These range from frogs hopping across the ground to spade wielding farmers who will run at you and give you a decent wallop. To achieve the highest scores you will not only have to take down all the targets in the foreground but also hit sub-targets which pop up in the background. Given the simplistic nature of the game, though, it’s not without depth for hardcore players.

It’s a simple system, which is key to Wild West Guns' appeal this is a game that has obviously been designed with the Wii’s expanded user base in mind. Points are awarded for every enemy or target you hit and are multiplied by the number of targets you’ve hit before the last miss. The enemies and targets are incredibly responsive to your shots enabling you to go for headshots to maximise your score. The characters and environments are all presented in a sharp and vibrant cel-shaded skin to boot. You'll be asked to tackle tyrants on a speeding train, beer-drenched bandits in a saloon, and even to take on a shootout in the cemetery. The heart of its personality comes from the way it exaggerates well known clichés. The game has you travelling around stereotypical environments taking down bandits and shooting targets. Is Wild West Guns, an on-the-rails light-gun game, set to change all that?Īctually, Wild West Guns does exactly what the title suggests. Right up until this day the closest thing we've come to being in a real cowboy gun fight is Wild Gunman on the NES. Last generation's GUN was a modestly successful representation of the movies, but the focus on adventure meant it lacked the all-important gun-slinging. As children many of us spent several lazy afternoons watching old cowboy flicks, so it seems almost criminal that this classic Hollywood genre hasn't been granted a decent videogame adaptation for some time.

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