Outlaws (1997 video game)
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| Developer(s) | LucasArts |
| Publisher(s) | LucasArts |
| Designer(s) | Daron Stinnett Stephen R. Shaw Adam Schnitzer |
| Composer(s) | Clint Bajakian |
| Engine | Jedi engine |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release date(s) | March 31, 1997 |
| Genre(s) | FPS |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Outlaws is a first-person shooter released by LucasArts in 1997 using an enhanced version of the Jedi game engine, first seen in Star Wars: Dark Forces. It is one of the very few F.P.S. games with a Wild West setting. C.G. animation sequences, with special filters to look hand-drawn, play between each mission and set up the action in the next area. It is the first video game to feature a sniper zoom. Although not a huge financial success, the game received a cult following.
In the lower difficulty levels, termed "Good" and "Bad", the player is able to sustain several bullet wounds with no apparent ill effects. In the hardest difficulty level, "Ugly", the player's resistance is reduced to one or two shots. This forces the player into a different style of play. Where on the easier difficulty levels a player might charge into a gun-fight heedless of Anderson's personal health, in Ugly mode, the player must use stealth and cover to win.
Aside from the main single-player campaign, Outlaws includes a set of five discrete missions that chronicle Anderson's rise to the rank of U.S. Marshal. Each of the missions requires Anderson to either capture or kill a specific outlaw. Ranks (Deputy, Sheriff, and Marshal) are awarded on the accumulation of a set number of points. Points are awarded for recovering stolen gold, capturing/killing the outlaw, and for killing enemies.
Each outlaw that the player captures or kills appears in a jail cell in Anderson's field office. More points are awarded for capturing an outlaw than for killing one, due to the difficulty in capturing one alive. Completion of the Historical Missions is not a requirement for playing the single-player campaign.
In 1998, LucasArts released a set of four unconnected single-player missions, called Handful of Missions, for download from the official web-site. The package includes several new multiplayer missions, and a patch to update the game to version 2.0. The single-player missions take place outside of the original game's story-line.
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