Finding your way through the various levels is not always easy. Therefore, expect a plethora of intricate multi-layer levels, sheer cliffs from which a fall is lethal, multi-floor houses and buildings, as well as underwater levels where you will be out of breath more than once. If you wonder how interesting the levels are, you will be happy to hear that they are large and as complicated and challenging as those featured in Dark Forces.
To do so, the player will have to go through nine different levels ranging from a small hideout to an old mine through various towns and a runaway train.
Assuming the role of Marshall Anderson, the player's mission is to retrieve Sarah and free her from her kidnappers. Using an improved version of the Dark Forces engine, Outlaws sends players back to the 19th century in the heart of the Old West. Wherever it would lead him, he would make them pay for their crimes, and their bad ways! After a group of outlaws had burnt his ranch, murdered his wife Anna and took his daughter Sarah with them, he had no other choice than to follow their trail. But this time, it was not for the citizens' sake that he would fight, but rather for revenge. When Marshall James Anderson retired, little did he know that he would once again need to use his guns. Replay Value: The gameplay can move a slowly and is not always platable for more than an hour at a time. Sound: A CD quality soundtrack with sound effects and voices in 3D.Įnjoyment: The gameplay is simple but addictive. Graphics: The game features realistic 3D environments and outstanding animations. All of the action in Outlaws is accompanied by a clean, CD-quality, three-dimensional soundtrack and the voices and sound effects come at you from all directions. A clever 'Historical Missions' option puts you into the time, place, and boots of a real hero from the legends of the Wild West. This allows several players to shoot at each other in the same game. The game features multiplayer support over a LAN or the Internet. The scalability of the graphics is decent but, as in many other contemporary releases, some of the characters become fuzzy and pixilated when viewed from close up. The landscapes, backgrounds, and buildings featured in the game are also excellent, with a dramatic use of color and shading. Produced by LucasArts, the cinematic-quality cut scenes are impressive. The most outstanding features of this game are found in its graphics. With three difficulty settings ("Good," "Bad," and "Ugly"), multiple levels, and the opportunity to turn on an 'invincibility' option, nearly anyone can customize the gameplay to suit his or her tastes. These pesky varmints keep shooting away at you for no apparent reason.
You take the role of the Marshal in a beautifully animated, 3D-rendered town full of colorful buildings, impressive skylines, and (of course) bad guys. This shoot-'em-up not only gives you time to react to your enemies, but also lets you have a clear view of what you're shooting at. If games like Doom, Quake, and Duke Nukem are too noisy and dark for your tastes, then Outlaws might offer just the first-person experience you're really looking for.