Hey Carter here I just wanna say thanks for the shoutout and thanks for using the info, I love GUN and I’m honored to say I’m apart of the reason we now know about the sequel info!
One of the guys who worked on this game was a family friend. Mailed me a copy autographed by the whole dev team when it released. One of the best presents I ever received as a kid, I absolutely adored this game.
God I loved this game, it felt unfinished though, it clearly was supposed to be bigger. I like it better than Red Dead and I wish there was an expansion or something to this world.
That's totally rad, man! I loved Neversoft's Tony Hawk games a lot, so when I realized this was the same devs... It made me love this game even more as a kid. It's a shame they got shutdown and made another COD studio... :( I hope that family friend is doing well.
My father and I used to go "camping" where we'd bring a generator, old ass TV, and a PS2 and play video games when I was younger, GUN holds a very special place in my heart
You mean to tell me I've played this game for 13 years and I'm just now finding out Colton White was voiced by The Punisher?! I love this game even more!
I rented this game at blockbuster when I was a kid and played it for hours, thought the dynamite on the bow was so awesome, and Brad Dourif who voiced chucky was in this too!
This was one of those games that never got the proper recognition. I remember replaying it several times. Everyone I talked to about it at the time had never heard of it and blew it off as some junk game but it was a clear favorite of mine then
I remember being the first in my family to beat it. My brother got stuck on the last boss and eventually gave up, but I eventually came back to it, played it all the way through and beat it myself. It was a very fun game. I haven't played it in a long time, so idk if I'd still enjoy it, but I have a good feeling I'll still enjoy it when I do finally return.
Ditto. I remember me and my friends found a glitch where if you rode your house into this random rock on the map and jumped it would launch you into the sky and kill you when you fell, but it was so funny to do.
One of my all time favourites. Really hurts knowing there were plans for a sequel that fell through but at least we can still see it's legacy through RDR.
i'd at least say with Microsoft acquiring Activision there's a slim chance we could see a sequel or a remake in the future, Microsoft is likely interested in making more than just call of duty's with the buyout so there might be hope for activisions old IP's
Honestly I feel like it's for the best, I didn't want new games or a sequel to taint the perfection that this game was. Some things are better left untouched (like the lost Gold Mine)
I was always blown away by how good the graphics looked for 2005, not to mention it was one of the few games that I did not skip cutscenes because they were written so well. It really felt like an achievement to complete this game back in the day.
I've always wondered why no one talks about this game. It was a huge part of my gaming experience as a kid. Idk how many times I played thru this game with my lil brother. Fucking awesome video. Love your content dude
Same here, I literally was just thinking the same exact thing myself, except I never played it with anyone else, I got to enjoy it alone, which meant I never had any idea it was as popular as it was, cause I never heard anyone else talk about it anywhere.
I replayed gun so many times . Sometimes re starting immediately after being the story the same day. It really felt like a movie in its own way. And being a short game with a smallish map it always made me crave for more . Though small the map was so well designed . I even remember when red dead redemption was announced seeing people claim “FINALLY AN OLD WESTERN FREE ROAMING GAME” and id be in the comments section like … uuh GUN gun exists wtf you mean finally xD. Its such an under rated gem its a shame the 360 version isnt back compat
damn bro! u described my childhood! come to think of it? why are there no moda for this? I mean they could have released the game's engine parts and that could have been the start of another great mod-driven game for years to come
Game does a great job making it seem longer than it actually is. I'm always shocked that it only takes about 4-5 hours to complete this game because you accomplish so much and the pacing never lets up!
It's got a relatively small map, but everything you can do is still somewhat spread out and usually has a purpose, unlike some of the collections in games today.
@@Robbini0 Map always felt bigger than what it truly was. Or maybe it's just my nostalgia. I always felt the game was way too short, but in terms of map size, I always found it pretty fun to explore. Took me many hours before getting bored. Considering how short the game is, that's impressive.
MY cousin and I played the shit out of this game 10 and 11 at the time lol. he passed back in 2018, we weren't close when we got older but this game makes me remember the times we played it. You are missed, Derek.
No game has ever disrupted my sleep cycle more than Gun. Classes were missed. Grades were sacrificed. But damn was it worth it. This game is not only a masterpiece, but an integral part of my childhood, and I truly hope it gets a quality sequel or remaster.
First game me and my dad ever played together. He was doing the tutorial, laughing his ass off knifing the sh*t out of a bear taking whiskey shots shouting @ the TV when he could catch his breath “DIE BEAR! DIE!” 😂 It’s one of my favourite boiiz time mementoes with my dad.
my dad is notorious for buying shitty pc games since floppy disk, but ever so often he would buy a true gem. Gun was one of those gems. he bought it because he's a western nerd and just throws money at anything western, martial arts, sci fi, etc. I would always play any of the pc games he'd pick up and most were trash so id be a brat and tell him how shit they were but this game came up one day and i beat it one sitting. It truly is the red dead redemption of its time. This made me wanna play again too, nice review. Damn i also kinda miss that neversoft era where they just made classics nonstop until merging into infinity ward. cod nonstop...
Did he ever get a copy of Samurai Western? It's this really interesting game by Clover, and it kinda falls into the hidden gem category. If you love westerns and or technical fighting systems definitely look into it.
same here bro, when i had 8 or 9 years old, my dad came from shopping and buyed me this game as a gift, it was the best game ever buyed by him, and i still got it as a CD but i can t play it anymore on my laptop.. i don t have CD ROM, but i ll keep it as a good memory !!
I loved Gun. I got it for my 22nd birthday in 2006. Gun was Grand Theft Auto set in the Wild West. Good story. Good cast of voice actors. Epic main theme. Non-stop action from start to finish. If it wasn't a video game, it would have made a great movie. One of the best video games I ever played in my life.
This game was my childhood. I beat it so many times and spent days just roleplaying. I'd get my parents to rent this game at Movie Gallery every chance I could.
I have a story with this game... I remember when I was a kid my dad and uncle bought this game for me on the Playstation 2 and that night we all played it together taking turns and everything it was so fun. Eventually we get to the part where you protect the Chinese building the bridge from the Indians... This mission they give you the shotgun and as soon as I saw the Indin' my heart sank and I blasted him, he went flying and screaming generically. We're Native Americans from Oklahoma and when I shot him my uncle was like "Gah your dad probably sung with that guy" lol we still loved the game and I played it so much the disc eventually stopped working, that being said my dad always referred to Gun as the Indin' killing game.
Apparently this was a big issue when the game first came out. Indian tribes and Chinese people spoke out against the violence towards Native Americans and Asian Americans. The creators of the game basically said their intent was obviously not to offend anyone, but to accurately depict the setting and culture during that time period. The creators also pointed out how the majority of people you k!ll in the game are white people.
Damn that's funny. My great grandpa saw me playing the game back then an when the natives showed up an I shot them he said "your supposed to shoot the white man not at them" 😅 miss you grandpa
@@Fjdjfjsz92938 western has been a dead genre in films for quite a while. They even made Once Upon A Time in Hollywood which showed the western genre dying. Trends die out and come back
@@mhm6 it’s been dead in films for a while, but I’d say it’s been doing fine in video games. RDR and RDR2 are still doing good and there’s definitely probably 1-2 other western games out there doing good.
@@yummiimuffiin1517 been seeing alot of people saying they are playing rdr2 again and im seeing posts in my recommend about it more , does seem like alot of people are on a western kick
I remember searching ever corner of the map trying to get all the gold nuggets hidden. Such a good game and honestly still one of the best westerns. Really deserves a remaster/remake or proper sequel.
The Pony Express missions are probably some of my favorite side quests, they're the reason most players learn how broken horses are in the game, and how you can gain a lot of momentum by dismounting a horse at max speed, launching you straight into the NPC you have to talk to.
I remember finding out you can "drift" horses. You have to go really fast, start steering and suddenly pull back while still steering the horse. It slides for a while and turns quite fast so you can use it for some sharper turns.
Bro I wasn’t even aware I had played this game when I clicked on this video but holy shit the wave of flashbacks triggered by this is insane. The story was so good.
GUN is such an underrated game that I remember getting even though the ps3 and 360 were out, I'm still an old school player and I picked up the game at a local game shop where they sold old games to new. And honestly the game was so fun and interesting even my dad watched me play cause he loves western stuff.
I played the absolute hell out of this as a Kid. Im so glad this Game is getting more and more love as time goes on. Hopefully thers a remaster or even a Sequel someday.
For me, RDR was the spiritual sucesor of Gun. I had the luck of playing Gun in PS2 and i loved, it would be awesome if they bring It back this game with a remake or a secuel.
I bought both when they came out. Red Dead Revolver was first, but Gun was more gritty and realistic. RDR was kinda cartoony, but a great game that gave me many hours of fun, even the multiplayer with friends.
I've always felt GUN and "Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale In Mexico" never got the credit they deserved. Very different games from each other, but both enjoyable and different for the time they came out. GUN had an outstanding voice cast that fit the game perfectly. Total Overdose is full of over the top comedic action (and maybe just a few stereotypes) but it does has that awesome song in it by Delinquent Habits- "Return of the Tres."
Omg I was just thinking about total overdose. I couldn't remember the name of that game for years so thank you all I remember is burning weed crops LOL
I really respect 2000s Neversoft. Gun, Tony Hawk's Underground 2 and Tony Hawk's American Wasteland are definitely among my all-time 50 list for the PS2. They could make small maps feel much bigger due to good game design and features.
Ah yes, this game. Idk how people didn't play it back then. I was having more fun playing it than in gta sa. Not saying it's better, but it's definitely something so special, especially that time. This game deserved way more tbh. It's a 9/10 even in today's landscape.
I enjoyed playing both. But when I wanted to blow up limbs I played gun and true crime streets of NY. Why did I like gore as a kid? Mortal kombat was the reason.
The Native American controversy is kinda misguided. Like, yes, there is a point where you're directed to kill Apaches, but those same Apaches literally become your ally later. You save some from slavery, you get saved and work with an entirely different tribe. Hell, it basically makes you feel like you were in the wrong for the bridge. The entire game the Native Americans are good guys
@@jaymac7203 Right but view it as if you were a native American, and already felt like a minority, and your family carried historical inherited grievances... then playing this game from the perspective of Colt killing natives wouldn't feel right
@lutfikhundakji7149 not all Indians are of the same tribe. And if one did come from apaches than they should know their history and accept it. They were a violent people.
@bobdobbz9334 Are you not familiar with Apache history, or what? It's not controversial to say the were a violent people. I've never heard of pacifists scalping people 😂
I remember picking this up when I was 10 for literally $1. I remember loving it and playing it to the end. Glad people are finally giving it the attention it deserved
Wow man seeing some of these environments now as a adult makes me realize how good this game looked back then. I spent hours in the buffalo feilds just pretending to live off the land as a kid. Really great to see you cover this gem
Thank you for bringing back stellar childhood memories. Few of my friends became Gun fans because I shared the love of it. I hope they remaster Gun!! ❤
Im native (blackfoot), never had a problem with the way we are portrayed. westerns are beloved in our culture, and GUN is held in high regard to us. the group whining about it probably just wanted something to cry about.
Damn. This got longer and more rambly than i expected. I also apologize for a lack of commas. The comma button on the laptop i am using right now is broken. At points i replace a comma with a "-" Anyway here are a few thoughts i have about this - Depending on how much the group saw of the game it could be that they just didn't know any of the later stuff and only knew the bridge and stagecoach part. Otherwise there are people who basically go "These people were treated badly so they are incapable of doing bad things themselves! And everyone who portrays them doing bad things - even if motivated by their mistreatment - is a racist!" Or "Sure. Most of the characters are well written and realistic. But it's not acceptable that you have random bands of enemies from that group even if there is a story explanation AND the group doesn't agree with what they do!" Especially considering that the game was released in the 2000's and Video Games back then were even less main stream accepted by many than today. So I wouldn't be surprised if (even if htey saw the rest. of the story) they just went "Video Games aren't a serious medium like book s or movies! So this is not OK!" Interest/representative groups especially might take an interesting in having a "squeaky clean" portrayal of what they (claim to) represent just because it makes it a lot easier to throw the weight around (and they might rile each other up. Echo chamber and all that) especially when THEY (even if there were others that could and were consulted) hadn't been asked about how the group should be portrayed. Even more so with a medium that isn't as accepted as other forms of Art (music literature and film) and as such has a rather bad standing with some of those groups - especially when headed by older/more conservative people. Even today with a higher acceptance of video games you sitll have the "Basement dwelling overweight socially incompetent Nerd" stereotype and back then - at least for certain people - that was even worse. Especially since "Video games are for kids! Sure the package says "Not for kids" but they are games afterall! And why would an adult waste time with video games?" And since it's "For kids!" some groups might consider it even more of a "no-no". Another cynical interpretation could've been "They never asked us so we're going to raise a stink!" let me compare it to RDR - in 1 aside of Nastas the natives we meet are enemies with Dutch using their legitimate grievances to wage his personal war against civilization. Overall it actually makes sense from a story PoV. Those that show up are with Dutch. Nastas wants to stop them any many others probably just don't want to get involved. However since this was the main portrayal of natives there was some criticism. This lead to RDR II having the Natives solely as the victims of Leviticus Cornwall and Army Colonel "High Tails" Favors wanting to earn a few laurels and get rid of his shame from the Civil War. it suits the tone of Red Dead and the story and isn't that far off from stuff that happened IRL. However I do kinda dislike the lengths that such portrayals can go to. As I said before - there are people who for one reason or another will consider any portrayal that isn't saintly and innocent as "racist". In regards of RDRII i think it could've been nice to have a few natives who weren't just portrayed as "underdog fighters who's grievances are completely justified!" and maybe some are just in it to get some plunder and blow of some steam and don't really care about any lofty goals. Or some splinter groups in a side quest who don't care about Cornwall and Favors but instead decided to take their revenge by indifferently attacking people who have nothing to do with either of them - like some of the outlying homesteads. (Though i think the Skinner Brothers gang in the post game has some native members) It kinda reminds me right now of Fallout 3 (spending too much time reading fallout stuff on TV tropes currently) and the Tenpenny Tower quest. At first glance it is easy. You have. the rich assholes in the tower (who's owner IS evil) and the ghouls who'd like to live there. Bad and Good. You can convince the people to let the ghouls in - and then return a few days later to see that the Ghouls slaughtered the inhabitants anyway despite you negotiating them being allowed in. Their leader is a racist ass himself. There is another quest ("The power of the atom") to blow up a settlement in viewing distance of the tower for the owner Mr. Tenpenny. When you let the Ghouls hin and their leader hears of that He agrees that "seeing that smoothskin shithole" blow up would be quite nice. Just because somebody is treated unfairly or even discriminated against means that that person is an innocent victim or right in what they do. Sometimes they are colossal assholes or monsters themselves. And they might hurt their own people just as much in the long run as those that are actively against them. Yet - again as said before - if one side is/has to be portrayed as inherently innocent and good and everything bad they ever do is only reactionary and right it's far easier for interest groups etc. to push their own views on "what is right" in the portrayal onto devs etc. it allows them to push a the picture they want to portray. And about the complaint that "Nobody would accept killing the irish etc." hah. As if anyone would care if in a game. Irish got shat on in the US And England during. the19th and 20th century. THey'd care about it just as much as when a game or movie portrays every german soldier in WW2 as die hard Nazi (Probably around 30 and all as battle hardened veterans). Probably not at all and heck a game in WWI might even port that portrayal back into the first World War. Heck it reminds me of something from The Godfather. When Tom Hagen visits Jack Woltz in Hollywood. Jack Woltz: "Now you listen to me, you smooth-talking son-of-a-bitch, let me lay it on the line for you and your boss, whoever he is! Johnny Fontane will never get that movie! I don't care how many dago guinea wop greaseball goombahs come out of the woodwork!" Tom Hagen: "I'm German-Irish." Jack Woltz: "Well, let me tell you something, my kraut-mick friend, I'm gonna make so much trouble for you, you won t know what hit you!" Woltz switches from slurs against italian-americans to anti-irish and german slurs in a heatbeat. Not that many people would really care about either. Also about the crude language in the game in general - about women and chinese and so on - THE GAME TAKES PLACE IN THE 19th CENTURY FOR FUCKS SAKE! That kinda is like complaining that a story that has parts that take on a Antebellum Slave Plantation has derogatory language about blacks! Or would it make sense for them to call them "Our African-American employees"? To be honest. I kinda wonder how i got to this from where i started with this post.
I think there's still enough interest and still enough nostalgia for this classic to earn itself a AAA sequel. There's enough different tonality and world building that differentiates it from RDR2 in a way that shouldn't impact its sales or number of players in a significant way, especially with RDR2 being more than a few years old now and the multi-player player base quickly declining. RDR2 creates entirely fictious worlds and towns that are loosely inspired by real world geographical locations, while Gun creates a world, towns, and even characters that are much more closely connected to real history. That fact alone gives the idea of a Gun sequel a wealth of interesting and exciting narrative opportunities based in inspired or alternative history. Not to mention, a Gun sequel could very easily improve or develop gameplay and mechanics that feel entirely different from anything RDR2 provides. Imagine reloading revolvers in the middle of combat bullet-by-bullet with quick individual button presses, or a faction system that can impact the narrative like New Vegas. There's plenty of things a developer could do to make Gun look, act, and feel entirely different from RDR2, Gun 1, or any other Western shooter for that matter, and I think its high time someone gets the ball rolling. We want more epic western games with epic western stories.
This was my first M rated game ever as a kid. I just played around in the sandbox of this game for hours and hours. And one of the most gritty and shocking stories I have ever had the pleasure to endure.
I remember playing this not long after it came out and was thinking man this is GREAT! Always felt like the main story should have been made into a mini series or a movie!
Played this game earlier this year and couldn’t believe how well the gameplay and story holds up. I would describe it as “red dead redemption 2 in 8 hours” you lose some of the good side stuff but you’re left with nothing but 8 hours of the great stuff
@@Jorvaskrr Of course, the main character! Must have slipped my mind. All of them did a fantastic job of putting me right there, in the old west. And the epic soundtrack did the rest.I love this game.
@@armyofninjas9055 RDR's characters are much more fleshed out and you get to know them better because you spend more time with them since the open world is much, much bigger and the mechanics are much more advanced in RDR. I wouldn't say the characters in Gun "suck" at all. Soapy is one of my favorite game characters ever and the reveal about Colton's past is top notch writing imo. As much as it's understandable that Gun and RDR get compared all the time, I don't think it's fair. While RDR aims to achieve a gritty, realistic look on the old west, Gun draws it's inspirations more from classical western movies with John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, etc. where the Indians always were the enemy and the good guys always win at the end. Those were the movies I grew up with and I love Gun for giving me that experience. The character arc in both RDR games is a bit too depressing at the end for my liking.
Anyone remember that secret cannonball gun? And that ammo cache by the old house? Also some modders or something should make a fan sequel based on the scenarios the writers wanted to explore
@@bassbass2013 I remember it being tough to get for sure, and how much it broke the game 😂 it was fun for a bit but it would annihilate anything you pointed it at 😂 I think it would pretty much one hit anything you would come across for the most part. It's been so long since I played the game. It deserves a sequel or a remake
GUN is a game I think about frequently. Maybe because those were the best years of my life. I watched your video on NARC and thought the same thing. I loved both of these games. This video takes me back.
Another game that I think this also inspired was Call of Juarez, with voice acting that was at a top level. Marc Alaimo knocked it out of the park on that one.
I’m 6 minutes in and feel soooo bad 2005 me didn’t play this. Man, it would have been a dream come true. Looking at all the work put in by EVERYONE involved is incredible, you can see in the making of videos and the way they talk about it. I would have worked double shifts at my first job to buy this. I know i can play it now but I was different experiencing these games as a kid.
Dude, I kind of feel the same way. When I was like 15 I decided to dig up my old PS2 and went to a local store which had old used PS2 games to get something good, there I got my hands on a copy of Just Cause and when i went back home the case seemed to have a different game inside it, this game. I decided to give it a shot and at first it seemed to me like this was shovelware. I played until the horse riding tutorial and dropped it. Three years later I saw this video in my feed and man I so regret not properly playing it that time.
It warms my heart to see all the love this game got. I thought I was part of a pretty small group that had the luxury to play this back in the day. Was in those very early days of becoming and achievement addict and boy did it have some tough ones. I think to this day I'm still missing 2 or 3. Will be a good excuse to go back and play it after I finish 100%'ing RDR2. Quite pleased I had your channel recommended to me, the algorithm isn't completely worthless, only mostly lol.
It's crazy how much this resembles the later RDR series. I remember seeing the cover for gun around when it came out, but I hadn't the slightest clue what it was about or that it was even a western. Rockstar definitely took notes lol
@@DoctorSess I'm aware 😆 that's why I said the later RDR series. They seen what gun did and took notes for redemption. I've never played gun but it's more like red dead redemption than revolver ever was and for a in depth game like gun with an all star cast of voice actors it was in development way before revolver even came out. so while they may have heard rockstar was making a western themed game, there was no way for them to copy ideas as far as gameplay since it hadn't been dropped yet. There's no way gun was developed within the year of RDRevolver being released 😆
I actually thought for a long time that Red Dead Redemption was the sequel to Gun haha..... Gun was the reason I even initially purchased Red Dead Redemption.
Man, I remember playing back in the day! There was a bridge near a town that I would cross while panning the camera to get a nice, sweet-ass view of the scenery each time I did. What a fantastic game, great job covering it!
I played the hell out of this game back in the day. Loved it and still do. I think that if NeverSoft had even half the budget and resources that RDR 1 and 2 had a Gun series could have been good competition for RDR. Thanks for the walk down memory lane bro. Might even try to Remake Colton in RDR Online. I'd be a good tribute to the game that really brought us the old west open world gameplay we have today.
I played the shit out of this game. Like...hundreds of hours. I wish I had that kind of time for games nowadays. This was a fantastic game. One of my favorites of all time.
@@QuantumTelephone I mean, both work. But one thing that gets me about guns sommeliers is how sensitive some of them can be. Luckily this TH-camr did his research well and got everything right (apparently), if not, we wouldn't be able to scroll down without finding comments treating it as some minor war crime or something. Ofc it's a minority and every hobby/fanbase has its ugly ducklings, but knowing about guns is such a meaningless thing to so many people that vast majority wouldn't care if this TH-camr messed up the gun models he mentioned. We would still understand the video and it wouldn't change anything, but to some, a small 2 sec mistake would be enough to make the whole 40 minute video look bad. Still, I'm glad this TH-camr does his research well. And knowing the people working at Gun properly replicated these real life guns really make me appreciate the game even more.
You can scalp people and native Indians are among your your enemies - no way this would be made today! 😂 Even Rockstar, who usually don't give a f**k, lectured us on how bad the natives had it in RDR2.
Gun was such a good game man. First game that got me to fall in love with gaming. Honestly could have seen it taking the place of Red Dead in a different timeline
One of my most memorable gaming experiences of all time . As a western fan i loved this game and played it atleast 3 times over again , i would even take it a step further saying this game left a bigger impression on me then even RDM2 has .
This was one of my favorite games when I was younger. I owned it for various consoles throughout the years. Even after playing the RDR games, I can still say that this game has unique qualities that differentiate it from those games. The soundtrack is also SUPERB. Hollywood level stuff. I highly recommend this game, which you can finish in 5-6 hours and it’s all super fun.
This was my first video game lol. I was very young and I remember getting in trouble for playing it but I never forgot it. Definitely my favorite game of my childhood
@@flooneex8575 Will never happen. The game already was controversial back then, but today? All the Woketards would blow a gasket because the game depicts the indians as the brutal savages they were, not the modern "they were noble savages who loved nature and were murdered by the evil white men"-revisionist history crap. Same with a sequel. If it was made today, it would be even more woke and cleansed than RDR2 already was. I don't think anybody want that. Gun was great because it was like the Spaghetti Westerns compared to RDR being more like american western movies. It was gritty, realistic, brutal and didn't pull shots.
I feel like there is SO MUCH left as far as potential goes for this game the way Gun left off is perfect for a prequel with the main character being Ned, idc what anyone says this game is hands down one of the most underrated games of all time.
I’ve just finished playing this game again from when I was a kid, so good! I really wish they used the train tracks more. Would of been cool to catch the train from town to town instead of riding the horse everywhere. Such a classic. Awesome video too!
Dude I really appreciate you talking about this hidden gem. GUN was a very underrated and unappreciated piece of work. Makes me very happy to see I wasn't the only one who loved this game as a kid 🙂
Hollister and his renegades were a pretty cool idea for Gun's setting. They kinda remind me a lot of the Lemoyne Raiders from RDR2, if they were more savage and feral. And Hollister was just downright intimidating in his first scene, from his voice, to his design, to the music and even camera angles when he approached Colton and Soapy. I just kinda wished we saw more of him so he'd really live up to his frightening presence. And he really could have, because this game despite being a 2005 game, it's a surprisngly violent and gory game
I'll never get over that this hasn't been remastered or remade with the cut content put into the game. I've played every western game, and this one is still my favorite.
This game was my childhood. Also: Thomas Jane for a mostly film actor has some of the best and most prolific voice over work in videogames. He needs to return.
Me and my cousin have been singing the praises of this game for YEARS! Since 07 and the cast is one of the greatest assemble cast ever. Thomas Jane, Lance Henrikson, Brad Douriff, Kris Christopherson, Ron Pearlman and Tom Skeritt
One of the best cast and soundtracks ever in a game. I can still remember the boss fight against Magruder and how he taunts Colton: "Where are you?! Hiding in your boots, shaking like a leaf?!" and how great it felt when I finally beat him. There are not many games I remember lines from over 15 years later. Speaks for the quality of "Gun".
Favorite line in the game: (while shooting up a cathouse) “Come over here candy ass i got somethin long n hard for ya.” Which was hilarious as a kid, now its scary lol.
Wow, thank you for this video. My childhood coming back to me. I always watched westerns with my grandma and when this came released I got it the first week it came out. I played this game 2/3 times. Absolutely love the story and the people. Thanks for the back story of the real characters. I just knew Hoodoo and Soapy had to be based off real people. I always wished for a sequel. Colton was the real deal man. Damn… miss the good old days.
Just seeing Activision apologizing to people who were offended instead of pandering to them and removing the game or changing it shows what is missing with Activision and other companies, people, and organizations today History matters and we should not take it away
Yes also some Native american tribes were violent in actual history, though as the game shows throughout the story, they were just fighting back a more evil force, I don't know how anyone could be entirely mad about it because throughout the last parts of the game, you team up with the natives to kill a mega-capitalistic white man, also Colton is half native American, also in the story you save a whole truck car of them, and free many from a slaver camp, and kill the prison guards with them as well
Woke culture is destroying everything. Cowboys & indians fought. History & facts don't care about feelings. Can't have fun anymore because a bunch of entitled never happy twats that want everyone as miserable as they are. F um.
@@gooberaureliusmaximusiii6638 This is 8 months later, but usually those people dont actually play the games, they just see a clip or hear about a rumor and get mad. Reminds me of when GTA4 came out and some women crying about a rape scene in the game and nobody knew what the fuck they were talking about.
It's interesting how the GUN what-ifs align with Red Dead. A trip to Mexico, a story taking place at the end of the old west, a prequel about the first game's villains.
Dunno how this video was recommended to me. This game was one of the first PC games i ve ever played in my life on my shitty PC. I was little in elementary school, don't even remember who gave it to me and how. I ve cried on this game. The story is incredible. Also i used to scalp everyone unlucky enough to die from the bullets, haha. Thanks for that video, brought some nice memories
Hey Carter here I just wanna say thanks for the shoutout and thanks for using the info, I love GUN and I’m honored to say I’m apart of the reason we now know about the sequel info!
Thank you dude. Glad you took the time to interview Randall Jahnson.
888
Are they actually making a sequel?
Just finished Hammers video. The story was so good. Sad I missed it the first time, but if/when the sequel comes out im buying asap.
@@ZattsMan no
One of the guys who worked on this game was a family friend. Mailed me a copy autographed by the whole dev team when it released. One of the best presents I ever received as a kid, I absolutely adored this game.
God I loved this game, it felt unfinished though, it clearly was supposed to be bigger. I like it better than Red Dead and I wish there was an expansion or something to this world.
@@PlasticCogLiquidan sequel would be a competition to rdr series
That's totally rad, man! I loved Neversoft's Tony Hawk games a lot, so when I realized this was the same devs... It made me love this game even more as a kid. It's a shame they got shutdown and made another COD studio... :( I hope that family friend is doing well.
My father and I used to go "camping" where we'd bring a generator, old ass TV, and a PS2 and play video games when I was younger, GUN holds a very special place in my heart
This is great
What a beautiful memory this must be
Same here brother, in the very deep bottom of my heart.
It was one of the best PS2 games out there. And it had strong competition, but damn was it a good game. Still is as far as I'm concerned.
@@jhitbob those are the type of memories you’ll cherish forever bro. Wholesome.
I'll still remember that cool exchange before Hoodoo dies.
"I'M HOODOO BROWN!"
* gets shot
"...you were."
That might be the most rememberable lines ever.
My favorite was, "This is for Jenny...*BAM*"
Yooo bro spoilers 🤦♂️💀
That's some cowboy type shiiiiiiii 🤠
I'm HERBERT MOOOOOON
I loved this game. I even named my first born son ‘Colton’ because of it. (His mother doesn’t know that, but she agreed on the name😂)
Now that is cool
You're a legend dude
That’s legit dude! 😂
you are definitely a true OG
I want a dog called a ned 😂
You mean to tell me I've played this game for 13 years and I'm just now finding out Colton White was voiced by The Punisher?! I love this game even more!
I rented this game at blockbuster when I was a kid and played it for hours, thought the dynamite on the bow was so awesome, and Brad Dourif who voiced chucky was in this too!
That explains why I was so held up when he spoke. Never knew why I recognized his tone till now.
@@shayner67681i blew up the horses😂😂😂
Mhmm, Fran Castle and Whistler setting the west on fire
@@shayner67681 BRO HE VOICED FUCKIN REED, HOW HAVE I GONE MY WHOLE LIFE WITHOUT KNOWING THIS 😭😭
This was one of those games that never got the proper recognition. I remember replaying it several times. Everyone I talked to about it at the time had never heard of it and blew it off as some junk game but it was a clear favorite of mine then
I got my entire peer group to play it. Everyone I knew loved it. This and Black were the sleeper games I evangelized endlessly.
@@armyofninjas9055 literally this and black! Though I don't think black has aged as well as gun.
I remember being the first in my family to beat it. My brother got stuck on the last boss and eventually gave up, but I eventually came back to it, played it all the way through and beat it myself.
It was a very fun game. I haven't played it in a long time, so idk if I'd still enjoy it, but I have a good feeling I'll still enjoy it when I do finally return.
I remember buying this when the 360 was released. Incredible game! Always wish they would of made a Gun 2
Same here none of my mates had a clue what I was talking about when I mentioned this game
I loved this game as a kid. Played the absolute shit out of it.
Same. Had it on GameCube
Definitely, I probably played this game all the way through at least 10 times
Ditto. I remember me and my friends found a glitch where if you rode your house into this random rock on the map and jumped it would launch you into the sky and kill you when you fell, but it was so funny to do.
@@Theultrazombiekiller yes I remember that to
PS2?....
This game was classic 🔥
Absolutely 💯💯
Was it before red Harlow tho ?
Ha no it wasn’t more like an instant rip off
Looks good tho
This was the first game I played where I actually payed attention to the story.
One of my all time favourites. Really hurts knowing there were plans for a sequel that fell through but at least we can still see it's legacy through RDR.
i'd at least say with Microsoft acquiring Activision there's a slim chance we could see a sequel or a remake in the future, Microsoft is likely interested in making more than just call of duty's with the buyout so there might be hope for activisions old IP's
For right now anything would have to compete with RDR2. That’s a big job.
Honestly I feel like it's for the best, I didn't want new games or a sequel to taint the perfection that this game was. Some things are better left untouched (like the lost Gold Mine)
I was always blown away by how good the graphics looked for 2005, not to mention it was one of the few games that I did not skip cutscenes because they were written so well. It really felt like an achievement to complete this game back in the day.
Good Graphics? This game looked like trash even when it initially released. It's a very fun game, don't get me wrong, but the graphics are abysmal.
@@kimbercustompro1911 Compared to San Andreas?
@@manlyscents I'd say they're similar to San Andreas, except San Andreas has far more variety in it's environments and NPC's.
@@kimbercustompro1911 environments yes but the NPCs looked like shit too worse then the cast models actually out of cutscenes
I've always wondered why no one talks about this game. It was a huge part of my gaming experience as a kid. Idk how many times I played thru this game with my lil brother. Fucking awesome video. Love your content dude
And then we realise how old it is now and how much we've aged!
same, i spent hours just going around hunting buffalo lol
Same here, I literally was just thinking the same exact thing myself, except I never played it with anyone else, I got to enjoy it alone, which meant I never had any idea it was as popular as it was, cause I never heard anyone else talk about it anywhere.
Ha! Me and my big brother would play this so many times as kids, best times.
Truth
I replayed gun so many times . Sometimes re starting immediately after being the story the same day. It really felt like a movie in its own way. And being a short game with a smallish map it always made me crave for more . Though small the map was so well designed .
I even remember when red dead redemption was announced seeing people claim “FINALLY AN OLD WESTERN FREE ROAMING GAME” and id be in the comments section like … uuh GUN gun exists wtf you mean finally xD. Its such an under rated gem its a shame the 360 version isnt back compat
I wish the PC port was better. The 360 version is the best way to play imo.
It's criminal this game never got a sequel.
@@ibramblebush criminal is a good word for it. I never had a psp or i wouldve grabbed the psp GUN game too
Man soooo true I would see people saying the same thing and then think, have they never played GUN!! haha
damn bro! u described my childhood!
come to think of it? why are there no moda for this? I mean they could have released the game's engine parts and that could have been the start of another great mod-driven game for years to come
Game does a great job making it seem longer than it actually is. I'm always shocked that it only takes about 4-5 hours to complete this game because you accomplish so much and the pacing never lets up!
It's got a relatively small map, but everything you can do is still somewhat spread out and usually has a purpose, unlike some of the collections in games today.
@@Robbini0
Map always felt bigger than what it truly was. Or maybe it's just my nostalgia.
I always felt the game was way too short, but in terms of map size, I always found it pretty fun to explore. Took me many hours before getting bored. Considering how short the game is, that's impressive.
MY cousin and I played the shit out of this game 10 and 11 at the time lol. he passed back in 2018, we weren't close when we got older but this game makes me remember the times we played it. You are missed, Derek.
No game has ever disrupted my sleep cycle more than Gun.
Classes were missed.
Grades were sacrificed.
But damn was it worth it.
This game is not only a masterpiece, but an integral part of my childhood, and I truly hope it gets a quality sequel or remaster.
Ohh really? Many years later what do u have to show for it?
@@SSchithFoo shut up.
Same here brother, I'm homeless now, but damn that game was sweet. Worth it.
@@SwEtchinmusicXD
First game me and my dad ever played together. He was doing the tutorial, laughing his ass off knifing the sh*t out of a bear taking whiskey shots shouting @ the TV when he could catch his breath “DIE BEAR! DIE!” 😂
It’s one of my favourite boiiz time mementoes with my dad.
i played the shit out of this game back in the day and i still have fond memories of it
my dad is notorious for buying shitty pc games since floppy disk, but ever so often he would buy a true gem. Gun was one of those gems. he bought it because he's a western nerd and just throws money at anything western, martial arts, sci fi, etc. I would always play any of the pc games he'd pick up and most were trash so id be a brat and tell him how shit they were but this game came up one day and i beat it one sitting. It truly is the red dead redemption of its time. This made me wanna play again too, nice review.
Damn i also kinda miss that neversoft era where they just made classics nonstop until merging into infinity ward. cod nonstop...
Did he ever get a copy of Samurai Western? It's this really interesting game by Clover, and it kinda falls into the hidden gem category. If you love westerns and or technical fighting systems definitely look into it.
Damn, I'm kinda curious what other gems he got tbh 🤔
same here bro, when i had 8 or 9 years old, my dad came from shopping and buyed me this game as a gift, it was the best game ever buyed by him, and i still got it as a CD but i can t play it anymore on my laptop.. i don t have CD ROM, but i ll keep it as a good memory !!
By history standards Read Dead Redemption IS the GUN now
GUN clone
Does he like Fallout New Vegas? Has he heard of it?
I loved Gun. I got it for my 22nd birthday in 2006. Gun was Grand Theft Auto set in the Wild West. Good story. Good cast of voice actors. Epic main theme. Non-stop action from start to finish. If it wasn't a video game, it would have made a great movie. One of the best video games I ever played in my life.
RDR is Grand Theft Auto set in the Wild West
@@khankake9576 So is Gun.
This game was my childhood. I beat it so many times and spent days just roleplaying. I'd get my parents to rent this game at Movie Gallery every chance I could.
I have a story with this game... I remember when I was a kid my dad and uncle bought this game for me on the Playstation 2 and that night we all played it together taking turns and everything it was so fun. Eventually we get to the part where you protect the Chinese building the bridge from the Indians... This mission they give you the shotgun and as soon as I saw the Indin' my heart sank and I blasted him, he went flying and screaming generically.
We're Native Americans from Oklahoma and when I shot him my uncle was like "Gah your dad probably sung with that guy" lol we still loved the game and I played it so much the disc eventually stopped working, that being said my dad always referred to Gun as the Indin' killing game.
Apparently this was a big issue when the game first came out. Indian tribes and Chinese people spoke out against the violence towards Native Americans and Asian Americans. The creators of the game basically said their intent was obviously not to offend anyone, but to accurately depict the setting and culture during that time period. The creators also pointed out how the majority of people you k!ll in the game are white people.
@@13lood13ath That's hard. I had a hard time with that mission after learning about Native American history and culture😔
Damn that's funny. My great grandpa saw me playing the game back then an when the natives showed up an I shot them he said "your supposed to shoot the white man not at them" 😅 miss you grandpa
@@Feber2001 really dude?
You like rez dogs?
i feel like everyone is on a western kick rn and i couldnt love it more. as holiday once said, "that's just my game"
Why tho
Watched Young Guns this morning. And
I WALK THESE STREETS, a loaded SIX string on my back
I PLAY FOR KEEPS!
cause I might not make it back.....
@@Fjdjfjsz92938 western has been a dead genre in films for quite a while. They even made Once Upon A Time in Hollywood which showed the western genre dying. Trends die out and come back
@@mhm6 it’s been dead in films for a while, but I’d say it’s been doing fine in video games. RDR and RDR2 are still doing good and there’s definitely probably 1-2 other western games out there doing good.
@@yummiimuffiin1517 been seeing alot of people saying they are playing rdr2 again and im seeing posts in my recommend about it more , does seem like alot of people are on a western kick
"I'M HOOODOOOO BROOWN" sometimes still rings in my head, even a decade later
💥 "You were."
Its a pun worthy of it at least
The most Underrated Western Game. I wish more people knew about this absolute gem.
I was obsessed with this game as a kid. It was pretty difficult I remember a tough boat fight, and you oddly could scalp anyone in the game.
I remember searching ever corner of the map trying to get all the gold nuggets hidden. Such a good game and honestly still one of the best westerns. Really deserves a remaster/remake or proper sequel.
I was obsessive compulsive about finding all the gold.
no more remasters man we need new games
The Pony Express missions are probably some of my favorite side quests, they're the reason most players learn how broken horses are in the game, and how you can gain a lot of momentum by dismounting a horse at max speed, launching you straight into the NPC you have to talk to.
I remember finding out you can "drift" horses. You have to go really fast, start steering and suddenly pull back while still steering the horse. It slides for a while and turns quite fast so you can use it for some sharper turns.
@@lukaskolisek2208 Yeah, you start doing zigzags with the trample and you gain lots of speed while "drifting".
A lot more speed and distance if you sprint the horse, jump, then dismount.
@@venerablebastard2064 Yeah, that's pretty much how you have to reach NPCs in later Pony Express missions.
I came down here to say exactly this, lol. Yeah, I enjoyed those missions, especially the longer, later ones that took you across the map.
Bro I wasn’t even aware I had played this game when I clicked on this video but holy shit the wave of flashbacks triggered by this is insane. The story was so good.
Used to play this game with one of my brothers on my gamecube, he helped me get thru a few missions i thought impossible to beat. RIP bro 🙏
Lol why he dead?
R.i.p. 🙏🏻
RIP to your bro. 😢
why the f would you say lol? Show respect lil kid@@mehshutup3041
Lol? Are you serious? @@mehshutup3041
GUN is such an underrated game that I remember getting even though the ps3 and 360 were out, I'm still an old school player and I picked up the game at a local game shop where they sold old games to new. And honestly the game was so fun and interesting even my dad watched me play cause he loves western stuff.
I played the absolute hell out of this as a Kid. Im so glad this Game is getting more and more love as time goes on. Hopefully thers a remaster or even a Sequel someday.
Facts
Same here, this game truly was a gem.
One of the most underrated western games ever made. It wasn't perfect, but it was still a true gem of its time.
For me, RDR was the spiritual sucesor of Gun. I had the luck of playing Gun in PS2 and i loved, it would be awesome if they bring It back this game with a remake or a secuel.
Red Dead Revolver was released a year before Gun.
@@DoctorSess Of course! I meant Red dead redemption.
I bought both when they came out. Red Dead Revolver was first, but Gun was more gritty and realistic. RDR was kinda cartoony, but a great game that gave me many hours of fun, even the multiplayer with friends.
I'm Apache native and LOVE that we're in the game. Love the story. Nobody on San Carlos rez has qualms about it either
Good to hear. I'm sure most of the people "offended" by it are white people "offended" for everyone.
It's a great game, great story.
For 2005 this was amazing, I never forgot finding that gold.
I've always felt GUN and "Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale In Mexico" never got the credit they deserved. Very different games from each other, but both enjoyable and different for the time they came out. GUN had an outstanding voice cast that fit the game perfectly. Total Overdose is full of over the top comedic action (and maybe just a few stereotypes) but it does has that awesome song in it by Delinquent Habits- "Return of the Tres."
Hell yeah! Both those games were incredible
Although I've never played Total Overdose, I couldn't agree more. It's a great game.
those two are my favorite games too! severely underrated
Someone knows whats good!
Omg I was just thinking about total overdose. I couldn't remember the name of that game for years so thank you all I remember is burning weed crops LOL
I really respect 2000s Neversoft. Gun, Tony Hawk's Underground 2 and Tony Hawk's American Wasteland are definitely among my all-time 50 list for the PS2. They could make small maps feel much bigger due to good game design and features.
So true. Gun and Underground 2 were absolute staples of that era for me
Lol 3 of your top 50, on ONE console. That’s not impressive bro 😂😂😂😂
@@sultanjelle9168What the fuck is your point? Are you bored? Are you angry at life? Such an unnecessary comment.
Dont forget spiderman also!!! OG shit right there
@@sultanjelle9168semantics mf do you know how many games were on the ps2?
Ah yes, this game. Idk how people didn't play it back then. I was having more fun playing it than in gta sa. Not saying it's better, but it's definitely something so special, especially that time. This game deserved way more tbh. It's a 9/10 even in today's landscape.
Considering most games now made by companies w a literal infinite budget yea definitely a 9/10 scalps. I will drink to that pardner 🍻
it IS better, a lot better. Gun is not just a game, It's a freaking movie!
I enjoyed playing both. But when I wanted to blow up limbs I played gun and true crime streets of NY. Why did I like gore as a kid? Mortal kombat was the reason.
墓浜はさたらたら。したらあはは？
@@forgotten_faith Someone should've showed Soldier of fortune to you back then. Soldier of fortune 1 and 2 was and still is one of most brutal game.
Remember the gatlin gun mission?!?! This game was ahead of its time..Great gameplay and a good story line.
The Native American controversy is kinda misguided. Like, yes, there is a point where you're directed to kill Apaches, but those same Apaches literally become your ally later. You save some from slavery, you get saved and work with an entirely different tribe. Hell, it basically makes you feel like you were in the wrong for the bridge. The entire game the Native Americans are good guys
Not to mention that it actually happened lol
@@jaymac7203 Right but view it as if you were a native American, and already felt like a minority, and your family carried historical inherited grievances... then playing this game from the perspective of Colt killing natives wouldn't feel right
@lutfikhundakji7149 not all Indians are of the same tribe. And if one did come from apaches than they should know their history and accept it. They were a violent people.
@thecensoredmuscle563
"A violent people"? Yikes. 😬
@bobdobbz9334 Are you not familiar with Apache history, or what? It's not controversial to say the were a violent people. I've never heard of pacifists scalping people 😂
I remember picking this up when I was 10 for literally $1. I remember loving it and playing it to the end. Glad people are finally giving it the attention it deserved
Wow man seeing some of these environments now as a adult makes me realize how good this game looked back then. I spent hours in the buffalo feilds just pretending to live off the land as a kid. Really great to see you cover this gem
Thank you for bringing back stellar childhood memories. Few of my friends became Gun fans because I shared the love of it. I hope they remaster Gun!! ❤
Im native (blackfoot), never had a problem with the way we are portrayed. westerns are beloved in our culture, and GUN is held in high regard to us. the group whining about it probably just wanted something to cry about.
Damn. This got longer and more rambly than i expected. I also apologize for a lack of commas. The comma button on the laptop i am using right now is broken. At points i replace a comma with a "-"
Anyway here are a few thoughts i have about this - Depending on how much the group saw of the game it could be that they just didn't know any of the later stuff and only knew the bridge and stagecoach part.
Otherwise there are people who basically go "These people were treated badly so they are incapable of doing bad things themselves! And everyone who portrays them doing bad things - even if motivated by their mistreatment - is a racist!" Or "Sure. Most of the characters are well written and realistic. But it's not acceptable that you have random bands of enemies from that group even if there is a story explanation AND the group doesn't agree with what they do!"
Especially considering that the game was released in the 2000's and Video Games back then were even less main stream accepted by many than today. So I wouldn't be surprised if (even if htey saw the rest. of the story) they just went "Video Games aren't a serious medium like book s or movies! So this is not OK!"
Interest/representative groups especially might take an interesting in having a "squeaky clean" portrayal of what they (claim to) represent just because it makes it a lot easier to throw the weight around (and they might rile each other up. Echo chamber and all that) especially when THEY (even if there were others that could and were consulted) hadn't been asked about how the group should be portrayed. Even more so with a medium that isn't as accepted as other forms of Art (music literature and film) and as such has a rather bad standing with some of those groups - especially when headed by older/more conservative people. Even today with a higher acceptance of video games you sitll have the "Basement dwelling overweight socially incompetent Nerd" stereotype and back then - at least for certain people - that was even worse. Especially since "Video games are for kids! Sure the package says "Not for kids" but they are games afterall! And why would an adult waste time with video games?"
And since it's "For kids!" some groups might consider it even more of a "no-no".
Another cynical interpretation could've been "They never asked us so we're going to raise a stink!"
let me compare it to RDR - in 1 aside of Nastas the natives we meet are enemies with Dutch using their legitimate grievances to wage his personal war against civilization. Overall it actually makes sense from a story PoV. Those that show up are with Dutch. Nastas wants to stop them any many others probably just don't want to get involved.
However since this was the main portrayal of natives there was some criticism. This lead to RDR II having the Natives solely as the victims of Leviticus Cornwall and Army Colonel "High Tails" Favors wanting to earn a few laurels and get rid of his shame from the Civil War.
it suits the tone of Red Dead and the story and isn't that far off from stuff that happened IRL.
However I do kinda dislike the lengths that such portrayals can go to. As I said before - there are people who for one reason or another will consider any portrayal that isn't saintly and innocent as "racist". In regards of RDRII i think it could've been nice to have a few natives who weren't just portrayed as "underdog fighters who's grievances are completely justified!" and maybe some are just in it to get some plunder and blow of some steam and don't really care about any lofty goals. Or some splinter groups in a side quest who don't care about Cornwall and Favors but instead decided to take their revenge by indifferently attacking people who have nothing to do with either of them - like some of the outlying homesteads. (Though i think the Skinner Brothers gang in the post game has some native members)
It kinda reminds me right now of Fallout 3 (spending too much time reading fallout stuff on TV tropes currently) and the Tenpenny Tower quest. At first glance it is easy. You have. the rich assholes in the tower (who's owner IS evil) and the ghouls who'd like to live there. Bad and Good. You can convince the people to let the ghouls in - and then return a few days later to see that the Ghouls slaughtered the inhabitants anyway despite you negotiating them being allowed in.
Their leader is a racist ass himself. There is another quest ("The power of the atom") to blow up a settlement in viewing distance of the tower for the owner Mr. Tenpenny. When you let the Ghouls hin and their leader hears of that He agrees that "seeing that smoothskin shithole" blow up would be quite nice. Just because somebody is treated unfairly or even discriminated against means that that person is an innocent victim or right in what they do. Sometimes they are colossal assholes or monsters themselves. And they might hurt their own people just as much in the long run as those that are actively against them.
Yet - again as said before - if one side is/has to be portrayed as inherently innocent and good and everything bad they ever do is only reactionary and right it's far easier for interest groups etc. to push their own views on "what is right" in the portrayal onto devs etc. it allows them to push a the picture they want to portray.
And about the complaint that "Nobody would accept killing the irish etc." hah. As if anyone would care if in a game. Irish got shat on in the US And England during. the19th and 20th century. THey'd care about it just as much as when a game or movie portrays every german soldier in WW2 as die hard Nazi (Probably around 30 and all as battle hardened veterans). Probably not at all and heck a game in WWI might even port that portrayal back into the first World War.
Heck it reminds me of something from The Godfather. When Tom Hagen visits Jack Woltz in Hollywood.
Jack Woltz: "Now you listen to me, you smooth-talking son-of-a-bitch, let me lay it on the line for you and your boss, whoever he is! Johnny Fontane will never get that movie! I don't care how many dago guinea wop greaseball goombahs come out of the woodwork!"
Tom Hagen: "I'm German-Irish."
Jack Woltz: "Well, let me tell you something, my kraut-mick friend, I'm gonna make so much trouble for you, you won t know what hit you!"
Woltz switches from slurs against italian-americans to anti-irish and german slurs in a heatbeat. Not that many people would really care about either.
Also about the crude language in the game in general - about women and chinese and so on - THE GAME TAKES PLACE IN THE 19th CENTURY FOR FUCKS SAKE! That kinda is like complaining that a story that has parts that take on a Antebellum Slave Plantation has derogatory language about blacks! Or would it make sense for them to call them "Our African-American employees"?
To be honest. I kinda wonder how i got to this from where i started with this post.
@@undertakernumberone1 Nobody read this.
People who hate on good content like gun are generally leftist. Most people thing good media is just good media lol
Great to meet you!
I love GUN. Wish they recreate it so we can play it once again.
I think there's still enough interest and still enough nostalgia for this classic to earn itself a AAA sequel.
There's enough different tonality and world building that differentiates it from RDR2 in a way that shouldn't impact its sales or number of players in a significant way, especially with RDR2 being more than a few years old now and the multi-player player base quickly declining.
RDR2 creates entirely fictious worlds and towns that are loosely inspired by real world geographical locations, while Gun creates a world, towns, and even characters that are much more closely connected to real history. That fact alone gives the idea of a Gun sequel a wealth of interesting and exciting narrative opportunities based in inspired or alternative history.
Not to mention, a Gun sequel could very easily improve or develop gameplay and mechanics that feel entirely different from anything RDR2 provides. Imagine reloading revolvers in the middle of combat bullet-by-bullet with quick individual button presses, or a faction system that can impact the narrative like New Vegas.
There's plenty of things a developer could do to make Gun look, act, and feel entirely different from RDR2, Gun 1, or any other Western shooter for that matter, and I think its high time someone gets the ball rolling.
We want more epic western games with epic western stories.
So,if RDR2 is like GTA,Gun is more like Mafia.
There's a LOT of room for more western games aside from RDR
I hope we get a sequel. Loved this game as a kid.
Hell yeah 100%
This was my first M rated game ever as a kid. I just played around in the sandbox of this game for hours and hours. And one of the most gritty and shocking stories I have ever had the pleasure to endure.
One of my favorite games ever it is easily within my top 10 childhood games that I still play to this day.
I remember playing this not long after it came out and was thinking man this is GREAT! Always felt like the main story should have been made into a mini series or a movie!
Played this game earlier this year and couldn’t believe how well the gameplay and story holds up. I would describe it as “red dead redemption 2 in 8 hours” you lose some of the good side stuff but you’re left with nothing but 8 hours of the great stuff
The music is much better than RDR. And I love what the top class actors like Lance Henriksen, Ron Perlman and Kris Kristofferson brought to the table.
@@Ricardo-cl3vs Don't forget about Thomas Jane.
@@Jorvaskrr
Of course, the main character! Must have slipped my mind. All of them did a fantastic job of putting me right there, in the old west. And the epic soundtrack did the rest.I love this game.
Tbf the characters kind of suck compared to rdr. And I LOVED Gun. Loved it. 100%ed it more than once.
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RDR's characters are much more fleshed out and you get to know them better because you spend more time with them since the open world is much, much bigger and the mechanics are much more advanced in RDR. I wouldn't say the characters in Gun "suck" at all. Soapy is one of my favorite game characters ever and the reveal about Colton's past is top notch writing imo.
As much as it's understandable that Gun and RDR get compared all the time, I don't think it's fair. While RDR aims to achieve a gritty, realistic look on the old west, Gun draws it's inspirations more from classical western movies with John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, etc. where the Indians always were the enemy and the good guys always win at the end. Those were the movies I grew up with and I love Gun for giving me that experience. The character arc in both RDR games is a bit too depressing at the end for my liking.
Anyone remember that secret cannonball gun? And that ammo cache by the old house? Also some modders or something should make a fan sequel based on the scenarios the writers wanted to explore
Yeah!! I was going to mention the cannon gun. you get it from 100%ing the game. I recently did that and it is too op.
@@bassbass2013 I remember it being tough to get for sure, and how much it broke the game 😂 it was fun for a bit but it would annihilate anything you pointed it at 😂 I think it would pretty much one hit anything you would come across for the most part. It's been so long since I played the game. It deserves a sequel or a remake
Yeah once you get that bad boy, you’re instantly unstoppable
@@bassbass2013 You also get a horse with it. It never gets tired too and had cool armor
Never got the cannonball gun. But I used the ammo stash pretty frequently
This is the game I always mention when people want to talk about western games. RDR 2 is great, but a sequel to Gun is what I really wanted.
A sequel to both GUN and Red Dead Revolver would've been perfect for me tbh
This game was truly one of a kind. It had so many elements going for it. GUN is always my personal favorite western games.
GUN is a game I think about frequently. Maybe because those were the best years of my life. I watched your video on NARC and thought the same thing. I loved both of these games. This video takes me back.
Another game that I think this also inspired was Call of Juarez, with voice acting that was at a top level. Marc Alaimo knocked it out of the park on that one.
I’m 6 minutes in and feel soooo bad 2005 me didn’t play this. Man, it would have been a dream come true.
Looking at all the work put in by EVERYONE involved is incredible, you can see in the making of videos and the way they talk about it. I would have worked double shifts at my first job to buy this. I know i can play it now but I was different experiencing these games as a kid.
Dude, I kind of feel the same way. When I was like 15 I decided to dig up my old PS2 and went to a local store which had old used PS2 games to get something good, there I got my hands on a copy of Just Cause and when i went back home the case seemed to have a different game inside it, this game. I decided to give it a shot and at first it seemed to me like this was shovelware. I played until the horse riding tutorial and dropped it. Three years later I saw this video in my feed and man I so regret not properly playing it that time.
I feel like this game only really needs a graphical upgrade. Even without it, I'm gonna buy another copy
Needs a full remaster
Any idea if they ever made it for ps4?
@@huntertoledo8989 I wish
I don't think Jockstar will like that sir...
It warms my heart to see all the love this game got. I thought I was part of a pretty small group that had the luxury to play this back in the day. Was in those very early days of becoming and achievement addict and boy did it have some tough ones. I think to this day I'm still missing 2 or 3. Will be a good excuse to go back and play it after I finish 100%'ing RDR2. Quite pleased I had your channel recommended to me, the algorithm isn't completely worthless, only mostly lol.
This game was one of my favorites as a kid, it was amazing!
It's crazy how much this resembles the later RDR series. I remember seeing the cover for gun around when it came out, but I hadn't the slightest clue what it was about or that it was even a western. Rockstar definitely took notes lol
Red Dead Revolver released a year before Gun. The main character design in Gun is actually based off of Red Harlow.
@@DoctorSess I'm aware 😆 that's why I said the later RDR series. They seen what gun did and took notes for redemption. I've never played gun but it's more like red dead redemption than revolver ever was and for a in depth game like gun with an all star cast of voice actors it was in development way before revolver even came out. so while they may have heard rockstar was making a western themed game, there was no way for them to copy ideas as far as gameplay since it hadn't been dropped yet. There's no way gun was developed within the year of RDRevolver being released 😆
I actually thought for a long time that Red Dead Redemption was the sequel to Gun haha..... Gun was the reason I even initially purchased Red Dead Redemption.
@@darcylea2993 hah same here dude
@@ThorD4602 you obviously didn't read my comments 😆 go back and read those again.
This game was my early childhood. Nothing beats the feeling of playing GUN on the OG Xbox and 360
I played the gamecube version!
Man, I remember playing back in the day! There was a bridge near a town that I would cross while panning the camera to get a nice, sweet-ass view of the scenery each time I did. What a fantastic game, great job covering it!
I played the hell out of this game back in the day. Loved it and still do. I think that if NeverSoft had even half the budget and resources that RDR 1 and 2 had a Gun series could have been good competition for RDR. Thanks for the walk down memory lane bro. Might even try to Remake Colton in RDR Online. I'd be a good tribute to the game that really brought us the old west open world gameplay we have today.
I played the shit out of this game. Like...hundreds of hours. I wish I had that kind of time for games nowadays. This was a fantastic game. One of my favorites of all time.
Dude, it’s so refreshing to hear a gamer who actually knows about firearms. Awesome retrospective review!
Why not just say "guns"
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I mean, both work. But one thing that gets me about guns sommeliers is how sensitive some of them can be. Luckily this TH-camr did his research well and got everything right (apparently), if not, we wouldn't be able to scroll down without finding comments treating it as some minor war crime or something.
Ofc it's a minority and every hobby/fanbase has its ugly ducklings, but knowing about guns is such a meaningless thing to so many people that vast majority wouldn't care if this TH-camr messed up the gun models he mentioned. We would still understand the video and it wouldn't change anything, but to some, a small 2 sec mistake would be enough to make the whole 40 minute video look bad.
Still, I'm glad this TH-camr does his research well. And knowing the people working at Gun properly replicated these real life guns really make me appreciate the game even more.
@@QuantumTelephone firearms is the actual name
Bro i grew up with this game and still wanna re play it for the pure nostalgia. I would love to see a second game, or a remake
You can scalp people and native Indians are among your your enemies - no way this would be made today! 😂
Even Rockstar, who usually don't give a f**k, lectured us on how bad the natives had it in RDR2.
Be great if it came to switch
I played this on my good old Gamecube back in the days. And i loved every minute of it!
Gun was such a good game man. First game that got me to fall in love with gaming. Honestly could have seen it taking the place of Red Dead in a different timeline
The OG open world western. Used to play this game all the time.
One of my most memorable gaming experiences of all time . As a western fan i loved this game and played it atleast 3 times over again , i would even take it a step further saying this game left a bigger impression on me then even RDM2 has .
Yeah this game is why I liked red dead redemption and rdr2 so much, they make me feel like I'm playing Gun again
I'd go as far to say red dead redemption was fully based on how awesome Gun was that rockstar was like "damn we should do something like that"
@@Mizzle420420well youre right probably, first rd revolver is a linear game😊
29:28 such good delivery on that line, so much passion
This was one of my favorite games when I was younger. I owned it for various consoles throughout the years. Even after playing the RDR games, I can still say that this game has unique qualities that differentiate it from those games. The soundtrack is also SUPERB. Hollywood level stuff. I highly recommend this game, which you can finish in 5-6 hours and it’s all super fun.
I had more fun playing and then replaying this game than I ever did with Red Dead Redemption.
This was my first video game lol. I was very young and I remember getting in trouble for playing it but I never forgot it. Definitely my favorite game of my childhood
A remaster of this would be epic
You caught my intrigue with your manhunt and bully videos but you’ve won my subscription for shedding light on this hidden masterpiece!
Thanks bro!
This needs a sequel, it is criminal there was never one made. I hope it is still possible.
Remake doesn't hurt right
@@flooneex8575 Will never happen. The game already was controversial back then, but today? All the Woketards would blow a gasket because the game depicts the indians as the brutal savages they were, not the modern "they were noble savages who loved nature and were murdered by the evil white men"-revisionist history crap.
Same with a sequel. If it was made today, it would be even more woke and cleansed than RDR2 already was. I don't think anybody want that.
Gun was great because it was like the Spaghetti Westerns compared to RDR being more like american western movies. It was gritty, realistic, brutal and didn't pull shots.
I feel like there is SO MUCH left as far as potential goes for this game the way Gun left off is perfect for a prequel with the main character being Ned, idc what anyone says this game is hands down one of the most underrated games of all time.
I’ve just finished playing this game again from when I was a kid, so good! I really wish they used the train tracks more. Would of been cool to catch the train from town to town instead of riding the horse everywhere. Such a classic. Awesome video too!
Dude I really appreciate you talking about this hidden gem. GUN was a very underrated and unappreciated piece of work. Makes me very happy to see I wasn't the only one who loved this game as a kid 🙂
Hollister and his renegades were a pretty cool idea for Gun's setting. They kinda remind me a lot of the Lemoyne Raiders from RDR2, if they were more savage and feral. And Hollister was just downright intimidating in his first scene, from his voice, to his design, to the music and even camera angles when he approached Colton and Soapy. I just kinda wished we saw more of him so he'd really live up to his frightening presence. And he really could have, because this game despite being a 2005 game, it's a surprisngly violent and gory game
imagine my 10 years old mind racing when I scalped injured woman civilians that I'd just shot :O
Hollister and co are more like Apocalypse Now's Col. Kurtz and his bunch.
2005 had a fair share of gory games to be fair
People get offended by anything.
That game was brilliant. Cool yellow front cover as well.
I'll never get over that this hasn't been remastered or remade with the cut content put into the game. I've played every western game, and this one is still my favorite.
I remember going to my local 'Game' and picking this game up for very cheap on a whim and was shocked by the gem of a find!!
I'm so glad this game gets the attention that it deserves, i'd like to think this game as the true predecesor of rdr, great video!
the soundtrack for this game is the most iconic and rememberable ever
This game was my childhood.
Also: Thomas Jane for a mostly film actor has some of the best and most prolific voice over work in videogames. He needs to return.
So underrated. You review games I used to see flipping thru the game magazines as a pre- teen.
Me and my cousin have been singing the praises of this game for YEARS! Since 07 and the cast is one of the greatest assemble cast ever. Thomas Jane, Lance Henrikson, Brad Douriff, Kris Christopherson, Ron Pearlman and Tom Skeritt
One of the best cast and soundtracks ever in a game.
I can still remember the boss fight against Magruder and how he taunts Colton: "Where are you?! Hiding in your boots, shaking like a leaf?!" and how great it felt when I finally beat him.
There are not many games I remember lines from over 15 years later. Speaks for the quality of "Gun".
This is one of my favorite games of all time was playing it long after rdr came out
I replayed this a few months ago and i still love it 😆
Favorite line in the game: (while shooting up a cathouse) “Come over here candy ass i got somethin long n hard for ya.” Which was hilarious as a kid, now its scary lol.
What are lines the Rock would say if he were gay? (Extra bonus, say and gay rhyme. So I'm pretty much a rapper now)
"This. Is for Jenny."
Finally I get to see the end of this game, I was so young when I played it, I was never able to kill Macgruger and it made me so mad
Wow, thank you for this video. My childhood coming back to me. I always watched westerns with my grandma and when this came released I got it the first week it came out. I played this game 2/3 times. Absolutely love the story and the people. Thanks for the back story of the real characters. I just knew Hoodoo and Soapy had to be based off real people. I always wished for a sequel. Colton was the real deal man. Damn… miss the good old days.
This is such a good game man I'm really hoping we get a remaster some day
Just seeing Activision apologizing to people who were offended instead of pandering to them and removing the game or changing it shows what is missing with Activision and other companies, people, and organizations today
History matters and we should not take it away
Yes also some Native american tribes were violent in actual history, though as the game shows throughout the story, they were just fighting back a more evil force, I don't know how anyone could be entirely mad about it because throughout the last parts of the game, you team up with the natives to kill a mega-capitalistic white man, also Colton is half native American, also in the story you save a whole truck car of them, and free many from a slaver camp, and kill the prison guards with them as well
Woke culture is destroying everything. Cowboys & indians fought. History & facts don't care about feelings. Can't have fun anymore because a bunch of entitled never happy twats that want everyone as miserable as they are. F um.
as the saying goes those who forget history its is doomed to repeat it.
Amen to that.
@@gooberaureliusmaximusiii6638 This is 8 months later, but usually those people dont actually play the games, they just see a clip or hear about a rumor and get mad. Reminds me of when GTA4 came out and some women crying about a rape scene in the game and nobody knew what the fuck they were talking about.
Gun is the best western game, I've played! Love this game.
It's interesting how the GUN what-ifs align with Red Dead. A trip to Mexico, a story taking place at the end of the old west, a prequel about the first game's villains.
Dunno how this video was recommended to me. This game was one of the first PC games i ve ever played in my life on my shitty PC. I was little in elementary school, don't even remember who gave it to me and how. I ve cried on this game. The story is incredible. Also i used to scalp everyone unlucky enough to die from the bullets, haha.
Thanks for that video, brought some nice memories