As probably few know about it, I'll just introduce it a bit: Smokin' Guns is what became of Western Quake³. The latter was a very solid and well-liked western mod for, surprise, Quake 3 and was developed by Iron Claw Interactive. As time passed the usual thing happened, there was less and less activity on the servers and eventually the developers moved on to other things. So, when the source code of Quake 3 was released a group of die-hard fans put it upon themselves to polish the mod, iron out bugs, create new content and, best of all, make it a stand-alone game! They achieved no less and so now, few days ago, Smokin' Guns was finally released into the wild
Smokin' Guns is not the most modern shooter, but of the few Western-themed action games there are, it's simply the best in my opinion. There are the normal deathmatch and team deathmatch modes, but they have a catch, as you need money to buy weapons, ammo and items whenever, whereever you like, and that is not only gained for killing, but also found lying around the maps. More interestingly there is the "Bank Robbery" mode which pits one team as defenders of a bank against another one trying to break into it, steal money by blowing up the safe and then escape to the trainyard. The most competitive one, though, is the Duel mode, which is self-explanatory. Two men go in, one comes out - very classy
SG is really not an innovative game, but I like it for how well it manages to capture the Wild West-feeling inspired by all the famous classic movies. In most shooters rifles are the most important weapons, and the one handed guns are merely backups. But here it's really well balanced, so if you want it to be all about the revolvers, have it be that way. There are a bunch of revolvers, rifles, shotguns, even a fancy classic gatling gun, and in my opinion they all just feel right, especially the revolvers. You can use single ones or carry two simultaneously, and you can mix them how you like it. When using two you can also reload them individually and one of the revolvers is reloaded one bullet at a time, which feels very nice.
Lastly, the graphics aren't much to look at, but they have been polished from Western Quake³ and especially the maps tend to look quite atmospheric. The sound is a different story, though, as the weapons sound appropriately powerful and there's a very, very nice soundtrack which really gets you in the mood for duking it out at high noon
If you're interested, head over to
http://www.smokin-guns.net/ or directly go to the downloads page:
http://www.smokin-guns.net/template.php?page=8&sid=cb28b5bbf75707a47ff5a1885a678665It's been a long time coming, and I'm glad I can finally play the game again online. I hope some of you will also find it interesting
So, see you online, maybe!
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