description:	It's an absolute crime that there hasn't been more Wild West-themed video games over the years, but f1i Red Dead Revolver f0i0 redresses this balance almost instantly with a gloriously authentic spaghetti western feel that'll make the next clich'8ed fantasy or SF setting you come across even harder to bear. f1i Red Dead Revolver f0i0 has had an unusual history, starting life as an update of Capcom's old f1i Gun Smoke f0i0 arcade game before being canned. So confident were the developer's of the game's worth though that they convinced f1i Grand Theft Auto f0i0 publishers Rockstar to buy up the rights and allow them to finish their work. And thank goodness they did, for not only does the game entirely legitimise the Wild West as a viable setting for a video game, but it's one of the most entertaining arcade shooters of recent years. The controls are just complex enough to allow depth, without becoming fiddly, and allow you to use cover appropriately, and fight hand to hand and with a huge range of different weapons. The best bit though is the bullet time-esque "Dead Eye" mode which allows you to select multiple targets in slow motion and then switch back to normal time and blast everyone away instantly, just like Clint Eastwood. With sections on horseback, a number of missions (perhaps too many) where you control a side character instead of the eponymous Red, and tons of references to classic movie moments this has just about everything you could ask for from a cowboy shooter. -- f1i David Jenkins f0i0
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title:	Red Dead Revolver (Xbox)
purchase date:	30-12-2004
publisher:	Rockstar
published:	11-06-2004
price:	£39.99
platform:	Xbox
net Rating:	3.83
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edition:	Video Game
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country:	gb
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