The Wild West, or WildEST West? (nsf56k)

B:L

So I took a stroll to a nearby Electronics Frys store, and I noticed a new Nintendo DS game that I have not heard about. Which, as a game collector, is pretty rare. I noticed the spine art said "The Wild West", and I liked Sunsetriders and Gunsmoke, so I decided to take a look at the cover.


Wild West? More like FURRY West. Yes, that is a lizardman staring down a Wolf cowboy as they prepare to draw their guns.

I was about to toss the game back right then and there, but curiosity got the better of me, and I took a look at the back.

More specifically, the screenshots at the back.

WHAT

THE

FUCK

IS

THIS

SHIT!?

Atlus Parker

So it's a lightgun game?

B:L

Atlus Parker wrote: »

So it's a lightgun game?

I would say it's a Furry/Darts/Cabal/Raiden/RodeoRoundup game.

Delzhand

Damn, I thought this was a Wild ARMS thread.

B:L

Delzhand wrote: »

Damn, I thought this was a Wild ARMS thread.

Sorry for the disappointment. Wild Arms DS would be pretty amazing, but this game looks like it's Not Bad.

Digg

I reckon I can piece it together...

Wolfman Cowboy is hanging out in a bar, playing darts with his buddy Cheetah dude. He scores a wopping 456 so the bar tender treats him to two sticks of dynamite and a shotgun. He walks outside to discover that during his 3-day dart binge the town has been overrun by Lizard Men and 8 bit sprites. Happily, Wolfman Cowboy realizes that he has an infinite number of bullets and starts popping caps in their scaley asses.

He figures the Lizard Men must be hiding out in the old abandoned mine and decides to make his way there. Unfortunately Wolfman Cowboy is trapped inside a white circle, so it's up to his good friend Cheetah Dude to head to the mine and duke it out with the Bat People. Little does Wolfman Cowboy know, but Cheetah Dude is already at the docks killing many men, to the cries of "Lat si ma Cheetah dude!" from the Hungarian ship mates.

Then there's a robot...
..and another white circle.

slash000

B:L wrote: »

That part kind of looks like Gun.Smoke.



I bet the white circle is to help you aim where to shoot with the stylus. Kind of like gun.smoke except you're aiming directly instead of telling which way to shoot your gun.

Houk the Namebringer

I'd fuck it.

Er...play it, I mean. I'd play it.

cooljammer00

you be surprised at the DS games I never heard of. I saw one at the store the other day, I think it had NWC play.

DisruptorX2

This thread has no relation to the landmark cinematic classic starring Will Smith. I want my money back, OP.

slash000

cooljammer00 wrote: »

you be surprised at the DS games I never heard of. I saw one at the store the other day, I think it had NWC play.

I constantly see shovelware I've never heard of on the shelves at stores in the DS games section.

brynstar

Digg wrote: »

I reckon I can piece it together...

Wolfman Cowboy is hanging out in a bar, playing darts with his buddy Cheetah dude. He scores a wopping 456 so the bar tender treats him to two sticks of dynamite and a shotgun. He walks outside to discover that during his 3-day dart binge the town has been overrun by Lizard Men and 8 bit sprites. Happily, Wolfman Cowboy realizes that he has an infinite number of bullets and starts popping caps in their scaley asses.

He figures the Lizard Men must be hiding out in the old abandoned mine and decides to make his way there. Unfortunately Wolfman Cowboy is trapped inside a white circle, so it's up to his good friend Cheetah Dude to head to the mine and duke it out with the Bat People. Little does Wolfman Cowboy know, but Cheetah Dude is already at the docks killing many men, to the cries of "Lat si ma Cheetah dude!" from the Hungarian ship mates.

Then there's a robot...
..and another white circle.

You, oh noble sir, have just sold me on this game.

Dirtchamber

"Wolfmen be FLY, yo!"

wateyad

This looks like some newbie devs (who happened to be furries) got to have some fun rather than working on a shitty licence or what have you. Good for them but I'll hardly be rushing out to pick this up.

Snork

Wow. That looks like the worst game ever made. This is awesome.

B:L

DisruptorX2 wrote: »

This thread has no relation to the landmark cinematic classic starring Will Smith. I want my money back, OP.

Well it DOES have Smouldering Cheetah Temptresses.

Digg

I think I speak for everyone when I say that Sid Meier's Pirates is one of the best games ever, and we've all been waiting for years to finally see a game where you get to be a pirate/cowboy wolf/cheetah who fights robots on horseback. (I'm assuming the piracy screenshots are soon to appear)...
The only way this game would be better is if instead of infinite bullets and no dynamite it was the other way around.

B:L

Digg wrote: »

(I'm assuming the piracy screenshots are soon to appear)

Assault the Steamboat on your raft for Piracy goodness!

:^: to you, good sir

scootch

some of the shot looks like blood bros...

Sheep

slash000 wrote: »

B:L wrote: »

That part kind of looks like Gun.Smoke.

Hell yeah.

Anyone have any reviews for this?

slash000

Sleep wrote: »

Anyone have any reviews for this?

GameZone, score: 44% wrote:

Good idea, terrible execution. Pervasive flaws, frequent glitches, and frustrating design choices ruin what could have been a simple fun shooter.

Nintendo Power, score: 35% wrote:

If you stay with the game long enough to collect bonus coins, you can unlock minigames and send them to friends via a local wireless connection: a good bonus, but probably not enough incentive to endure the rigors of the main game. [Oct 2007, p.89]

slash000

The game is set in a fictionalized version of the American West, circa 1840, where the characters are all anthropomorphized animals. Upon starting a new game, players choose between the two available characters: a wolf bounty hunter named Wolfy or a young cat girl named Catty. Both have personal vendettas against a criminal named Terano, and set off to take him out, with his massive criminal gang standing in their way.

slash000

The horseback sequences are reminiscent of scrolling shooters like Ikaruga or Radiant Silvergun, while the on-foot levels most closely resemble old-school action games like Commando or Soldiers of Fortune

hah! yeah right.

etoychest

Got this in a few weeks back. Oh my is it terrible. It's like some strange bastard child of Gunsmoke and Cabal..with furries...and lots of screen tapping. The game is really a mess, and while it has branching paths, it's really a taxing experience with little reward...unless you like more screen tapping.

Sheep

etoychest wrote: »

unless you like more screen tapping.

I bought and loved Point Blank DS.

Variable

it seems like it's so bad... that I want it.

is that wrong?

slash000

I really think there's a market for good 'light gun shooters' on the DS..

Too bad all we have is Point Blank and Touch the Dead.

The former is good and the latter is... mediocre I suppose.

-SPI-

B:L wrote: »

Digg wrote: »

(I'm assuming the piracy screenshots are soon to appear)

Assault the Steamboat on your raft for Piracy goodness!

:^: to you, good sir

That looks like a bizarre version of Nam '75. In fact ALL the screens look like bizarre versions of arcade games.

slash000

Yeah.. they ripped all of their ideas from arcade games it seems.

Too bad they couldn't pull it off.

Harrier

What on earth compelled you to buy this piece of shit game?

Seriously, it screams 'crap' by virtue of its first impression and nothing I've seen in this thread has persuaded me otherwise.

Did you lose a bet or something?

gtrmp

Who could have thought that "furry cowboys vs. robot dragons" could possibly go wrong?

Pjstelford

slash000 wrote: »

a wolf bounty hunter named Wolfy or a young cat girl named Catty.

The fact that this gets funnier every time I read it indicates I need to sleep, badly.

Edit: Harrier, what is your avatar from?

12gauge

Pjstelford wrote: »

slash000 wrote: »

a wolf bounty hunter named Wolfy or a young cat girl named Catty.

The fact that this gets funnier every time I read it indicates I need to sleep, badly.

Edit: Harrier, what is your avatar from?

They really let their imagination run wild when thinking up those names...