First off, just to echo the recommendation of another user: "Before you launch the game look under 'Additonal Executables' and you will see two different config programs. Open up both and make sure to disable BOTH textue filtering options. When enabled all the textures look blurry and smeared, turning off filtering gives you those crisp pixels that look so much better." Secondly, set the game to "Bad", which is the middle difficulty, as it'll give you what I would consider the full/real experience of the game. "Good" ( the easiest setting ) is just way too easy as you can run around and melee/knife enemies with little/no recourse. The "Bad" difficulty can be a bit wacky, but it makes it into an almost tactical sort of experience where you'll need to occasionally think about your next move and each encounter can be deadly. Okay, so if you like Westerns and shooters, you'll like this game. The sound design and especially music is phenomenal. Each weapon sounds/feels like it hits like a ton of bricks. The pistol also has a nifty secondary fire where you fan the hammer like you're Charles Bronson in Once Upon a Time in the West. It's a fun game. The tone of the game strikes a good balance between humor and seriousness. It's a loving homage to the major Western tropes. You will also get your money's worth, as I'd say the main story mode will take 6+ hours if you don't save scum too much and play on "Bad". I haven't delved too much into the extra content, but it seems pretty fun as well. Some of the menus and things were a little finnicky for me, but nothing too annoying. Just to ramble on a bit more, I do like this game, but I kinda wish they had incorporated a few more story/RPG elements. A hub town could've worked well. The ability to deputize NPCs could've been fun ( that's what I initially thought a sheriff star was for ). It's unfortunate we never got a sequel for this as there's a ton of untapped potential.
