GUNMAN CHRONICLES (PC) (U) IN SOUTH AFRICA

Gunman Chronicles (PC) (U) Platform: Windows 98, Windows 95 Condition: Pre-Owned/Used in Very Good Condition This Title Also Available As: New: Brand New and Sealed games available Please get in touch for information on these options. Pre-owned games supplied with applicable serial keys. However - please note: Any single use keys or activation codes may have already been used/redeemed. Product Information Four unexplored planets keep the scenery changing, and provide a variety of habitats for your enemies Hundreds of realistic new textures and fantastic architecture make the levels in Gunman Chronicles some of the best ever All new monsters both alien and human, inhabit the Gunman Chronicles universe Hordes of startling xenomes, lurching machines, carnivorous beasts Configurable weapons allow players to adjust their firepower to meet the situation at hand Original sound and music set the perfect mood in the detailed worlds Product Description Gunman Chronicles is a story-driven, first-person game powered by the Half-Life engine. Players take the role of a futuristic Gunman, with a mission to destroy the alien Xenomes that mysteriously began appearing five years earlier. Now, it seems that someone has been altering their DNA, allowing them to be bigger and stronger, plus the Xenomes are spreading somehow to planets across the western spiral arm of the galaxy. Levels range from dinosaur-infested jungle ruins to techno-wastelands. In order to rid the galaxy of the evil aliens, players can customise their weapons, control vehicles such as tanks, and be assisted by computer-controlled characters. There are also multiplayer game modes available for play over the Internet. Review With the popularity of Half Life growing month by month and Counterstrike the add-on, fuelling this further, many hard-core gamers are turning their talents to developing add-ons to the games. One keen Half Life player decided to do just that, but when he showed Valve, Half Life's developers, they were so stunned that they have released it as a standalone game. Based, therefore, on the Half Life engine, this game has all the intensity of Aliens vs Predator, the storyline of Half Life and the AI of Soldier of Fortune, showing them that Gunman Chronicles is how a game should be don. With the introduction of some new weapons, the ability to drive vehicles and dinosaurs roaming the countryside, you've got a game that takes the mantle forward for Valve. The storyline, like Half Life, is very consuming and you can easily get sucked in to the realm that is The Gunman Chronicles. Although the game has some great niceties, like dinosaurs that attack you or the bad guys while you are in the middle of a fire fight--very handy if they eat them rather than you--the games weapon system can be at times slightly awkward to the unfamiliar player. While most games offer a secondary fire to weapons, Gunman Chronicles tries to take this a step further by offering three of four. Options-wise, this is great, but you can't help but feel that an extra hand would come in handy sometimes to access the additional weapons. Putting this minor point aside, if you are a fan of Half Life or the first-person shooter--and lets face it, who isn't?--then Gunman Chronicles is going to be right up your street for the next big challenge. If, though, the genre is slightly unfamiliar to you, although a great place to start, a better option would be to try something a little less complicated, like Half Life and work your way up. -- Stuart Miles