History VideoGame / DustATaleOfTheWiredWest

* InformalEulogy

* MixedAncestry: [[spoiler: The Stranger turns out to be the son of a native american mother and a white father. That is basically the only piece of background information we ever get on him]].
* MultipleEndings

** However this trope is finally subverted during the game's final act. [[spoiler:The protagonist's birth name is revealed to be "Ahote" by the mysterious guardian of the Devil's Breath Mine]].
* OpeningNarration: The game and every chapter starts with a monologue from the anonymous {{Narrator}}. He also gives an InformalEulogy every time you die.

* ShoutOut: The town doctor's name is [[UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton Hillary Rodham]].

* NoNameGiven: For much of the game protagonist is only referred to as "Stranger" [[spoiler: and later on "Sheriff"]].

* NoNameGiven: The protagonist is only referred to as "Stranger" [[spoiler: and later on "Sheriff"]].

Most of the game is presented in a ''{{Myst}}''-like first-person PointAndClickGame-perspective. It also includes some elements of shooters.

Dust is a 1995 Wild West AdventureGame created by Cyberflix similar to (and taking place in the same universe as) TitanicAdventureOutOfTime from the same company. The story takes place in 1882 in which the player takes the role of a man only known as "[[NoNameGiven The Stranger]]" who has to escape trough the desert fleeing from a group of outlaws led by

* CreepyUndertaker: Hiram Sidewinder

* ShoutOut: The town doctor's name is [[HillaryRodhamClinton Hillary Rodham]].

* OpeningNarration: The game and every chapter starts with a monologue from the anonymous {{Narrator}}.

Most of the game is presented in a Myst-like first-person point-and-click perspective. It also includes some elements of shooters.

* {{Narrator}}: Of the classic, wild west kind.

* YouFightLikeACow: The stranger and the Kid does this during their final confrontation. [[spoiler: Before drawing their guns, both tries to get the other one of balance by insulting him. The more personal insults the player can deliver to the Kid, the more his slow reaction time slows down when time comes to draw. This makes it important for the player to do recearch on the Kid during the previous days, listening to rumors and gossip about the outlaw. The Kid, on the other hand, [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain mostly mocks the strangers]] MixedAncestry.]]

Dust is a 1995 Wild West AdventureGame created by Cyberflix similar to (and taking place in the same universe as) TitanicAdventureOutOfTime from the same company. The story takes place in 1882 in which the player takes the role of a man only known as "[[NoNameGiven The Stranger]]" who has to escape trough the desert fleeing from a group of outlaws led by "The Kid". You end up in the small town of Diamondback in the deserts of New Mexico. The story takes place over five days and the player has to talk to the numerous inhabitants of the city, dig deep into it's many mysteries and secrets and prepare for another confrontation with The Kid and his gang.

* The Gunslinger

Dust is a 1995 Wild West AdventureGame created by Cyberflix. The story takes place in 1882 in which the player takes the role of a man only known as "[[NoNameGiven The Stranger]]" who has to escape trough the desert fleeing from a group of outlaws led by "The Kid". You end up in the small town of Diamondback in the deserts of New Mexico. The story takes place over five days and the player has to talk to the numerous inhabitants of the city, dig deep into it's many mysteries and secrets and prepare for another confrontation with The Kid and his gang.

Most of the game is presented in a [[VideoGame/Myst Myst-like]] first-person point-and-click perspective. It also includes some elements of shooters.