Hired Guns
Release Date: June 21, 1993
RPG, science fiction, action RPG, splitscreen, multiplayer, singleplayer
Hired Guns is an action-packed RPG game that lets you take control of a team of mercenaries sent to Luyten. Scientists residing there, dealing with adapting the climate to the conditions prevailing on Earth, accidentally released mutant organisms, which quickly took control over subsequent buildings.
Hired Guns is an action-packed RPG game that lets you take control of a team of mercenaries sent to Luyten. Scientists residing there, dealing with adapting the climate to the conditions prevailing on Earth, accidentally released mutant organisms, which quickly took control over subsequent buildings.
Before the start of the game we can choose its character (training, single scenarios or a full campaign) and assign its members to the team, selecting them from among twelve characters. Each hero is described by several coefficients and has more or less unique abilities that can influence the course of the struggle. Hired Guns also offers a dozen or so types of weapons that can be used to hit enemies and various items.
Hired Guns took an innovative approach to the presentation of the action. The screen is divided into four equal parts, allowing the player to control all the characters at once. As the game is played in real time, this solution can be problematic at first. In addition to the first person perspective view, each window contains a small menu at the top to see the hero's current position on the map, his statistics and the weapon he is using.
The introduction of separate windows for each character allowed DMA Design to create a multiplayer game. At Hired Guns, three people can play at the same time. The program allows not only for group exploration of subsequent parts of the base, but also for mutual skirmishes. It gives a taste of classic "deathmatch" and although far from e.g. Dooma, such an option is able to provide a lot of impressions. From the audiovisual point of view, the programme presents itself in an excellent way. Nice, colourful graphics and good sound effects complete the whole picture, making Hired Guns a product not only "playable" but also aesthetically pleasing.
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Last updated on August 14, 2015
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Hired Guns Summary
Platforms:
PC Windows
Developer: DMA Design
Publisher: Psygnosis
Age restrictions: 16+
