Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James (from the English - “Shooter: The Legend of Jesse James”) is a video game in the genre of rail shooter developed by Rebellion Developments and published exclusively by Ubisoft for the PlayStation at the end of 2001 [3] . The plot of Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James takes place in the Wild West . The protagonist of the game is Jesse James , the famous American criminal of the XIX century . Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James is one of the few PlayStation games to be controlled with the GunCon light gun .
| Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James | |
|---|---|
 Cover of the North American edition of the game | |
| Developer |  Rebellion Developments |
| Publisher | Ubisoft |
| Date of issue |  November 30, 2001 [1]  December 7, 2001 [2] |
| License | a commercial |
| Genre | rail shooter |
| Age rating |  |
| Creators | |
| Executives | Jason kingsley Chris Kingsley |
| Producers | Eaves Guillemot Claire Donnai Favenek |
| Game designers | Dave Kid Rob Stevens |
| Programmer | Mike haley |
| Artist | Andrew wildman |
| Composer | Ed coxon |
| Technical details | |
| Platform | Playstation |
| Game mode | single user |
| Carrier | CD |
| Control | light gun |
Content
- 1 Gameplay
- 2 sequel
- 3 Critical Reviews
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Gameplay
In terms of gameplay, Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James is in many ways similar to another Namco PlayStation Time Crisis game , except that the action of Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James takes place in 19th-century America’s development zone [4] . The player must kill all the enemies that appear within the screen, followed by the transition to a new stage. Despite all the specifics of managing games of this genre, in Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James there is an opportunity to dodge the attack of the enemy. However, at each stage, the player must defeat everyone before time runs out. With the rapid passage of the level, the player’s time reserve increases [4] .
Sequel
Rebellion Developments also developed a sequel to the game, Gunfighter II: Revenge of Jesse James (shooter II: Return of Jesse James), released in December 2003 for the PlayStation 2 console [5] . The sequel is actually similar to the original game, except that Gunfighter II: Revenge of Jesse James is based on a different storyline. The game also has many new locations and improved graphics [6] .
Criticism Reviews
| Reviews | |
|---|---|
| Summary rating | |
| Aggregator | Rating |
| Metacritic | 55/100 [7] |
| Foreign language editions | |
| Edition | Rating |
| Gamespot | 4.6 / 10 [4] |
| Gamezone | 7/10 [8] |
| OPM | 2,5 / 5 [9] |
The game received mixed reviews [7] . Browsers praised the atmospheric Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James and the use of Western style [3] [8] . Critics also praised the convenient gameplay and the presence of many mini-games [8] [9] . The graphic performance, excessive protractedness and unoriginal plot [1] [4] were negatively perceived.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James (inaccessible link) . Allgame . Date of treatment July 12, 2014. Archived December 10, 2014.
- ↑ Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James : Title Data . GameFAQs . Date of treatment July 12, 2014. Archived March 4, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James . IGN . Date of treatment July 12, 2014. Archived March 22, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James : Review , GameSpot . Archived on September 3, 2016. Date of treatment July 12, 2014.
- ↑ Gunfighter II: Revenge of Jesse James . GameFAQs . Date of treatment July 12, 2014. Archived March 4, 2016.
- ↑ Gunfighter II: Revenge of Jesse James . IGN . Date of treatment July 12, 2014. Archived June 23, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James . Metacritic . Date of treatment July 12, 2014. Archived on April 14, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James - The Press Says . MobyGames Date of treatment July 12, 2014. Archived March 5, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James (English) // Official US PlayStation Magazine : magazine. - Ziff Davis , 2002. - January. - P. 144 .