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- Platform: Xbox 360
- PEGI Rating: Ages 12 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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Game Description
The Gunstringer marries Twisted Pixel's beloved storytelling, characters, and polish with fresh gameplay mechanics. Players can puppeteer a character through a variety of 3D and 2D gameplay styles, controlling every jump and dodge with one hand, while filling enemies with lead using the other. The Gunstringer provides players with new Kinect shooter experiences that have never been seen before.
Game Features
- Be the puppet master with Kinect, and move the Gunstringer through his adventures as if you were actually controlling a marionette.
- The Gunstringer takes standard solo platforming and shooting mechanics and evolves them for fun competitive action.
- With a full suite of collectables, unlockables, abilities, rewards and more, there's always a reason to play an encore performance!
- This game also includes a token code for the full downloadable version of "Fruit Ninja Kinect" via Xbox LIVE. "Fruit Ninja Kinect is an amazing evolution of the slice-em-up genre created by Halfbrick, which brings the worldwide mobile gaming phenomenon to Kinect, allowing you to use your arms as blades in an epic battle against the world's most delicious produce.
Demo Available on Xbox LIVE
There is a demo now available of The Gunstringer on Xbox LIVE for free download right now. This is the first time a Kinect game has ever been available for demo download prior to release.Product Description
Please note requires Kinect sensor to play
The Gunstringer marries Twisted Pixel's beloved storytelling, characters, and polish with fresh gameplay mechanics. Players can puppeteer a character through a variety of 3D and 2D gameplay styles, controlling every jump and dodge with one hand, while filling enemies with lead using the other. The Gunstringer provides players with new Kinect shooter experiences that have never been seen before.
Game Features
- Be the puppet master with Kinect, and move the Gunstringer through his adventures as if you were actually controlling a marionette.
- The Gunstringer takes standard solo platforming and shooting mechanics and evolves them for fun competitive action.
- With a full suite of collectables, unlockables, abilities, rewards and more, there's always a reason to play an encore performance!
- This game also includes a token code for the full downloadable version of "Fruit Ninja Kinect" via Xbox LIVE. "Fruit Ninja Kinect is an amazing evolution of the slice-em-up genre created by Halfbrick, which brings the worldwide mobile gaming phenomenon to Kinect, allowing you to use your arms as blades in an epic battle against the world's most delicious produce.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
It has to be said that, so far, there have been a lack of decent games on the Kinect and rather a glut of rubbish ones! Kinect sports and dance central aside, there has been very little for Kinect owners to get excited about. Then along come Twisted Pixel to save the day with their 1st retail game, 'The Gunstringer.' For those not familiar with Twisted Pixel, they are responsible for XBLA games The Maw, Splosion man, Comic jumper and Ms.Splosion man. All highly innovative and entertaining games. The Gunstringer is no different.
The Gunstringer sees you in control of an undead cowboy puppet bent on revenge against the posse who betrayed him and then left him for dead! The whole thing is being watched in a theatre by a crowd of real people who clap and cheer as you play. You control the Gunstringer by moving left & right with your left hand and aiming and firing your gun with your right. It all works very intuitively and you almost forget that you aren't using a control pad. It's just like when you used to pretend to fire a gun in the school playground!
Graphically the whole game oozes charm and character. It has Twisted Pixel's trademark humour stamped all over it. Trees are made of toilet rolls and corrugated card, cows are made of beer cans and rivers made of quilts. The music, too, adds to the character of the game and the whole thing is described by an hilariously tongue-in-cheek narrator who never fails to raise a smile as you play! The only criticism that could be levelled at the game is it's length. It clocks in at around 3 hours to complete, but it does pack a lot of variety into those 3 hours. Getting gold in every level (or plays & acts as they're called) will take longer though. Plus there's a hardcore mode and a stack of unlockables like green screen outtakes, BGMs, photos and concept art. It also comes bundled with the 1st bit of DLC. It's all live action and is completely different to the main game. Plus, it comes with a download code for fruit ninja. A fun little game in itself, although unfortunatley I'd already downloaded it!
I really do urge anyone who owns a Kinect to buy this game. Its just the kind of thing Kinect needs. It's funny, charming, innovative, great fun to play and it shows that Kinect is good for more than fitness, dancing and sport! If you own a Kinect, then this is an essential purchase. I just hope it sells. It really would be a crime if it didn't!
The Gunstringer sees you in control of an undead cowboy puppet bent on revenge against the posse who betrayed him and then left him for dead! The whole thing is being watched in a theatre by a crowd of real people who clap and cheer as you play. You control the Gunstringer by moving left & right with your left hand and aiming and firing your gun with your right. It all works very intuitively and you almost forget that you aren't using a control pad. It's just like when you used to pretend to fire a gun in the school playground!
Graphically the whole game oozes charm and character. It has Twisted Pixel's trademark humour stamped all over it. Trees are made of toilet rolls and corrugated card, cows are made of beer cans and rivers made of quilts. The music, too, adds to the character of the game and the whole thing is described by an hilariously tongue-in-cheek narrator who never fails to raise a smile as you play! The only criticism that could be levelled at the game is it's length. It clocks in at around 3 hours to complete, but it does pack a lot of variety into those 3 hours. Getting gold in every level (or plays & acts as they're called) will take longer though. Plus there's a hardcore mode and a stack of unlockables like green screen outtakes, BGMs, photos and concept art. It also comes bundled with the 1st bit of DLC. It's all live action and is completely different to the main game. Plus, it comes with a download code for fruit ninja. A fun little game in itself, although unfortunatley I'd already downloaded it!
I really do urge anyone who owns a Kinect to buy this game. Its just the kind of thing Kinect needs. It's funny, charming, innovative, great fun to play and it shows that Kinect is good for more than fitness, dancing and sport! If you own a Kinect, then this is an essential purchase. I just hope it sells. It really would be a crime if it didn't!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
I agree with the previous reviewer in all aspects regarding this game. I'm going to try and not repeat what has been said.
The first thing I want to mention is that one of the biggest areas of criticism against Kinect is the fact that you actually need to stand up and do some work. The Gunstringer bypasses this by giving you the choice of playing the game standing up or sitting down. As I get a little carried away when playing games I found myself popping up all the time and couldn't stay seated.
The gameplay is fairly straightforwarded. You are playing as a puppet gunstringer (gunslinger) out on revenge to get those who had stabbed you in the back. Your goal...find your old posse and finish them off. That is how the game is then presented in different chapters wherein you track down one of your opponents in each and eliminate them. Each chapter has a rating system based on your performance awarding you bronze, silver or gold medals. What I liked about this is that the game gives you the opportunity to replay the specific chapter over and over again as a standalone chapter. So if you really want that gold, you can replay the chapter until you get it before moving on to the next one. Replay also has additional value in that you earn "money" which can be used to buy unlocks and special playmodes.
On the Kinect gameplay-side you'll find the "controls" (i.e. your hands) super easy and intuitive. As your protagonist is a puppet you control him with your right hand by making him jump and move left and right. With your right, you aim, shoot, and punch. The game's speed is comfortable enough to allow anyone to easily do the shooting accurately. Just relax and take it easy. By limiting your movements to these basic actions the Kinect is very responsive and I never found myself being frustrated that the game did not pick up my movements.
Usually I would list out pros and cons, but honestly, this game does not have cons in my opinion. The story is smart and funny, and the developer has really created an enjoyable ride from beginning to end. I usually play a game only once, maximum twice, but The Gunstringer has got me playing levels as many as 5 times.
I don't like when people tell me something like "you must buy this game", because that in itself is not a very objective point of view, but I do think that everyone who owns a Kinect controller should get The Gunstringer as it is the best example on the market what Kinect is capable of, and no glitches. I hope we see more titles like this in the future and I sincerely hope that all developers will start looking at games like this and fine-tune their own games before releasing their glitchy and unresponsive games giving Kinect a bad name. On this point I want to add that the developer for The Gunstringer clearly shows that bad Kinect games are NOT a Kinect problem, but purely a developer problem.
The Gunstringer is more than value for money, great story, great gameplay and awesome replay value.
The first thing I want to mention is that one of the biggest areas of criticism against Kinect is the fact that you actually need to stand up and do some work. The Gunstringer bypasses this by giving you the choice of playing the game standing up or sitting down. As I get a little carried away when playing games I found myself popping up all the time and couldn't stay seated.
The gameplay is fairly straightforwarded. You are playing as a puppet gunstringer (gunslinger) out on revenge to get those who had stabbed you in the back. Your goal...find your old posse and finish them off. That is how the game is then presented in different chapters wherein you track down one of your opponents in each and eliminate them. Each chapter has a rating system based on your performance awarding you bronze, silver or gold medals. What I liked about this is that the game gives you the opportunity to replay the specific chapter over and over again as a standalone chapter. So if you really want that gold, you can replay the chapter until you get it before moving on to the next one. Replay also has additional value in that you earn "money" which can be used to buy unlocks and special playmodes.
On the Kinect gameplay-side you'll find the "controls" (i.e. your hands) super easy and intuitive. As your protagonist is a puppet you control him with your right hand by making him jump and move left and right. With your right, you aim, shoot, and punch. The game's speed is comfortable enough to allow anyone to easily do the shooting accurately. Just relax and take it easy. By limiting your movements to these basic actions the Kinect is very responsive and I never found myself being frustrated that the game did not pick up my movements.
Usually I would list out pros and cons, but honestly, this game does not have cons in my opinion. The story is smart and funny, and the developer has really created an enjoyable ride from beginning to end. I usually play a game only once, maximum twice, but The Gunstringer has got me playing levels as many as 5 times.
I don't like when people tell me something like "you must buy this game", because that in itself is not a very objective point of view, but I do think that everyone who owns a Kinect controller should get The Gunstringer as it is the best example on the market what Kinect is capable of, and no glitches. I hope we see more titles like this in the future and I sincerely hope that all developers will start looking at games like this and fine-tune their own games before releasing their glitchy and unresponsive games giving Kinect a bad name. On this point I want to add that the developer for The Gunstringer clearly shows that bad Kinect games are NOT a Kinect problem, but purely a developer problem.
The Gunstringer is more than value for money, great story, great gameplay and awesome replay value.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Gunstringer in short has;
-A well written and narrated storyline
-Good, responsive and initiative Kinect controls
-Good setting and fun pick up and play... doesn't drag you in but still fun.
However this is not a serious full game and is a bit short. For a Kinect owner this beats the vast majority of Kinect games out there and is definitely worth trying out. Again this is not worthy of buying a Kinect for, but when you add up the little things like head-tracking in Forza 4, Library in Halo CE Anniversary, Voice Recognition in Mass Effect three, Rise of Nightmares and now this... Kinect does seem to be more of a worthwhile investment nowadays.
The game itself is well made, well thought out and nicely put together.
-A well written and narrated storyline
-Good, responsive and initiative Kinect controls
-Good setting and fun pick up and play... doesn't drag you in but still fun.
However this is not a serious full game and is a bit short. For a Kinect owner this beats the vast majority of Kinect games out there and is definitely worth trying out. Again this is not worthy of buying a Kinect for, but when you add up the little things like head-tracking in Forza 4, Library in Halo CE Anniversary, Voice Recognition in Mass Effect three, Rise of Nightmares and now this... Kinect does seem to be more of a worthwhile investment nowadays.
The game itself is well made, well thought out and nicely put together.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Its a Blast
Great fun for all the family. A shoot-em up that even your grandmother could play. Full of funny characters and humour.
Published 1 day ago by Colin38710
gunstringer kinect
i bought this game for my grandchildren weve had some great times playing this game hope we have plenty more.
Published 2 months ago by chefron56
shot in the dark
Bought this game for my son as a stocking filler but now he play's with it every day,it help.s him with the basic kinect movements,graphic's are good and game easy to use.
Published 4 months ago by Rbert Laird
Fun for a while, but soon wears off.
One of my first kinect games, and now I have a few I would say not the best. Fun for a while but I have not put it in the tray again since.
Published 4 months ago by Richyboypicnic
Poor value for money
The idea of controlling your character by moving your hands as if controlling a marionette seemed novel at first but quickly got tiresome. Read more
Published 4 months ago by RN
Great use of the Kinect
Excellent one for the kids, but the grown ups may like it too.
Inventive use of the Kinect makes this one - one hand is out like a pistol, whip it up to your shoulder to... Read more
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Published 4 months ago by Mr. Paul A. Scholey
So Fantastic!
Okay, I Had A brand New xbox for christmas along with kinect as a bundle that also came with kinect adventures (overall Fun game). Read more
Published 5 months ago by Danny 'Redfoo' Falla Romero
Not as good as some say it is.....
This game has some great features! It also has some very annoying features.
The graphics are cool, fun and interesting. It makes you laugh and the kids love it. Read more
The graphics are cool, fun and interesting. It makes you laugh and the kids love it. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Julie -. Marie Whitaker
A great little game
The Gunstringer is a little game but really funny, with a clever use of Kinect. In my own opinion one of the best game for Kinect with Child of Eden. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Daniele Casadei
Fun and Funny to play
I bought this for my 14 year old son who mostly plays Halo or 1st person shooters. I was skeptical about this game but after playing the trial with him it seemed fun. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Tina G. Newman
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