Hired Guns

In our exclusive playtest of Hired Guns last month, we were already full of praise for it, even though we'd only seen a few levels. And now the fully finished game has arrived it's anything but an anticlimax. Make no mistake about it, this is an instant Amiga classic...

Games of this standard do not come around very often. Hired Guns is the closest thing to perfection that I have seen on the Amiga. A great achievement.

Que dire de plus si ce n'est que le logiciel est installable sur disque dur et configurable en français, le jeu a donc été peaufiné dans les moindre détails. Pour résumer, la possibilité de jouer à quatre, la beauté des graphismes et la magnificence des sons font de ce jeu un véritable chef-d'oeuvre à ne manquer sous aucun prétexte.

If there's one game that is likely to alter the perception of RPGs then Hired Guns is it. If you usually shy away from adventuring then you need only spend a couple of minutes with DMA's RPG to see that it is something truly excellent. The gameplay is so beautifully crafted that even if you'd rather perform a slurpy kiss on an electric plug socket than play adventures you're still likely to love Hired Guns.

Guns is, without a doubt, a masterpiece. I started playing Guns over three days ago and have barely looked up from my Amiga since. So, if you like bags under your eyes and sweaty palms, buy a copy today.

Hired Guns simply oozes class and style. From the highly impressive music and delightful interlace graphics you are whisked away to an incredibly exciting and atmospheric RPG with suicidal shoot-em-up tendencies. It is great fun as a one player, but Psygnosis’ latest adventure really enters into its element when another player is asked to join in. There is an excellent level of difficulty and because the game is big it will keep you entertained for along time to come. DMA Design have injected a breath of new life into a stale genre and created an absolute corker of a product. Depending on how many people take to it, it could well become a classic.

Hired Guns is an interactive consensual experience of co-operation and extreme violence. Miss it at your peril.

Hired Guns ha portato una ventata d’aria fresca nel genere dei dungeon crawler. I DMA Design sono riusciti a creare delle sofisticate ambientazioni tridimensionali che per essere attraversate necessitano di un’oculata cooperazione che coinvolge tutti i membri del gruppo. Un aspetto, questo, che continua ad essere ignorato dalle maggior parte delle produzioni odierne. Il fantastico modo multiplayer eleva ulteriormente la già ottima longevità.

Atmosfären i spelet är spännande och lite obehaglig. Spelet är välgjort, och multiplayer-funktionen tillför en extra dimension. Spring och köp Hired Guns! Det är ett rackarns bra spel.

Die Spielidee ist reizvoll, Features wie überflutete Gänge und zahllose Waffensysteme halten die Motivation unter Dampf, und der tolle Sound garantiert auch ohne die etwas karge Grafik ein schon düstere Futuro-Feeling – aber dieser wahnwitzige Schwierigkeitsgrad! Und wenn sich dann noch vier Leute gleichzeitig um Maus, Joystick oder Tastatur drängeln (vom Monitor ganz zu schweigen), ist Frust bei den happigen Echtzeitgefechten schon vorprogrammiert... Ein innovatives Konzept also, das leider in der Praxis nicht ganz so gut klappt, wie man das von der vielversprechenden Theorie erhofft hätte. Aber für trainierte Söldner-Familien mit Hang zum Rollenspiel ist Hired Guns natürlich der ideale Windersport!

Big game, quickly becomes tedious – viable only really for those desperate to compete head-on with a group of friends. Top soundtrack though...

Hired Guns schnell als Flop abzutun, nur weil die Grafik elend altbacken aussieht, wäre etwas zu vorschnell. Es stecken eine Menge Dungeons in diesen fünf MBytes drin - doch leider haben die Programmierer derart kapitale Böcke geschossen, daß unterm Strich wenig Spielspaß übrig bleibt.