I don't often post recommending products (or post much these days anyway :s ) but I saw this (tweaked for Windows 7/8 x64) game on a recent sale at GOG and could not press the "Add to Cart" button fast enough. Made by LucasArts back when Windows 98 was the new thing and people were fearful 1ghz CPUs would rip a hole in the universe, it was a game that chewed through plenty of mine and my best friend's time. Unlike other 3D shooters where you were tasked with shooting everything that moved in order to save the entire human race by yourself - Outlaws was a story about an retired ex-marshal in the late 1800s losing his family and out for revenge against impossible odds. Yes, if you were a fan of cowboy western movies like "Unforgiven" (and who isn't?) you would love the story, told throughout each mission and the beautiful hand drawn cut-scenes in-between. Or you could ignore the heartfelt story and just do the Historic Missions, collecting bounties on famous outlaws. The level design was well thought out, and although my friend played more strategic and I was more gun-ho relying on luck, both of us would have to use stealth (and the "crouch" key for the first time ever) to get through. In a change from other popular shooters at the time - a single man running into town, guns blazing, against a hundred paid armed mercenaries would actually be out of ammo and dead in seconds. Instead what you would be doing to survive would be: hiding behind barrels, diving behind tables/chairs/saloon bars, jumping out of smashed windows, catching enemies in crossfire, throwing cigar lit dynamite through doorways, using boiler plates as armour, digging holes to sneak into buildings, and always, always, listening for footsteps and taunts ("You're a fool, Marshal!") to work out where your hunting enemies are (accidentally strolling into room full of them tends to reduce your survival rate to zero). Oh, and you had to reload one bullet/cartridge at at time. That's right, as a change of pace, and as automatics weren't used back then, in the midst of impossible odds with certain death getting closer and closer, you'd be fumbling trying to put bullets into your six-shooter before one of the enemies turns around the corner. After almost 20 years since release, the graphics, although awesome at the time, are obviously nowhere near any modern game, but the fresh cowboy western theme combined with the amazing music score gave me no issues getting immersed and having fun (and also shedding some tears: "Why did he have to leave to go to the store that day? Why, why? <sniff, sniff> I shall avenge you!"). 10/10 I heartily recommend this event or product.
