drivenLinear Levels3D GraphicsReal-time CombatReplayableSolo-friendlyThird Person
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- Xbox 360Worldwide2005
Game gallery
Sources
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