Activision quiet on GUN 2

By Robert Purchese Published 17 September, 2007

Tony Hawk's demo to blame.

Activision has stayed tight-lipped over rumours that a GUN sequel is in development - it pretty much just sat there blowing cigar smoke at us in the dingy poker-purposed back room in the saloon.

A rumour-filled bar brawl erupted after posters for a game called "GUN - Magruder's Ghost" appeared in the Tony Hawk's Proving Ground demo, carrying the strap line, "Sometimes a man will shoot back - even from beyond the grave".

Both games are developed by Neversoft, and you may remember that Magruder's survival was in doubt (wouldn't want to give the story away) in the first game.

GUN was an entertaining Wild West shooter that probably fell more kindly into the rental recommendation than full-priced sale. You filled the spurred-boots of Colton White and embarked on a linear tale of revenge, and were likely to quash your thirst for vengeance all too quickly - thanks to rather over-easy gunfights and liberal health refills (whisky bottles).

Still, you could put it down to being the first venture for Neversoft, who is currently enjoying large pats on the back for its reinvention of the Tony Hawk's series.

We'll sleep with our eyes open for more information. Meanwhile you should high-tail it over to our GUN review to find out a little more.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (14) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • Monkey_Puncher #1 4 years ago

    I'd love a Gun sequel, the first game was fun but there was so much more they could have done with it.

  • souljacker2000 #2 4 years ago

    my thoughts exactly, blasted throught it very quickly, and seemed a bit too short.. o well a second one would b good fun

  • BillyBrush #3 4 years ago

    Still, you could put it down to being the first venture for Neversoft, who is currently enjoying large pats on the back for its reinvention of the Tony Hawk's series.

    What? by making the latest version of the game 10x shitter than project 8 was? No crouch animation when popping an ollie is my personal fave 'improvement'...skate actually deserves to bury it for good, which is not something i thought i'd be saying when an EA skateboarding title was announced..

  • Darren #4 4 years ago

    The first GUN was... OK... but it looked shite on the Xbox 360 and was a long way short of perfect. A much improved made for current gen sequel would be nice, certainly more welcome that the awful Tony Hawk Proving Ground if that demo is anything to go by.

  • lambtron #5 4 years ago

    The first Gun was an alright game. I picked it up on the Cube for tuppence and played through it on the hardest setting since I'd heard it was so easy. This was ok until I got to one Boss (the calvary guy who had Ned's rifle I think). On the hard setting that was one of the most annoying Bosses I've ever fought. He could kill you in one shot and could shoot even when it was impossible for him to do so. For example whilst rolling to avoid my fire and holding a stick of dynamite (which he was about to throw) he was somehow able to shoot his gun at the same time. Let me just repeat that so the improbability can sink in. Whilst rolling and holding a stick of dynamite and with a rifle (a two-handed weapon no less!!!) he was able to shoot me in the head.

    I think you get the point.

    In the end I beat him by running round a rock in the centre of the map with him chasing me Benny Hill Style so he couldn't get a clear shot at me and chipped away at his health with the shotgun. But it was very nearly the first game I threw in the bin from sheer frustration. :D

  • OnlyMe #6 4 years ago

    I'd much rather have a Red Dead Revolver sequel, but I'm not opposed to having both. Western games for the win! I hope sometime soon, the wild west will be the new world war 2.

  • Triggerhappytel #7 4 years ago

    I enjoyed Gun for the brief period it lasted, but it did smack of unfulfilled potential.

    I'd like to see a sequel; they need to make the towns larger, introduce melee fist fights and get rid of that stupid bullet time mode.

    Colour me interested.


    EDIT - I'm also one of the few (probably) who thought Red Dead Revolver was fairly poor. I liked Gun better.
    Edited by 1 at 17/09/07 @ 14:55

  • Waldo #8 4 years ago

    Probably just an inside joke.

  • Darren #9 4 years ago

    @lambtron - Yep, that's as far as I got in the 360 version except I just didn't have the patience to beat that totally unrealistic boss who'd have been more at home as an enemy of Superman than in a western! Stupid really, it was almost as if the devs realised they'd made a criminally short game and decided to make the last boss uber-hard to beat to artificially prolong the game!

  • Darren #10 4 years ago

    P.S. I was under the impression that the original GUN sold extremely poorly across all formats so I'm somewhat surprised to hear talk of a sequel really.

  • Triggerhappytel #11 4 years ago

    @ Darren

    Yes, I'm pretty sure Gun sold like crap, too (certainly over here in Blighty).

    Also, that cavalry boss (voiced by Ron Perlman, if I'm not mistaken) wasn't the last boss - there was a little bit after him, maybe another couple of hours' worth. The last boss was also an unfairly difficult bastard - I gave up on him.

  • funkyd #12 4 years ago

    I thought the Proving Ground demo was terrible.

  • lambtron #13 4 years ago

    "@ Darren

    Yes, I'm pretty sure Gun sold like crap, too (certainly over here in Blighty).

    Also, that cavalry boss (voiced by Ron Perlman, if I'm not mistaken) wasn't the last boss - there was a little bit after him, maybe another couple of hours' worth. The last boss was also an unfairly difficult bastard - I gave up on him."

    Yep you are quite correct - he was annoyingly cheap too. I did finally put him down but I had less trouble with him than the calvary guy.

    Its a shame because for the most part it was a really fun game and Lord knows there aren't that many games these days that are purely fun.

  • smelly #14 4 years ago

    I have gun on the cube.. still shrink wrapped - never played.

    Must get me a cube memory card and try it on the wii.