I'll admit, when I saw the title of this game, I inwardly squealed with delight. A DS game based on the old west?? It must be a dream come true! (I've always been a geek for most things western - must come from growing up on a small horse ranch.) I didn't pay much attention to the fact that on the cover, there's very obviously an alligator in cowboy regalia... why is there an alligator dressed like this? I don't know! Well, I do now. I purchased the game without bothering looking much further into it than the title alone. Big, big mistake...
Unless you're into mindless shooters, this probably isn't going to be the game for you. I've never been one to be very interested in those, so there you go. The controls are difficult and glitchy, the sound effects and music are enough to cause you to turn the sound off all the way during gameplay (which is also bad, since then you can't hear when you're being shot at), and did I mention that everyone in the game are ANIMALS? Yes. The two main characters you can pick between to play are a wolf and a cat. But they're like anthropomorphic (sp?) animals; in other words, animals made to try and look like humans. The way they went about it just screamed out "furries" to me, and that was enough to put me off of the game in and of itself right from the get-go. Every level seems to be a variation of the same thing; shooting at more animals dressed up like people who also have guns. PETA would probably have a field day with this one if they knew of its existence. I was expecting something more along the lines of a hardcore Oregon Trail.
Granted, I didn't give this game very much time before I deemed it unplayable, at least for myself. If anyone else has a different opinion of the game, please, share it with me! Because I just don't understand how this one could possibly be enjoyable.
I give The Wild West a rating of 1/2 of a pistol out of 10.
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