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Gun

GUN is a realistic epic action/adventure that lets gamers experience the brutality of the lawless West.

73 5 November 2005

Gun is an adventure developed by Neversoft Entertainment, released 5 November 2005 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Gun is

Gun is an adventure game developed by Neversoft Entertainment and released in 2005. It was published by Activision. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Set in the American Old West, specifically Arizona, Colorado, Kansas and New Mexico in the year 1880, Colton White and his father Ned are hunting game along the Missouri River and after a close call with a grizzly they board a riverboat to sell meat. But after the riverboat is attacked by murderous preacher Reverend Josiah Reed, in the midst of the chaos Ned reveals to Colton that he is not his biological father, and then tells him to seek out a specific prostitute in Dodge City, prompting Colton White on an adventure of revenge and self discovery.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

How it was received

Gun holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 6 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 70, across 149 votes.

What it launched against

Gun launched on 5 November 2005, within three weeks of Shadow of the Colossus, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Call of Duty 2 and Sid Meier's Civilization IV. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Shadow of the Colossus, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV.

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When did Gun come out?
Gun was released on 5 November 2005 for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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