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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Most bosses take several bullets to bring down, compared to just 1 or 2 for regular Mooks.
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* NintendoHard: On "Bad" (Medium) or "Ugly" (Hard), difficulty, the game is very hard. You die in just a handful of shots, and can be killed in one or two hits at close range. Plus, all enemies use hitscan weapons. Despite the appearance of the game, if you run around like it's ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' you'll be shot to death pretty damn quickly. The key to success is to treat the game like a tactical shooter and methodically pick off enemies from behind cover and around corners.

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* NintendoHard: On "Bad" (Medium) or "Ugly" (Hard), difficulty, the game is very hard. You die in just a handful of shots, and can be killed in one or two hits at close range. Plus, all enemies use hitscan weapons. Despite the appearance of the game, if you run around like it's ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' you'll be shot to death pretty damn quickly. The key to success is to treat the game like a tactical shooter and methodically pick off enemies from behind cover and around corners. Or you could play the game on "Good" (Easy) difficulty and, well, run around like it's ''Doom''.
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* NintendoHard: On "Bad" (Medium) or "Ugly" (Hard), difficulty, the game is very hard. You die in just a handful of shots, and can be killed in one or two hits at close range. Plus, all enemies use hitscan weapons. Despite the appearance of the game, if you run around like it's ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' you'll be shot to death pretty damn quickly. The key to success is to treat the game like a tactical shooter and methodically pick off enemies from behind cover and around corners.
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* DeadlyDoctor: Matt "Dr. Death" Jackson.
* TheDragon: Chief Two Feathers

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* DeadlyDoctor: Matt "Dr. Death" Jackson.
Jackson, who along with "Slim" Sam Fulton is responsible for killing Anderson's wife and kidnapping his daughter, and who receives the most screen time out of all the villains besides Bob Graham.
* TheDragon: Chief Two FeathersFeathers, although he only really shows up at the end just before you go after Bob Graham himself.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: The boss of the first level can take quite a few bullets from his fortified position, but if you get right up to him and give him a good left hook, he's dead in a flash.

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* WeaksauceWeakness: The boss of the first level Bosses can typically take quite a few bullets from his fortified position, bullets, but if you get right up to him and give him can be taken out with a single good left hook, he's dead in a flash.hook.
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* YouKilledMyFather: At the end of the game [[spoiler: when Bob Graham has him at gunpoint, Anderson realizes that Graham is the bandit who killed his father in front of him when he was just a child.]]

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* SmallRoleBigImpact: "Slim" Sam Fulton is directly responsible for the murder of Marshall Anderson' wife and kidnapping of his daughter. He is also the first who bites it.

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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Along with Dr. Death, "Slim" Sam Fulton is directly responsible for the murder of Marshall Anderson' wife and kidnapping of his daughter. He is also the first who bites it.



* TakingTheKids: In addition of killing his wife, Bob Graham also kidnaps Anderson's daughter.

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* TakingTheKids: In addition of killing his wife, Bob Graham Dr. Death also kidnaps Anderson's daughter.daughter, and Bob Graham ends up keeping her around because he can't figure out what else to do with her.


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* WouldntHurtAChild: Bob Graham firmly draws the line at harming children when Mary Nash suggests just killing Sarah. Dr. Death agrees with Graham, although seeing as he was the one who kidnapped Sarah in the first place strictly ForTheEvulz it rings a bit insincere.
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*** In fact, the entire soundtrack is pretty much a 90-minute LoveLetter to Creator/EnnioMorricone.
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'''''Outlaws''''' is a 1997 [[TheWestern Wild West]] FirstPersonShooter game developed by Creator/LucasArts.

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'''''Outlaws''''' ''Outlaws'' is a 1997 [[TheWestern Wild West]] FirstPersonShooter game developed by Creator/LucasArts.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Bob Graham disapproves of "Bloody" Mary Nash's idea of killing Sarah.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Bob Graham disapproves Both [[BigBad Graham]] and [[DeadlyDoctor Jackson]] disapprove of [[WouldHurtAChild "Bloody" Mary Nash's idea of killing Sarah.]]


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* WouldHurtAChild: "Bloody" Mary Nash.

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* BrawnHilda: "Bloody" Mary



* DeadlyDoctor: Matt "Dr. Death" Jackson.



* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:"Henry" George Bowers]] CruelAndUnusualDeath



* MadDoctor: Matt "Dr. Death" Jackson.

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* MadDoctor: Matt "Dr. Death" Jackson.LumberMillMayhem: The 5th Level.


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* SmallRoleBigImpact: "Slim" Sam Fulton is directly responsible for the murder of Marshall Anderson' wife and kidnapping of his daughter. He is also the first who bites it.
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* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: Keeping with the above, the difficulty levels are [[TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly "Good", "Bad" and "Ugly"]].

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* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: Keeping with the above, the difficulty levels are [[TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly [[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly "Good", "Bad" "Bad," and "Ugly"]]."Ugly."]]



* ShoutOut: The Difficulty Levels are named: [[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly Good, Bad and Ugly]]

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* ShoutOut: The Difficulty Levels are named: [[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly Good, Bad Bad, and Ugly]]Ugly.]]
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* TheSouthpaw: Outlaws is a very rare example of a first person shooter that features a left handed main characters

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* TheSouthpaw: Outlaws is a very rare example of a first person shooter that features a left handed main characterscharacter. James Anderson is left handed.
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* TheSouthpaw: Outlaws is a very rare example of a first person shooter that features a left handed main characters
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* CutSceneIncompetence: After beating the final boss, [[spoiler:Anderson foolishly drops his gun and runs over to check on Sara without making sure Graham is dead. As a result, Anderson is nearly killed when Graham gets up to shoot him, surviving only becuase Sarah picks up his gun and shoots Graham.]]
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* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: Dr. Death does this to Anderson, bragging about how he helped murder his wife Anna. [[spoiler: It doesn't end well for him.]]
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* WhatDoYouMeanitwasntmadeondrugs Mainly the easter eggs.
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* MadDoctor: Matt "Dr. Death" Jackson.



* MadDoctor: Matt "Dr. Death" Jackson.
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* NoGearLevel: You lose all of your weapons at the beginning of the final level thanks to CutsceneIncompetence.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: The boss of the first level can take quite a few bullets from his fortified position, but if you get right up to him and give him a good left hook, he's dead in a flash.
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* EasterEgg: Numerous, often [[WhatDoYouMeanitwasntmadeondrugs pretty unusual.]] Dinosaurs with human faces, poodles with sunglasses that shoot fire at you, aliens in the toilet just to name a few. There are also a couple of more normal ones, such as the golden statue, Max from [[SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam and Max]] and hell.

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* EasterEgg: Numerous, often [[WhatDoYouMeanitwasntmadeondrugs pretty unusual.]] Dinosaurs with human faces, poodles with sunglasses that shoot fire at you, aliens in the toilet just to name a few. There are also a couple of more normal ones, such as the golden statue, statue (which is a shout out to ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''), Max from [[SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam and Max]] and hell.



** There is one historical mission that pays a {{Homage}} to the opening sequence of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.

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** There is an easter egg in one historical mission that pays a {{Homage}} to the opening sequence of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.
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* EasterEgg: Numerous, often [[WhatDoYouMeanitwasntmadeondrugs pretty unusual.]] Dinosaurs with human faces, poodles with sunglasses that shoot fire at you, aliens in the toilet just to name a few. There are also a couple of more normal ones, such as the golden statue, Max from [[SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam and Max]] and hell.


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** "My horse pisses straighter than you shoot."
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* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: Keeping with the above, the difficulty levels are [[TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly "Good", "Bad" and "Ugly"]].
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* {{Homage}}: The Game is most obviously one to SpaghettiWestern, especially those starring ClintEastwood (on whom Marshall Anderson is clearly based on).

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* {{Homage}}: The Game is most obviously one to SpaghettiWestern, especially those starring ClintEastwood Creator/ClintEastwood (on whom Marshall Anderson is clearly based on).
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: It has one of the best western music samples.
** Especially [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnG5X7iU4B0 The Last Gunfight]].



* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: There's a secret area that features a stegosaurus that makes chicken sounds when shot, a velociraptor with a person's head, a rabid squirrel and a dog with sunglasses, among other things.
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* CigarFuseLighting: The player character can chuck dynamite around. Alt-fire lights the fuse, and the animation consists of the PC removing his stogie from his mouth and applying it to the fuse.
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'''''Outlaws''''' is a 1997 [[TheWestern Wild West]] FirstPersonShooter game developed by Creator/LucasArts.

It follows the journey for revenge of the retired Marshal James Anderson, who after returning home from a shopping trip to the town finds his wife murdered, his daughter kidnapped and his house burned to the ground by the henchmen of an evil railroad baron called Bob Graham.

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* BadAssLongCoat: Anderson.
* BaitAndSwitchGunshot: After the final battle, [[spoiler:Anderson is held at gunpoint by Graham, whom he now realizes killed his father. The sound of a gunshot is heard, but it was Sarah, who'd been placed in the same position as Anderson as a child and had grabbed Anderson's gun.]]
* {{Bandito}}: "Spittin'" Jack Sánchez.
* BigBad: "Gentleman" Bob Graham
* BonusLevelOfHell: In Ugly difficulty there is an additional cavern section on Level 6.
* CowboyCop: Anderson was fired from being marshall for gunning down a suspect. It's worth noting that Anderson harbors no resentment for being fired. He fully realises that an officer of the law has to follow the law, and says so when another character claims his dismissal was unfair. [[CaptainObvious Also, uh, he's literally a cowboy.]]
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: It has one of the best western music samples.
** Especially [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnG5X7iU4B0 The Last Gunfight]].
* TheDragon: Chief Two Feathers
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Bob Graham disapproves of "Bloody" Mary Nash's idea of killing Sarah.
* EyeScream: "Bloodeye" Tim got his alias since he lost his eye in a gunfight and so he now has the habit to shoot people in their eyes.
* TheGunSlinger: The main character.
* {{Homage}}: The Game is most obviously one to SpaghettiWestern, especially those starring ClintEastwood (on whom Marshall Anderson is clearly based on).
* IShallTauntYou: '''[[MostAnnoyingSound Don't be a fool Marshal!, Yer' outnumbered!]]''' For the Mooks, the bosses are also very vocal.
* MadDoctor: Matt "Dr. Death" Jackson.
* {{Outlaw}}: [[CaptainObvious Well, duh.]]
* RecycledInSpace: It's ''[[VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga Dark Forces]]'' in the WildWest which itself was ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''! [-IN Star Wars.-]
* RetiredBadass: The protagonist, James Anderson.
* RoaringRampageOfRescue combined with RoaringRampageOfRevenge
* SawedOffShotgun
* ShoutOut: The Difficulty Levels are named: [[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly Good, Bad and Ugly]]
** On level 2 (the town) there is a business called [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland Stan's Used Coffins]].
** There is one historical mission that pays a {{Homage}} to the opening sequence of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.
** The musical piece called "The Last Gunfight" is a huge one to Ecstasy of Gold from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly(which itself it a prelude to the famous final gunfight from the film).
* StuffedInTheFridge: The marshal's wife, Anna.
* TakingTheKids: In addition of killing his wife, Bob Graham also kidnaps Anderson's daughter.
* TooDumbToLive:
-->'''"Slim" Sam Fulton:'''...Damn it... I told that fool Doctor stealing your kid weren't gonna be good for everyone's... health... uhhhh *dies*
-->'''Anderson:''' It's a shame he didn't listen.
** Dr. Death really shouldn't have brought up the topic of the Marshall's murdered wife the way he did, hanging upside down from a rope by his ankle above a mineshaft...
** In retrospect, the best way of dealing with a former lawman who got fired because he "killed a few men before a jury gave him permission to" was probably not "Burn down the property, kill the wife and kidnap the child". Bob Graham lampshades this to the particular henchman responsible roughly halfway through the game.
* TrainTopBattle: It wouldn't be a WildWest game without it.
* TheWestern
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: There's a secret area that features a stegosaurus that makes chicken sounds when shot, a velociraptor with a person's head, a rabid squirrel and a dog with sunglasses, among other things.
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