5 reviews
The Gunstringer
In The Gunstringer the player controls a marionette named the Gunstringer. The epic tale of the lonely gunman unfolds across several acts, each performance taking place in a hand-crafted environment. The Gunstringer has several weapons at his disposal, each tool of vengeance unleashed through the player's gestures. The game's lavish production feat...
Details
- Released
- September 12, 2011
- Developer
- Twisted Pixel Games, Twisted Pixel
- Publisher
- Microsoft Studios
- Platforms
- Xbox 360
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The Gunstringer is a Kinect game where you get to marionette a kick-ass undead cowboy puppet through action-packed stage performances. Everything is set as if it's an actual play performance, complete with hand-crafted "actors" and props.
The Gunstringer comes swooping in, ready to defend Kinect supporters and justify their purchase. It’s one of the few games I would recommend buying a Kinect for. You’ve never played an on-rail shooter like this. Hell, you’ve never played any video game like this. The Gunstringer combines humor, a deep love of westerns, easy to use controls, and brilliant pacing to deliver a game that shines, despite its short length and lack of variety.
Only Twisted Pixel could make a game quite this twisted. In just two years, Twisted Pixel has managed to release four well-received games. The young studio’s latest venture, [...]
The Gunstringer is the best 'proper' game I've played on Kinect and stands as a decent title regardless of platform or peripheral used, but it's a little shallow and asking for a lot retailing at £30.
Those guys and gals at Twisted Pixel are some smart cookies. That's immediately apparent from the moment you start playing The Gunstringer, which like the rest of the developer's output to date is utterly unique and entertaining. A bizarre hybrid of live action and in-game graphics, The Gunstringer is a virtual puppet show that takes place on a creaky old theatre stage, with levels divided into plays, which in turn are divided into short, bite-sized acts. It's a novel concept that works incre...