Your compass will pinpoint mission objectives and guide you in the proper direction, so you won't find yourself getting lost very often. You can navigate your across the map with an on-screen compass, located in the lower left corner of the screen. Once you've familiarized yourself with the basic mechanics, moved your way past this brief section and broken your way into the remainder of the game, you'll be presented with a more open approach, as you can choose to take on side missions or dive straight into the story missions. When Gun Showdown begins, you're out on a hunting expedition with your father, and you'll be taught how to use the controls by shooting pigeons, deer, wolves and even a grizzly bear. The most necessary feature is the ability to enter Quick Draw mode, which slows down everything to make it easier to land a few deadly headshots, or shoot down a volley of arrows before they turn you into a walking pin cushion. The rest of the game's control layout is fairly basic and easy enough to use, but aiming proficiently in clutch situations will remain a chore until the very end - no matter how much time you've had with it. You're able to set your controls one of two different ways: You can set your forward and backward movements to the analog and your aiming controls to the face buttons (Square, Circle, etc.) or you can set them the opposite way around, depending on whether you're a righty or a lefty and which is easier for you to use. Gun for the PSP is played in a third-person view, behind your character, and like many other shooters on the PlayStation handheld, the controls can be hard to use and will take a good deal of practice before you'll become adept with them. I would explain more, but then there wouldn't be many surprises left for you, now would there? As Colton, you'll meet your fair share of "Indians," outlaws and prostitutes, on the quest to discover the truth behind your heritage and take down some goons in the process. If you've never played the original Gun, the game tells the story of cowboy Colton White, who ends up on the wrong side of a bad situation after his father is murdered by a dirty preacher and he's left with a mountain of questions about his past and very few answers. Do these added missions make the game better than the original? Longer, yes. Apparently, Neversoft and Activision heard the gripes of the common gamer and reviews editor, as Gun Showdown for the PSP handheld is a port of the console version, but with added length and new missions. But it still managed to deliver a mostly enjoyable experience for Western enthusiasts. The game was much too short and the environments were so empty they felt like barren wastelands, and that's when you were in town. On the other hand, there has been a bevy of above-average Western games - one of those being Gun for the PC, PS2, Xbox and Xbox 360 in 2005. In the past few years, there have only been a handful of offerings, and there's yet to be a killer app in the field. The Cowboy-Western genre is one rarely touched upon in the video game industry, so fans of the Old West are usually left wanting. Developer: Rebellion/Neversoft Entertainment
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