Life was good for Colton White, you and your father had a job hunting game for a Mississippi steam boat. One day, however, after an attack on the steam boat leaves you unconscious and your father Ned -- who seemed to be a bit too involved -- dead, you set out on mission of what you think is your revenge, only to find out that this path belongs to someone else.

In this western-themed game, you can ride horseback, battle outlaws, mine gold, scalp your kills, work for the Pony Express, go hunting, participate in Texas Hold-Em Tournys, hire yourself on as a ranchhand, and even work for Sheriffs and Federal Marshals. So grab your six-shooter and saddle up.

Well, our first X360 review also brings with it another dubious award; this is going to be the site's first double game review...meaning that this game is the first game that we've reviewed on multiple consoles. It also serves as a great testbed to see if the fancy interlinking up there by the "Also On" works as it should...

Sadly, this game, outside the Achievement points, is the exact same as its GCN brethern. Sure, the graphics are a bit sharper, and the load times are a bit better, but strangely, I encounted more lag on this game, over the GCN version. I'm going to assume thats because this is a port to the X360 and thereby not optimised for it.

I mentioned the achievement points earlier, and this game can net you an easy 800 by playing through the game on normal and collecting everything, then running back through the game on easy. The other 200 points come from beating it on Hard and Insane, but that's something I was unable to complete in a rental's timespan. Plus, it seems to me, at least, that you'll not be able to run through it on either of those two difficulties, as on Hard, you die in 3 shots, while on Insane, you die in 2.

So, if you still haven't tried Gun, and are looking for a decent Western on your X360, give this one a spin...

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