Guest review by Logan Bickmore
Wild West Guns
Company: Gameloft
http://www.gameloft.com/iphone-games/wild-west-guns/
Price: $4.95 from AppStore
Wild West Guns is a game for the iPod Touch or iPhone. Definitely living up to its name, the theme is the American wild west. If you have ever played the game Time Crisis at an arcade or anything of that sort, then the gameplay will be fairly easy to pick up. For those of you who haven’t played Time Crisis, your objectives are to hit certain things on screen, such as an enemy or targets, and since we are using a touch screen, it’s as easy as tapping what you want to hit.
There is a series of stages in each level; in each stage you have a task to complete, such as shooting targets or shooting cowboys on a train. Although I found no story line, the game was still enjoyable. Its many different levels of difficulty would make for a decent replay value. Normal was the easiest level of difficulty, and I had a bit of trouble with that.Â
If I could change anything about Wild West Guns, I would try to give it a little bit of a story line, just to make for more interesting game play. But I can see some problems with adding a story line — mainly that it would require the game to be more complex than it already is, and the addition of a story line would add to the file size. This game is probably fine without a story line. (Most gamers knows fun games don’t need story lines — just look at Tetris.)
The graphics are nice: it isn’t sloppy, with no ugly pixels, and no choppy gameplay. The backdrops are always eye catching, and the environments are interactive (such as breakable wood planks and breakable cacti.)
Wild West Guns is a fun way to spend some spare time. I’ve always been a fan of this style of gameplay, so it was easy to pick up. I haven’t covered everything in the game, but if you want to find out more, get the game! If you are looking for another fun five dollar game for your iPod, this is definitely one to consider.
MyMac rating: 3.5 out of 5
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